IV 119THCONGRESS 1 STSESSION H. RES. 28 Eliminating the restriction that witnesses may appear remotely at proceedings of committees of the House of Representatives only at the discretion of the chair of the committee. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES JANUARY9, 2025 Ms. P EREZ(for herself and Mr. GOLDENof Maine) submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Rules RESOLUTION Eliminating the restriction that witnesses may appear re- motely at proceedings of committees of the House of Representatives only at the discretion of the chair of the committee. Resolved, 1 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 2 This resolution may be cited as the ‘‘Bringing Real 3 Ideas, Data, and Genuine Experience to Congress Resolu-4 tion’’ or the ‘‘BRIDGE to Congress Resolution’’. 5 VerDate Sep 11 2014 00:11 Jan 10, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\HR28.IH HR28 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 2 •HRES 28 IH SEC. 2. ELIMINATION OF RESTRICTION THAT WITNESSES 1 MAY APPEAR REMOTELY AT COMMITTEE 2 PROCEEDINGS ONLY AT DISCRETION OF 3 CHAIR. 4 Section 3(i)(1) of House Resolution 5, agreed to Jan-5 uary 3, 2025, is amended by striking ‘‘at the discretion 6 of the chair of the committee and’’. 7 Æ VerDate Sep 11 2014 00:11 Jan 10, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6301 E:\BILLS\HR28.IH HR28 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS