Sentences with phrase «administration appointees»

March 28, 2007 testimony of James McCarthy, Professor of Biological Oceanography at Harvard University and former co-chair of Working Group II of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (Third IPCC Assessment) testifying that Bush Administration appointees and a network of organizations funded ExxonMobil distorted and suppressed climate science, so as to confuse the American public.

(It's also a popular source of Obama administration appointees: Former chief of staff Joanne Weiss, current acting Deputy Secretary Jim Shelton and Deputy Assistant Secretary Jonathan Schorr have all worked there.)

Washington — Temporary appointments were announced last week for six senior Education Department positions vacated by the resignations of Reagan Administration appointees.

With no final decision on the lawsuit expected until well after the Trump administration takes office — and with administration appointees including the proposed secretary of labor and the Republican - controlled Congress apparently opposed to the change — observers believe that, even were the new rule to survive court scrutiny, it would likely be overturned.

Approved a measure, in a party - line vote, allowing departing Mangano administration appointees to collect termination payments in lump sums.

Appointed or reappointed more than a dozen Mangano administration appointees to commissions, departments and boards.

Eleven conservative House members want Attorney General Jeff Sessions to investigate a number of Obama administration appointees and officials.

Buffalo protesters urged Sen. Chuck Schumer to vote against President Trump's cabinet nominations — part of a larger wave of demonstrations against the senior senator's voting for administration appointees.

Is a run at Attorney General in line for Preet Bharara, the former United States Attorney for the Southern District who was ousted by President Donald Trump as part of a purge of Obama administration appointees last year?

It will also likely confirm four more of Cuomo's administration appointees, all of whom are being considered by the Senate Finance Committee as I type.

Some Wall Street analysts have speculated that Trump administration appointees to the FTC may not pursue the case.

«ISIS has and continues to target members of multiple religions and ethnicities for rape, kidnapping, enslavement, and death,» wrote the Trump administration appointee and former Exxon CEO.

Policy would name Judge George White, a Carter - administration appointee to the U.S. District Court in Cleveland, director of the Cleveland Browns Foundation.

Gov. David Paterson just announced he has tapped Ruth Noemi Colon as acting Secretary of State, effective today, to replace Lorraine Cortes - Vazquez, a Spitzer administration appointee who is departing her post to return to the private sector.

Saying acting Attorney General, Sally Yates, an Obama administration appointee, had «betrayed» the Department of Justice by refusing to defend the president's immigrant travel ban, Donald Trump told her: You're fired.

The Fourth Thomas Administration Appointee Gone, 27 Days After Reports of Richardson Resignation Denied

Lillian Salerno, an Obama administration appointee and Democratic House candidate in the Dallas - area 32nd congressional district, sent out a press release on Thursday blasting the DCCC for getting involved in another primary, adding that people in Texas are «sick and tired of a bunch of Washington insiders trying to make their decisions for them.»

A former Obama administration appointee, she served as a communications director for the U.S. Department of Transportation's third - largest agency, the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration.

Ms. Yates is an Obama Administration appointee who is weak on borders and very weak on illegal immigration.

Not exact matches

And no political appointee will be able to lobby the executive branch after leaving government service during the remainder of the administration.»

«The hope is to partner with and educate new appointees (in Trump's administration) and point out the facts, and then we'll see,» said SunPower's Werner.

«I have been disappointed that there have been no resignations on principle by the political appointees of this administration.»

The ruling by O'Connor, an appointee of Republican President George W. Bush, gives an initial victory to the states, which filed their lawsuit amid building national conservative backlash to the Obama administration's stance on transgender rights.

The controversy over Price was a catalyst for Congress launching a bipartisan probe of travel by political appointees across the administration.

«I'm not sure expertise really matters much because what is happening now is that the Trump administration, through its appointees, is implementing executive orders,» said Peter Wallison, who holds the Arthur F. Burns Chair in Financial Market Studies at the American Enterprise Institute.

We have no way of knowing whether that accusation is true or not (and there are some reasons to doubt it), but the implication is that Rosenstein, a Republican Trump appointee, is somehow part of the same Clintonite - Democratic - Obama administration plot against Trump.

«Given the chaos of the Trump administration she is one of the few appointees who have established not necessarily a good profile but certainly a very visible profile,» says Stephen Schlesinger, a Century Foundation expert on the UN.

And over the years, many administrations have added to the problem by making certain that appointees were not found «objectionable» to industry leaders.

Their acclamation fueled his sense of indispensability, and he allowed himself to become more and more identified with their concerns and increasingly alienated from the Weld administration, which resulted in his eventual failure as an appointee.

As the Obama Administration's most high - profile Jewish appointee, Lew has served as the White House's point person for outreach to the Jewish community.

Benitez asked if Cuomo had any administration and / or transition appointees to announce, and the govenror - elect replied: «Oh, we will.

But the outspoken Deputy General Secretary, Nana Obiri Boahen disagrees jumping into the defense of some individual appointees who served under the past Mahama - led administration.

Former Attorney General and avowed critique of the John Mahama administration Martin Alamisi Amidu has confessed that his anti- corruption campaign against John Dramani Mahama and his appointees were based on mere public perception.

The Administration has also made an exceptional number of appointees whose nominations have been withdrawn before they were confirmed.

He also asked Ghanaians to give government more time as they are committed in delivering their campaign promises the legislator, who doubles as the Chairman for the Government Assurance Committee in Parliament, indicated that, the Nana Addo led administration will ensure that, all his appointees deliver to make the manifesto promises fulfilled.

The Akufo - Addo government is on a mission to purge the civil and public service of all appointees employed by the Mahama administration, Kumbungu MP Ras Mubarak has said.

If I remember correctly, Spitzer made a particular point of insisting his administration would be blind to political affiliation when hiring, and his appointments office came under fire for not moving quickly enough to suit rank - and - file Democrats in cleaning house of Pataki - era appointees.

The agency in some instances is alleged planting stories in pro-NPP tabloids over invitations or impending invitation; to be extended to appointees of the former NDC administration, allies and acquaintances of former President John Mahama.

He was one of the first government appointees to be sacked by the Akufo - Addo administration and once headed the Food and Drugs Authority (FDA).

The Office of Government Ethics has asked the Trump administration for copies of any waivers it issued that may have granted appointees exemptions from ethics rules.

Mark - Viverito served as a surrogate for Hillary Clinton during the 2016 campaign, giving rise to speculation she could become an appointee in a Clinton administration.

After all, an administration IS a collective affair, with thousands of appointees making policy.

Speaking at a meeting with former appointees who served under the previous NDC administration, the former President said he was surprised over what he calls the failure of the president, Nana Akufo - Addo to deal with members of such groups who are causing mayhem.

The Obama administration eliminated all of George W. Bush's appointees in the same way.

A recent request by the Functional Executive of the NDC at a meeting to seek financial assistance from former appointees of the Mahama administration for the running of the party ended up in confusion.

He said that his wife, Rebecca Akufo - Addo would never be put in charge of the distribution of contracts under his administration and would hold every appointee to account.

As of the end of 2016, GHc 2,190,718.30 had been deducted from the salaries of appointees at the Mahama Administrations and paid to contractors, according to a former Deputy Minister of Information, Felix Kwakye Ofosu.

The National Labor Relations Board vacated a decision overturning one of the Obama administration's most controversial rulings following an ethics complaint against a Trump appointee.

While many reasons have been assigned for the party's defeat persons including its founder, former President J.J. Rawlings attributed the defeat to the arrogance of power exhibited by the appointees of the Mahama - led administration.

Every now and then we keep hearing of government's delays in paying ex-gratia for appointees of the erstwhile Mahama administration.