Sentences with phrase «house subcommittee»

A House subcommittee approved a group of six Republican - backed bills on Tuesday that are designed to shrink Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac's role in the housing market.

«There are many stories like this,» NAR Past President Moe Veissi said in testimony he gave before a House subcommittee in November.

In his remarks before the House subcommittee, Cronk issued a frank warning that cutting Fannie Mae's and Freddie Mac's credit ties to the federal government — a proposal that lawmakers are grappling with — would be a mistake.

House subcommittee and full committee hold hearings on legislation.

On August 1, the leaders of a House subcommittee that regulates online commerce issues launched a bipartisan working group to examine online privacy issues and determine whether legislation is necessary to address concerns over the way companies are handling vast troves of data.

WASHINGTON — Ignoring the outsized need for family planning resources and turning a blind eye to the looming and near - immediate threat of the Zika virus, a House subcommittee passed a bill that prohibits funding for the nation's only dedicated source of federal funding for family planning services, eliminates the evidence - based Teen Pregnancy Prevention Program, and proposes wasting millions in taxpayer dollars by funding ineffective abstinence - only education.

Despite the overall measured tone among lawmakers at Wednesday's House subcommittee hearing on initial coin offerings, a few members of the panel made...

Suspicion stems from a 2012 House subcommittee investigation into Huawei's and ZTE's dealings with sanctioned entities in Iran — the latter has been cooperating in the investigation against it and has agreed to pay a record fine.

About a year ago, I testified before a House subcommittee regarding the Internet in China.

Emma's Law — a bill that has been stagnated in the House subcommittee without a hearing for more than a year — is named after 6 - year - old Emma Longstreet.

In testimony before a House subcommittee on Tuesday, Elana Tyrangiel, acting assistant attorney general at the DoJ's Office of Legal Policy, affirmed the Obama administration's support for an overhaul of the Electronic Communications Privacy Act (ECPA) to provide stronger privacy protections for Webmail, documents stored online and other cloud services.

Federal funding for the Legal Services Corp. has shrunk since fiscal year 2010 despite a study finding a justice gap experienced by low - income Americans, ABA President Hilarie Bass said Friday in testimony submitted to a House subcommittee.

The leaders of General Motors, Ford, Toyota and Chrysler, along with the head of the United Auto Workers union, made a rare joint appearance before a House subcommittee.

The investigation is being conducted by the House subcommittee on energy and environment, amid growing calls for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to regulate the drilling industry.

House subcommittee hearing features testimony from people who have received funding from fossil fuel interests and primarily advocate for the continued use of fossil fuels over renewable energy.

During the time left for questions and answers, the Committee chair, Rep. Doug Lamborn (R - CO) did not ask any questions of Bo and Maria, and after the hearing, the House subcommittee issued a press release offering the majority's summary of what happened at the hearing, along with 10 quotes from the hearing.

Professor Curry has led debate in the science community about the process of reviewing climate change, including giving testimony before the US house subcommittee on environment this year, remarking on the many large uncertainties in forecasting future climate.

The report was issued even as a House subcommittee held a hearing entitled «Improving the nation's response to catastrophic disasters: How to minimize costs and streamline our emergency management program.»

With a likely gap in critical weather satellite coverage beginning in 2016, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) has not developed sufficient contingency measures to ensure that weather forecasts remain as reliable as they are today, according to three new federally commissioned reports and lawmakers at a House subcommittee hearing.

There's a House subcommittee hearing today on that very question: «Energy Development On The Outer Continental Shelf And The Future Of Our Oceans.»

His statement before a House subcommittee (when gas stations ran short of the number 4) is relevant now:

FHA Commissioner David Stevens continues to support the FHA Short Refinance, which targets underwater, but still current loans; he told a House subcommittee Wednesday that 23 approved FHA lenders are signed up to participate.

Just days before CEO Mary Barra is scheduled to testify before a U.S. House subcommittee, General Motors announced that it will broaden its ignition switch recall yet again.

A House subcommittee grilled General Motors CEO Dan Akerson and National Highway Traffic Safety Administration administrator David Strickland on the safety risks posed by the Chevrolet Volt.

She also must testify before a hostile U.S. House subcommittee April 1, which we know from GM's financial bailout hearings, holds little affection for the auto industry.

DeVos demurred on that question during a House subcommittee hearing.

To spark conversation across the aisle, Representative Rosa DeLauro (CT), the top Democrat on the House subcommittee dealing with education funding, released a proposal (PDF) that restores pre-sequester funding to many programs, including Title I funding for disadvantaged students and special education funding.

November 15: FCAN and partners to discuss community collaboration, postsecondary attainment before Florida House subcommittee

But the cost was a concern for several members of the House subcommittee.

At least one congressional Republican — U.S. Rep. Todd Rokita, R - Ind., the chairman of the House subcommittee overseeing K - 12 policy, raised big questions about pieces of the prekindergarten proposal, saying it could amount to «an alarming expansion of government power.»

It happened, for example, during her May appearance before the House subcommittee on labor, health and human services, education and related agencies to testify about the Trump administration's 2018 budget proposal.

Following this adventure in vouchers, the Senate Education Committee and a House subcommittee approved a voucher plan that would allow any Tennessee student with an IEP — Individualized Education Plan — to receive vouchers.

Rep. Michael N. Castle, R - Del., faces two important elections this year: the first, to retain his seat as Delaware's sole House representative, and the second, possibly, to capture the helm of the House subcommittee that addresses K - 12 education issues.

Last month, a House subcommittee again passed a measure that would allow states to determine whether they will offer special education services to some inmates.

Washington — Members of a House subcommittee on education were advised last week to reject a measure that would deny federal financial aid to schools and colleges that prohibit student and faculty religious groups from meeting on school grounds.

«President Trump is committed to reducing the federal footprint in education, and that is reflected in this budget,» Secretary of Education DeVos told members of a key House subcommittee.

A House subcommittee approved a Republican welfare - reform bill last week that would give states most of the responsibility for administering aid programs serving millions of poor children and their families.

«It allows us to spotlight the integrated approach that blends strong academics with expanded vocational and technical education,» said Rep. Frank Riggs, R - Calif., the chairman of the House subcommittee that held a hearing last week at Thomas Jefferson High School for Science...

But due to remaining ambiguities in the Bush budget plan, advocates for child - nutrition programs said at two House subcommittee hearings last week that they would continue to monitor the fate of Section 4 of the National School Lunch Act.

A top Education Department official last week clashed with the chairman of a key House subcommittee over the chairman's proposal to overhaul the department's research branch, as a more modest reauthorization bill advanced in the Senate.

NASA Administrator Charlie Bolden spent two hours this morning defending the Obama Administration's FY2016 budget request for the agency before a House subcommittee.

For the Census Bureau, the House subcommittee matched the President's requested 4.3 percent increase for periodic censuses and programs, which funds the Decennial Census.

House subcommittee chairman Jim Sensenbrenner (center) will preside over today's hearing to discuss updating a 1986 privacy law

And time is running out: The House subcommittee plans to mark up its bill on 26 July.

A House subcommittee is set to examine the program Tuesday, with representatives from the DHS and the U.S. Centers for Disease Control set to discuss the system's future.

- David In my last post, I discussed a House subcommittee's shortsighted vote to slash funding for the U.S.

But Representative Andy Harris (R — MD), who sits on the House subcommittee that oversees NIH, hailed the provision.

Because the Senate panel had less money to work with in its budget allocation than the corresponding House subcommittee, biomedical research advocates feared the number would be lower.

NASA has not yet decided on a mission concept, but the general idea of heading to Europa has the backing of Representative John Culberson, the Texas Republican who in January will take the helm of the House subcommittee that oversees NASA's funding.

A New York Democrat is urging U.S. Rep. John Katko, as chairman of a House subcommittee on transportation security, to hold a hearing on emergency response plans at U.S. airports.