[Congressional Record Volume 157, Number 3 (Friday, January 7, 2011)]
[House]
[Page H118]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                         PARLIAMENTARY INQUIRY

  Mr. McGOVERN. Madam Speaker, I am standing on the floor of the House 
of Representatives where Members of Congress get sworn in, and I have a 
parliamentary inquiry.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentleman will state his inquiry.
  Mr. McGOVERN. Madam Speaker, under the rules of the House and the 
United States Constitution, can a committee of the House be presided 
over by someone who is not a Member of the House of Representatives and 
who is not a member of that committee?
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. No. Only sworn Members may serve on 
committees.

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