Sentence examples for before the committee using from inspiring English sources

But none have laid out a systematic record of what went wrong, hauling miscreants before the committee, using subpoena power to expose the extent of the malfeasance -- for example, the extraordinary percentage of mortgages that revealed signs of fraud on the face of the loan, and yet were marketed as sound by ratings agencies, banks and hedge funds that never looked at the underlying documents.

The committee used to be a very good little committee, because it had the urban constituency.

The former director general, now chief executive of the New York Times Company, used his appearance before the committee in February to "apologise to you and the public" over the project.

"They don't know what they're doing," Ms. Goggins said at the meeting, before the committees on land use and economic development.

The Olympic village design was just announced, but it's on the same small site, using a plan developed before the committee's critique.

Earlier that day, the retired slugger Mark McGwire had appeared before the committee and declined to answer most of the panel's questions about steroid use.

In testimony before the committee, a senior federal banking regulator said he was exploring new ways to curb the use of consultants.

A standby, for lobbyists, congressmen, and their guests, is what ProPublica calls "the K-Street Band": Bruce Springsteen and his backups: At least 19 congressional fundraisers were held at Springsteen's two Washington concerts last year, almost half of them in boxes rented from companies or organizations with business before the committees of the lawmakers who used them.

Gordon Brown and Nick Clegg also appeared before the committee today.

Awkwardly, he must decide before the committee reports.

Its publication comes two days before Attorney General Eric H. Holder Jr. is to testify before the committee.