The committees investigate and prepare legislation to be considered by the House. The committee is basically a sub-organization within the legislative branch, what it does is identify the issues for legislative review and recommend a course of action to the parent body after gathering information about the subject.
In the United States the governments makes collusion illegal with antitrust laws because monopolies reduce economic efficiency.
90 percent
Congressional grants provided the significant of the amount
required for the interstate highway system. This system has profoundly impacted
the American economy and contributed significantly to improved economic productivity.
The system encouraged development by making land less expensive and available
to the nation's transportation system.
Sailed for Spain, brought back natives from Hispanola to show that he found new converts for the Catholic church. 4 voyages between 1492 &1504
True - the crusades were the holy wars controlled by Jerusalem