The question is not whether it is done within the House or not. Let us say there is a discussion, a debate underway on a given issue, and someone sends a message over the Twitter network to an organization, indicating that such and such a member is not in the House. I think that is the issue we are dealing with. If not, you might as well strike the other rule and allow people who are in the House to comment on the members' presence or absence. The rule doesn't have much of an impact any more.
On April 20th, 2010. See this statement in context.