IV 
116TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. RES. 633 
Requiring that all impeachment inquiry related hearings, witness interviews 
and communications, document productions and examinations, pro-
ceedings, 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 Vir-
ginia, 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, wit-
ness interviews and communications, document produc-
tions 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 an-
nouncing 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 Com-
mittee 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 Ambas-
sador Kurt Volker, the former Department of State Spe-
cial Representative for Ukraine Negotiations, under the 
guise of the ‘‘impeachment inquiry’’; 
Whereas it is wholly inappropriate to conduct any impeach-
ment 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 produc-
tions and examinations, and any and all proceedings re-
lated 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 
and through closed classified committee hearings under-
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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 impeach-
ment merits: Now, therefore, be it 
Resolved, That— 
(1) the House of Representatives disapproves of 
the actions led by the Speaker, Nancy Pelosi of Cali-
fornia, to conduct work related to matters of im-
peachment in a closed and classified setting; 
(2) any and all impeachment inquiry related 
hearings, witness interviews and communications, 
document 
productions 
and 
examinations, 
pro-
ceedings, and other work related shall be done in an 
open setting and in public view; and 
(3) the Speaker and the chair of each com-
mittee engaged in an impeachment inquiry of any 
kind shall give each Member of the House a min-
imum of 48-hours notice before conducting any im-
peachment related matter. 
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