Sentences with phrase «administration said its decision»

The de Blasio administration said the decision was fair and wholly unrelated to Mr. Ickes, who bundled nearly $ 20,000 in contributions for Mr. de Blasio's re-election fund in the four days preceding the announcement of the AEG Live event.

The administration said its decision was not in response to the story about the blog.

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White House press secretary Josh Earnest said that the Obama Administration is concerned that the Commission's decision could hurt U.S. taxpayers, as the $ 14.5 billion could be claimed as a tax deduction in the U.S., Reuters reported.

On Wednesday's hearing, he said that he made that decision because he was one of the few people in the Obama administration who had access to the leaked classified information.

The United States could remain in the Paris climate accord under the right conditions, Secretary of State Rex Tillerson said on Sunday, signaling a shift in tone from the Trump administration, which angered allies with its decision to pull out of the agreement.

ICAA chief executive Stephen Harrison said the cost of defective administration should be borne by taxpayers and the decision - making process for defective administration claims should be more transparent.

Reed O'Connor, a judge for the Northern District of Texas, said in a decision late on Sunday that the Obama administration did not follow proper procedures for notice and comment in issuing the guidelines.

ACLU attorney Joshua Block said the main practical impact of the decision is that it would prevent the Obama administration from carrying out administrative enforcement actions against schools on transgender issues.

The office of Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, a Republican who frequently sues the Democratic Obama administration, said he was pleased with a decision against «illegal federal overreach.»

On a panel at Davos on Wednesday, Cargill chairman and CEO David MacLennan said that the Trump administration's decision to exit the Trans - Pacific Partnership was «not good» for his business and expressed wariness about Trump's threats during the presidential campaign to rip up agreements like NAFTA.

Jacobson said she had no information about her successor, though a US official with knowledge of the decision told The New York Times that the Trump administration had selected a nominee.

White House spokesman Sean Spicer said last week that the administration expected to make a decision on whether to remain a party to the deal by the time leaders of the Group of Seven wealthy nations meet in late May.

The company said the Trump administration's focus on visa program didn't affect its decision to expand the U.S. operations.

«I hope that's not where it's going,» he said, noting that the administration's decision last year to forego another agreement — the Trans - Pacific Partnership — is «not good» for his business.

On Monday, Trump said his administration was studying the situation and would make a «major decision» over the next two days.

«Chairman Grassley's decision do away with a 100 - year old Senate tradition just 10 months into the Trump administration couldn't be more troubling,» she said in a statement.

In a news conference on Thursday, Trump said his rollout of the travel ban was «very smooth» but the administration got a bad court decision.

«The president - elect will make those decisions on a day - by - day basis in the course of the transition, in the course of the administration,» he said on ABC's This Week.

EPA chief Scott Pruitt said standards on model year 2022 to 2025 vehicles should be revised, reversing a decision on tighter standards put in place by the Obama administration in January 2017.

«The last couple weeks in the region have been a reaction to the Jerusalem decision,» another administration official said.

Canada will push for a permanent exemption from U.S. steel and aluminum tariffs but the U.S. administration's decision to postpone them is a «step forward,» Canadian Foreign Minister Chrystia Freeland said.

The Hill quoted the attorney for a former FBI informant in the TENEX case as saying her client «witnessed numerous, detailed conversations in which Russian actors described their efforts to lobby, influence or ingratiate themselves with the Clintons in hopes of winning favorable uranium decisions from the Obama administration.»

Those who support the decision say the predominantly liberal politics of the region make it an ideal venue for sending a message about the Trump administration's perceived retreat from leadership on AIDS.

At an auto industry conference on Jan. 10, Barra — who will serve on an economic advisory team for the Trump administration — said auto industry decisions have a «long lead.

A source familiar with the decision says the administration has reached an agreement in principle with Australia, Argentina and Brazil, which may avoid the need for tariffs against those countries altogether.

WASHINGTON — The Trump administration said on Monday that it would delay a decision to impose steel and aluminum tariffs on the European Union, Canada and Mexico for another 30 days, giving key allies a reprieve as the White House tries to extract concessions from trading partners who have resisted those demands.

China said Tuesday it would impose $ 50 billion in tariffs against US products, including soybeans and cars, in response to the Trump administration's initial decision to slap tariffs on Chinese - made goods to punish the country for intellectual property theft.

«The administration's short - sighted decision to implement new tariffs is meant to fulfill a campaign promise rather than support robust, pro-growth trade policy,» said Thom Dammrich, President of the National Marine Manufacturers Association.

One person close to Cohn, a former Goldman Sachs executive, said he wouldn't be surprised if he eventually left the chaotic and deeply exhausting administration as a result of the decision.

But Icahn said his decision had nothing to do with Trump blaming that mayhem «on many sides» but instead because he «did not want partisan bickering about my role to in any way cloud your administration,» Icahn said in a statement.

Toyota Motor Corp., which plans to build a new $ 1.6 billion factory in Alabama with Mazda Motor Corp., said the administration's decision will «adversely impact» auto companies by raising costs and prices of cars and trucks sold in the U.S.. That's even as more than 90 percent of the steel Asia's biggest carmaker needs in the U.S. is from the country.

He said the findings would «form the basis for decision - making by the administration» on how to approach trade deficits in the future, including in a renegotiation of Nafta.

Your decisions around Social Security can make a big impact on your retirement — especially considering that Social Security Administration estimates say it makes up about 40 % of the average 65 - year - old's retirement income today.

At a news conference after the meeting, Powell said the Fed hasn't lowered its forecasts for growth because of the Trump administration's decision to impose tariffs on steel and aluminum imports.

Counter-intuitive as it sounds, U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions» decision to repeal the previous administration's Cole Memorandum — which had reduced federal enforcement of cannabis offences — could prove a catalyst for change, said Agnese.

But Boehner continues to say «no» to the Obama administration, most recently on its decision to require Catholic - affiliated employers to cover birth control services in their health plans.

Later Monday, one of President Obama's key advisers clarified the administration's decision, saying that even though bin Laden died on land, there was no land to bury him on.

Following news from last Friday that the Ministry of Commerce is planning to impose 15 % tariff on American wine as part of its retaliation against the Trump Administration's decision last week to levy tariffs on about US$ 50 billion worth of Chinese imports, in a statement sent to dbHK today, Robert Koch, CEO of the wine institute, said: «Chinese retaliation against US wine would put our producers at a significant disadvantage in one of the most important markets in the world at a critical time,»

But despite this, Mr Smith said people were still willing to pay extra to support Australian farmers, which is why the voluntary administration decision was hard to comprehend.

The directive, issued on August 30 2017, and signed by the Acting Head of Finance and Administration, Atakora Kodua, said the picture posted on social media, made mockery of the first gentlemen of the land, hence the decision to suspend him indefinitely.

Wednesday's decision reverses memos issued by the Obama administration during the past two years saying that prohibiting transgender students from using facilities that reflect with their gender identity violates federal anti-discrimination laws.

Speaking on the decision taken by the New patriotic party on their Northern Regional Chairman Daniel Bugri Naabu and Minister for Gender and Social Protection Ms Otiko Afisa Djaba, he said that he used to have higher expectation for NPP»S administration but from the way things are going he doubt.

However the Defence Minister - nominee, Dominic Nitiwul, has said the NPP administration will take a decision on the two men.

Cuomo has decided to keep the Western New York Children's Psychiatric Center in West Seneca, administration officials said — a decision that ends five years of protests, demonstrations and pleading by families, former patients, staff and elected officials.

Gov. David Paterson said his administration will not appeal US District Court Judge Lawrence Kahn's decision granting a preliminary injunction to block his furlough plan, and said he will again ask public employee unions to accept a pay lag instead of moving straight to layoffs.

Democratic and Republican legislators said during debate Tuesday night that they planned to investigate the decision by the administration of County Executive Steve Bellone, a Democrat, to block installation of the panels.

Meanwhile, Imo State Governor, Rochas Okorocha said his administration would abide by whatever decision is reached between the Federal Government and the Nigerian Labour Congress concerning the new minimum wage for Nigerian workers.

Health and Human Services Secretary Tom Price said «no decision's been made» on whether to continue key Affordable Care Act subsidies to health - insurance companies, but the administration's job is «to follow the law of the land.»

The governor said the decisions were in line with his administration's resolve to ensure free flow of traffic across the State, noting that their activities were contributing to traffic congestion on Lagos roads.

«I always want the city and the county and local communities to elect people who share the values of the public, that are going to work hard, they have the utmost integrity, that you can rely on in a moment of crisis to make sound decisions, and will attract quality people to an administration,» he said.