[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 162 (2016), Part 7]
[House]
[Page 9862]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                ANNOUNCEMENT BY THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE

  The SPEAKER pro tempore. As the Chair has announced previously in the 
114th Congress, the Speaker's policy announced on January 6, 2009, with 
respect to use of the Chamber will continue in the current Congress.
  The Chair would call particular attention to the aspect of this 
policy regarding use of certain devices. Because outside ``coverage'' 
of the Chamber is limited to floor proceedings and is allowed only by 
accredited journalists, when the Chamber is on static display, no audio 
and video recording or transmitting devices are allowed. The long 
custom of disallowing even still photography in the Chamber is based at 
least in part on the notion that an image having this setting as its 
backdrop might be taken to carry the imprimatur of the House.

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