Congressional Restructuring
Channel: HouseResourceOrg
Date: 2011-04-04

Congressional Restructuring - House Committee on Rules - 178095-1-DVD - 2003-09-09 - Former House speakers Thomas Foley (1989-94) and Newt Gingrich (1995-98) recommended that the U.S. House establish a permanent standing Committee on Homeland Security to oversee the new department. Topics included the current state of the department and the difficulties of overseeing a new department. Former House members Lee Hamilton (1965-99) and Robert Walker (1977-97) also testified in favor of a permanent standing Homeland Security Committee.  Filmed by C-SPAN. Non-commercial use only. For more information, see http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/178095-1