Paul Ryan Dress Code
Speaker Paul Ryan has asked a top House chamber official to modernize the Speakers Lobby dress code after being pummeled in the media for a long-held rule that women must cover their... Decorum is important, especially for this institution and a dress code in the chamber, in the lobby, makes sense, he added. But we also dont need to bar otherwise accepted contemporary business attire.
Ryan said Thursday he'll look into modernizing the House Chamber and Speakers Lobby dress code, which forbids women to wear sleeveless dresses and open-toed shoes. Speaker of the House Paul Ryan announced on Thursday that he will modernize the House of Representatives unwritten dress code. Currently, the dress code bans women from wearing sleeveless tops in the House Chamber and Speakers Lobby.
House Speaker Paul Ryan (R., Wis.) announced Thursday that the controversial dress code enforced in the House chamber and speaker's lobby will be updated to reflect modern ideas of appropriate... House Speaker Paul Ryan announced Thursday that the House dress code will be "modernized" following recent uproar after several female reporters dressed in sleeveless clothes and open-toed... Speaker Paul Ryan said Thursday that modernizing the decades-old dress code is under discussion after reporters were barred from Speakers Lobby, a corridor off the House chamber, for failing to wear appropriate attire.
The rules bar women in sleeveless dresses or tops and require men to wear jackets and ties. Standing on the House floor Wednesday, she declared, "Before I yield back, I want to point out I'm standing here in my professional attire, which happens to be a sleeveless dress and open-toed... This week, House Speaker Paul Ryan said he was working with the House Sergeant-at-Arms to "modernize" and "update" the business dress code for the Speaker's Lobby, the area outside the...
After a wave of public backlash, House Speaker Paul Ryan will change the House dress code so that it reflects modern clothing styles and is overall more lenient, particularly toward women....
