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116TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. RES. 633 

Requiring that all impeachment inquiry related hearings, witness interviews 

and communications, document productions and examinations, proceedings, and other related work shall be done in an open setting and 

in public view. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

OCTOBER 16, 2019 

Mr. BROOKS of Alabama (for himself, Mr. GAETZ, Mr. PERRY, Mr. MEADOWS, 

Mr. BABIN, Mr. SCHWEIKERT, Mr. BIGGS, Mr. MOONEY of West Virginia, Mr. DAVIDSON of Ohio, Mr. GOHMERT, Mr. GRIFFITH, Mr. YOHO, 

Mr. ROY, Mr. POSEY, Mr. HARRIS, Mr. HICE of Georgia, Mr. GOSAR, 

Mr. CLOUD, Mr. BYRNE, Mr. MCCLINTOCK, Mr. NORMAN, Mr. WRIGHT, 

Mr. HUNTER, Mr. DUNCAN, Mr. DESJARLAIS, Mr. GIBBS, Mr. TIPTON, 

Mr. CRAWFORD, and Mrs. LESKO) submitted the following resolution; 

which was referred to the Committee on Rules, and in addition to the 

Committee on Ethics, for a period to be subsequently determined by the 

Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within 

the jurisdiction of the committee concerned 

RESOLUTION 

Requiring that all impeachment inquiry related hearings, witness interviews and communications, document productions and examinations, proceedings, and other related 

work shall be done in an open setting and in public 

view. 

Whereas under article 1, section 2 of the Constitution, ‘‘the 

House of Representatives shall . . . have the sole Power 

of Impeachment’’; 


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Whereas at a press conference on September 24, 2019, the 

Speaker of the House, Nancy Pelosi, stated, ‘‘I’m announcing the House of Representatives is moving forward 

with an official impeachment inquiry’’; 

Whereas Speaker Pelosi declared that she was ‘‘directing our 

six committees to proceed with their investigation under 

that umbrella of impeachment inquiry’’; 

Whereas there has been no formal vote on the House Floor, 

or in any of the six committees directed by Speaker 

Pelosi, to authorize any impeachment inquiry; 

Whereas, on October 3, 2019, the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence of the House, the Committee on 

Oversight and Reform of the House, and the Committee 

on Foreign Affairs of the House held a classified joint 

interview in which they received testimony from Ambassador Kurt Volker, the former Department of State Special Representative for Ukraine Negotiations, under the 

guise of the ‘‘impeachment inquiry’’; 

Whereas it is wholly inappropriate to conduct any impeachment inquiry in a classified setting, and the American 

public deserves complete transparency from the House of 

Representatives when conducting impeachment inquiries, 

including full and complete public access any hearings, 

witness interviews and statements, documents productions and examinations, and any and all proceedings related to an impeachment inquiry; 

Whereas sunlight is the best disinfectant, and transparency 

is the best remedy against partisan politics and injustice; 

and 

Whereas an impeachment inquiry behind the veil of secrecy 

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mines the open and transparent process afforded to each 

Member and the constituents they represent and impedes 

their review of all evidence related to impeachment as 

that they can make their own judgment on the impeachment merits: Now, therefore, be it 

1 Resolved, That— 

2 (1) the House of Representatives disapproves of 

3 the actions led by the Speaker, Nancy Pelosi of Cali4 fornia, to conduct work related to matters of im5 peachment in a closed and classified setting; 

6 (2) any and all impeachment inquiry related 

7 hearings, witness interviews and communications, 

8 document productions and examinations, pro9 ceedings, and other work related shall be done in an 

10 open setting and in public view; and 

11 (3) the Speaker and the chair of each com12 mittee engaged in an impeachment inquiry of any 

13 kind shall give each Member of the House a min14 imum of 48-hours notice before conducting any im15 peachment related matter. 

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