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C-SPAN's request followed a proposal by Rep. Matt Gaetz to allow C-SPAN cameras on the House floor during regular proceedings.

Ocasio-cortez and hard right people. matt gaetz held out. >> its an intent driven almost exclusively by personal ambition. that ambition is paralyzing the house. >> reporter: there was new member george santos, so embroiled in scandal over fabrications in his resume, he sat alone at times. c-span started in 1979 as a public service provided by the cable industry. >> the solution for the lack of confidence in government, mr. speaker, is more open government at all levels. >> reporter: after years...

President donald trump. the next step is kevin mccarthy will appoint members to the committee. we are expecting some of the kevin mccarthy critics to be a part of that. democrats will get to appoint their members. the big picture here is that this is probably going to be the central avenue that republicans use to protect donald trump, defend donald trump and go after the biden administration. >> thank you. coming up, house majority leader steve scalise was asked about giving c-span cameras bet...

Ambition, and that ambition is paralyze in the house now. >> and there is new member george santos. so embroiled in scandals over fabrications in his resume, he sat alone at times. >> c-span started in 1979 as a public service provided by the cable industry. >> the solution for the lack of confidence in government, mister speaker, is more open government at all levels. [crowd chanting] >> after years of been limited in what it can show of the chamber, c-spans director of editorial operations say...

(WKOW) - Florida Congressman Matt Gaetz filed a measure to bring C-Span cameras to the House chamber full-time Tuesday.

Democrats roaring, cheering, chanting for their man instead. fighting words flowing fast. >> they want us to fight each other. that much has been made clear by the popcorn and blankets and alcohol. >> reporter: normally cameras are controlled by government workers and confined to general shots of the podium. but there are rare exceptions. for this event, c-span cameras were free to capture the political la lapalooza. >> i rise to say, wow. >> reporter: caught on camera, a meeting between alexand...

Television network C-SPAN has requested regular access to the House chamber after it was granted unprecedented access to the floor last ...

"C-SPAN cameras are no longer in the House chamber."

Buoyed by an outpouring of support from viewers and House members wowed by the unusual C-SPAN camera work during the multiday vote for speaker, C-SPAN has asked House leaders to let it continue free-ranging with its cameras now that the chamber is back in session.

Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-FL) vowed to fight for more cameras in Congress to give citizens more insight into "what the elected representatives that people [elected] are doing."