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Internet Archive: Report to the Congress: Congressional Hearings Online
by Decius at 4:12 pm EDT, Aug 4, 2007

By the end of the 110th Congress, the U.S. House of Representatives could achieve the goal of providing broadcast-quality video of all hearings and the floor for download on the Internet.

This is an important and under-recognized victory for the openness of our democracy.

Internet Archive: Report to the Congress: Congressional Hearings Online
by Rattle at 8:19 pm EDT, Aug 4, 2007

By the end of the 110th Congress, the U.S. House of Representatives could achieve the goal of providing broadcast-quality video of all hearings and the floor for download on the Internet.

This is an important and under-recognized victory for the openness of our democracy.

There is still more that needs to be done though. I feel it is also necessary to make searchable transcripts available of committee hearings in the same way as the rest of the congressional record.