Amending the Rules of the House of Representatives to require chairs and ranking minority members of committees and subcommittees to indicate whether they have any financial interest in the employer of any witness at a hearing, any person retaining a witness, or any person represented by a witness.

Referred to the House Committee on Rules.

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Version 00 · Introduced in House · Mar 25, 2010

Amends Rule XI (Procedures of Committees and Unfinished Business) of the Rules of the House of Representatives to require the chair at a committee or subcommittee hearing, immediately after announcing the subject of the hearing, to state whether he or she has, had, or intends to have any financial interest in the employer of any witness at the hearing, any person retaining any such witness, or any person represented by any such witness.

Requires the chair then to recognize the ranking minority member solely for the purpose of making the same statement.

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Rep. Teague, Harry [D-NM-2] · D–NM

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Mar 25, 2010
Referred to the House Committee on Rules.
Mar 25, 2010
Introduced in House
Mar 25, 2010
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HRES 1268 · Amending the Rules of the House of Representatives to require chairs and ranking minority members of committees and subcommittees to indicate whether they have any financial interest in the employer of any witness at a hearing, any person retaining a witness, or any person represented by a witness.

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Official record: https://www.congress.gov/bill/111th-congress/house-resolution/1235

Text version to examine: Introduced in House · 2010-03-25.

Official full text: https://www.congress.gov/111/bills/hres1235/BILLS-111hres1235ih.htm

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Official record: https://www.congress.gov/bill/111th-congress/house-resolution/1235

Text version to examine: Introduced in House · 2010-03-25.

Official full text: https://www.congress.gov/111/bills/hres1235/BILLS-111hres1235ih.htm

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Official record: https://www.congress.gov/bill/111th-congress/house-resolution/1235

Text version to examine: Introduced in House · 2010-03-25.

Official full text: https://www.congress.gov/111/bills/hres1235/BILLS-111hres1235ih.htm

Imported record last updated by the source: 2025-12-04T09:18:17Z. Verify current status and distinguish any later version from the version above.

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Examine H.Res.1235 through a civil-liberties and limited-government lens. Consider individual rights, privacy, voluntary choice, accountability, and government power. Explain tradeoffs, possible safeguards, and the strongest counterarguments without assuming the proposal is beneficial or harmful.