How to Use subcommittee in a Sentence

subcommittee

noun
  • The Senate has formed a subcommittee to set up an investigation.
  • Fritts, who shared his video from the hearing room, does not sit on the subcommittee.
    — Melissa Brown, The Tennessean, 2 July 2025
  • No one from the public spoke in favor of the bill at the subcommittee.
    — Stephen Gruber-Miller, Des Moines Register, 4 Feb. 2026
  • The fact is that the subcommittee has wasted nearly a year and a half chasing a chimera.
    — Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 6 June 2024
  • The bill that emerged from the subcommittee was as remarkable as the process that produced it.
    — Beth Gardiner, Scientific American, 15 July 2022
  • Tuesday’s hearing is the fourth in less than a month hosted by this subcommittee.
    — Abram Brown, Forbes, 26 Oct. 2021
  • Some subcommittee members cautioned this could be too high a burden of proof.
    — Tyler Arnold, Washington Examiner, 22 Oct. 2020
  • The subcommittee gave Helmer a chance to respond.
    — Arkansas Online, 10 Mar. 2026
  • Torres sits on the subcommittee that decides how, and where, foreign aid flows.
    — Los Angeles Times, 27 May 2021
  • Lee serves as the chair for the Senate subcommittee on antitrust.
    — Wesley Stenzel, Entertainment Weekly, 21 Feb. 2026
  • The committee assigned the bill to a subcommittee for more work.
    — Mike Cason | [email protected], al, 5 Apr. 2023
  • Forbes did not sit on the subcommittee but urged his colleagues to push the proposal forward.
    — From Usa Today Network and Wire Reports, USA TODAY, 28 Jan. 2021
  • The subcommittee then adjourned, with a vote of 5-2.
    — Garrett Downs, CNBC, 25 Mar. 2026
  • In remarks before the subcommittee, Helmer did not hold back.
    — Washington Post, 31 Jan. 2022
  • And that subcommittee does not appear to be planning to convene again this session.
    — oregonlive, 26 June 2021
  • The $2 million request passed his subcommittee and the House as a whole.
    — James Brooks, Anchorage Daily News, 17 Apr. 2022
  • Members of the subcommittee questioned whether Red Hill was too much of a risk to keep open.
    — Kiara Alfonseca, ABC News, 11 Jan. 2022
  • Tempe has formed a new subcommittee to address safety around electric bikes and scooters.
    — Wren Smetana, AZCentral.com, 22 Dec. 2025
  • That subcommittee will bring its findings back to the full board by July 20.
    — Kansas City Star, 28 June 2026
  • Cicilline who chairs the House antitrust subcommittee is one of the sponsors.
    — David McLaughlin, Fortune, 11 Mar. 2021
  • Tuesday’s hearing was the subcommittee’s fourth, the second this year.
    — Phil Diehl, San Diego Union-Tribune, 5 May 2024
  • Horn is the chair of the House space subcommittee but was just defeated for reelection.
    — Alexander William Salter, National Review, 24 Nov. 2020
  • The files must be released to the House Oversight subcommittee.
    — Stephanie Murray, AZCentral.com, 25 July 2025
  • Raskin was given time to criticize the creation of the subcommittee.
    — Sarah Westwood, Washington Examiner, 9 Feb. 2023
  • The subcommittee is working to find savings that would lower the cost of construction.
    — Barbara D. Hathaway, Austin American-Statesman, 11 Oct. 2024
  • Whatley’s campaign did not answer questions about the report and his role on the subcommittee.
    — Nora O'Neill, Charlotte Observer, 21 Jan. 2026
  • When the information came out, the players on the subcommittee made their feelings known.
    — Ronald Blum, Chicago Tribune, 19 Feb. 2026
  • One was scheduled for a subcommittee hearing in Tennessee this month, but didn’t get one.
    — ABC News, 24 Mar. 2026
  • In September, the subcommittee will present three final designs to the task force.
    — Kim Bojórquez, The Salt Lake Tribune, 12 Apr. 2022
  • So a House bill must pass both a subcommittee and a full committee in the House to remain viable.
    — Stephen Gruber-Miller, Des Moines Register, 9 Jan. 2026

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