Sentences with phrase «senate hearings on the matter»

Within only about half of a 30 - year - long climate period later media attention shifted to a new and opposite threat... one that set Al Gore's pants on fire during his 1988 Senate hearings on the matter.

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On Monday, five US senators on the Senate banking committee wrote a letter to Richard Shelby, head of the committee, asking for an investigation and hearings to address the matteOn Monday, five US senators on the Senate banking committee wrote a letter to Richard Shelby, head of the committee, asking for an investigation and hearings to address the matteon the Senate banking committee wrote a letter to Richard Shelby, head of the committee, asking for an investigation and hearings to address the matter.

«The Republican Senate refuses to hold hearings on [Supreme Court nominee] Judge Garland, refuses to fund the President's request for Zika aid and takes the most days off of any Senate since 1956, but thinks Facebook hearings are a matter of urgent national interest,» Jentleson said.

Minnesota Democrat Sen. Amy Klobuchar, whose daughter has food allergies, called for a Senate hearing and Federal Trade Commission (FTC) probe into the matter on Monday, and Republican Chuck Grassley of Iowa sent Mylan CEO Heather Bresch a letter describing the consequences the price hike has had for his constituents.

After failing in their effort two weeks ago to force the Senate Republicans to hold a public hearing on a package of ethics reform bills, the Senate Democrats are taking matters into their own hands.

Senate Democrats are trying to push the Republican majority into supporting a host of ethics reform measures and are attempting to force the issue by using a Senate rule to get a hearing on the matter.

Although the IDC has introduced wide - ranging reform legislation — which includes public matching funds for small donations — and held public hearings on the matter, they've refused to bring the bill to a vote without approval from the Senate Republicans.

«It's interesting to hear Speaker Silver's comments on this matter, but truthfully, I wasn't aware he was elected to the Senate last week,» Savino said.

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.

McDonald was in the CapTon studio this week for an interview on an unrelated matter (a hearing he had held on PTSD with his fellow vet, Sen. Lee Zeldin), and seemed unconcerned about the possibility that he might face a primary this fall (or, June 26, if the Senate GOP ever comes around to the Assembly Democrats» way of thinking on moving the primary date to conincide with the court - ordered House and US Senate contests).

Speaking at the hearing conducted by the Senate's Joint Committee on INEC; and Judiciary, Human Rights and Legal Matters, Saraki stated that the National Assembly had powers to legislate over the electoral body and other agencies of government.

Senate Republicans are holding hearings on the matter, and Democrats in the chamber are proposing a slate of new bills.

Senate Investigations Committee Chairman Terrence Murphy (R - Hudson Valley) told The Post on Sunday that he's opening a probe and will hold a public hearing on the matter after being briefed by an infuriated state Sen. Fred Akshar, who represents the city of Binghamton and Broome County, where the homeless are being shipped by the city.

The Special Assistant to the Senate President on Health Matters, Mr. Tony Isama, said the Senate's Committee on Health had held public hearing on the review of the NHIS Act.

A weightier matter, de Blasio's request to impose a «millionaire's tax» on super-high income households, has died at the statehouse door without fanfare (or so much as a hearing or vote in the Senate) every year since he took office in 2014.

The date and time have been finalized for the subject matter hearing on testing sponsored by the Illinois Senate Education Committee, and you are invited!

On the day that the Supreme Court begins to hear argument in the federal government's reference concerning reform of the Senate (In the Matter of a Reference by the Governor in Council concerning reform of the Senate, as set out in Order P.C. 2013 - 70, dated February 1, 2013), it is appropriate, perhaps, to point out that the judgment by Québec's Court of Appeal in a reference begun by the provincial government is in fact available in English.

NAR urges the Senate to ease condo financing The Supreme Court to will hear a land case - that matters to you And young households are racing to the suburbs These stories and more on The Voice for Real Estate Hi, I'm Stephen Gasque with the National Association of Realtors.