IV 
111TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. RES. 869 
Directing the Chief Administrative Officer to install cameras in the hearing 
room of the Committee on Rules. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
OCTOBER 23, 2009 
Mr. DENT (for himself, Mr. DREIER, Mr. LINCOLN DIAZ-BALART of Florida, 
Mr. SESSIONS, Ms. FOXX, Mr. BOEHNER, Mr. CANTOR, Mr. MCCARTHY 
of California, Mr. CASTLE, Mr. DANIEL E. LUNGREN of California, Mr. 
BUCHANAN, Mr. WALDEN, Ms. JENKINS, Mr. PLATTS, Mrs. CAPITO, Mr. 
FRELINGHUYSEN, Mr. UPTON, Mr. GINGREY of Georgia, Mr. MARIO 
DIAZ-BALART of Florida, Mr. WESTMORELAND, Mr. FLAKE, Mr. SHU-
STER, Mr. PRICE of Georgia, Mr. RYAN of Wisconsin, Mr. LEE of New 
York, Mr. LANCE, Mr. KIRK, Mr. COFFMAN of Colorado, Mr. ROGERS 
of Alabama, Mrs. SCHMIDT, Mr. COBLE, Mr. FRANKS of Arizona, Mr. 
CAMP, Mr. MCCAUL, Mr. SULLIVAN, Mr. WITTMAN, Mr. HARPER, Mr. 
HELLER, Mr. EHLERS, Mr. BACHUS, Mr. SMITH of Texas, Mr. ROGERS 
of Michigan, Mr. BONNER, Mr. BOUSTANY, Mr. CASSIDY, Mr. DAVIS of 
Kentucky, Mr. HENSARLING, Mr. SENSENBRENNER, Mr. SHADEGG, Mr. 
CULBERSON, Mr. SAM JOHNSON of Texas, Mr. CARTER, Mr. BARTON of 
Texas, Mr. SHIMKUS, Mr. SCALISE, Mr. PITTS, Mr. WOLF, Mr. SMITH 
of New Jersey, Mr. MCCOTTER, Mr. THOMPSON of Pennsylvania, Mr. 
FORTENBERRY, and Mr. GERLACH) submitted the following resolution; 
which was referred to the Committee on House Administration 
RESOLUTION 
Directing the Chief Administrative Officer to install cameras 
in the hearing room of the Committee on Rules. 
Whereas the public benefits from a more open and trans-
parent Congress; 
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•HRES 869 IH 
Whereas the House has undertaken renovations to many of 
its hearing rooms to facilitate the broadcast of committee 
proceedings both on internal television channels and the 
webcast of those same proceedings on the Internet; 
Whereas the Committee on Agriculture, Committee on Appro-
priations, Committee on Armed Services, Committee on 
the Budget, Committee on Education and Labor, Com-
mittee on Energy and Commerce, Committee on Finan-
cial Services, Committee on Foreign Affairs, Committee 
on Homeland Security, Committee on House Administra-
tion, Committee on the Judiciary, Committee on Natural 
Resources, Committee on Oversight and Government Re-
form, Committee on Science and Technology, Committee 
on Small Business, Committee on Transportation and In-
frastructure, Committee on Veterans’ Affairs, and the 
Committee on Ways and Means all have hearing rooms 
equipped with cameras to provide the public access to 
their proceedings; 
Whereas most of those committees provide live video and 
audio webcasts of their proceedings on the Internet; 
Whereas the Committee on Rules is the only committee, other 
than the Committee on Standards of Official Conduct 
and the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, 
which does not have cameras installed in its main hearing 
room; 
Whereas most of the architectural work required to install 
such cameras was completed during the last renovation 
of the hearing room of the Committee on Rules, room H– 
313 in the Capitol, reducing the time and expense re-
quired for camera installation; and 
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•HRES 869 IH 
Whereas the public would benefit from greater access to the 
proceedings of the Committee on Rules because that com-
mittee establishes the ultimate terms of debate in the 
House for virtually all major legislation, including the 
base text of bills to be considered, which amendments are 
made in order, and how much debate they receive: Now, 
therefore, be it 
Resolved, That the Chief Administrative Officer of the 
House is hereby directed to— 
(1) take all necessary steps to begin installation 
of cameras in room H–313 of the Capitol during the 
next recess lasting 10 calendar days or longer; 
(2) during the next such recess, begin and com-
plete installation of such cameras; and 
(3) coordinate with the Chair of the Committee 
on Rules to provide for live broadcasting of the pro-
ceedings of the Committee on Rules on the Internet. 
Æ 
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