Sentences with phrase «as the confirmation hearings»

As the confirmation hearings get underway, there's sure to be more news regarding Judge Sotomayor's views, so stay tuned.

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During Sessions» confirmation hearings in 1986, Thomas Figures, who was an Assistant United States Attorney for seven years and an African - American working for Sessions in Alabama at the time, alleged that Sessions referred to the NAACP as «un-American» and repeatedly referred to Figures as «boy.»

Kuroda has been beating that drum for years and his comments in confirmation hearings in the past two weeks suggest he plans to pump cash into the economy much more aggressively than outgoing Governor Masaaki Shirakawa, who was reluctant to be too bold for fear of sowing the seeds of future problems, such as an economic bubble.

She had been considered as a candidate for deputy Treasury secretary but withdrew rather than undergo a banker - bashing confirmation hearing.

Powell in statements throughout the year, culminating with his recent Senate confirmation hearing, has been clear he sees little risk of inflation that would prompt the Fed to raise rates faster than expected, and takes weak wage growth as a sign that sidelined workers remain to be drawn into jobs.

As Democrats intensify their criticisms of Supreme Court nominee Neil Gorsuch, whose confirmation hearing is scheduled for Monday, his track record on criminal cases has become a focus.

Secretary Perry, for instance, who presided over the greatest expansion of wind capacity in the country during his 14 years as governor of Texas, acknowledged in his confirmation hearing that climate change is real, and that «man - made activity» is at least partly to blame.

During his confirmation hearings last week, Tillerson took a hardline on China over its trade practices, expansionist moves in the South China Sea, and unwillingness to punish North Korea for its nuclear and missile programs even as he prevaricated on Russia.

Sessions had said during his confirmation hearing for attorney general that he «did not have communications with the Russians» while he served as a campaign surrogate for Donald Trump.

Meanwhile, Trump's pick for DOL secretary has had his confirmation hearing pushed back four times as he scrambles to disentangle himself from his corporate interests.

Thomas E. Perez, the former Maryland labor secretary nominated to lead the U.S. Department of Labor, faced pointed questions at his Senate confirmation hearing Thursday about whether politics influenced his decisions as the top civil rights attorney in...

At his Senate confirmation hearing, Powell stressed his intention to carry on the cautious approach to interest rate hikes that his predecessor, Janet Yellen, pursued in four years as Fed chair.

As ThinkAdvisor's Melanie Waddell has reported, President Donald Trump is expected to issue an order directing the DOL to delay its fiduciary rule by six months or a year and has appointed an acting secretary of Labor while confirmation hearings for his chosen Labor secretary, Andrew Puzder, have been delayed.

It is logical to assume that Acosta will carry out Trump's directive, as he suggested he would during his confirmation hearing.

This reference is to Janet Yellen's testimony in her Senate confirmation hearing as the chairman - to - be cited the benefits of the Fed's policy of über low rates for the average household.

Massachusetts» entirely Democratic Senate delegation of Ted Kennedy and John Kerry went along with the assessment to the point of preventing his confirmation — only to hear a howl, when the senators got back home, from the hospitals and medical firms around Boston, whose leaders thought Astrue was as good as they were likely to get from the Republican administration in Washington.

The United States Catholic Conference publicly released her «apology» before the confirmation hearings, thus, as one political observer put it, «clearing the air» of the charge of anti-Catholicism.

He followed the testy confirmation hearings for Trump's nomination of Betsy DeVos as secretary of the Department of Education, whose strong support of school choice made her a target of teachers» unions.

«If DeVos follows through on her plans to privatize education and hold charter schools receiving federal funds to different standards than public schools, as she indicated she would in her confirmation hearing, this could mean that fewer and fewer schools are even required to follow Title IX guidelines at all,» Gibbs wrote.

So instead of worrying about DeVos, we really should be focusing on: (1) Congressional Republicans, who've already shown great enthusiasm for weakening the nutrition standards for school meals and limiting their accessibility to low - income kids (see my Civil Eats piece, «3 Things You Need to Know About the House School Food Bill «-RRB-; (2) the as - yet - unscheduled confirmation hearing for Agriculture Secretary nominee Sonny Perdue, during which we're likely to get more information on how he views the NSLP; and (3) whoever eventually is appointed Under Secretary for Food, Nutrition and Consumer Services, the USDA official directly in charge of child nutrition programs.

The name I've been hearing is Wendy Long, (no relation to state Conservative Party Chairman Mike Long), a Manhattan attorney who serves as counsel to the Judicial Confirmation Network.

Sessions, who had testified during his confirmation hearing he did not have contact with Russian officials during the campaign, insisted the meetings were conducted in his capacity as a member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee.

Last year, the Senate rushed through Cuomo's same - day appointment of Joe Lhota as MTA chairman, with a committee confirmation hearing taking place late at night via Skype while the nominee was in his home.

While predicting that work on the new Tappan Zee Bridge could start as early as this summer, incoming Thruway Authority executive director Tom Madison revealed at confirmation hearings yesterday that financing for the new bridge is still very much a work in progress.

Secretary of Transportation nominee Elaine Chao testifies as her husband Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R - Ky., looks on during her Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee confirmation hearing on Jan. 11.

The lawmakers noted Sini's testimony at his confirmation hearing in February 2016 that he would not seek the $ 194,000 - a-year job as top prosecutor.

We look forward to his confirmation hearing and to working with him as commissioner.»

As longtime Nassau GOP chairman Joseph Mondello readies for Senate confirmation hearings for the ambassadorship to Trinidad and Tobago, his top lieutenant, Joseph Cairo, has emerged as a top prospect to succeed hiAs longtime Nassau GOP chairman Joseph Mondello readies for Senate confirmation hearings for the ambassadorship to Trinidad and Tobago, his top lieutenant, Joseph Cairo, has emerged as a top prospect to succeed hias a top prospect to succeed him.

The NYC teachers union piled on as American Federation of Teachers president Randi Weingarten blasted Trump's pick to lead the U.S. Department of Education, Betsy DeVos, whose confirmation hearing will be tomorrow.

An environmental group and several Democratic senators are demanding a review of the personal email account of Scott Pruitt, the EPA administrator, after he said during confirmation hearings that he never used that account for official business as Oklahoma state attorney general.

As U.S. Senate Republicans embark on a flurry of confirmation hearings this week, several of Trump's appointees have yet to complete the background checks and ethics clearances customarily required before the Senate begins to consider cabinet - level nominees.

Senate approval of Andy Puzder to lead the Department of Labor will hinge in large part on his testimony in a confirmation hearing tomorrow, as an unusually large number of GOP senators are reserving judgment on the nomination until they hear his explanation of several sensitive matters.

As nine of his cabinet picks head to Capitol Hill this week to kickoff a series of Senate confirmation hearings, Trump says he thinks the nominees are «going to do very well» in the grueling question - and - answer sessions.

Haters of truth and sentimentalists will call for Oshekomes head, byt will foolishly turn blind eyes to the fact that he have outlaid a child who depends on the father or relative being the invigilator to pass exams will always fail the exam on the day his father or relation is not in the exams hall, that is the case of the EFCC and the FGN, they relied on the judiciary to help them rubbish their opposition or faces they do not like, and have always lost cases because their candidates in the judiciary were not assigned their cases and that is the same head of EFCC Magu that the president keep nominating for confirmation, even when reports indicted him, this recent looses have to confirm to doubting Thomas that Magu is just the best because he can do the dirty work for the APC and Buhari, not because he is the best in corruption fight, I wish there is a listening and discerning government in place back there in Nigeria, they would have known that there is a vacuum as far as EFCC is concerned and use the time to shop for a head that will deliver, it also confirms the fact that the «So called fight against corruption» Is a BIG lie and propaganda, just a wipe to flog opposition into their line, shame on the clapping members and the O yes members who will never hear any criticisms concerning Buhari or anything he does good or bad, bitter or sweet dem go swallow like that shaaaaa.

(CNN)- The Obama transition talking points for Sen. Hillary Clinton's Tuesday confirmation hearing as secretary of state say she will stress «a renewal of American leadership» and a «revitalization of diplomacy to promote our security interests and advance our values.»

Boggs is now a Georgia Court of Appeals judge, but his Senate Judiciary confirmation hearing focused on votes and statements from when he served as a conservative Democrat in the George state legislature, from 2000 - 2004.

He also criticized Mr. Sini for saying to a county legislative panel during his confirmation hearing as police commissioner that he would not run for district attorney.

Beyond Monday, we're continuing to watch confirmation hearings out of Washington, D.C. as President - elect Donald Trump's nominees to top positions are vetted by the Senate.

Tsunis in 2014 withdrew from consideration as Democratic President Barack Obama's Ambassador to Norway after fumbling questions at his U.S. Senate confirmation hearing.

At his confirmation hearing before the Suffolk County Legislature last February, Mr. Sini was asked by Mr. McCaffrey if he planned to use the police commissioner position as a stepping stone to run for district attorney.

On his way to the first of six meetings on Capitol Hill as part of his inaugural participation in Climate Science Day events that bring scientists to Congress each year to offer lawmakers and their staff assistance and scientific resources relating to climate science, Kennedy ran into a crowd waiting to watch Day Two of federal Judge Neil Gorsuch's Supreme Court confirmation hearings.

In fact, the new energy secretary Steven Chu said during in his Senate confirmation hearing that he did not view used fuel management as an issue that should hamper the growth of nuclear power.

Secretary of State Tillerson supported Paris in his previous job as CEO of Exxon Mobil Corp. and called for a «seat at the table» on climate negotiations during his Senate confirmation hearing.

As often happens at confirmation hearings, senators tended to focus their questions on uniquely home - state issues.

Today the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources held a confirmation hearing on Majumdar's nomination as undersecretary.

The Southampton team believes these new results support the case for national governments to fund universal newborn hearing screening programs that increase the rates of early confirmation of hearing difficulties in the many developed and developing countries where screening programs for deafness are currently under discussion, but not yet adopted as national policy.

Moniz received bipartisan praise today at a confirmation hearing held by the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, with lawmakers touting his past experience as a senior official at the Department of Energy (DOE) and his scholarly work on energy policy.

pledged yesterday to make climate change a top priority as secretary of State as he sailed through a mostly genial confirmation hearing before the committee he still chairs.

During his confirmation hearing, Bridenstine said he acknowledged that global warming was real and man - made, but wouldn't say that it was mostly human - caused, as the overwhelming majority of scientists and scientific literature have done.

While the record was expected, the joint announcement by NASA and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration came in the midst of Senate confirmation hearings for President - elect Trump's cabinet nominees, several of whom have expressed doubts about established climate science, as has Trump himself.