Sentences with phrase «cabinet officials at»
The governor's office, and his top cabinet officials at the Environmental Conservation and Health departments, have repeatedly insisted the EPA failed in properly outlining the appropriate safety levels for the chemical PFOA in drinking water.
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He should be staying at the White House, taking phone calls, getting briefed, talking to his Cabinet, talking to local officials, and putting his administration in a position to respond where needed.»
Speaking on the BBC's World At One, Crabb said: «If they want to take a position that is different from that of the official government line, then they should not be in the cabinet.
But to understand why Pruitt endures, you also have to look at how he differs from three top Cabinet officials who were terminated: David Shulkin, Tom Price, and Rex Tillerson.
He's been accused of spending at least $ 3 million on a round - the - clock security fleet, far more than his predecessors and higher - level cabinet officials.
The orders - in - council, the official notifications of decisions recommended by the federal cabinet, are numbered 2015 - 1264 and 2015 - 1265 and set out that, pursuant to subsection 7 (1) of the Official Residences Act, two individuals were appointed last week as special assistants at the Prime Minister's reofficial notifications of decisions recommended by the federal cabinet, are numbered 2015 - 1264 and 2015 - 1265 and set out that, pursuant to subsection 7 (1) of the Official Residences Act, two individuals were appointed last week as special assistants at the Prime Minister's reOfficial Residences Act, two individuals were appointed last week as special assistants at the Prime Minister's residence.
Just days earlier, Tillerson had openly disparaged the president, referring to him as a «moron,» after a July 20 meeting at the Pentagon with members of Trump's national security team and Cabinet officials, according to three officials familiar with the incident.
And given the importance of America's auto industry to the U.S. economy, it's not a big surprise that Vice President Joe Biden and at least three cabinet officials are also expected to attend NAIAS.
On Tuesday, the country's top economic official, Premier Li Keqiang, warned at a meeting with businesspeople and economists that China faces increased «downward pressure,» according to a report on the Cabinet's website.
These include holding open Cabinet meetings at least once a month, which will be broadcasted on the Internet; giving Members of the Legislative Assembly (MLAs) a greater role by reforming the Legislative committee system and allowing government MLAs to vote freely (as opposed to voting according to the Party's preferences); restricting the tenure of a premier to two (four - year) terms; holding a Citizen's Assembly on electoral reform to examine alternative models for electing MLAs; instituting a system by which citizens can recall elected officials; and instituting elections for all government boards and commissions.
These are essentially questions of public policy, and if real solutions are going to be found to the problems of disadvantaged children, these questions will need to be addressed, in a creative and committed way, by public officials at all levels — by school superintendents, school - board members, mayors, governors, and cabinet secretaries — as well as by individual citizens, community groups, and philanthropists across the country.
Rather, the soundbite was employed once again as May gathered her cabinet ministers at her official country residence Chequers.
With the 2016 general elections just five months away, this paper can authoritatively report that, among those nursing ambition to step into the shoes of President Mahama include; cabinet and regional ministers, deputy ministers, high ranking government officials at the seat of government and some party gurus in the legislature.
At the mansion gathering included Cuomo cabinet officials, members of the Court of Appeals, former Gov. David Paterson and nine members of the Democratic - led Assembly, including Speaker Carl Heastie.
The report concludes that Home Office officials were at fault «in allowing an exaggerated impression to be formed by the Cabinet Office of the damage done by the leaks».
It is more likely to be read than the Official History of the Cabinet Secretaries which has just been published, and only covers the period from 1947 - 2002 and at a horrendous cost.
Osinbajo was speaking on Thursday in Abuja at the Cabinet Retreat on the Economic Recovery Growth Plan (ERGP) and the 2018 Budget preparation, where the former high ranking official of the Malaysian government, Dr Idris Jaja spoke as a guest speaker.
«I repeat, at all times my ownership of the flat and the fact that it was being let out was fully disclosed to Cabinet Office officials and HM Revenue and Customs, and was appropriately reported on the register of ministers» interests held by the Government.»
At least two expected candidates for the leadership, Simon Hughes and Charles Kennedy, have spoken against this winter's extension of the remit of the official Lib - Lab cabinet committee, itself unprecedented.
It comes five years after Cameron and his cabinet colleagues inadvertently offended Chinese officials by sporting poppies at a ceremony in Beijing's Great Hall.
There's also little desire among voters to see lawmakers receive a pay bump from their base $ 79,500, with opposition to the proposal registering at 55 percent to 42 percent (pay raises for lawmakers and cabinet officials is now before a panel that could decide on salary increases at the end of this year).
Yesterday's Daily Telegraph reported that Labour rebels were looking at creating an «alternative Labour» with its own shadow cabinet to vie for the role of official opposition.
At present, there are rules governing the process by which the major opposition party consults Whitehall officials, but in practice these amount to cursory discussions between shadow cabinet ministers and permanent secretaries.
If a few dozen of The Soft Left rejoined The Shadow Cabinet Corbyn would look a lot stronger.Any breakaway has to have at least 117 MPs to become The Official Opposition.
After scandals at G4S, Serco and A4E, senior Cabinet Office official says government should take some blame for problems
It remains unclear how much the damage will cost New York directly in the long run, though cabinet officials yesterday pegged it at $ 100,000 to the state.
ALBANY — A long - awaited study released by the Cuomo administration on Wednesday determined several «red flags» about hydraulic fracturing that could pose «significant public health risks,» officials said at a public meeting of Governor Andrew Cuomo and his cabinet.
As a result, Norman Fowler, as Minister of State at Transport, was not able to be an official member of the Cabinet, although he attended all our meetings.»
Notably, although Zinke has previously visited the Montana monument — he served as the Treasure State's at - large House lawmaker before his appointment to the Trump Cabinet — he did not make official visits to any of the sites he has removed from the review to date.
There's the ongoing special - counsel investigation into whether the Trump campaign aided a Russian campaign to aid Trump's candidacy and defeat his Democratic rival, Hillary Clinton; there's the associated inquiry into whether the president obstructed justice when he fired former FBI Director James Comey, whom he had asked not to investigate his former national - security adviser; there are the president's hush - money payments to women with whom he allegedly had extramarital affairs, made through his personal attorney, Michael Cohen, and facilitated by corporate cash paid to influence the White House; there is his ongoing effort to interfere with the Russia inquiry and politicize federal law enforcement; there are the foreign governments that seem to be utilizing the president's properties as vehicles for influencing administration policy; there's the emerging evidence that Trump campaign officials sought aid not only from Russia, but from other foreign countries, which may have affected Trump's foreign policy; there are the ongoing revelations of the president's Cabinet officials» misusing taxpayer funds; there is the accumulating evidence that administration decisions are made at the behest of private industry, in particular those in which Republican donors have significant interests.
With over 30 years of public - sector involvement at every level of government, from mayor to congressional committee chairman to cabinet member, Mineta will address the need for every business executive in the pet industry to establish and maintain working relationships with elected officials.
Stop Press: It has just been announced that «only tap water will be served at (Prime Minister) Gordon Brown's Cabinet sessions and during official business».
His targets were officials at Air India in Mumbai and an Indian cabinet minister, whom he offered cash in exchange for a contract to use a security technology system from Canadian firm Crypto Metric.
It telegraphed to the public a prediction that evidence of wrongdoing was forthcoming and, because in terms of public interest the most important witnesses were yet to come (including the Applicant and other senior officials and cabinet ministers), the comment was clearly directed at what might be expected from or about them.