House Committee Hearings Webcasts 2012

'''The first chart below tracks the public availability of 2012 House of Representatives Committee Hearings through February 22nd. If an archived video of the hearing is available, the link is pro vided. Out of the 127 hearings that took place during this time, 21 are not available to watch on the committee websites. Two of these were held by the House Select Intelligence Committee to discuss ongoing intelligence activities, and were thus classified as “Closed” hearings. The House Ways and Means Committee and House Appropriations Committee were the worst offenders, accounting for 12 (more than half) of the missing videos.      The second chart tracks the House Committees’ commitment to streaming live videos of the hearings online. Hearings were monitored for two weeks, from February 27 to March 8, and links to the live streaming ar  e provided where possible. Out of the 130 committee hearings that took place in those two weeks, 37 were not streamed live. Four of these were “Closed” House Select Intelligence Committee Hearings. The House Appropriations Committee was responsible for 32 of the remaining 33 hearings not available to the public. The House Appropriations Committee live streamed approximately 27% of their 44 hearings over the course of these two weeks. For the most part, this was due to the location of the hearing. If the hearing took place in Room 2359 Rayburn, the video was usually available. In all other locations, live streaming was unlikely. '''

2012 House Committee Hearing Archived Webcasts (through February 22)

House Committee Hearing Live Webcasts: February 27 through March 9, 2012