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The House would benefit from more deliberation. Every member represents about the same number of Americans, and a successful Congress would draw much more on their distributed knowledge to make policy. After all, committees aren’t perfect microcosms of House members, and members often have ideas to improve legislation from committees other than those on which they serve.

This week, the House Budget Committee held a hearing on “Creating a Culture of Responsibility: Assessing the Role of the Congressional Budget Office.”

Committees are venues for applying members’ knowledge, experience, and resources within a manageable space for deliberation. The American people need empowered committees to update federal programs for society’s changing needs and to take back the arbitrary power that the administrative state lords over the country.