Political Quotes

“Senate Standing Rule XXVI requires each committee to adopt rules to govern the procedure of the committee and to publish those rules in the Congressional Record not later than March 1 of the first year of each Congress. On February 21, 2023, a majority of the members of the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs' Subcommittee on Emerging Threats and Spending Oversight adopted subcommittee rules of procedure. Consistent with Standing Rule XXVI, today I am submitting for printing in the Congressional Record a copy of the rules of procedure of the Subcommittee on Emerging Threats and Spending Oversight. There being no objection, the material was ordered to be printed in the Record, as follows: 118th Congress Rules of Procedure for the Senate Subcommittee on Emerging Threats and Spending Oversight of the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs as Adopted (February 21, 2023) 1. Subcommittee rules. The Subcommittee shall be governed, where applicable, by the rules of the full Committee on Homeland Security and Government Affairs and the Standing Rules of the Senate. 2. Quorums. A. Transaction of routine business. One-third of the membership of the Subcommittee shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of routine business, provided that one Member of the Minority is present.…”