Subcommittee
noun
A small group formed from a bigger group, usually to work on something specific.
The organisation formed a subcommittee to focus on the issue of climate change.
Often appears as...
- form a subcommittee
- serve on a subcommittee
noun
A small group formed from a bigger group, usually to work on something specific.
The organisation formed a subcommittee to focus on the issue of climate change.
Often appears as...
- form a subcommittee
- serve on a subcommittee
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Pro Tip 1/3Specific Purpose
A subcommittee focuses on a particular area or task within the larger group's responsibilities.
The board created a subcommittee to update the company's privacy policy.
Pro Tip 2/3Temporary Nature
Subcommittees may be temporary and disband after completing their specific task or issue.
The festival subcommittee will dissolve after the event's conclusion.
Pro Tip 3/3Expertise Required
Members of a subcommittee are often chosen for their expertise or interest in the subject they'll be working on.
She joined the finance subcommittee because of her background in accounting.
Pro Tip 1/3Specific Purpose
A subcommittee focuses on a particular area or task within the larger group's responsibilities.
The board created a subcommittee to update the company's privacy policy.
Pro Tip 2/3Temporary Nature
Subcommittees may be temporary and disband after completing their specific task or issue.
The festival subcommittee will dissolve after the event's conclusion.
Pro Tip 3/3Expertise Required
Members of a subcommittee are often chosen for their expertise or interest in the subject they'll be working on.
She joined the finance subcommittee because of her background in accounting.
Pro Tip 1/3Specific Purpose
A subcommittee focuses on a particular area or task within the larger group's responsibilities.
The board created a subcommittee to update the company's privacy policy.
Pro Tip 2/3Temporary Nature
Subcommittees may be temporary and disband after completing their specific task or issue.
The festival subcommittee will dissolve after the event's conclusion.
Pro Tip 3/3Expertise Required
Members of a subcommittee are often chosen for their expertise or interest in the subject they'll be working on.
She joined the finance subcommittee because of her background in accounting.
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before the United States congressional subcommittee on communications, chaired by the seemingly very curmudgeonly John Pastore. And Mister Rogers is there to make a kind of classic debate case, a really bold an increase in federal funding for public broadcasting.
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What is McCarthyism? And...
while distorting or fabricating evidence. Many citizens reviled McCarthy while others praised him. And when the Korean War broke out, McCarthy seemed vindicated. Once he became chair of the Senate's permanent subcommittee on investigations in 1953,
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How to disagree...
before the United States congressional subcommittee on communications, chaired by the seemingly very curmudgeonly John Pastore. And Mister Rogers is there to make a kind of classic debate case, a really bold an increase in federal funding for public broadcasting.
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What is McCarthyism? And...
while distorting or fabricating evidence. Many citizens reviled McCarthy while others praised him. And when the Korean War broke out, McCarthy seemed vindicated. Once he became chair of the Senate's permanent subcommittee on investigations in 1953,
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Glenn Kelman
American Businessman
In 2006, I appeared before a House subcommittee considering real estate reform. It was like visiting the capital for the 'Hunger Games' as an outsider in a glamorous and byzantine fairy tale: I couldn't believe how beautiful all the congressional aides were, and I never understood the system of bells and alarms warning legislators to vote.
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Blake Farenthold
American Politician
My subcommittee will be thoroughly investigating this issue and demanding answers from Census officials on allegations that the Census Bureau is changing the wording of survey questions used to determine our nation's annual report on health insurance coverage.
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Sam Graves
American Politician
When I pick my subcommittee chairmen, I look for people that understand what it's like to run successful businesses, who know what it's like to sign the front of the check instead of the back of the check: somebody that gets it.
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Gary Weiss
American Journalist
For Randy Neugebauer, the Texas Republican who chairs the investigations subcommittee, the top sources of funding for his 2012 reelection campaign are from the insurance, banking, finance, securities and real estate industries.
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Tom Fitton
American Activist
While the Pentagon ultimately awards military contracts, there is a reason for the review process. The Senate's subcommittee on Military Construction's approval carries weight.
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Tom Graves
American Politician
I think it's possible to have a conservative serve in a cardinal position, a subcommittee chair position, and be very effective.
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Lindsey Graham
American Politician
I'm the ranking Republican on the foreign aid appropriations subcommittee, so I know Tunisia well.
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Dick Durbin
American Politician
Chairing any Appropriations subcommittee is both a great honor and weighty responsibility.
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Kevin Richardson
American Musician
Prior to that I testified before the Senate subcommittee addressing mountaintop removal.
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Ed Royce
American Politician
I am chairman of the Africa subcommittee in the House of Representatives.
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Glenn Kelman
American Businessman
In 2006, I appeared before a House subcommittee considering real estate reform. It was like visiting the capital for the 'Hunger Games' as an outsider in a glamorous and byzantine fairy tale: I couldn't believe how beautiful all the congressional aides were, and I never understood the system of bells and alarms warning legislators to vote.
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Blake Farenthold
American Politician
My subcommittee will be thoroughly investigating this issue and demanding answers from Census officials on allegations that the Census Bureau is changing the wording of survey questions used to determine our nation's annual report on health insurance coverage.
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Sam Graves
American Politician
When I pick my subcommittee chairmen, I look for people that understand what it's like to run successful businesses, who know what it's like to sign the front of the check instead of the back of the check: somebody that gets it.
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Gary Weiss
American Journalist
For Randy Neugebauer, the Texas Republican who chairs the investigations subcommittee, the top sources of funding for his 2012 reelection campaign are from the insurance, banking, finance, securities and real estate industries.
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Tom Fitton
American Activist
While the Pentagon ultimately awards military contracts, there is a reason for the review process. The Senate's subcommittee on Military Construction's approval carries weight.
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Tom Graves
American Politician
I think it's possible to have a conservative serve in a cardinal position, a subcommittee chair position, and be very effective.
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Lindsey Graham
American Politician
I'm the ranking Republican on the foreign aid appropriations subcommittee, so I know Tunisia well.
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Dick Durbin
American Politician
Chairing any Appropriations subcommittee is both a great honor and weighty responsibility.
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Kevin Richardson
American Musician
Prior to that I testified before the Senate subcommittee addressing mountaintop removal.
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Ed Royce
American Politician
I am chairman of the Africa subcommittee in the House of Representatives.
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