Sentences with phrase «as lawmakers said»

That refusal, as lawmakers said at last week's hearing, leaves little confidence the state will handle future crises properly.

The scope of congressional investigations into Russian meddling in the 2016 presidential contest came into sharper focus on yesterday as lawmakers said they intended to question the former chairman of the Trump campaign and to determine whether Russian social media «trolls» were connected to Trump's election efforts.

Medical marijuana advocates are again striking up calls to expand the program as some lawmakers say it needs more gestation time after going live in January.

Not exact matches

In a letter sent to Rice, the lawmakers said it was «odd» she felt the need to send «such an unusual email purporting to document a conversation involving President Obama and his interactions with the FBI regarding the Trump / Russia investigation» to herself on her final day as an Obama administration official.

said members of the Democratic Women's Working Group were encouraging lawmakers of all parties and genders to participate, but the protest is likely to be seen as a direct critique of President Trump, who has been accused of sexual misconduct.

«If ever there was an episode which showed there are grounds for referral of the merger to the CMA on broadcasting standards, this is it,» the FT quoted a letter to Bradley from four senior lawmakers as saying.

At a news conference following a series of meetings with senior U.S. trade officials and lawmakers in Washington, Guajardo said that Mexico was still trying to understand the U.S. proposals that would require 50 % of vehicles» value content be produced in the United States as part of updated North American Free Trade Agreement rules.

Lawmakers have said they would adopt measures to keep entrepreneurs from recharacterizing their personal income as business income to benefit from the lower rate.

Icahn's efforts last year to overhaul the biofuels program - while acting as an adviser to Trump on regulatory issues - drew scrutiny from federal investigators after lawmakers said it raised ethical concerns.

Last November, British lawmakers called for a tax on sugary drinks as a means of tackling childhood obesity but the idea was ruled out by the government which said it was not the right course of action.

To support the new law increasing access to mental health care, Barden said he met with several lawmakers and served as a «broker between different stakeholders».

Related: Privacy of Location - Based Services on FCC's Radar A trade group known as The Internet Association, which counts Google, Facebook, Amazon and eBay among its members, said it would work with both the FCC and lawmakers on Capitol Hill to prevent «anticompetitive actions by gatekeepers.»

BOSTON (Reuters)- Combative Maine Governor Paul LePage said on Tuesday he would consider resigning as he faces a wave of criticism from both fellow Republicans and rival Democrats after leaving a lawmaker a profanity - filled voicemail last week.

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.

And commenting on the Catalonian lawmakers» vote on Wednesday, Bloomberg quoted Spain's Deputy Prime Minister Soraya Saenz de Santamaria as saying: «We've seen democracy take a kicking.»

But eliminating that deduction is already opposed by Republican lawmakers from high - tax states such as New York and California, who say it helps their state governments pay for social programs, including public education.

Lawmakers grilling the TSB bosses and Sabadell executive Miquel Montes said some members of their staff with TSB accounts were still unable to log in through the app even as the hearing was going on, 13 days after the problems started.

MEXICO CITY (Reuters)- An influential U.S. lawmaker said on Sunday all fairly traded steel and aluminum, especially from Canada and Mexico, should be excluded from President Donald Trump's proposed tariffs, as he sought to calm tensions at major trade talks in Mexico.

OTTAWA — Donald Trump needs to butt out as a hovering presence over the North American Free Trade Agreement talks and U.S. lawmakers must come clean about what they really think of the deal, says a veteran Liberal MP.

Republican lawmakers, who normally resist regulation of private business, started coming down on the company as early as Sunday, with Senator Jeff Flake of Arizona calling the privacy violations «significant» and Senator Marco Rubio of Florida saying he was «disturbed» by many things about the company.

Russian lawmakers have warned the United States that Moscow would view an airstrike on Syria as a war crime, saying it could trigger a direct military clash between the two former Cold War adversaries.

If the government's death toll has indeed been as inaccurate as these analyses suggest it is, there are immediate, serious consequences for the people of Puerto Rico, the lawmakers said.

«My message to lawmakers in Congress is please, take action,» David Hogg, a student at the school, said as he looked directly into CNN's camera on Thursday.

Aides and lawmakers say budget talks in the Senate are moving toward an agreement for whopping increases in Pentagon spending as well as domestic programs.

Maryland lawmakers expressed unease Wednesday about the $ 5 billion cost of Gov. Larry Hogan's package to lure Amazon.com's second headquarters to Montgomery County, even as the administration unveiled a new study saying the project would add nearly $ 8 billion a year to state paychecks.

The building, also called the Peary House, serves as an example of the type of commercial enterprises lawmakers say they're hoping to prohibit with new rules being reviewed by the D.C. Council.

But the freshman lawmaker frames the issue as both about states» rights, and creating jobs: «This step allows states to determine appropriate medicinal use and allows for industrial hemp growth, something that will provide a major economic boost to agricultural development in Southside Virginia,» he said in a statement.

Brazil's highest court voted Thursday to restrict a legal protection afforded federal lawmakers that critics say has resulted in impunity, as the country grapples with massive official corruption.

Separately, the Hill adds that the GOP now says the bill will be released on Thursday as lawmakers scramble to reach a consensus on how to restructure the nation's tax laws.

«The next few months will offer many opportunities for us to educate lawmakers on our priorities, such as tax reform and investment in our nation's infrastructure, as well as pro-growth policies that create jobs and reward capital investment,» said Matthew Shay, NRF president and chief executive, in a statement.

This is why Jesus presents Himself, even just within Matthew, as the new lawmaker (hence all the, «You've heard it said to you [in Moses], but * I * say to you...»).

Boehm said Donahue's selection had nothing to do with the fact that her husband, Dan, worked on Mayor Dan McLaughlin's election campaign two years ago and her brother - in - law David Donahue was hired last year as the village's legislative liaison, a newly created position designed to foster communication between the village and state and federal lawmakers.

«We need a leader who will put the people before politics, and my colleague and friend Sen. John DeFrancisco is the man to do it as the next Governor of New York,» Akshar said in a joint statement with the rest of the lawmakers.

«While my policy as leader is not to sign the many pledges that are presented to me, I want you to know my position on the three issues that you have raised with the members of the State Legislature: I support the concepts of applying generally accepted accounting principles to our state budget, requiring disclosure of lawmakers» non-government income and appointing an independent commission to redraw legislative district lines,» Sampson said in a statement released by NY Uprising.

The congressman said he believes as the health care reform conversation continues, his proposal could emerge as a middle ground to the more extreme plans being pushed at the moment by lawmakers on both the left and the right.

As state lawmakers and Gov. Andrew Cuomo continue to sort out an extension of the now lapsed rent control laws in New York City, Senate Republicans say they have no plans to leave town after passing their own eight - year extension of the program.

While several Senate GOP lawmakers have expressed a willingness to back new gun control legislation such as tighter background checks and a ban bump stocks, Senate Majority Leader John Flanagan said his conference's «primary focus» remains on strengthening school security.

On ethics, Cuomo wasn't able to get at some of the issues that forced, say, Sheldon Silver from power, namely the ability for lawmakers to earn as much money as they'd like at law firms or other entities with potential business before the state.

Democratic lawmakers on Wednesday backed a plan that would provide health insurance to all New Yorkers — a proposal they say is necessary as Republicans in Washington move to repeal the Affordable Care Act

Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders said he was «sickened» by the carnage wrought by a gunman who opened fire on GOP lawmakers at a congressional baseball practice early this morning, as he confirmed the shooter «apparently volunteered» on his 2016 presidential campaign.

Savvy lawmakers continue to say they're hopeful legislation can be passed ASAP, but they refuse to venture a guess as to exactly when that will occur.

After attending a closed - door meeting where Senate Majority Leader John Flanagan, of Long Isand, was re-elected as head of the GOP conference, (Felder said he did not cast a vote), the Brooklyn lawmaker suggested he might even wait until the IDC announced which conference it would be aligning with in 2017.

He later said he wasn't trying to put them on the spot, merely using them as examples of Democratic lawmakers.

The challengers to the Independent Democratic Conference in a statement Wednesday morning said they would not end their candidacies against IDC lawmakers as a deal is reached to dissolve the conference.

«As women lawmakers, we were horrified by the revelations regarding Eric Schneiderman's abuse of women,» the lawmakers said in the joint statement.

Gov. David Paterson said earlier today that he will ask state lawmakers not to depart Albany midweek as planned and instead remain at the Capitol in hopes of hammering out a deal on the 2010 - 2011 state budget, which is now almost two full weeks late.

As opioid - related deaths increase nationwide, Capital Region lawmakers and advocates said they fear proposed cuts to Medicaid would harm New York's most vulnerable.

Governor Cuomo says lawmakers must make the case themselves, publicly in an election year, as to why they deserve a raise.

The Buffalo News quoted one lawmaker as calling it the «Monday night massacre,» but Cuomo said he doesn't think he vetoed a higher - than - average portion of the bills.

On their first day at the Capitol last Wednesday, lawmakers openly talked about pushing back against the Democratic governor this year, saying they need to be treated as a co-equal branch of government.