Sentences with phrase «as congressional»

Castro told REALTORS ® to focus on civic engagement as a way to affect change in the industry, saying they should be sharing their stories and their clients» stories with local leaders as well as Congressional leaders.

Defunding the group might cut some spending and accomplish one Republican anti-abortion goal, but it could also backfire, as Congressional Budget Office Director Keith Hall wrote this week in a letter addressing S. 1881.

The announcement came as Facebook unveiled clearer terms of service to enable users to better understand data sharing, and as a congressional panel said chief executive Mark Zuckerberg would appear next week to address privacy issues.

Those developments came as congressional officials said CEO Mark Zuckerberg will testify next week, while Facebook unveiled a new privacy policy that aims to explain the data it gathers on users more clearly - but doesn't actually change what it collects and shares.

Those developments came as congressional officials said CEO Mark Zuckerberg will testify next week, while Facebook unveiled a new privacy policy that aims to explain the data it gathers on users more clearly — but doesn't actually change what it collects and shares.

The company tries to show it can prevent future abuses as Congressional hearings loom next week.

So far as congressional acts relate to the procedure in the Federal courts, they are clearly within the congressional power.»

Response: Although we realize that some overlap between FCRA and the privacy rules may exist, we have chosen not to remove information that may come within the purview of FCRA from the scope of our rules because FCRA's focus is not the same as our Congressional mandate to protect individually identifiable health information.

Contains federal legislative material, such as congressional bills, reports, and hearings.

More broadly, our defense, trade, financial and national security lawyers liaise with the US Department of Defense, Department of Commerce, Department of the Treasury and Department of the State — as well as the congressional committees of jurisdiction — to address our clients» foreign policy - related needs and concerns.

Before attending law school, Lorena was a political appointee at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), where she served as a congressional liaison in the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Legislation.

Articles in The New York Times and National Geographic as well as congressional and presidential designations were catalysts for a powerful re-emergence.

As congressional elections near, Evangelicals are being urged to consider a «new» religious and moral issue, every bit as important as opposing abortion and same - sex marriage.

As congressional leaders set priorities for the end - of - year session, lawmakers should consider action on the flawed Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS).

As Congressional Republicans draft a tax bill that could open a portion of Alaska's Arctic National Wildlife to drilling, the Trump administration is moving to aggressively expand fossil fuel production elsewhere in the state.

Americans increasingly understand that even sending US carbon dioxide emissions back to 1870 levels, as congressional climate bills would do, will not reduce global atmospheric CO2 levels, because emissions from China, India and other nations will rapidly offset our painful reductions.

Prior to her work at Global Green, Ms. Luévano spent 8 years as a Congressional staffer serving in the offices of US Senator Alan Cranston, US Reps. Augustus Hawkins, Calvin Dooley and Jane Harman.

In response to this announcement, the Surfrider Foundation has release the following statement: «While the Surfrider Foundation lauds the steps taken today by the White House, we are steadfast in our stance that this is not enough and call upon President Obama, as well as our congressional representatives, to immediately enact a permanent moratorium on new offshore drilling.»

If the White House is serious, they must know that the proposal as it currently stands, which does not envision opening up any new areas previously closed to oil and gas production, will not produce any new federal revenues, at least as far as the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) is concerned.

Keep that in mind as the Congressional debate begins.

And a tougher sell for Mr. Obama, particularly as congressional allies try to roll out a new package of climate and energy legislation next week, is making the case for the actions that would be required to cut emissions of greenhouse gases in a world with rising populations and resource appetites.

That immediately excludes ALL anti-climate science blogs and activists and such venues as Congressional hearings by Politicians and the Media across the Board.

Weems is the recipient of the MacArthur «Genius» grant as well as the Congressional Black Caucus Foundation's Lifetime Achievement Award and the Prix de Rome.

She has received many awards, including the MacArthur «Genius» Grant in 2013 as well as the Congressional Black Caucus Foundation's Lifetime Achievement Award.

Capping loan forgiveness at a predetermined amount has been proposed before - the Obama administration proposed capping loan forgiveness at $ 57,500 - and is a provision that may resurface as Congressional leaders begin budget negotiations.

As the Congressional Research Service noted in a report on May 5, 1998:

The 2010 FERS Question and Answer booklet states that federal employees, such as congressional staff members, who contribute 5 percent of their annual income to a TSP, will receive 33 percent more in annual retirement benefits.

Because they are so recent, the new Congress would have the ability to disapprove them under a 1996 law known as the Congressional Review Act, which allows Congress 60 legislative days to vote on reversing regulations.

It should be noted that there is no Split group in this case, as each congressional district only has 1 representative.

The Alliance for Health Reform held a panel discussion on the future of the Medicaid program as congressional...

Others, including some city leaders who see the voucher program as congressional overreach into local affairs, are likely to be less sanguine.

She worked as a congressional staff assistant for Congressman James V. Hansen, representing constituents with federal agencies.

Unfortunately, initial excitement surrounding the House - Senate conference committee on NCLB seems to have dwindled even as congressional staff near the finish line in NCLB negotiations.

As a TeachPlus Teacher - In - Residence, she conducts research and policy analysis on federal policies related to education and reform — a role that allows her to connect back to her time as a Congressional staffer for Senator Paul Wellstone and Senator Tammy Baldwin when she represented the 2nd District of Wisconsin.

Inspired by the University of Chicago Consortium on School Research, which has access to a broad range of Chicago Public School data, the D.C. group envisioned their think tank serving a similar function as the Congressional Budget Office.

As congressional leaders negotiated the details of President Bush's education reforms in 2001, Democrats were advocating a continuation of the program that offered federal help for school construction.

As congressional debate bogged down over an array of spending and philosophical issues late last week, it appeared that the House and the Senate would not vote on their education spending bills until this week.

Her prior political experience consisted of three years as a school board member and a stint as a congressional aide.

As research became salient, so did «good» research, and as the congressional debate over education became inseparable from a broad endorsement of «accountability,» an autonomous IES became a marker of members» commitment to that cause.

Our approach to valuing pensions, which considers both the generosity and the risk of pension benefits, is entirely consistent with economic theory, the way in which liabilities of all types are valued in the private sector, public - sector accounting standards in Canada and Western Europe, academic writings, and the judgments of officials at nonpartisan government agencies such as the Congressional Budget Office, the Federal Reserve, and the Bureau of Economic Analysis.

Once chosen as a congressional fellow, select your congressional assignment through interviews with congressional offices, with reference to ASME's priority issues, which includes «Clean Energy.»

Lawmakers rejected the Administration's effort to strip Congressionally - directed projects from ARS's budget, but did give it the green light to close 12 of USDA's 100 + research centers, some of which began life as Congressional earmarks.

As a congressional fellow, his office selection process won't occur until after orientation, but he hopes he will be able to advance energy and climate issues.

Since the program's inception, nearly 100 Congressional offices and committees, as well as the Congressional Research Service, Government Accountability Office, and the former Office of Technology Assessment have hosted nearly 1,200 Congressional Science & Engineering Fellows in the legislative branch.

As the Congressional Research report notes, «much of the growth in the energy sector's water demand is concentrated in regions with already intense competition over water.»

In the last month, officials with the World Wildlife Fund met with White House environmental officials as well as congressional leaders to urge their participation.

The report comes as congressional leaders are working on a stopgap funding measure that Congress is widely expected to send to the president for his signature to avoid a government shutdown.

Since her year as a Congressional Fellow, Shanley has had opportunities to collaborate with with a number of STPF alumni and current fellows.

Activities may include attending hearings, writing articles for our newsletter, preparing and maintaining issue briefs published on the Web, and assisting with other activities, such as congressional briefings.

His first hankering to run for office began in 2015 when he took a year off from teaching and research to work as a congressional science fellow.