Sentences with phrase «senate judiciary committee»

Representatives of Facebook, Google, and Twitter told members of the Senate judiciary committee Tuesday afternoon that they deplored the «vile» anti-immigrant, Islamophobic and other bigoted messages spread by a propaganda factory linked to the Kremlin.

Also, Mr. Harper gave them just two days to prepare, rather than the five weeks members of the U.S. Senate judiciary committee have.

Only three of twelve Republicans on the senate judiciary committee voted with their Democratic colleagues to advance New York Governor Andrew Cuomo's recent nominee to the state court of appeals, but they did so «without recommendation.»

Back during his 2005 Senate judiciary committee confirmation hearings to become the Chief Justice of the United States Supreme Court, John Roberts tried to allay Democratic senators» fears that he was a conservative ideologue by famously comparing the role of judges with baseball umpires and declaring, «It's my job to call balls and strikes and not to pitch or bat.»

«Having a sheriff stand up before the senate judiciary committee and talk about the cruelty he'd witnessed and the economic impact on his department and his community was invaluable,» says Leighann McCollum, HSUS Tennessee state director.

Schumer (Harvard Law «74) has always had a particular interest in the federal courts, and by virtue of his standing as the top lieutenant to Harry Reid, and his status as a senior member of the Senate judiciary committee, he is expected to all but name the next U.S. attorney for the Eastern District.

Cuomo announced Garcia's selection came just minutes after the Senate judiciary committee unanimously voted to advance the nomination of another prosecutor, Westchester district attorney Janet DiFiore, to serve as the state's next chief judge.

He referred to a letter the company and other Silicon Valley giants sent to the Senate judiciary committee on Thursday.

After his stint at Verizon, Pai had gone to work in various roles at the Senate judiciary committee (advising Jeff Sessions and Sam Brownback) and at the justice department, before becoming FCC deputy general counsel in 2007.

The House and Senate judiciary committees held a joint hearing on June 16 to discuss those issues in advance of a special legislative session to deal with the court order.

The EFF's release of these documents coincides with hearings set to begin this week before the House and Senate judiciary committees on the government's misuse of NSLs.

That includes House and Senate judiciary committees, as well as the commerce and intelligence panels of both chambers.

Not exact matches

Biden, for all his gaffe - prone goodness, has a deep government resume, including three decades in the Senate and service on both the judiciary and foreign affairs committees.

The Senate asked Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg during his testimony in front of the joint commerce and judiciary committee about whether Facebook has considered letting users pay to opt out of seeing ads.

During a joint hearing of the Senate judiciary and commerce committees, senator John Kennedy of Louisiana criticized Facebook's user agreement saying it «sucks.»

The Senate on Thursday tasked its judiciary committee on Judiciary for legal advice on the motion for the impeachment of President Muhammadu Buhari which was moved by Chairman of the Senate Committee on Appropriation, Senator Matthew Ucommittee on Judiciary for legal advice on the motion for the impeachment of President Muhammadu Buhari which was moved by Chairman of the Senate Committee on Appropriation, Senator Matthew UCommittee on Appropriation, Senator Matthew Urhoghide.

State Sen. John Bonacic, the Republican who chairs the Senate's judiciary committee, took issue with language in the bill that would make an exemption in the state's grand jury secrecy laws to allow the special counsel to hand over usually confidential information to the governor «or his designee» as part of the recommendation for action.

Republican Sen. John Kissel, the judiciary committee's co-chair, said that while he appreciates that Senate Democrats crafted the legislation, there was bipartisan effort out outside of party lines.

April 10, 2018 • Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg will testify before the Senate judiciary and commerce committees on Tuesday and the House Energy and Commerce Committee on Wednesday.

When we talk about defending and protecting our judiciary, none of our work is more important than the peer reviews we continue to perform on judicial nominees being considered for lifetime appointments by the Senate Judiciary Committee.

Chair of OK Senate Judiciary Committee wants to take over Code of Judicial Conduct, eliminate references to independent judiciary, give legislature veto over Supreme Court's changes to code

Zuckerberg is slated to appear before the Senate's commerce and judiciary committees on Tuesday and the House energy and commerce committee the following day.

Earlier this week, Zuckerberg agreed to appear before a joint hearing of the Senate judiciary and commerce committees next Tuesday and a further hearing of the House energy and commerce committee the following day.

The Facebook CEO is scheduled to appear before the Senate's judiciary and commerce committees on Tuesday, April 10.