Problem Solvers Caucus may be key to re-establishing Committee on Aging – Herb Weiss
Problem Solvers Caucus key to bringing back House Aging Committee By Herb Weiss, contributing writer on aging issues H.R. Res. 583, Reestablishing the Permanent House Select Committee on Aging (HSCoA), chances were growing slim in getting Congressional attention for passage in the final days of the 117 th Congress. Extensive media coverage of the ongoing Ukraine War, the wrap up and issuance of the Jan. 6 th hearing’s report and midterm election coverage kept Congressman David Cicilline’s (D-RI) resolution from getting political traction from being considered by the House Rules Committee for ultimate passage and floor action. The HSCoA was a permanent select committee of the U.S. House of Representatives between 1974 and 1992. The committee was initially created with the intent not of crafting legislative proposals, but of conducting investigations and holding hearings to put the Congressional spotlight on aging issues. Its purpose was to push for leg...