House Science, Space and Technology Committee adopts rules, oversight plan and introduces members for 119th Congress

The House Committee on Science, Space and Technology adopted its committee rules and its authorization and oversight plan for the 119th Congress by voice vote during its organizational meeting, and committee leaders introduced new and returning members on both sides of the aisle.

The committee chair (name not specified) opened the meeting and said the rules package made minimal changes from the previous Congress, added a specific provision for electronic voting and conformed the panel’s procedures to the House rules. "I think it was time that the committee on SST and technology, started electronic voting," the chair said. The chair moved to adopt the rules; members approved by voice vote and the chair declared the rules adopted.

Congresswoman Zoe Lofgren, the committee’s ranking member, said Democrats had reviewed the circulated rules and oversight plan and supported them. "I think the collaboration on our rules and oversight is an indication of our interest in working in a bipartisan basis with you to advance our country's…