Sentences with phrase «house officials talked»
White House officials talked about what the administration needs to focus on, how to promote clean energy to the American public, and how to get funding to clean tech.
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He should be staying at the White House, taking phone calls, getting briefed, talking to his Cabinet, talking to local officials, and putting his administration in a position to respond where needed.»
A senior White House official agreed that these concerns should be addressed, and the talking points that emerged from an interagency briefing were scrubbed of all references to terrorist attacks.
A White House official said it would be premature to discuss whether the U.S. would initiate NAFTA withdrawal talks when the three countries convene this month.
A White House official said it would be premature to discuss whether the U.S. would initiate withdrawal talks when the three countries convene this month, and a second official said there are «notional» dates being discussed for future talks in February and March.
The White House is now clearly avoiding that kind of talk:» We will have ongoing discussions with Canada and Mexico,» a senior White House official said in a pre-announcement briefing.»
President Donald Trump plans to offer Canada and Mexico a 30 - day exemption from planned tariffs on steel and aluminum imports, which could be extended based on progress in NAFTA talks, a White House official said on Wednesday night.
He said that during the meeting, Trump congratulated another White House official, Homeland Security Adviser Tom Bossert, for his performance on the Sunday news talk shows.
Trump felt it was important to make the change now, as he prepares for possible high - stakes talks with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, as well as upcoming trade negotiations, three White House officials said.
Officials have said that Trump wanted Mueller fired last June, but White House counsel Don McGahn talked him out of it.
«Meat — The Big Omission from the Talks on Emissions» Humane Society, Brighter Green, Chatham House 9 Dec 15:00 — 16:30 Observer Room 04 COP21 Paris — Le Bourget Site Leading experts and government officials will discuss the climate impacts of meat and dairy consumption, public awareness, and potential policy and behaviour - change solutions.
Saratoga County Republican Board of Elections Commissioner Roger Schiera talked to YNN and told us the maps that were provided to them were not as accurate as he would have liked, forcing officials to go street to street to try and figure out which house is in which district.
The White House said any discussions with North Korea must lead to the regime ending its nuclear program, as Pyongyang officials in South Korea for the Winter Olympics said their government was open to talks with the United States.
«Now that he's made it official, hopefully this media circus will end and we can start talking about schools, public safety and affordable housing,» said.
In a sign that the investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election will remain a continuing distraction for the White House, the special counsel, Robert Mueller, is in talks with the West Wing about interviewing current and former senior administration officials, including the recently ousted White House chief of staff, Reince Priebus.
After one of President Trump's most ruinous weeks in office, the White House sent none of its officials to defend him on Sunday talk shows — leaving the task to Liberty University President Jerry Falwell Jr..
Assembly Housing Committee Chairman Keith Wright summed up the current state of the negotiations in a statement released at around 10:30 on Tuesday night, saying state officials are «getting nowhere fast» with the talks on rent control.
White House Chief of Staff Reince Priebus insisted that Flynn, who resigned last week after admitting misleading officials about talks he had with the Kremlin before the inauguration, «didn't do anything wrong.»
Yesterday, President Uhuru Kenyatta and Premier Abe held bilateral talks at State House ahead of the official opening of the conference today at KICC, Nairobi.
Official White House Photo by Chuck Kennedy President Barack Obama will unveil details about his climate change strategy this Tuesday at a talk at Georgetown University in Washington, DC.
Other officials expected to take part in the talks include Xie Zhenhua, head of China's Climate Change and Coordinating Committee, U.S. State Department climate change envoy Todd Stern, Energy Secretary Steven Chu and White House science adviser John Holdren (ClimateWire, July 27).
Former Education Secretary Arne DuncanArne Starkey DuncanObama Education secretary mocks Pruitt over staff raises Parkland survivors talk gun violence with Chicago high schoolers Trump administration is putting profits over students MORE mocked Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Scott PruittEdward (Scott) Scott PruittTrump signs order to boost efficiency in federal agencies Overnight Energy: EPA moves to roll back chemical plant safety rule NASA chief says humans contribute to climate change Pruitt gets outside lawyer Trump officials propose easing EPA chemical plant safety rule MORE on Friday over reports that the EPA chief directed staff to approve sizable raises for two top aides even after the White House rejected their applications for pay increases.
It is anticipated that the House and Senate will continue the ESEA reauthorization «talks» during the remainder of July and August, but an official conference on their respective bills will likely resume in the fall.
But now that the housing market and the broader economy are healing, Fed officials are talking about raising the funds rate.
Credit union executives talked up a pending regulatory relief effort while endorsing a radical shift in direction by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau during a meeting with President Trump and other top White House officials on Monday.
Some officials at the State Department and the Environmental Protection Agency had pushed for such a course, but the White House decided on a more moderate approach to give it negotiating room in upcoming rounds of climate and environmental talks.