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To: LindyBill who wrote (702997)	2/7/2020 2:23:09 AM
From: sense	3 Recommendations Recommended By lightshipsailor LindyBill SirWalterRalegh Respond to of 793640

It's just a copy... My understanding is that, by long tradition, the House gets the ORIGINAL, printed on parchment. That it is printed on parchment was the reason she had to test tearing the pages, and then "pre-tore" the edges of each page, before and during the speech... to make sure she would be able to tear the pages as she'd pre-planned for this phony "outrage" stunt... to cap her other overt acts of disrespect. The original is the only one that is hand signed by the President... and then it goes into the House Archives after the speech... The media say "it was a copy" or "it was her copy"... but it wasn't a copy... and it wasn't hers... Gaetz is exactly right in pointing out BOTH: She violated multiple House Rules in what she did. And, she violated the law by destroying an historic original document owned by the government... but the same act violated House Rule VII : "At the end of each Congress, each officer of the House elected under rule II shall transfer to the Clerk any non- current records made or acquired in the course of the duties of such officer. 2. The Clerk shall deliver the records transferred under clause 1, together with any other noncurrent records of the House, to the Archivist of the United States for preservation at the National Archives and Records Admin- istration. Records so delivered are the permanent property of the House and remain subject to this rule and any order of the House." That aside... the D's run the House and won't do squat... although the Ethics Committee rules say: "Complaints filed before the One Hundred Fifth Congress may not be deemed frivolous by the Committee on Ethics." So, Gaetz will get his hearing... But, Gaetz already won the point in the argument... just by making it... Here's some relevant bit of the House Rules re televised coverage of events: "In addition, it is the intent of this clause that radio and television tapes and television film of any coverage under this clause may not be used for any partisan political campaign pur- pose or be made available for such use. (c) It is, further, the intent of this clause that the general conduct of each meeting (whether of a hearing or other- wise) covered under authority of this clause by audio or visual means, and the personal behavior of the committee members and staff, other Government officials and personnel, witnesses, tele- vision, radio, and press media per- sonnel, and the general public at the hearing or other meeting, shall be in strict conformity with and observance of the acceptable standards of dignity, propriety, courtesy, and decorum tradi- tionally observed by the House in its operations, and may not be such as to— (1) distort the objects and purposes of the hearing or other meeting or the activities of committee members in connection with that hearing or meeting or in connection with the general work of the committee or of the House; or (2) cast discredit or dishonor on the House, the committee, or a Member, Delegate, or Resident Commissioner or bring the House, the committee, or a Member, Delegate, or Resident Commissioner into disrepute."