Sentences with phrase «at confirmation hearings for»

On Nov. 16, Anita Hill sat down at The Washington Post offices with five current and former Democratic lawmakers: Nita Lowey of New York, Barbara Mikulski of Maryland, Eleanor Holmes Norton of the District of Columbia, Pat Schroeder of Colorado and Louise Slaughter of New York - all allies of Hill during her historic appearance at the confirmation hearings for U.S. Supreme Court nominee Clarence Thomas in 1991.

He has weighed in at confirmation hearings for four of the nine justices now on the court.

CNBC's Jackie DeAngelis takes a look at what to watch for when the former Exxon CEO testifies at his confirmation hearing for secretary of State.

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During Sessions» confirmation hearings in 1986, Thomas Figures, who was an Assistant United States Attorney for seven years and an African - American working for Sessions in Alabama at the time, alleged that Sessions referred to the NAACP as «un-American» and repeatedly referred to Figures as «boy.»

Secretary Perry, for instance, who presided over the greatest expansion of wind capacity in the country during his 14 years as governor of Texas, acknowledged in his confirmation hearing that climate change is real, and that «man - made activity» is at least partly to blame.

Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin, a 17 - year veteran of Goldman Sachs and a foreclosure king during the financial crisis who had his own issues at his Senate Confirmation hearing, has promised that the sweeping tax cuts would pay for themselves by boosting economic growth.

When DeVos used the expression at CPAC, she was referring to an exchange that took place with Senator Bernie Sanders during her confirmation hearing, in which Sanders asked if she supported his proposal for tuition - free public college education and she replied: «I think we also have to consider the fact that there's nothing in life that is truly free — somebody is going to pay for it.»

«From the allegations against the Minister for Energy - designate at his parliamentary confirmation hearings to that against the CEO of BOST, to those against the two deputy Chiefs of Staff; to the claims of extortion against the Trade Minister and to those against the Minister for Special Development Initiatives, they have all been investigated and no evidence has been adduced to suggest mildly the perpetration of any act of corruption,» he noted with pride.

From the allegations against the Minister for Energy - designate at his parliamentary confirmation hearings; to that against the CEO of BOST; to those against the two deputy Chiefs of Staff; to the claims of extortion against the Trade Minister; and to those against the Minister for Special Development Initiatives; they have all been investigated and no evidence has been adduced to suggest mildly the perpetration of any act of corruption.

While predicting that work on the new Tappan Zee Bridge could start as early as this summer, incoming Thruway Authority executive director Tom Madison revealed at confirmation hearings yesterday that financing for the new bridge is still very much a work in progress.

At more than eight hours long, the first day of Jeff Sessions» confirmation hearing for attorney general was a marathon.

Trump's U.S. Supreme Court nominee Neil Gorsuch spoke for the first time at his Senate confirmation hearing, insisting he will — if appointed to the nation's highest bench — strive for independence and integrity.

At 1 p.m., the Senate Judiciary Committee will hold a confirmation hearing on Cuomo's pick for chief judge of the Court of Appeals, Westchester County DA Janet DiFiore, Room 124, state Capitol, Albany.

Yanks for Sotomayor Last Thursday, former Yankee and current YES Network announcer David Cone, testified at Sonia Sotomayor's Supreme Court Confirmation hearing.

Under fire for overseeing a covert CIA Thailand prison that waterboarded terror suspects, Gina Haspel offer ed assurances at her Senate confirmation hearing that she's learned lessons from the past.

At his confirmation hearing before the Suffolk County Legislature last February, Mr. Sini was asked by Mr. McCaffrey if he planned to use the police commissioner position as a stepping stone to run for district attorney.

Less than two weeks before the Bush administration left office, the EPA announced that it would delay its long - awaited decision on whether to set a drinking water standard for perchlorate until the National Academy of Sciences weighed in on the issue.That announcement effectively punted the decision to current EPA Administrator, Lisa Jackson, who promised to regulate perchlorate at her confirmation hearing.

Secretary of State Tillerson supported Paris in his previous job as CEO of Exxon Mobil Corp. and called for a «seat at the table» on climate negotiations during his Senate confirmation hearing.

The White House nominated all three researchers for the DOE jobs in November 2013, and all received glowing reviews at subsequent Senate confirmation hearings.

At this week's Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Spain, the crowd was among the first group of people to hear confirmation of rumours that have been flying around for a while: the compact, push - button Nokia 3310 cellphone is back.

President - elect Donald Trump's nominee for education secretary told lawmakers at her confirmation hearing that guns might have a place in schools due to the threat from grizzly bears.

Attendees also excoriated DeVos for asserting at her confirmation hearing that states should have the right to choose whether to enforce the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA), a piece of legislation that allows students with disabilities to receive an education tailored to their needs.

DeVos» confirmation hearing is scheduled for Wednesday, Jan 11 at 9 a.m. Click here and save this link if you want to watch live.

While this lack of expertise is not disqualifying in itself, her responses to questions at her Senate confirmation hearing about fundamental education functions such as the federal requirements of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) and accountability for public funds were unsettling to educators across the country.

The 74 reports that the «familiar battles that have surrounded Education Secretary Betsy DeVos since her own contentious confirmation,» — from school choice, to ESSA, to Title IX — were front and center again at a recent Senate confirmation hearing for two top Education Department nominees.

Donald Trump's nominee for education secretary did not inspire confidence at her Senate confirmation hearing.

Secretary DeVos raised eyebrows at her confirmation hearing when she skirted the question of «equal accountability» for all schools as poised by Senator Tim Kaine of Virginia:

In a recent interview with the AutoCar, Principal Designer Jun Goto said that Honda is looking into offering a convertible version, but the execution of suc a vehicle is still a long ways off, so do not expect to hear any official confirmation of a production model for at least two years after the coupe rolls out, if ever.

As we watched this ASUS Transformer Book video from Liliputing yesterday, we heard some talk about a price and immediately started to write an article while simultaneously contacting Brad Linder at Liliputing for confirmation.

There has been no official confirmation for either of the launches, but we have been hearing Nook Color 2 rumors for a while now and with Kindle Fire already in fray, B&N will have to step up its game and at least announce a device pretty soon.

Today, there is an interesting piece on the physical home for The Internet Archive, and stories on the confirmation hearing for the new Librarian of Congress and a look at how some really ancient apps are leaving certain PCs open to ransomware.

At a Chapter 13 confirmation hearing, required as the basis for the order approving the plan and ordering the creditors to accept it (the hearing is called a section 341 hearing, or simply, â $ the three forty - oneâ $), the court either approves or disapproves the debtorâ $ ™ s repayment plan, depending on whether it meets the Bankruptcy Codeâ $ ™ s requirements for confirmation.

Dennis Brack (American, b. 1939), [Angela Davis at Senate Confirmation Hearings for Vice President Rockefeller], 1974 — 09, gelatin silver print.

Two months ago, in an embarrassing display of politics at its worst, eight GOP members of the Senate Committee for Environment and Public Works purposely skipped McCarthy's hearing, further delaying a confirmation vote.

During his Senate confirmation hearing, Tillerson seemed to confirm that he originally voiced support for a carbon tax in 2009 in order to counter a cap - and - trade bill that was moving in Congress at the time.

So, confirmation bias being what it is, you can imagine my delight to hear over at our sister site that glitter is really, really bad for our oceans.

Wray is set to appear on Wednesday (12 July) at the US Senate Judiciary Committee for his confirmation hearing.

Covering a wide swath of the blogosphere, this edition of the weekly «blog carnival» includes topics like the potential for Europe to adopt class action litigation; enforcement of contracts in China from the China Law Blog; the impact on health care providers of the FTC's latest red flag rules to combatt identity theft, posted at HealthBlawg (and also important for lawyers to understand); and a roundup of posts on the Sotomayor confirmation hearings, including a link to Volokh blogger Ilya Somin who gave testimony on Sotomayor's position on property rights.

If at those confirmation hearings Roberts had instead compared judges to home team sportscasters, unapologetic partisans for the side that hired them, it's pretty unlikely he would've gotten the job.

Still on other occasions when the presence of a lawyer for a simple appearance is required we arrange to have competent agent legal counsel present in court on our behalf at completely no cost to you (the latter might occur at a simple 2 minute long scheduled court appearance like a Trial Confirmation Hearing).

In 2009, he testified on property rights issues at the United States Senate Judiciary Committee confirmation hearings for Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor.

«The Roberts court: Seeing is believing; At the Senate confirmation hearings for Chief Justice Roberts and Justice Alito, critics feared that the glossy image of the two jurists being put forth did not reflect their true leanings; How right the critics were.»

We've asked Microsoft for a confirmation, but if we don't hear back, expect to learn more at Build 2018, when Microsoft is thought to unveil the OS with new features like Timeline, HDR, and Fluent Design changes.

It's a bit strange then that we haven't at least heard confirmation of an Animal Crossing game even being in development for Switch.

Send her a letter by certified mail outlining the facts: She stopped showing up for work without contacting you, after two weeks of hearing nothing you sent her a letter confirmation her separation from the organization, you issued her final paycheck on X date for $ Y, no further wages are owed, bonuses are given at the discretion of the employer, and she is not eligible for one.

Carson commented in response to a question Thursday at a Senate confirmation hearing where some Democrats questioned his qualifications to lead the Department of Housing and Urban Development, which has responsibilities ranging from insuring low - down - payment mortgages to administering rental assistance for low - income home owners.