House Administration Chairman Dan Lungren said the full panel should give input on the important issue of Member and staff security.
The committee also adopted by unanimous voice vote several technical changes to its rules that will allow it to conform with the rules of the whole House, including posting all documents online. It also adopted several technical changes to the House parking policy.
In a move that surprised even Lungren, Rep. Zoe Lofgren (Calif.) declined to serve on the Subcommittee on Elections, on which she has been the top Democrat since it was created in the 110th Congress.
Lungren mistakenly announced at the hearing that she would be ranking member on that committee, to which Lofgren replied, “Nope.”
Instead, the full committee’s ranking member, Rep. Robert Brady (Pa.), will be the top Democrat on that subcommittee, which Rep. Gregg Harper (R-Miss.) will chair. Lofgren will be ranking member on the Subcommittee on Oversight.
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