A committee appointed for a particular or temporary purpose in either the house or the Senate is referred to as a "subcommittee" since they are usually part of a bigger group.
I think that the oldest department in the executive branch is the United States federal executive departments
1930 to 1941...............
In general, this statement is true in the sense that Truman was a pragmatic leader. He of course came into office because of FDR's death, so he had great shoes to fill. Yet he did so with great poise.
