State Sen. Tony Avella (D - Bayside) is one of three freshmen Democratic senators to be appointed as ranking minority members of legislative committees in Albany, Sen. Democratic Leader John Sampson (D - Brooklyn) announced last week. (queenscampaigner.com)
Senator Diane Feinstein (D — CA), the top - ranked minority member on the Senate subcommittee, said that the cost to the United States, which has ballooned to at least $ 4 billion, threatens more than just other DOE research programs. (sciencemag.org)
As it is, a bill introduced in late May by Oxley and House Financial Services Committee Ranking Minority Member Rep. Barney Frank, D - Mass., would expressly allow banks into real estate brokerage. (realtormag.realtor.org)