Inauguration tickets for the grounds of the U.S. Capitol are extremely limited. My office, as with each Member of the U.S. House of Representatives, will receive only 198 tickets to the swearing-in. My office has received requests for nearly 5,000 tickets. In an effort to be as fair as possible, my office held a lottery the week of December 22nd to select constituents to receive a limited number of inauguration tickets. We have contacted individuals who will receive tickets.

While only a very limited of number of tickets to the swearing-in ceremony are available, you can attend the Inaugural festivities without a ticket. The entire length of the National Mall will be opened to the public so that more people than ever before will be able to watch and hear President-elect Obama’s swearing-in and speech. You can also attend the Inaugural Parade, which will take the newly sworn-in President Obama from the U.S. Capitol to the White House, without a ticket. For more information, http://www.pic2009.org/content/home and http://inaugural.senate.gov/ .