Sentences with phrase «call with reporters»

In the last two weeks, the education department held two lengthy conference calls with reporters to explain the new system and how it would work.

The governor repeated those accusations in conference call with reporters on Thursday.

In a conference call with reporters Wednesday morning, National Republican Congressional Committee Executive Director Guy Harrison said that those suburban gains were a large factor in the GOP's victory on Tuesday, noting that the GOP had won back 16 of 24 suburban seats that they'd lost to Democrats since 2006, with a handful of other races still being counted.

Since this product is a lot newer for Freddie, it is waiting to implement the product until March 23 to give itself more time to do some foundation work, officials said on a conference call with reporters Monday morning.

Chief Marketing and Innovation Officer Brian Niccol said in a conference call with reporters Thursday that the company is working on redefining value in all areas of its menu, and that Taco Bell recognizes that it has to address customers» needs with a dollar menu.

In a subsequent phone call with reporters, Schwartz said that while the City could make its own regulations, the law «doesn't prevent the state from doing what it wants to do on roads anywhere in the state.»

The senator's pushback began even before Ms. Vladimer's story was published, with a pre-emptive conference call with reporters last week alongside his girlfriend, Senator Diane J. Savino of Staten Island.

Again, both of these schools are in need,» said Barbic in a conference call with reporters Friday afternoon.

«The end objective of this is to get China to modify its unfair trade practices,» Everett Eissenstat, the deputy director of the National Economic Council, said in a telephone call with reporters.

During a conference call with reporters about storm preparations, the governor was asked if he thinks Mayor Bill de Blasio is behind Nixon's possible run for governor.

However, Vance also defended loot boxes in a conference call with reporters earlier today, arguing that loot boxes weren't gambling and compared them to baseball cards since «there's an element of surprise in loot boxes».

At the hearing, Boies will argue that DraftKings has operated legally since its launch in 2012 and that Schneiderman has «misinterpreted New York gambling law,» he said on a press call with reporters last week.

«Obviously having [Woods] for golf is great; we all know that and whoever doesn't agree is not telling the truth,» Garcia said during a conference call with reporters ahead of this week's DP World Tour Championship.

His comments came Friday morning in a phone conference call with reporters outlining the lawsuit he and other states are filing to overturn the law.

«The outdated rules create an unfair playing field making it hard for good advisors to compete, and making it harder for working and middle - class families to know who they can trust,» Jeff Zients, director of the White House National Economic Council, said on a conference call with reporters Sunday.

This is a transcript of former Arizona State running back Kalen Ballage's conference call with reporters Saturday after the Miami Dolphins drafted him in the fourth round.

Zuckerberg and Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg have proactively engaged with the media this week, hosting an hour - long call with reporters in seeming preparation for next week's testimony.

Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov, asked in a conference call with reporters if the deal would go ahead if Moscow did not agree to joint production, said: «Contacts and negotiations at an expert level in the context of this deal are ongoing.

U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan will hold a press conference call with reporters at 2 p.m. ET Thursday to announce the winners of the Race to the Top Assessment Competition.

Klein, 57, denied her allegations during a conference call with reporters held just before the story was posted.

«School districts can continue their graduation exercises as planned before this litigation began,» state Superintendent of Public Instruction Jack O'Connell said during a conference call with reporters following the much - anticipated ruling.

On a conference call with reporters April 4, the Facebook CEO was asked whether he was the right person to lead the tech giant going forward.

Lawmakers in New York state have introduced legislation to ban the accessory, but Cuomo during a conference call with reporters called the bill unnecessary.

The Washington Post reported on Monday that, in announcing the grant winners, U.S. Education Secretary Arne Duncan «made a passing reference to oversight problems during a media call with reporters.»

«We're at a really important crossroads,» said Manish Bapna, executive vice president of the World Resources Institute, on a recent call with reporters.

Hays declined to say during a conference call with reporters how many opioid prescriptions Walmart fills annually.

In a background call with reporters on Sunday, a senior administration official declared the order's implementation «a massive success,» claiming it had been done «seamlessly and with extraordinary professionalism.»

Asked on call with reporters why the cheaper plans had to pay more for some features, Verizon's Clark said customers on more expensive plans were more likely to benefit.

On a conference call with reporters explaining the leadership transition, Chambers reportedly said of his successor, «He'll make the changes that need to be made.»

The statement was issued hours after Gov. Andrew Cuomo in a conference call with reporters suggested the program could lapse this month and was pessimistic a deal could be reached before lawmakers leave Albany on Wednesday, the final scheduled day of the legislative session.

«You look at Westchester County, where Astorino was a Trump acolyte and trumpeted it all the time,» Cuomo said Wednesday on a conference call with reporters when asked to analyze the results of the off - year election.

Cuomo in a conference call with reporters insisted the budget wouldn't be late, but he indicated some changes may be made as a contingency to a potential federal health care overhaul.

Attorney General Andrew Cuomo just spent nearly an hour on a conference call with reporters attempting to explain why he's recusing himself from two investigations of Governor David Paterson, and how it's all about insuring the public's trust in the integrity of the cases.

Shortly after the city's conference call with reporters concluded, MTA Chairman Joe Lhota held his own press conference to respond.

North Country New York Democratic Congressman Bill Owens, in a conference call with reporters hours after the federal government shut down over a budget impasse, said Congress has forgotten the importance of civilian workers.

Cuomo also called the lawmakers «the Benedict Arnolds of today» in a conference call with reporters for their votes to help pass the $ 4.1 trillion budget plan, the Auburn Public Citizen reports.

On a Friday morning conference call with reporters before the Senate vote on the tax extenders package, Rhone Resch, president and CEO of the Solar Energy Industries Association, said the industry group was «pretty excited about what's happening here, but we're not across the finish line yet.»

«We would have to see temperatures at this level for about a month before we declare we have El Niño conditions,» said Dan Collins, a scientist with the Climate Prediction Center (CPC), in a separate call with reporters.

The California Teachers Association, a 340,000 - member affiliate of the National Education Association, shared similar concerns during a conference call with reporters Aug. 25.

[8:40 p.m. Updated In an evening call with reporters, Doug Suttles, BP's chief operating officer, said the well - blocking effort was on track, with 7,000 barrels of heavy mud pumped in so far, but another 24 hours to go before any conclusions could be drawn.]

During an unrelated conference call with reporters Wednesday, Cuomo shrugged off the celebrity status that Nixon could bring to a race for governor should she decide to run.

Commissioner Elia refused to answer questions about her Paladino decision during a conference call with reporters Tuesday as she was issuing results on state tests.

In a phone conference call with reporters on Monday morning, Cuomo pointed to President Donald Trump's comments on Sunday in Japan, in which he called mass shootings a «mentally health problem.»

In an eyebrow - raising conference call with reporters Monday, Clinton's chief strategist Joel Benenson said he expects the Vermont senator to «campaign like a Brooklynite» in the upcoming New York Democratic presidential primary, while Clinton will compete like a «senator.»

«It's pretty obvious that they're going to be 7 - 0 getting ready for that big rival game against Michigan State in East Lansing, they've got to go to Iowa and they've got to go to Ohio State,» Herbstreit said on a conference call with reporters today.

Cuomo, in a conference call with reporters Friday, was asked to comment on testimony at the trial of former top aide Joe Percoco, where Cuomo's current chief of staff testified that Percoco continued to periodically inhabit his office adjoining the governor's during a time when Percoco was off the state payroll, managing Cuomo's reelection campaign.

«This rule just doesn't apply to us,» Anthony Levandowski, vice president of Uber's advanced technologies group, said in a conference call with reporters last week.