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House Small Business Committee names subcommittee leaders, adopts rules and oversight plan
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Summary
At its organizational meeting for the 119th Congress, the House Committee on Small Business appointed subcommittee chairs and ranking members, adopted its committee rules (including electronic voting), and approved its authorization and oversight plan as required by House rules.
The Committee on Small Business convened for its organizational meeting for the 119th Congress, approved its roster of subcommittee chairs and ranking members, adopted a rules package that allows electronic voting, and adopted an authorization and oversight plan required by House rules.
The committee approved the list of subcommittee chairs and ranking members by voice vote after the chair and Ranking Member Nydia Velázquez introduced the members. The chair announced the majority-side subcommittee chairs: the chair will lead the Subcommittee on Economic Growth, Tax, and Capital Access; Congressman Mark Alford will chair Oversight, Investigations, and Regulations; Congressman Jake Elzey will chair Rural Development, Energy, and Supply Chains; Congressman Nick [name redacted in transcript] will chair Contracting and Infrastructure; and Congressman Brian Jack will chair Innovation, Entrepreneurship and Workforce Development. Ranking Member Nydia Velázquez introduced the Democratic members and the ranking members for each subcommittee.
The rules package, described by the chair as “nearly the same as last congress with a few minor changes,” includes an explicit adjustment allowing members to vote electronically. Ranking Member Velázquez said, “I hope that these rules lay the foundation for us to continue our committee's bipartisan tradition and for this panel to be run openly and fairly.” The committee adopted the proposed rules by voice vote; the chair stated the ayes prevailed.
The committee next considered and adopted its authorization and oversight plan for the 119th Congress. The chair described the plan as addressing programs and agencies the committee intends to authorize or oversee and said it was compiled with input from ranking and minority members and distributed in advance. The chair noted the plan was adopted pursuant to House Rule 10, clause 2(d), which directs each standing committee to adopt an authorization and oversight plan in an open meeting no later than March 1 of a new Congress. Ranking Member Velázquez said the negotiated plan emphasizes accountability, transparency and priorities such as entrepreneurial development, lending initiatives and federal contracting.
Members approved the three organizational actions—appointment of subcommittee leadership, adoption of the committee rules, and adoption of the authorization and oversight plan—by voice votes. As directed by the chair, committee staff were authorized to make technical and conforming changes to reflect the committee’s actions. The chair also noted that, pursuant to House rules, the adopted committee rules will be published in the Congressional Record and made available on the committee’s website; the authorization and oversight plan will be submitted to the Committee on Oversight and Accountability and compiled by the Committee on House Administration.
The meeting opened with the pledge and a short prayer and concluded after the committee adopted the three items and authorized staff to make technical edits. No roll-call vote tallies were recorded in the transcript; actions were approved by voice vote.
