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House Ways and Means committee adopts rules, ratifies subcommittee slates and approves oversight plan
Summary
At its organizational meeting (date not specified), the House Committee on Ways and Means adopted a rules package, ratified subcommittee chairs and ranking members, and approved its oversight and authorization plan, moving the panel’s early priorities forward by voice votes.
The House Committee on Ways and Means on an organizational call (date not specified) adopted its rules for the 119th Congress, ratified a slate of subcommittee chairs and ranking members, and approved an oversight and authorization plan, all by voice vote.
The rules package, which the committee chair described as consistent with past practice, includes a change to the trade subcommittee’s membership and a change allowing the chair to consider member attendance when recognizing members to question witnesses. "This committee has a responsibility to make sure taxes do not go up on over 200,000,000 filers in this country," the chair said in opening remarks, outlining tax and oversight priorities the committee intends to pursue.
The committee adopted the rules after a motion to adopt was offered by Mr. Buchanan. The vote was conducted…
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