Committees are an essential part of the legislative process. Senate committees monitor on-going governmental operations, identify issues suitable for legislative review, gather and evaluate information, and recommend courses of action to the Senate. These committees are further divided into subcommittees.
There are three main types of committees: standing, select or special, and joint. (Party committees, task forces, and congressional Member organizations—informal groups—are not addressed here.) Standing committees are permanent panels identified as such in chamber rules (House Rule X, Senate Rule XXV).
Subcommittee on Department Operations Oversight Dairy Nutrition and Forestry. House Committee on Appropriations. Subcommittee on Agriculture Rural Development Food and Drug Administration and Related Agencies. Subcommittee on Defense. Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies.
Gandhi announced he was beginning a “fast unto death” in order to protest British support of a new Indian constitution, which gave the country's lowest classes known as “untouchables”
