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The History of the Speaker of the House

We the People

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The House Rules Committee and the House of Representatives

Thomas Brackett Reed is really the person to focus on. He's a member of the Rules Committee and is to a large extent responsible for turning the Rules Committee into what it has become today. Every piece of legislative business basically that comes to the floor of the House of Representatives first makes a detour through the rules committee. So interesting. Thank you so much for that history.

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