Sentences with phrase «chairman of the committee behind»
«There is no broad acceptance of the asteroid as the next principal destination for space flight, despite the fact that the president has indeed said so several times,» says Albert Carnesale, chairman of the committee behind the report and a former chancellor of the University of California, Los Angeles.
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Senator Patrick Leahy, chairman of the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee, has already expressed plans to revisit the proposed legislation and hopes to rally sufficient support behind a more unified agreement.
«New York State has historically been behind the curve in dealing with developments in the gaming world, and it has been to our detriment,» said Bonacic, a Republican from the Hudson Valley who is chairman of the Racing and Wagering Committee.
The chairman of the Democratic National Committee stood behind the party's lawsuit against Russia and President Trump's campaign, calling it a necessary move to deter Russia from meddling in future elections.
The bill had leadership juice behind it: it was sponsored in the Assembly by Herman «Denny» Farrell, D - Manhattan, the Assembly Ways & Means chairman, and co-sponsored in the Senate by John DeFrancisco, R - Syracuse, the Finance Committee chairman, and Diane Savino, D - Staten Island, who is both a close ally of labor unions and a leading member of the Independent Democratic Coalition.
Hills also accused Long of «railroading» the endorsement process by the executive committee at the expense of rank - and - file Conservatives who might not share the chairman's enthusiasm for Lazio, adding: «Nobody should anticipate the outcome of the votes at either party's convention; many of the largest - weighted Conservative counties are squarely behind Steve Levy.»
The Chairman of the commission, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, told the House of Representatives» Committee on Electoral Matters, in Abuja, that the early preparation was to guard against INEC being behind schedule.
The Chairman of the commission, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, while addressing the House of Representatives» Committee on Electoral Matters, in Abuja, said the early preparation was to guard against INEC being behind schedule.
From the President who has refused to act on investigative reports submitted to him on grievous allegations of diverting over a billion naira meant for resettlement of Internal Displaced Persons (IDPs) by the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Babachir Lawal under the Presidential Initiative for the North East (PINE) and the miraculous discovery of 13billion naira in an apartment at Ikoyi, Lagos under the supervision of the Director of the Nigerian Intelligence Agency (NIA), Ayodele Oke, to the Head of Service of the Federation, Oyo - Ita Winifred Ekanem, who connived with others to reinstate into active duty and promote Abdulrasheed Maina, the former Chairman of the Pension Reform Task Team, who allegedly stole over 6billion naira pension fund; the Chief of Staff to President Buhari now renamed the «Thief of Staff», Abba Kyari, who allegedly received a bribe of 500million naira to negotiate a fine reduction for MTN Nigeria, and has continuously been in the heart of every sharp practices in the Presidency; the Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Dr. Ibe Kachikwu who allegedly received a kickback of 3.8 billion naira in exchange for marginal oilfield using his brother, Dumebi Kachikwu as front; the Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami, who was the brain behind the reinstatement of Abdulrasheed Maina; the Chief of Army Staff, General Tukur Buratai who during his time as the Director of Procurement at the Army Headquarters allegedly diverted funds meant to equip the Military into buying choice properties worth millions of dollar in Dubai; the Minister for Solid Minerals, Dr. Kayode Fayemi who allegedly embezled State Universal Education Board (SUBEB) funds as the Governor of Ekiti State; the Minister for Interior, Abdulrahman Bello Dambazau who was indicted by a Presidential investigative committee probing Arm procurement for awarding ghost contracts worth $ 930,500,690 with others while as the Chief of Army Staff between 2008 - 2010 and one of the brains behind the reinstatement of Abdulrasheed Maina; the Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi alleged to have stolent 142billion naira as the Governor of Rivers State.
The Chairman of the county's republican committee says he and his fellow Republicans are unofficially throwing their support behind Vince Horrigan in the 2013 race for Chautauqua County Executive.
Representative Joseph Crowley, the chairman of the Queens committee, and State Assembly Speaker Carl E. Heastie, the power behind the Bronx committee, are still irked over the outcome of the last Council speaker race, when their candidate, Mr. Garodnick, was defeated by the liberal coalition and the mayor's maneuvering.
The lawmaker who is the Chairman, House Committee on Public Accounts also noted that he has forgiven those behind his suspension, saying that he was ready to work with all in the interest of the state.
«When we get a Republican majority, I'll be chairman of the Senate Agriculture Committee, and we are gonna put the livestock producer first,» Roberts told the crowd from a room behind the then - empty cow pen, where the auctioneer had briefly paused his chant to allow the state's senior senator to address the crowd.
WASHINGTON (CNN)- After a dizzying few days of prominent Republican endorsements of the Conservative Party's nominee in New York's 23rd congressional district, Republican National Committee Chairman Michael Steele said he will stand behind the embattled GOP candidate in the upcoming special election.
Chairman, Caretaker Committee in Ibadan South West local government area of Oyo State, Hon. Gbenga Opaleye has revealed reason behind the incessant clashes in some major areas in the ancient city of Ibadan.
Perry and National Republican Congressional Committee Chairman Tom Reynolds (N.Y.) were behind Taylor, while Rep. Pete Sessions, a candidate to succeed Reynolds at the NRCC after the 2006 election, worked actively on behalf of Anderson — his former staffer.
The National Republican Congressional Committee (NRCC) today released the following joint statement from House Republican Leader John Boehner, House Republican Whip Eric Cantor, and NRCC Chairman Pete Sessions regarding the the special election in New York's 23rd Congressional District: «As the House stands on the cusp of the forthcoming vote on a trillion - dollar healthcare reform measure, it is vital that we unify behind a candidate that will support reining in massive government spending and work with Republicans in Congress to restore fiscal sanity and propose thoughtful measures to get our nation's economy on the right track.
Mount Vernon — Mt. Vernon Democratic City Committee Chairman Reginald Lafayette calls for democrats to get behind the victor in the crowded democratic primary for Mayor of Mt. Vernon, Richard Thomas on the steps of Mt. Vernon City Hall, Thursday afternoon.
«While I believe conventions including all members of the Brooklyn and Staten Island county committees would have provided an open nomination process, I respect the decision of [Staten Island Republican] Chairman [John] Antoniello and believe it is important that we unite behind Dan Donovan's candidacy to ensure we maintain New York City's only Republican seat.
Stephen Crabb MP, Chairman of the Conservative Party Human Rights Commission and member of the International Development Select Committee, outlines the principles behind the CPHRC's report on UN reform.
«I don't know about statewide, but here locally we united behind the governor before the primary so we can move in the same direction in November,» said Jeremy Zellner, chairman of the Erie County Democratic Committee.
Mark English, the current chairman of the Democratic committee, said the party stands behind Morris.
Behind him lies the zealous, over-confident Dominic Cummings, his special adviser at education — forced out — humiliated at the Treasury select committee when his version of reality collided with its clever Tory chairman, Andrew Tyrie.
Chairman, Caretaker Committee in Ibadan South West local government area of Oyo State, Hon. Gbenga Opaleye has revealed reason behind the incessant clashes in some major...
In an article behind The Sunday Times» paywall Graham Brady, Chairman of the 1922 Committee, thinks Lords reform shouldn't even be discussed until we have restored public confidence in the Commons - the primary chamber of parliament.
«Our message moves voters with less dollars behind it than does theirs,» said Sen. Chuck Schumer, chairman of the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, at a briefing for reporters Tuesday.
Not only is the White House still behind NASA's plans, but — perhaps more importantly — so too are Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich and his pal Robert Walker, chairman of the Committee on Science in the House of Representatives.
The Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry last week lined up behind a proposal by its chairman, Sen. Richard G. Lugar, R - Ind., to back continued federal control of the school - nutrition and food - stamp programs.
The Ohio congressman who as chairman of the House education committee helped shepherd the No Child Left Behind Act into law won a surprise election as majority leader last week.
Sen. Lamar Alexander has a plan to overhaul the education system if he becomes chairman of the Senate's education committee next year, starting with rewriting the divisive No Child Left Behind act and moving to create more school vouchers and deregulate higher education soon after.
When the Chairman of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee, Lamar Alexander (R - TN), recently released a draft bill to reauthorize the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (otherwise known as the No Child Left Behind Act), reaction was swift.
U.S. Sen. Tom Harkin, D - Iowa, the chairman of the Senate education committee, is set to unveil a bill to reauthorize the No Child Left Behind Act that would require states to set achievement and growth targets for students, including subgroup students.
«We all want to believe that [D.C. Public Schools] is getting stronger and has the capability to do this, but it's time for us to peek behind the curtain a little bit,» said Council member David A. Catania (I - At Large), education committee chairman, who called the recent reduction in private placements of public school students «a point of great suspicion for me.»
Even as the party itself is divided over embracing Common Core standards, has a retrograde on education in the form of House Education and the Workforce Committee Chairman John Kline (who wants to eviscerate the strong accountability measures contained in the No Child Left Behind Act), and had a primary race for the presidential nod that had seen aspirants backtrack (of offer little information) on their respective school reform agendas, Republicans were able to paper over these issues thanks to strong calls by former Florida governor Jeb Bush, Texas teacher Sean Duffy, and onetime Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice for expanding school choice, advancing Parent Power, and overhauling how teachers are recruited, trained, managed, and compensated.
Senate Education Committee Chairman Tom Harkin (D - IA) has unveiled his comprehensive rewrite of the No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB), kick - starting a flurry of congressional activity to update and improve the nation's main federal education law.
Tennessee Senator Lamar Alexander pledged to fix the No Child Left Behind Law ahead of becoming the HELP Committee's new chairman.
In The Tennessean this week was an article about how Lamar Alexander — the new chairman of the US Senate Education Committee, the current US Senator from Tennessee, and the former US Secretary of Education under former President George Bush Senior — is planning on «fixing» No Child Left Behind (NCLB).
Last week, U.S. House Committee on Education and the Workforce Chairman John Kline (R - MN) introduced the third in the committee's series of education reform bills designed to overhaul the current elementary and secondary education law, or No Child LefCommittee on Education and the Workforce Chairman John Kline (R - MN) introduced the third in the committee's series of education reform bills designed to overhaul the current elementary and secondary education law, or No Child Lefcommittee's series of education reform bills designed to overhaul the current elementary and secondary education law, or No Child Left Behind.
For example, in 2010, Representative George Miller, a California Democrat, was chairman of the Education and Labor Committee and a force behind passage of the Act.