Sentences with phrase «as a committee chairman»

Commissioner Charles Boxenbaum, who was selected as committee chairman, then convened the new committee, which reviewed the Park District's proposed $ 818 million 1998 budget, item by item.

Senate Republicans sought to demonstrate Saturday the designation of lawmakers as committee chairman was a commonplace practice.

To facilitate payments, false statements identifying the eight senators as committee chairmen were sent by Senate staff to the state comptroller's office, when in fact each served as vice chairman, a position that does not carry any pay or specific duties.

The minority leader was reacting to an interview Parker gave this morning to DN columnist Errol Louis on WWRL, in which he not only defended his outburst at DeFrancisco during yesterday's Senate Finance Committee meeting, but also lambasted his fellow Democrat, Sen. Carl Kruger, for failing to reign in the GOP lawmaker himself as committee chairman.

As the committee chairman, Bernard Jenkin, rightly points out, they might not have much incentive to tell the truth when asked about their intentions when quizzed by officials.

«All we're doing is telling you that you can't be a member of the Democratic Committee and support Republican candidates,» said Thomas Wade, who on Tuesday announced he would not seek a seventh term as committee chairman.

Senate Majority Leader John Flanagan (R - Smithtown) and GOP staff submitted payroll records to the comptroller's office to steer thousands of dollars in higher stipends to three members of the IDC by falsely identifying them as committee chairmen, when they were actually vice chairmen of the panels.

With Smith continuing as the committee chairman in the new Congress, it's possible that this investigation will continue.

Serving as a committee chairman of educators focused on quality education for minority students.

Not exact matches

WASHINGTON — The chairman of the Republican Study Committee, North Carolina Rep. Mark Walker, said Rep. Rodney Frelinghuysen should step down as chairman of the House Appropriations Committee for voting against the final version of the GOP tax reform plan that passed Tuesday afternoon.

He served as a member of the Treasury Borrowing Advisory Committee of the Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association from May 2010 through December 2011, as chairman of the then New York Cotton Exchange from August 1992 through June 1995 and was instrumental in the creation of its Financial Instrument Exchange.

At his first press conference as Fed chairman, Jerome Powell said the committee expected this fiscal stimulus to affect the economy only starting in the second half of the year.

During this time, Ron also served as vice chairman of Bank of New York Mellon Corp. and was a member of the Executive Committee.

Separately, Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus and Ranking Republican Charles Grassley sent the parties a detailed request for much of the same information, as well the names of the government and corporate officials who negotiated the deal, along with their outside advisers.

In the House, former vice presidential candidate Paul Ryan (R - WI) took the gavel on the Ways and Means Committee at the start of this year, beginning a six - year term as its chairman.

Michael «Mike» Pearson, chairman and chief executive officer of Valeant Pharmaceuticals International Inc., left, speaks as Howard Schiller, former interim chief executive officer and former chief financial officer of Valeant Pharmaceuticals, center, and William «Bill» Ackman, founder and chief executive officer of Pershing Square Capital Management LP, listen during a Senate Special Committee on Aging hearing on Valeant Pharmaceuticals in Washington, D.C., U.S., on Wednesday, April 27, 2016.

The recently - appointed chairman captured investor attention again Thursday as he began speaking to the Senate Banking committee, where he discussed monetary policy and the state of the U.S. economy.

Pennsylvania Representative Bill Shuster, the chairman of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, has encouraged his Republican colleagues to consider raising the gas tax as a way to keep the Highway Trust Fund — which funds road, bridge and transit projects — solvent after 2021.

U.S. Senator Mark Warner, vice chairman of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, said in a statement that it would not be an «exaggeration to suggest that a breach such as this represents a real threat to the economic security of Americans.»

McCain, who is the chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee and served in the US Navy for 23 years, said Trump's statement was «unclear» and it served as «yet another example of why major policy announcements should not be made via Twitter.»

Hensarling, the chairman of the House Republican Congress, was a co-chair of the Joint Select Committee on Deficit Reduction, better known as the «Super Committee.»

As Kevin Brady, chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee, said shortly after the election, «To grow our economy, it's just not enough to buy American.

The Facebook board's compensation committee authorized Zuckerberg's security program, the filing said, «to address safety concerns due to specific threats to his safety arising directly as a result of his position as our founder, Chairman, and CEO.»

In September, after a lengthy investigation by staffers at the Senate Judiciary Committee, chairman Sen. Chuck Grassley (R - Iowa) blasted the service for using forfeiture funds to pay for perks and luxury items such as «high - end granite countertops and expensive custom artwork,» much of it installed, appropriately enough, at a new Asset Forfeiture Academy in Houston.

In attendance were Republican presidential candidates Mitt Romney and Rick Perry as well as Republican National Committee Chairman Reince Priebus.

Senate Judiciary Committee chairman Chuck Grassley just escalated the brewing judicial war to a new high, ditching what is known as the «blue slip» process for some of President Donald Trump's judicial nominees.

Russian lawmaker Konstantin Kosachev, chairman of the international affairs committee of Russia's upper house of parliament, described the action as baseless and unfriendly, Interfax news agency reported.

«The Committee does not believe it is appropriate to count shares that have not been voted as having been voted in support of any particular alternative,» committee chairman Alex Mandl said in an announcement of the initial aCommittee does not believe it is appropriate to count shares that have not been voted as having been voted in support of any particular alternative,» committee chairman Alex Mandl said in an announcement of the initial acommittee chairman Alex Mandl said in an announcement of the initial agreement.

Republican lawmakers from high - tax states such as New York exited meetings this week with Kevin Brady, chairman of the tax - writing committee of the House of Representatives, saying there would be some sort of compromise on repealing the deduction for state and local tax payments.

As an extension of his new job, Williams will serve as vice chairman of the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMCAs an extension of his new job, Williams will serve as vice chairman of the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMCas vice chairman of the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC).

Also in the list of goals is implementing a standard that's similar to something known as the Rooney Rule, named after Dan Rooney, the owner of the Pittsburgh Steelers and chairman of the National Football League's diversity committee.

Corzine also chaired a presidential commission on capital budgeting for Bill Clinton and served as Chairman of the U.S. Treasury Department's borrowing committee.

[154] In addition, Corzine has served as Co-Chair of the National Commission on Capital Budgeting under President Clinton, Chairman of the Treasury's Government Borrowing Committee and Chairman of the Public Securities Association.

Traders fully expect the Fed's monetary - policy committee to raise benchmark borrowing costs by a quarter percentage point at a meeting that starts Tuesday and culminates Wednesday with Powell's first press conference as chairman.

The U.S. central bank's monetary - policy committee raised benchmark borrowing costs by a quarter percentage point to a range of 1.5 % to 1.75 %, in Jerome Powell's first meeting as Fed chairman.

Calls to appoint a second special counsel came as early as July, when House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte wrote a letter urging Sessions to consider it.

Since July 2015, Mr. Bell has served as a director and Chairman of the Audit Committee of The Chemours Company LLC (NYSE: CC), a chemical solutions company.

Then Hensarling served as executive director of the National Republican Senatorial Committee, which works to get GOP candidates elected, while Gramm was its chairman.

From 2011 to 2014, Mr. Bell served as a director and chairman of the Audit Committee of Virent Corporation, a pre-revenue biochemical company with proprietary technology for producing plastics and other products from plant sugars.

From January 2014 to February 2015, Mr. Bell served as a director and chairman of the Audit Committee of Hennessy I, which merged with School Bus Holdings Inc. in February 2015 and is now known as Blue Bird Corporation (NASDAQ: BLBD).

From January 2014 to February 2015, Mr. Shea served as a director and chairman of the Compensation Committee of Hennessy I, which merged with School Bus Holdings Inc. in February 2015 and is now known as Blue Bird Corporation (NASDAQ: BLBD).

III and serves as the chairman of our audit committee.

From July 2015 to February 2017, Mr. Bell served as a director and chairman of the Audit Committee of Hennessy II, which merged with Daseke in February 2017 and is now known as Daseke, Inc. (NASDAQ: DSKE).

She serves as director of Pure Freedom YYOGA Wellness Inc., Alter Eco Americas, Great Ontario Food Company, VGH + UBC Hospital Foundation, Greater Vancouver Board of Trade, CKNW Orphan's Fund, the Radcliffe Foundation, and TELUS Science World Chairman's Committee.

From July 2015 to February 2017, Mr. Shea served as a director and chairman of the Compensation Committee of Hennessy II, which merged with Daseke in February 2017 and is now known as Daseke, Inc. (NASDAQ: DSKE).

III, and serves as the chairman of our compensation committee.

He has been a director of Viskase Companies, a supplier of cellulose and fibrous casings, from October 2006 to the present, where he is currently chairman of the Audit Committee and previously served as chairman of the Compensation Committee.

Richard M. Kovacevich, who serves as Chairman, will retire from the Company at the end of 2008 in accordance with the Company's retirement policy for members of the Company's management committee.

Texas and South Carolina are home to leading opponents of the bank, including Senator Ted Cruz of Texas, a Tea Party favorite and Republican presidential candidate; Representative Jeb Hensarling of Texas, who, as chairman of the House Financial Services Committee, has defied Speaker John A. Boehner and refused to bring any bank bill to a vote in his panel; and Representative Mick Mulvaney of South Carolina, a leader among conservatives in the House.

In 2014, Don was appointed to the bi-national Softwood Lumber Board and currently serves as Vice Chairman and Chairman of the Programs Committee.