Sentences with phrase «by lawmakers at»

Google and other companies, such as Yahoo, Microsoft, Cisco Systems were accused by lawmakers at a Congressional hearing on the ethics of doing business in China.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo's health commissioner was questioned by lawmakers at a recent budget hearing about his ongoing review of health effects related to hydrofracking, but Dr. Nirav Shah provided few details.

Governor Cuomo's Health Commissioner was questioned by lawmakers at a budget hearing about his on - going review of the health effects of hydro - fracking.

Governor Cuomo's economic development chair was grilled by lawmakers at a budget hearing, as some of the programs are embroiled in a corruption scandal that's led to corruption charges against several former associates of the governor.

He, along with a slew of other environmental and civic organizations, backed the legislation to create a land bank that was passed by lawmakers at the end of their session.

The office was created in the Marjory Stoneman Douglas school safety act passed by lawmakers at the tail end of the 2018 Legislative Session.

Governor Cuomo's Health Commissioner was questioned by lawmakers at a budget hearing about his on - going review of the health effects of hydrofracking.

Senate Committee on Ethics, Privileges and Public Petitions in its report, recommended that Ndume should be suspended which was considered by the lawmakers at the plenary on Wednesday.

ALBANY — Nassau and Suffolk counties would have the option to block ride - hailing services such as Lyft and Uber under terms of state budget deal being finalized by lawmakers at the State Capitol.

Not exact matches

«The business community, by and large, has consistently communicated to lawmakers at every level that such laws are bad for our employees and bad for business.»

Congressional lawmakers are set to approve a tax reform package aimed at slashing the corporate tax rate and lowering the level paid by many Americans.

«U.S. lawmakers and regulatory authorities, by contrast, have been «asleep at the switch» for far too long.»

Written by Philip Auerswald, a professor of public policy at George Mason University and a senior fellow at the Kauffman Foundation, The Coming Prosperity: How Entrepreneurs Are Transforming the Global Economy is due out in April, but you can get a taste of Auerswald's most optimistic take on the entrepreneurship and global economy with this video of an animated, 10 - minute talk he gave recently to lawmakers.

The MOX project, at the Energy Departments Savannah River Site in South Carolina, has been kept on life support by Congress thanks to the influence of South Carolina Senator Lindsey Graham and other lawmakers.

We've seen that before: The bill that averted a debt - ceiling crisis earlier this year — by temporarily suspending the borrowing limit — would have frozen Congressional pay if the House or Senate had failed to pass a budget by April 15 (lawmakers would have received their salaries anyway at the end of the current legislature).

Within the coalition are two factions: those pushing to play hardball on Capitol Hill by threatening to force uncooperative lawmakers from office in November, and those who'd rather see the debate settled at the congressional negotiating table sooner rather than later, even if it means making policy concessions to companies such as Verizon and Comcast.

Once the new measures are approved by Greek lawmakers, Euro zone finance ministers will then discuss the disbursement of loans at the next scheduled Eurogroup meeting on May 22.

The Georgia tax bill is not the first move by state lawmakers that won't play well at Amazon.

The Democratic senator's proposed legislation will face an unlikely road to passage, considering that most lawmakers (including those in the White House) are reluctant to end the drug's federal prohibition, but the bill is still the latest attempt by a prominent politician to update federal marijuana laws at a time when a clear majority of Americans support legalization.

Flanked by legislative leaders and dozens of lawmakers, Sandoval presented a Nevada license plate with «TESLA» to Diarmuid O'Connell, Tesla's vice president for business development who helped pick the site at an industrial park along Interstate 80 about 15 miles east of Sparks.

The governor was accompanied in Doral by Ryan Petty and Andrew Pollack, the fathers of two of the children killed at Stoneman Douglas High, who pledged to return to Tallahassee in the 10 remaining days of the annual legislative session to pressure lawmakers to act.

The reports have prompted calls from lawmakers in Britain and the United States for renewed scrutiny of Facebook, and at least two American state prosecutors have said they are looking into the misuse of data by Cambridge Analytica.

At face value, the draft appeals to the sensibilities of lawmakers regarding the necessity to protect consumers and give businesses who deal in virtual currencies access to a clear set of guidelines that can be easily understood by a customer base.

Lawmakers voted down a motion to consider the ban during a session that opened with a prayer for the 17 people killed by a former student last Wednesday at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland.

The Federal Reserve, criticized by lawmakers for being too cozy with Wall Street, is considering tougher measures to restrict bank examiners from leaving to take jobs at firms they have overseen.

The office and position were created by state lawmakers in response to the February shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School.

But a majority of Americans, Republican lawmakers and construction union members welcomed the prospect of boosting reliance on a firm U.S. ally for new supplies of the heavy crude, which would be shipped by a pipeline built largely in this country and processed at Gulf Coast refineries uniquely capable of dealing with the low - grade oil.

Delta CEO Ed Bastian did, however, announce that the company is looking at whether to end discounts with other «politically divisive» organizations after Georgia lawmakers punished the airline by removing the jet fuel tax exemption from a larger bill.

The report calls for lawmakers to remove fault divorce, so that divorce can solely be based on confirmation by at least one spouse that the marriage was irreconcilable.

and other lawmakers questioned administration food safety officials at the hearing, and took the unusual step of requesting that they remain in the room during testimony from families whose children had been sickened by school meals.

Edgar signed the legislation at the John G. Shedd Aquarium, framed by a 90,000 - gallon fish tank and flanked by state lawmakers.

* Schools say tough to buy different portion sizes * Move follows complaints that rule left some students hungry * Change won't undermine overall healthier standards - advocates By Susan Heavey WASHINGTON, Dec 10 (Reuters)- U.S. regulators are relaxing school meal rules aimed at reining in calories and portion sizes after some students, parents and lawmakers complained that new stricter policies left many children hungry.

At the same time, the Legislature may try to claw back oversight of the regional councils through the disclosure of outside income of its members and give lawmakers a greater say in how the money spent — provisions that are staunchly opposed by the Cuomo administration.

Lawmakers were pressed to back the bill by advocates at the Capitol, including actor Corey Feldman, himself a survivor of sexual abuse.

When his proposal to overhaul ethics at the state Capitol were met with shrugs by lawmakers, Astorino's top advisor blasted them in a column for Newsday.

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.

Lawmakers who publicly supported honoring a co-founder of the FALN terror group at this year's Puerto Rican Day Parade say they felt strong - armed by an offer from the Council speaker that they couldn't refuse.

The lawmaker expressed concern that less than 750,000 units were said to have been assembled and delivered at the velodrome of the National Stadium, Abuja, which was commissioned by former Vice President, Namadi Sambo.

In the middle of the testimony and while de Blasio was being grilled by state lawmakers, Cuomo across the street at the Capitol building held a cabinet meeting.

At first blush, this would mean a fast timetable: The Legislature approves the amendments in a potential special session this month and then by the newly elected (or re-elected) lawmakers in the Senate and Assembly by January, with a referendum in the fall of 2017.

At the time, Flanagan was viewed skeptically by upstate Republican leaders, who backed taking a harder line against Democratic Gov. Andrew Cuomo with DeFrancisco, a pugnacious lawmaker and then the Senate Finance committee chairman.

As Liz reported earlier, Hanna signed onto the bill sponsored by Assemblyman Hakeem Jeffries, but the correct paperwork was yet to be delivered to the Brooklyn lawmaker's office at the time of Koch's robocall announcement.

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.

A pay commission appointed by the governor, state lawmakers and the judiciary will consider a pay increase at the end of this year.

At the same time, Cuomo had called on lawmakers to «make the case» for a pay increase by personally testifying to the commission — a gambit only a handful took up in an election year.

Democratic state lawmakers have hatched a plan to get a look at Trump's tax records by crafting a piece of legislation designed to get at his state returns that does everything but mention the Republican president by name.

At 11:15 a.m., the Bail Bond Accountability Coalition, advocates and elected officials urge lawmakers to pass protections for consumers exploited by the bail bond industry, outside City Hall gates on the Broadway side, Manhattan.

Those are the issues at stake for the Independent Democratic Conference in a video released Monday as the lawmakers in the breakaway bloc seek to re-affirm their support for liberal causes they believe has been lost in the pitched battle being waged by progressive advocacy groups to pressure them into forming a coalition with mainline Democrats.

Students at a Brooklyn rally organized by Borough President Eric Adams, declared war on lawmakers who have resisted meaningful gun control, and registered for their own weapons — the right to vote.

The effort, the lawmakers said at a news conference, is aimed at satisfying the terms of the Campaign for Fiscal Equity lawsuit — a claim for additional state aid to schools that is staunchly disputed by Gov. Andrew Cuomo's administration.