On the other hand, a system of standing committees is well-suited for providing continuity, expertise, and representation to congressional policymaking and for overseeing the administration of laws. Members' careers, reputations, and actions are often shaped by their committee work. These permanent structural units, then, serve important institutional and individual purposes. In sum, there appears to be role for both adhocracy and permanency in the House's committee system. Recently, a GOP Task Force on Committee Review underscored this perspective when it recommended in July 1996 that the Speaker selectively create bipartisan ad hoc panels to address specific high priority issues.
Task forces seem destined to coexist with the traditional committee structure.
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