In the early days, the rural committee only served the indigenous inhabitants.

The committee has no formal legislative authority, but serves as the conscience of Congress on food and nutrition issues.

Another committee serves breakfast for the homeless at the church, every second and fourth Saturday.

The committee serves as the Senate's chief investigative and oversight committee.

Now, he said, the committee would serve as a genuine decision-making forum, as was the case at the meeting in Moscow last week.

It seemed clear that these committees could also serve as the nucleus for a future government should Palestinian self-rule come about.

Unlike the four-member board of the agency, the committee serves a purely advisory role.

The same sort of arrangement was used in Indianapolis, where the organizing committee served as the host broadcaster.

These committees might also serve as the base for future unionization efforts.

Such a committee on security affairs thus only serves to protect secrecy.