With Sprint's ultimate control in foreign hands, there are significant questions as to whether the United States would have sufficient influence and oversight to mitigate these concerns," Mr. Schumer said in a letter to the F.C.C. and the Treasury.
The letter sent Wednesday from Mr. Leahy, chairman of the Judiciary Committee, and Mr. Grassley, a ranking Republican, who together wield significant influence in oversight of the F.B.I., represents the latest salvo in the stepped-up attacks on the bureau from Congress.
Public opinion affects the political arena and can influence funding, oversight and direction to the Department of Defense... military's historical approach to responding to controversy is inadequate in today's instantaneous information age.
He argues that the "choking" influence of centralised oversight holds them back.
On one side, Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, as government-sponsored mortgage lenders, have enough political influence to resist oversight.
Beyond influencing FERC's oversight of wholesale markets, the Trump administration could affect the future of the existing nuclear fleet through its approach to climate policy.
While there's no evidence that he shared secrets with Enbridge, or that his lobbying intentions somehow influenced SIRC's oversight, Chuck gave in to the media uproar and called it quits late last week.
"A big budget buys both influence with constituents and oversight of the county executive".
Echoing concerns from many of Mr. Bloomberg's and Mr. Klein's critics, the commission calls for more public oversight and influence, perhaps most notably by changing the way the Panel for Educational Policy is created and run.
To build up the vast holdings this practice entails, some swap dealers have maneuvered behind the scenes, exploiting their political influence and gaps in oversight to gain exemptions from regulatory limits and permission to set up new, unregulated markets.
Public deception on cancer science reminds us of the statement of Philip Zelikow 'The creation and maintenance of public myths exert a powerful influence' [1].8 Lack of oversight and accountability and abuse of funds on too many failed projects made cancer research a myth making machine by 'intellectuals' who portray cancer as too difficult a problem to solve!
