Sentence examples for committees claimed from inspiring English sources

A Republican senator said on Wednesday that 14 Senate committees claimed authority over anti-terrorist activities and that Mr. Ridge had received 41 requests to testify.

Congress also has failed to improve its oversight of government intelligence by cutting back on the cacophony of 100-plus committees claiming jurisdiction.

The idea has support from members of Congress in both parties, but it has been caught in a parliamentary logjam, with several committees claiming authority.

"It leads to other committees claiming their share of an increase in spending," he says, "everyone else starts to reach for more as opposed to holding the line".

Andrew Tyrie, chairman of the committee, claimed credit for the more detailed report.

Members of the committee claimed he had quit his post in anger at being bypassed by Cameron.

MPs on the business, innovation and skills committee claimed that Ashley was running Sports Direct like a "Victorian workhouse".

In their office on Sittwe's main street, members of the party's central committee claimed the Rohingya were trying to increase their population.

In its report, the parliamentary committee claimed in no uncertain terms that the Echelon network was being used to intercept private and business communications, not only military ones.

The Labour Representation Committee claimed there had been intimidation of delegates, allegations of corruption of the democratic process and "blatant gerrymandering" of the conference agenda.

"Every single detention centre would have its own interrogation committee," claimed Samari, talking for the first time in detail about the US role in the interrogation units.