Sentences with phrase «chairman of the committee because»

«I'm a much better chairman of the committee because I not only have a political and academic network, but also a range of business connections that would not be available to me if I was not active in the business world,» he told Politics.co.uk on Wednesday.

He told Politics.co.uk last year: «I believe I'm a much better chairman of the committee because I not only have a political and academic network, but also a range of business connections which would not be available to me if I was not still active in the business world.

Not exact matches

It figured heavily in my approval as a candidate for the ministry: the chairman of the committee, a veteran of World War I, was disturbed because I refused to embrace completely the warmaking side of the ambiguity.

«We decided to conduct these activities on the occasion of the world food day celebration because we want to generate a strong public opposition against golden rice which we believe is a poison disguised as food,» said Diego Dela Cruz, chairman of the advocacy committee of MASIPAG.

We believe the wine community will embrace the Code because it is the right thing to do and improves wine quality at the same time,» said Michael Honig, chairman of the committee that developed the workbook and general manager of Honig Vineyard and Winery.

ACCC Chairman, Rod Sims, delivered a speech at the Gilbert + Tobin Regulated Infrastructure Policy Workshop in Melbourne today, calling for a «return to the approach to regulation of monopoly infrastructure envisaged by the Hilmer Committee» and arguing «it is wrong to suggest that we should not be concerned about high monopoly pricing of infrastructure because the result is only a pure transfer of economic rent.»

Ron Crawford, a member and past chairman of the Park District Soccer Advisory Committee, said the district's 220 soccer teams play 125 games each week on school land because the Park District doesn't have enough fields for the program.

Ken Mehlman, chairman of the Republican National Committee and one of the principal architects of the GOP turnout apparatus nationwide, said a top - notch voter identification and turnout effort matters more in a congressional race than a presidential one because there is «much less of a public dialogue» about individual House contests.

He indicated that Bagbin should bear in mind that he was made the chairman of the parliamentary select Committee on Constitutional and Legislative Affairs based on parliamentary procedures and not because he was better than Nana Akufo - Addo.»

«If Ghanaians will recall Hon. James Klutse Avedzi was the chairman of Finance Committee in parliament when NDC was in power but today because his party lost the elections he is now the chairman of the Public Accounts Committee.

So if Bagbin became the chairman of the Constitutional, Legal and Parliamentary Affairs Committee it was because of the fact that his party was in power and it does not mean that he was knowledgeable than Nana Addo.

Yesterday, Republican National Committee Chairman Michael Steele outlined his party's strategy to pour money into Dutchess County and two other counties «because of their competitive state Senate races.»

Gay rights activists slammed Michael Blake, a Bronx assemblyman who is a vice chairman of the Democratic National Committee, for making a $ 1,000 donation to state Sen. Ruben Diaz Sr.'s NYC Council run because Diaz Sr. voted «no» on same - sex marriage.

The public comment period for the draft environmental impact statement on hydraulic fracturing should be extended because of the ongoing flooding in upstate, Assembly Energy Committee Chairman Kevin Cahill.

In last year's election for chairman, he was among the committee members who called for a delay in the vote because of reports that the FBI had interviewed Zellner as part of its investigation into a 2014 State Senate election.

Jeffrey R. Gural, the chairman of Newmark Knight Frank and the owner of two upstate racinos that are members of the New York Gaming Association, said he had contributed about $ 200,000 last year to the committee, chiefly because he supported Mr. Cuomo's agenda and shared the governor's view that public employees unions had grown too powerful in Albany.

And John Nygren, a chairman of the Legislature's powerful budget committee, said in a telephone interview he supported Renard because he thought he was best positioned to win the primary but he said will now support Jacque because the voters picked him.

We get an incredibly high profile not just on phone hacking, we've done the BBC as well, I've got the chairman of the trust and the director general coming in and that's going to be a huge hearing as well... Because we have this power of summons, if there is a scandal, the great thing about a committee is that they can say «right I want every person who is involved in this in public, in front of this committee, answering why this has happened and what we're going to do about it».

Chairman of the Committee, honourable Ossai said that the committee decided not to invite the management of the hotel where the alleged sex misconduct took place because it believed that the Ambassador would come with all the necessary video evidence where the accused committed thCommittee, honourable Ossai said that the committee decided not to invite the management of the hotel where the alleged sex misconduct took place because it believed that the Ambassador would come with all the necessary video evidence where the accused committed thcommittee decided not to invite the management of the hotel where the alleged sex misconduct took place because it believed that the Ambassador would come with all the necessary video evidence where the accused committed the action.

Following last night's meeting, legislature chairman Jay Gould (R - Ashville) said the 19 lawmakers will have their work cut out for them because of all the committee work that will need to be shared amongst 19 lawmakers.

In fact, he ranks 4th in the state for salary plus «lulus» because he is chairman of the Senate Finance Committee.

It was the Chairman, Committee on Ethics / Privileges, Mr. Nicholas Ossai, who raised a point of order to observe that by the procedure of the House, the request was belated because Buhari had already spent the money.

Because of that bind, some key Democrats have pushed quietly for President Barack Obama to ask Judiciary Committee Chairman Patrick Leahy — a Vermont Democrat who is a major backer of the same - sex amendment in the bill — to wait to offer it until the entire measure goes to the floor, POLITICO reported recently.

Clearly vulnerable Democrats would rather exit Congress voluntarily than be forced out by voters because of their support for Obamacare and other disastrous Democrat economic policies,» Rep. Greg Walden of Oregon, the National Republican Campaign Committee chairman, said in a statement.

The electoral committee chairman said the choice of Gombe to conclude the election was because it was closeer to the two local governments.

If the Legislature passes a bill to allow the sale of booze at Sunday morning brunches, it could be because of an end - run done around a key Assembly committee chairman.

If the Legislature passes a bill to allow the sale of booze at Sunday morning brunches, it could be because of an end - run done around a key Assembly committee chairman, Buffalo's Robin Schimminger.

«It's disgraceful for Sen. Reid to deny cancer patients... just because he wants to score some political points,» said Republican Study Committee Chairman Steve Scalise of Louisiana on the House floor Wednesday afternoon.

«So, it will be preemptive to speak about the committee because the time fixed for the assignment has not elapsed and against the background of the fact that it is the chairman of the committee that should brief the president.»

Mr. Samuel Aye Paye, Chairman of the Roads and Safety Committee, stated that the committee recommended legislation's green lighting because abrogating the law which was signed in 2016 may have ended up forcing government to pay a judgemCommittee, stated that the committee recommended legislation's green lighting because abrogating the law which was signed in 2016 may have ended up forcing government to pay a judgemcommittee recommended legislation's green lighting because abrogating the law which was signed in 2016 may have ended up forcing government to pay a judgement debt.

The decision to set up the Tinubu - led committee is an indication that the President is aware that our chairman is incapable of dealing with the issues because he is part of the problem.

«All agricultural experts in this world and the country must interrogate the figures of 745,000 persons employed under planting for food because even the committee chairman's own constituency the numbers are not what they are reporting... someone independent, if you have the list, please publish it for us because its important.

(The members of the county committee are important here because of their role in determining who serves as chairman of the borough party.)

After waiting 9 hrs to offer my perspective on legislation affecting the admissions process at the city's specialized high schools (SHSAT), CM Dan @dromm25, chairman of the Council's Committee on Education, wouldn't allow me to speak because I refused to be sworn... Continue reading →

But Katko won't be given a pass by Democrats because of his vote, said Rep. Ben Ray Lujan, D - N.M., chairman of the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee in Washington.

House Committee on Homeland Security Chairman Peter King told CNN Wednesday that he did not call the head of the Justice Department to testify because he knew that Holder would dispute what King says he hears privately from law enforcement officials - that Muslim - Americans aren't sufficiently cooperating in anti-radicalization efforts.

Last night Channel 4 News revealed that the chairman of the committee responsible for giving honours to political donors did not believe Lord Ashcroft had lived up to his promises, and felt he was not a suitable man to be a peer because he neither lived full - time in Britain nor paid UK taxes.

A former Chairman, House of Representatives Committee on Appropriation, Mr. Abdulmumin Jibrin, has called on President Muhammadu Buhari to trust Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo because of the latter's credibility.

Transportation Committee Chairman Ydanis Rodriguez, who sponsored the bills along with Councilman Brad Lander, said the step is necessary because of the popularity of the once - struggling program and the need to make sure it stays around.

«We have an excellent slate of candidates because we were able to be very selective,» said Kingston Democratic Committee Chairman Frank Cardinale.

For the record, long - time Silver ally Kevin Cahill says he will say little because as a member of the Assembly Ethics Committee (and its former chairman) he might have to sit in judgment of Silver.

Support from DeFrancisco, R - Syracuse, is key because he is chairman of the Senate Finance Committee, which will likely offer an opposing view to Gov. Andrew Cuomo's budget proposal next year.

Labour MP Frank Field, chairman of the Work and Pensions Select Committee, has told the BBC News Channel: «They daren't sack him because it'll look farcical if they do that.

«Physicians do use the database, but it's not yet common for them to use it for every prescription because it's still lacking a lot of information on pharmaceuticals,» said Lööf, chairman of the Drug Therapeutic Committee at the Centre for Clinical Research in Västerås, which works with local physicians to provide drug therapy strategies.

Speaking on the public television show «Off the Record,» MEA President Steven Cook said the MEA paid $ 25,000 toward a recall effort against House Education Committee Chairman Paul Scott, R - Grand Blanc, because polling showed voters in Scott's district are upset over the elimination of a pension tax deduction and public school funding levels, the Lansing State Journal reported.

The House's timing is key because Senate Education Chairman Tom Harkin (D - IA) says that further progress on a comprehensive bipartisan reauthorization bill that passed out of his committee last month and is awaiting full Senate action is unlikely if the House doesn't produce its own bipartisan rewrite of the federal education law.

A recent example of this need for «good» science to be acceptable to the public was when a Chairman of a Scientific Advisory Committee was sacked because he persisted in saying the use of canabis is less harmful than the public thinks it is.

You've got Pete Domenici, chairman of the Energy Commission - Committee; Jeff Bingaman, looking at a second energy bill right after the first one because of these new realities that we're facing.

«(i) that in matters of personal conduct he would be subject to the hospital's general procedures and that in matters of professional conduct he would be subject to a procedure agreed by the Local Negotiating Committee in respect of medical practitioners; (ii) that he was accused by the Trust of personal and professional misconduct; (iii) that because of the nature of the allegations made against him he was contractually entitled to a formal disciplinary hearing by a panel which included a clinician of the same discipline as himself and a legally qualified chairman, before which he would have the benefit of legal representation, if he so wished; (iv) that the disciplinary hearing which resulted in the findings of misconduct was not conducted in accordance with the terms of his contract of employment because the panel did not include a clinician of the same discipline as himself, nor a legally qualified chairman and because his request to be allowed legal representation was refused; (iv) that following the panel's findings he was dismissed for personal and professional misconduct; (v) that if the proceedings had been carried out in accordance with his contract of employment the panel would not have found that he was guilty of personal and professional misconduct and he would not have been dismissed; (vii) that because he was dismissed on the grounds of personal and professional misconduct (including dishonesty) he has been unable to find comparable alternative employment» [at para 10]:

That if ever they have an idea they can put it forward and it won't just be pushed away because it didn't come from a committee or people with grey hair or from the chairman or one of the managing partners.