The office of Speaker Kevin McCarthy has taken initial steps to form a working group to explore potential changes to media credentialing at the Capitol, a rare lawmaker intervention into a process long overseen by journalists.
Two sources familiar with the effort confirmed the speaker’s office had contacted press galleries about forming a group. Details about who would be on the group and the scope of the review, as well as the reason for starting the group, are still unclear.
Ryan Nobles of NBC, the vice chair of the executive committee of the Radio Television Correspondents Association, said the association “is aware of a request by the Speaker’s Office to conduct a meeting with the Directors of the Galleries and our leaders.”
