Sentences with phrase «committee hearings»

Petty squabbling over a side issue — whether to hold conference committee hearings in which both houses would publicly hash out differences — has consumed the Capitol for weeks.

As the Council begins to schedule its first committee hearings and readies for the reintroduction of legislation from the last session, there are a number of priorities that Council members are planning to pursue.

A review by The Post found the Long Island Republican missed more than half of full committee hearings last year.

During committee hearings in front of both the House and the Senate, Vice Chair Michael Johnston provided oral and written testimony calling on the General Assembly to produce reasonable ballot access laws.

He also wants to do business differently and is looking into having committee hearings at venues around the UK.

A proposed bill is expected next week, with committee hearings and a vote expected over the next several months.

In the sometimes drab world of state government, awash in power suits and committee hearings, Mr. Kaloyeros — with his elegant but hard - to - identify accent, his taste for John Varvatos and his wardrobe full of jeans frayed just so — openly flaunted his unconventionality.

He said he didn't expect the council to vote Monday, but rather wanted committee hearings to discuss the bureau and language of the law.

In a letter to Senate leaders, the director of the Office of Government Ethics described the current status of several nominees, some of whom are billionaires and millionaires, in the ethics process and expressed concern about the lack of ethics reviews just days from committee hearings.

In an interview with TP, he says he is keen to shake up committee hearings by holding them at venues around the UK.

The latter is partly due to the appearance of high - profile witnesses as committee hearings.

Some Senate Democrats also are preparing to block lengthy committee hearings beginning on Tuesday, although Democratic leaders have not announced or confirmed that decision.

Leadership announced committee hearings on public protection, mental hygiene, higher education, general government, environment and housing, transportation, economic development, human services / labor, and education all to take place throughout the day on Wednesday.

Dr Kevin Hardwick from Canisius College referring to Caputo's name as a focal point of Monday's House Intelligence Committee hearings with FBI Director James Comey.

In January, the DCCC highlighted allegations that Zeldin missed more than half of full House Foreign Affairs Committee hearings in his first year in Congress, that were first reported by the New York Post.

Check out the transcripts of the April 2013 Public Housing Committee hearings if you are interested in the highly paranoid contemporary discourse around urban housing and displacement.

The New York City Council, with the mayor's active help, will soon be livecasting and archiving all of its numerous committee hearings.

His action prompted an independent review of parliamentary security which could see it become more difficult for the public to attend committee hearings.

It may, however, be a reason for reverting to the shorter, more incisive, twice - weekly event and for seeking to broaden the availability to the public, on prime channels and at prime time, of the highlights of not only committee hearings but of the debates in Westminster Hall.

MPs are preparing to grill News Corporation chief Rupert Murdoch and two of his key allies, in one of the most hotly - anticipated select committee hearings in years.

The Plain Dealer via Cleveland.com, «Gov. John Kasich, Ohio House and Senate Republicans reach deal on education policy,» June 12, 2012 Ohio House Republicans caucus blog, «Finance Chairman Ron Amstutz announces committee hearings on school funding,» April 30, 2012 The Columbus Dispatch, «Kasich says he would scrap Strickland «s schools plan,» Sept. 22, 2010 Ohio Office of Management and Budget, The Reforms Book, Executive budget — FY2012 - 13

Ritchie's office says she had a scheduling conflict as she met with local hospital executives, but Ritchie's not the only vice chair who has skipped committee hearings.

I was actually told several months ago that the Assembly has SO MANY committee hearings that they may not even have the resources to video all of them, and we may have to settle for audio on some.

Then there is embracing modern technology which includes updating the website, and making the proceedings of committee hearings available for public review.

The latter charge relates to committee hearings during October and November this year, when he tried to stonewall questioning from MPs in the course of their investigation.

Both Senate Minority Leader Dean Skelos and Assembly Minority Leader Brian Kolb have criticized Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver as being the only holdout in moving the budget process forward with committee hearings, which can not begin until both majority leaders sign on.

«Rebekah Brooks has been arrested, the Metropolitan police commissioner has resigned, tomorrow we will have some of the most important select committee hearings in modern times and the prime minister has decided to leave the country, not to return until after parliament breaks up for summer,» Ed Miliband said ahead of a speech in London.

«It would give MPs have the chance to debate the issues arising from the select committee hearings and ensure the prime minister answers the many unanswered questions that he faces,» he continued.

In 1951 - 1952, another set of committee hearings created a new set of rules.

And the committee hearings are carefully only listening to such people, because these are very respectable hearings.

If it was the GOAL of Russia to create discord, disruption and chaos within the U.S. then, with all of the Committee Hearings, Investigations and Party hatred, they have succeeded beyond their wildest dreams.

Large publishers used as the standard for reasonable care One question that I've faced in legislative committee hearings on publisher liability bills is «why can't they make an algorithm for that?»

This particular issue was the subject of extensive debate during committee hearings with the ESAC position previously rejected by the government and opposition MPs.

Several associations said in House committee hearings in September that CN and CP should be forced to disclose information in so - called «waybills,» which include data about the rate, origin, destination and physical route of individual shipments.

Senate committee hearings on the bill closed on Feb. 28 after the second reading, leaving one final opening to amend the broad - based legislation.

After a period of public review, it will then head into committee hearings.

Democratic legislators, who are far outnumbered in the House and Senate and wield no power over which legislation gets considered, tried repeatedly over three committee hearings on Monday and Tuesday to amend the gun control bills to include an assault weapons ban and other, more stringent policies.

In the interview with Capital Download, Warner also discussed two crucial Senate Intelligence Committee hearings this week, including testimony Thursday by ousted FBI director James Comey.

Zuckerberg, who faced five hours of questioning from a rare US Senate joint committee hearing, had reportedly hired external consultants to prepare him for his first time explaining Facebook's operations to the US government in public.

Yates» testimony came days after Comey reiterated during an open Senate Judiciary Committee hearing that the FBI was still «conducting an investigation to understand whether there was any coordination between the Russian efforts and anybody associated with the Trump campaign.»

«I'm simply not a part of the case,» Holder said at a Judiciary Committee hearing.

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg testifies before a House Energy and Commerce Committee hearing regarding the company's use and protection of user data on Capitol Hill in Washington, April 11, 2018.

Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell delivers the semi-annual Monetary Policy Report to the House Financial Services Committee hearing in Washington, February 27, 2018.

Jerome Powell, Chairman of the Federal Reserve Board, testifies during a House Financial Services Committee hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, February 27, 2018.

«We did not read all of the terms and conditions,» CTO Mike Schroepfer told U.K. lawmakers at a parliamentary committee hearing.

At a Senate banking committee hearing on Capitol Hill on Tuesday, Warren argued that current Wells Fargo CEO Timothy J. Sloan should be fired too since he was part of the culture that encouraged employees to create millions of phony accounts for customers without their knowledge or consent.

Facebook co-founder, Chairman and CEO Mark Zuckerberg testifies before a combined Senate Judiciary and Commerce committee hearing in the Hart Senate Office Building on Capitol Hill April 10, 2018 in Washington, DC.

U.S. Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington before the Senate Banking Committee hearing on his renomination in 2009.

Comey strongly defended his decisions during a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing last week.

Canadian businesses are investing 40 % less in information and communications technologies, or about $ 2,400 less per worker, than American businesses, the Committee heard from witnesses.