Sentences with phrase «republican chairman of»

Senator Chuck Grassley, the Republican chairman of the Judiciary Committee, said, «With all of the data exchanged over Facebook and other platforms, users deserve to know how their information is shared and secured.»

In separate development, the Republican chairman of a powerful senate committee said that he had invited Mr Zuckerberg to testify to a hearing next month «regarding the protection and monitoring of consumer data».

Rep. Mark Gundrum, Republican chairman of the Wisconsin Assembly Judiciary Committee, impaneled a bipartisan task force to recommend improvements to the state's criminal justice system aimed at decreasing the likelihood of future wrongful convictions.

With all due respect, in November, the Republican chairman of the House Science Committee asked the National Academy of Sciences to settle this global warming debate once and for all, and two weeks ago the National Academy of Sciences, with a, the best scientists available in the United States, put together a report that conclusively proved that the — that global warming is real.

The legislation was also criticized last week by Bill Cobey, the Republican chairman of the State Board of Education, which has final say on charter applications today, although no representative from the Department of Public Instruction was on hand to address either bill.

Politico reports that Sen. Lamar Alexander, the Republican Chairman of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee, was «furious» that a top aide to Education Secretary Betsy DeVos was «circumventing» ESSA, contending the federal agency was «out of bounds» in challenging state officials on issues such as...

The panel was «never intended to be in place forever,» said Rep. Alex Diaz de la Portilla, the Republican chairman of the House K - 12 education committee and the prime sponsor of the GOP governor's...

The winners will vie in November for the chance to succeed Representative Lamar Smith, the Republican chairman of the House science committee who is retiring after 32 years in Congress.

Dana Rohrabacher, the Republican chairman of the hearing, said that the dominant scientific opinion about CFCs could be wrong.

Democrat Hein and frequent ally Ken Ronk, Republican chairman of the legislature, stomped on Auerbach with all four feet, adding some sharp elbows.

(CNN)- A special House committee in South Carolina will formally consider an impeachment resolution against Gov. Mark Sanford for the first time next Tuesday, the Republican chairman of the committee told CNN Friday.

Todd, a former Republican chairman of the county legislature, has done a credible job of expanding chamber membership and with it the shift in demographics.

Ken Ronk, the Republican chairman of the county Legislature, supported the initiative.

The Republican chairman of the House Oversight Committee, Utah Rep. Jason Chaffetz, met with Trump, agreed with the president's request not to talk about oversight and reiterated that it's unlikely his panel will investigate the businessman's sprawling empire.

Here's a roundup of reaction from New York's two senators, Chuck Schumer and Kirsten Gillibrand, and U.S. Rep. Peter King, the Republican chairman of the House Homeland Security Committee to the death of Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi.

State Sen. Joseph Robach, the Republican chairman of the Transportation Committee, did not mention congestion pricing as one of his committee's priorities in an email to City & State.

The younger Fitzpatrick works for Ryan McMahon, the Republican chairman of the Onondaga County Legislature.

«The dispute pits Trump and the Republican chairman of the House Intelligence Committee against the Justice Department and intelligence agencies, whose leaders warn that publicly identifying the confidential source would put lives in danger and imperil other operations.

Vincent Tamagna, the Republican chairman of the nine - member Legislature, would not say why Leibell would not take the oath in a month's time but said he is working now on a transition government that will involve appointing an executive officer.

ALBION — David B. Callard, the Republican chairman of the Orleans County Legislature, announced Wednesday he plans to retire at the end of December, ending 28 years of public service.

Today, Paul Ryan, the Republican chairman of the House Budget Committee, is scheduled to release the most comprehensive and most courageous budget reform proposal any of us have seen in our lifetimes...

Around the same time, Rep. Lamar Smith of Texas, the Republican chairman of the House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, demanded that Schneiderman and Healey turn over documents as part of a congressional investigation, claiming possible violations of state fraud laws.

David B. Callard, the Republican chairman of the Orleans County Legislature, announced he plans to retire at the end of December, ending 28 years of public service.

Senator Mike Crapo, the Republican chairman of the panel, and Democratic Senator Sherrod Brown were among the lawmakers to express worries about volatility, investor protections and the risks posed by cyber criminals in the virtual currency market.

«I expect it to be front and center» at the meeting, said Kevin Brady, the Republican chairman of the U.S. House of Representatives Ways and Means Committee, which oversees U.S. trade policy.

The Republican chairman of the U.S. Senate Intelligence Committee on Wednesday promised a thorough investigation into any direct links between Russia and Republican Donald Trump during his successful 2016 run for the White House.

Nevertheless, the article has prompted the Republican chairmen of the House intelligence and oversight committees to announce a joint investigation of the merger.

The payments technically were given up by Republican chairmen of those committees who were getting larger payments for other duties.

Also, the Republican chairmen of two House committees say they're opening an investigation into actions the Obama administration Justice Department took during last year's presidential election.

The Republican chairmen of the Senate and Assembly education committees have made similar noises.

Not exact matches

WASHINGTON — The chairman of the Republican Study Committee, North Carolina Rep. Mark Walker, said Rep. Rodney Frelinghuysen should step down as chairman of the House Appropriations Committee for voting against the final version of the GOP tax reform plan that passed Tuesday afternoon.

Even Ben Bernanke, the former chairman of the U.S. Federal Reserve, who was no one's idea of a firebrand, regularly told Republicans in the Congress that their commitment to austerity was hurting the U.S. recovery.

Ralph Northam, a folksy Democrat from the Eastern Shore, beat out Ed Gillespie, former chairman of the Republican National Committee, in Virginia's heated gubernatorial race.

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell speaks with Robert «Mike» Duncan, former chairman of the Republican National Committee, left, during a walk through inside the Quicken Loans Arena «The Q» ahead of the Republican National Convention.

Separately, Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus and Ranking Republican Charles Grassley sent the parties a detailed request for much of the same information, as well the names of the government and corporate officials who negotiated the deal, along with their outside advisers.

The chairman of the National Republican Senatorial Committee, Sen. Cory Gardner of Colorado, also said Monday that the Senate should expel Moore if he were to win the December 12 election.

According to Politico, Trump «asked for a show of hands from Republicans on whom they favored as the next chairman of the Federal Reserve» during a Senate lunch earlier this week.

Pennsylvania Representative Bill Shuster, the chairman of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, has encouraged his Republican colleagues to consider raising the gas tax as a way to keep the Highway Trust Fund — which funds road, bridge and transit projects — solvent after 2021.

In one of the strongest statements by Republicans, Sen. Richard Burr of North Carolina, chairman of the Senate intelligence committee, said, «I am troubled by the timing and reasoning of Director Comey's termination.»

Republicans note that then - Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta and Joint Chiefs Chairman Martin Dempsey have both said that they did not speak to Obama after an initial meeting when the attacks began.

Four U.S. House Republicans, including the chairman of the Energy and Commerce Committee, on Friday wrote Apple chief executive Tim Cook asking him to answer questions about its disclosure that it slowed older iPhones with flagging batteries.

Thus far, 64.8 % of its contributions have gone to Republicans, and some of the largest recipients have been Republican Rep. Mac Thornberry, who is the chairman of the House Armed Services Committee, and Republican Rep. Robert Aderholt.

Hensarling, the chairman of the House Republican Congress, was a co-chair of the Joint Select Committee on Deficit Reduction, better known as the «Super Committee.»

Republicans have called on the House Financial Services Committee to hold a hearing, while Democratic Congressman Dennis Kucinich, chairman of the domestic policy subcommittee of House Oversight Committee, is planning his own probe.

Republican Rep. Bob Goodlatte, the chairman of the House Judiciary Committee, implored Wray during a hearing on Thursday to «repair the damage done by» former FBI Director James Comey.

Edward Lujan, a former chairman of the Republican Party of New Mexico and brother of former Interior Secretary Manuel Lujan Jr., said he also was disappointed there won't be any Hispanics in Trump's early Cabinet.

«It's not wrong to do business with Russians,» Republican Sen. Lindsey Graham, the chairman of the Senate Judiciary subcommittee on crime and terror, told CNN last month.

«I applaud the president for targeting unfairly traded steel and aluminum,» Representative Kevin Brady, a Texas Republican and chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee, told reporters in Mexico City on Sunday.

The subcommittee's chairman, Republican Sen. Lindsey Graham, said in his opening statement that «when one party is attacked, all of us should feel attacked... when a foreign power interferes in our election, it doesn't matter who they targeted.

Take it from U.S. House Armed Services Chairman — and Texas Republican — Mac Thornberry of Clarendon.