Sentences with phrase «white house officials»

The lengthy delay drew complaints from some advocates of public access, who noted it was longer than the 12 - month embargo embraced by White House officials and many U.S. scientific societies and publishers.

Cauthen said the industry is not against the rule but rather wanted to share with White House officials «the importance of getting this reporting rule right.»

White house officials are blocking the release of data from fusion experiments carried out at nuclear weapons laboratories in the US.

White House officials say they would advise President Barack Obama to veto a House version of appropriations bill over NOAA, NASA spending levels.

The move drew a sharp response from science groups, NASA leaders, and White House officials.

Just as White House officials promised over the weekend, the 2011 funding bill agreed to by Congress and the White House last Friday spares biomedical research from major cuts.

The proposed changes to NSF's peer - review practices, which generated a firestorm last spring among White House officials, scientists, and their professional organizations, received scant attention at today's markup.

Earlier, this story was updated with White House officials» comments on green cards, and to clarify Wael Al - Delaimy's research and Hananeh Esmailbeigi's reaction to events.

That's the question a team of researchers at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), is asking in a pilot study highlighted by White House officials last week.

«White House officials and political appointees in the agencies censored congressional testimony on the causes and impacts of global warming, controlled media access to government climate scientists, and edited federal scientific reports to inject unwarranted uncertainty into discussions of climate change.»

White House officials are calling the 2018 document a budget «blueprint» to distinguish it from the comprehensive document they have promised to submit to Congress in 2 months.

«I appreciate the time Secretary Chao and White House officials like Gary Cohn spent with our committee today, and I am hopeful that we will finally see the long - promised infrastructure proposal from the Trump administration sooner rather than later,» Sen. Tom Carper (Del.), the committee's top Democrat, said in a statement.

He said White House officials took seriously the concerns leaders from around the country raised.

Mnuchin and other White House officials said the elimination of the deductions could be offset for some taxpayers by a plan to double the standard deduction, currently $ 6,300 for single filers and $ 12,600 for married couples.

As of Thursday afternoon, Tenney had not heard back from White House officials after making a personal invitation to the president at a meeting Wednesday to discuss American manufacturing.

President Reagan transferred his power to Vice President Bush for about eight hours today in a move that White House officials said temporarily made Mr. Bush the «Acting President.»

Asked at a news conference if the White House officials he met with told him they'd ask for the nearly $ 42 billion he's seeking, Cuomo said, «That is the need as we laid it out, and I hope they meet the need.»

Senate Democratic leaders met Thursday night with White House officials to consider including a government - funded public health insurance option in a health care overhaul bill.

White House officials describe their disagreements with the F.D.A. as part of the normal, constructive give - and - take over policy that has never undermined the agency's mission.

D isgraced former NYPD Commissioner Bernie Kerik lacks credibility and «has shown an utter lack of contrition» for crimes including lying to White House officials vetting him for the job of Homeland Security chief, federal prosecutors charged Monday.

After numerous stories that Obama wasn't doing enough to help Meek's bid for his party's nomination, White House officials recently stressed that the president was firmly supportive of Meek.

The president and White House officials have made entreaties to some Democratic senators representing states that voted for Trump last year, but they have yet to persuade any to support the bill.

White House officials said the administration was still working through how much funding would be cut, but spokesperson Sean Spicer said the administration would «strip federal grant money from the sanctuary states and cities that harbor illegal immigrants.»

White House officials believe that chief of staff John Kelly's personal cellphone was compromised, potentially as long ago as December, according to three U.S. government officials.

Some top White House officials say they learned their lesson about trying to negotiate with the group.

Washington (CNN)- White House officials are reaching out to some Democratic senators to discuss the possible nomination of Janet Yellen to head the Federal Reserve, one source with knowledge of the calls confirmed to CNN.

White House officials believe that chief of staff John Kelly's personal cellphone was compromised, potentially as long ago as December, raising concerns that hackers or foreign governments may have had access to data on the device while he was secretary of Homeland Security and after he joined the West Wing.

Tory MPs, civil servants, EU diplomats and White House officials have all run out of patience with Boris Johnson, according to a scathing column by The Times» Rachel Sylvester which has been devoured across Westminster.

In April 2002, White House officials held an unannounced briefing in April for the Log Cabin Republicans.

Both lawmakers said the deal would not include funding for Trump's proposed southern border wall, but White House officials have pushed back, saying a deal was never reached.

Still, Sanders and other White House officials have highlighted the fact that Trump has not campaigned with Moore.

But White House officials defended the president's tweet, arguing that the intention was not to launch a sexist broadside but to underscore that Gillibrand was a «swamp» politician who relied on wealthy donors like Trump to get where she is today.

White House officials say they have been left largely in the dark about how chief of staff John Kelly intends to address the interim clearance issue going forward.

White House officials have signaled to lawmakers, however, that the wall's eventual construction remains a top priority for Trump.

Nearly one - third of all school - aged children are bullied each year, or about 13 million students, White House officials said.

Other White House officials and Trump associates are also expected to attend the dinner, the adviser said.

Earlier this week, White House officials confirmed what people like NYPD Commissioner Bill Bratton and others have said — that approximately 100 Americans with valid passports were currently fighting alongside ISIS and similar groups.

In the tense final hours before the close vote, Katko said he was not among those House members who White House officials and GOP leaders were trying to lobby to change their positions.

White House officials called the nerve agent used against the Skripals «military grade,» but declined to elaborate on the substance used.

Describing the president's immigration plan as «extremely generous» but a take - it - or - leave - it proposal, White House officials said they hoped it would be embraced by conservatives and centrists in Congress as the first step in an even broader effort to fix the nation's immigration system.

Just days after Trump said he was moving on to other issues, senior White House officials are now saying they have hope that they can still score the kind of big legislative victory on health care that has so far eluded him.

White House officials insisted today that the relationship between Trump and Ryan is strong, even as Republican infighting over the failure to repeal Obamacare exploded into the open.

Two senior White House officials suggested Trump's unsubstantiated claim that President Obama had tapped his telephone was not meant to be taken literally, arguing the president had been referring more broadly to a variety of surveillance efforts during the 2016 campaign when he made the incendiary accusation.

White House officials said on Friday that Trump has been in touch with Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell and made calls on Thursday and Friday to other lawmakers.

At the request of the administration, which sent LG Bob Duffy and Director of State Operations Howard Glaser to Washington, D.C. today to discussion the Westchester County nuclear plant with White House officials, the NRC agreed to a cooperative review of Indian Point along with the state.

White House officials moved quickly to calm fears of a potential trade war with China, saying the administration's proposed tariffs were a «threat» that would ultimately help, not hurt, the United States economy, hours after China said it would punish American products with similar levies.

Washington (CNN)- White House officials led by Vice President Joe Biden met for the first time Thursday with House and Senate leaders in both parties to begin negotiations on major differences over spending cuts.

Svensson spoke with White House officials and fellow young Americans on February 16 on the White House's Campus Engagement Call.

Gina Haspel, President Donald Trump's nominee to become the next CIA director, sought to withdraw her nomination Friday after some White House officials worried that her role in the interrogation of terrorist suspects could prevent her confirmation by the...

Historians and analysts say President Donald Trump's call for a sitting United States senator to resign over a dispute about a nominee is unprecedented — yet, White House officials are mum about the provocative move.