Sentences with phrase «committees as witnesses»

We wanted to find out more about which people are invited to appear before committees as witnesses.

Caputo has only been interviewed by the House committee as a witness, meaning he is not suspected of committing any crimes.

«Our instructions are that our client was served with a letter dated 4th February 2017 with reference number PG / SC / 005 by the Clerk to your Committee inviting him to attend upon the Committee as a witness on a date and at a time to be communicated to him.»

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The report included a recommendation that Canada ratify several international patent and trademark treaties, which came as a surprise (particularly to opposition members of parliament) since no witness had raised the issue before the committee.

He has also served as an expert witness on energy and has testified before Congress, the House Subcommittee on International Terrorism and Non-Proliferation, and the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.

Thank you, Chair and esteemed members of the committee, for the privilege of appearing as a witness before you.

February 6th will see the SEC's Jay Clayton and CFTC's J. Christopher Giancarlo appear as witnesses before the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, as part of a session dubbed Virtual Currencies: The Oversight Role of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission and the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission.

Although he sympathized with the civil rights movement and actively opposed the Vietnam War» he was (with Richard John Neuhaus) a member of the steering committee of Clergy and Laymen Concerned about Vietnam» he felt increasingly alarmed at the radicalism of the Movement, which reminded him of the street violence he had witnessed as a child in Nazi Germany.

We are beginning an initiative, requested by our dear friend and President's Advisory Committee member George Parnham, JD, to train law enforcement and lawyers in perinatal mood disorders as well as to instruct expert witnesses about testifying when needed.

Prosecuting would be a «difficult and unworkable task, as little or no evidence is available regarding [the substances»] pharmacological activities in vivo in humans and expert witnesses may be reluctant to extrapolate data from animal models, in silico or in vitro studies,» lecturer in criminal law Amber Marks told the committee.

«I would not go into a conspiracy to bear false witness against a nominee as suggested by Chairman of the Appointment Committee of Parliament Joe Osei - Owusu when he appeared before Parliament with regards to bribery allegations,» he stated.

The House intelligence committee, moving rapidly to interview a series of major witnesses in July, plans to bring forward another former Trump adviser — Michael Caputo, of Buffalo — to question as its investigation into Russia meddling reaches a new phase.

Almost 90 minutes of proceedings in the Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee included the first - ever Senate testimony from an openly transgender witness, who joined three other speakers in making a robust case for the legislation as necessary for workers and helpful for business.

Dozens of witnesses testified for and against a same - sex marriage bill before a committee of the Maryland House of Delegates in Annapolis on Friday as the bill's sponsors cautioned supporters not to become complacent.

«There was contradictory evidence by the prosecution witnesses on whether the defendant was still the head of service as at the time he chaired the committee.

In my time as Chair of the Education Select Committee I witnessed several successful reforms such as the regulation of class sizes and admissions code reform.

The event, witnessed by Deputy Governor and Chairman of Ondo State Amnesty Committee, Agboola Ajayi, representatives of Delta State government, the Commanding Officer of the Nigerian Navy Forward Operation Base at Igbokoda, Navy Captain Usman Yahaya, among others, was seen as the solution to restoring peace in the riverine area.

Lawyers for Member of Parliament for North Tongu, Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa, have requested that their client be allowed to testify as a witness in the alleged bribery scandal that has hit Parliament's Appointments Committee.

«Our client further instructs us that, it has come to his notice that your committee has decided to limit the number of witnesses to be called to give evidence, and that he has not been named as one of such witnesses.

Speaking during the first public hearing of the ad - hoc committee, Mr. Owusu, who was speaking as the first witness revealed that, when he initially raised the matter for discussion, Mr. Ablakwa trivialized the issue, saying the Minority made the allegation to equalize Mr. Agyarko's corruption allegations leveled against former President Mahama during his vetting.

Local political sources say Schaffer was called as a witness by Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus Vance over New York United Teachers unsuccessful attempt to steer $ 100,000 to the campaign of Adrienne Esposito, who ran unsuccessfully in the Third Senate District in 2014, through the county and several town Democratic committees.

Canadian Lt. Gen. Pierre St - Amand is seen on Parliament Hill in September 2017 where he appeared as a witness at a House of Commons national defence committee.

A few weeks later, the same committee witnessed what many saw as a bizarre performance from another British billionaire, Sir Philip Green, as his failings in the sale of British Home Stores were exposed in between complaints about excessive staring from the committee members.

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

Knowing how grave it is to bear false witness against a neighbor, Member of Parliament for North Tongu, has vowed not to change his stance on the alleged bribery scandal that hit the Appointments Committee as he prepares to face a five - member committee approved by PaCommittee as he prepares to face a five - member committee approved by Pacommittee approved by Parliament.

Ex-assistant commissioner Andy Hayman, described by some as the worst select committee witness in recent memory, also appeared this afternoon.

We have read widely and witnessed how the Chairman of the disciplinary committee Reverend Asanti Antwi and Peter Mc Manu betrayed their conscience in court as witnesses.

One might expect parliamentarians to be queuing up to protest that this looks very much like an attack on freedom of speech within Parliament, and an infringement of Parliamentary privilege, and therefore these events should be investigated by a Parliamentary committee, preferably a joint committee of both Houses, and both Jacqui Smith and Lord Ahmed should be summoned as witnesses to explain themselves.

Much of the attention that select committees have garnered over the last three years has been as a result of their choice of witnesses.

Issa also dismissed the Democrats» woman witness as a «college student» who does not «have the appropriate credentials» to testify before his committee.

Radical proposals (such as that opposite) seem unlikely to be adopted, with select committees locked into obsolescent and high cost ways of operating via «witnesses».

Witnesses before committees are protected by parliamentary privilege and any attempt to punish a witness or bring legal proceedings against «any person on account of evidence which he may have given in the course of any proceedings in the House or before one of its committees» would be treated as a contempt of Parliament.

Closing the gender divide when it comes to select committee witnesses won't solve these problems, but as they become more visible and influential, they should at least attempt to lead by example.

Witnesses to the wedding of mainline Dems and the IDC were Byron Brown, the mayor of Buffalo and chair of the New York State Democratic Committee; Christine Quinn, the party vice chair; Geoff Berman, the party's executive director; Peter Ward, president of the New York Hotel and Motel Trades Council; and the leaders of other powerful unions, such as 1199, NYSUT and UFT, 32BJ, the Service Employees International Union, and the AFL - CIO.

The Observer has learned that Ydanis Rodriguez, the chair of New York City Council Transportation Committee, will join a meeting scheduled for Thursday, April 23rd in a Midtown location at which he will propose a bailout to rescue medallion owners, who have witnessed the value of their investment plummet as Uber and other ride apps disrupt the traditional taxi business.

Hudson Valley Delegation Public Hearing Reply Form March 5, 2010 Pomona hearing 1:00 - 4:00 PM Health and Mental Health Transportation, Economic Development, Environmental Conservation Please respond by Friday, February 26th: E-mail to: [email protected] Or fax to: [phone] I would like to testify at the hearing on March 5th (The committee will accommodate as many witnesses as possible.)

I plan to attend, but do not wish to testify at the hearing on March 5th March 12, 2010 Bronxville hearing 4:00 - 7:00 PM Education, Labor and Family Assistance Public Protection and General Government Please respond by Friday, March 5th: E-mail to: [email protected] Or fax to: [phone] I would like to testify at the hearing on March 12th (The committee will accommodate as many witnesses as possible.)

Last month, Avella appeared as a prosecution witness against Skelos, a Long Island Republican, and his son, Adam, telling jurors that he scheduled the hearing upon learning that there was «no activity in the committee.»

5) On one petition one of the brothers claiming residence at Sparaco's home address, Keith Kuropatski, is listed as a candidate himself for the office of Member of the County Committee of Rockland in Clarkstown District # 21 and that petition is witnessed by Highways Superintendent, Wayne Ballard.

As was outlined in the previous Rockland Voice article concerning the attempted take - over bid by Sparaco of the Republican party's senior committee, this address was listed on petitions gathered in June 2014 by several individuals who appear to have been brought from the Bronx to witness 12 % of the Sparaco filed petitions including four individuals claiming to reside in the same building at 2043 Creston Avenue.

The committee said: «We recommend the bill should be amended to include procedural safeguards — such as the opportunity to call and examine witnesses — where disciplinary action is being considered.»

Similarly, as the Chairman of the Science Committee, I have listened as witnesses testified that the primary data used to justify most EPA air regulations remains unavailable to the public, kept in secret and shielded from scientific scrutiny.

As chairman of the Senate Intelligence Committee, I have witnessed firsthand the importance of the Internet in closed societies.

Even though Abitz had been invited by the Committee staff to give a «technical presentation» on groundwater impacts of ISL mining, Committee members treated him as something of a hostile witness.

Next comes Elia Kazan's statement (later attributed to his wife), placed as a paid advertisement in April 12, 1952 issue of the New York Times in defense of his naming of American Communist names as a friendly witness before the House Un-American Activities Committee at the height of the Cold War.

School resource officers, additional guidance counselors, and professional development for educators can help schools head off tragedies such as the massacre at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn., last December, witnesses told members of the House Education and the Workforce Committee at a recent hearing last week on school safety issues.

Jack Jennings, author of the new Harvard Education Press title Presidents, Congress, and the Public Schools: The Politics of Education Reform, was witness to the evolution of federal policy, working closely with Congress, first as a subcommittee staff director and then as general counsel for the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Education and Labor.

As a result, a half dozen energized, high - profile national groups now fill cyberspace, policymakers» in - boxes, and committee witness lists.

Our contractual rights have been been further subverted by Mr. Urena's refusal to meet with our Chapter's consultation committee without assistant principals present to serve as his witnesses.

She serves professionally as an expert witness for the California Assembly Higher Education Committee, California Senate Education Committee, for civil rights organizations on issues of access, equity and discrimination and for select committees on financial aid, workforce training, accreditation and programs in support of upward mobility and student success.