1. committee - Noun
2. committee - Verb
One or more persons elected or appointed, to whom any matter or business is referred, either by a legislative body, or by a court, or by any collective body of men acting together.
One to whom the charge of the person or estate of another, as of a lunatic, is committed by suitable authority; a guardian.
Source: Webster's dictionaryCan any of you seriously say the Bill of Rights could get through Congress today? It wouldn't even get out of committee. F. Lee Bailey
I think what the Nobel committee is doing is going beyond war and looking at what humanity can do to prevent war. Sustainable management of our natural resources will promote peace. Wangari Maathai
It is a common experience that a problem difficult at night is resolved in the morning after the committee of sleep has worked on it. John Steinbeck
Football is a mistake. It combines the two worst elements of American life. Violence and committee meetings. George Will
I've said many a time that I think the Un-American Activities Committee in the House of Representatives was the most un-American thing in America! Harry S. Truman
A committee is twelve men doing the work of one. John F. Kennedy