Sentence examples for panel authority from inspiring English sources

The new amendments will give the independent panel authority to push for changes across the entire health system, not just in Medicare, and successful pilot schemes could also be scaled up rapidly by administrative action, without going through Congress.Taken together, this burst of activity may move the Senate Democrats closer to a successful vote this month.

At a meeting in January with Mayor Manny Diaz, Mr. Louima suggested proposals and reforms that he believed would give the panel more authority.

"I am confident that she will lead the work of the panel with authority, and that under her leadership the panel will get to the truth of these issues".

Details of the investigation were announced by the Home Secretary, Theresa May, who raised the possibility of converting it into a full public inquiry and giving the panel the authority to subpoena witnesses.

Mr. Capuano said he believed giving the panel the authority to compel testimony and evidence would only delay investigations since it could throw the subpoena fight into the courts.

"The unemployment insurance system before the recession was as vulnerable as New Orleans was before Katrina," said Representative Jim McDermott, Democrat of Washington, who is chairman of a House panel with authority over the program.

ALBANY — New York's new corruption-fighting commission is asking all state lawmakers to provide details never required before about their outside work, including a list of law clients, prompting the Legislature to hire a lawyer for a possible challenge to the panel's authority.

Senate Republicans say that existing Congressional panels with authority over emergency response agencies are capable of conducting the investigation.

A panel investigating authorities' response to the attacks on Thursday toured government offices in Oslo that were ravaged by the bombing.

Our panel of authorities considers this problem in a round-table discussion.

Guideline translation and adjudication of differences between guidelines were supervised by a panel of authorities, many of whom had participated in their development (Additional file 1).