Sentences with phrase «congressional hearings»

Congressional hearings on missing astronauts.

This violence also led to Congressional hearings to investigate the marketing of violent video games to children, and to the creation of the Interactive Digital Software Association and the Entertainment Software Rating Board.

In addition, the meeting included Patricia Vance, president of the Entertainment Software Rating Board — a ratings organization created after a series of congressional hearings on explicit content in video games was held in 1992 and 1993, followed by a threat by the federal government to regulate the industry if game makers didn't do so first.

I was reminded of that as I read the news reports of Roger Clemens» and Brian McNamee's recent testimony at the Congressional hearings.

There'd been hearings — internal DEA hearings, CIA hearings, congressional hearings.

Akio Toyoda is asking for 4 hand picked congressmen, a handful of Toyota executives, 2 cameras and no questions at the congressional hearings.

Moran said the criticism received over the last two weeks was a factor in the decision for Mulally to drive to the congressional hearings.

This resulted in several Congressional hearings and an OIG report outlining a number of policy and procedural issues that NHTSA was asked to address.

My money is on Batey being selected as GM's point man at congressional hearings.

With Alexander's nearly 400 - page draft bill, «Every Child Ready for College or Career Act of 2015,» under scrutiny, and in advance of congressional hearings next week, NSBA calls for a comprehensive, strategic reauthorization of ESEA that provides school districts with the flexibility and funding essential to support local community public schools and our nation's public schoolchildren.

The call for Congressional hearings — addressed to Senators Lamar Alexander and Tom Harkin of the Health, Education, Labor and Pension Committee, and Representatives John Kline and George Miller of the House Education and Workforce Committee — states that high - stakes testing in public schools has led to multiple unintended consequences that warrant federal scrutiny.

Calling school choice the best route out of poverty, House Majority Leader Eric Cantor took aim at New York City's new mayor on Wednesday for his cooler stance toward public charter schools and warned that Republicans may hold congressional hearings on the education policies of Democrat Bill de Blasio's administration.

House Majority Leader Eric Cantor, left, warned that Republicans may hold Congressional hearings into the education policies of Democrat Bill de Blasio's administration in New York City.

For - profit colleges have come under a barrage of negative publicity, been targeted by government investigators and been dragged into congressional hearings.

Moskowitz has testified in favor of charter schools during congressional hearings and is a regular attendee at Sun Valley, an annual private conference of the world's top CEOs and financiers.

Continue reading Twitter Storm: Call for Congressional Hearings on Abuses of High - Stakes Testing

This statement was issued upon the release of Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Chairman Lamar Alexander's draft reauthorization bill and in advance of congressional hearings on ESEA reauthorization.

The venerable We the People: The Citizen and the Constitution program, started in 1987, engages upper elementary, middle, and high school students in simulations of congressional hearings — with a chance to compete against other students in the national championship.

This problem is compounded (there has already been noise at congressional hearings and grumps from influential Republicans) by Duncan's decision to use states» participation in the «common standards» and «common assessment» processes as criteria for determining which states qualify for RTT dollars.

Washington — More detailed warnings of the potential health hazards of smoking, as well as better education efforts, could help discourage children and adolescents from ever taking up the habit, according to medical and public - health experts testifying at recent Congressional hearings here.

Washington — The Reagan Administration, as part of the President's school - discipline initiative, is considering the feasibility of changing a civil - rights law that has been blamed for making school officials unwilling to discipline students, a Justice Department official said at one of two Congressional hearings on school discipline last week.

Under normal circumstances, the U.S. Department of Education would need congressional hearings and authorization to launch a program so sweeping.

K - 12 teachers mingle with top constitutional scholars and other civic and government teachers, train to teach the Constitution and the Bill of Rights, and participate in simulated congressional hearings.

At the Congressional hearings where that dyspeptic CIA chief is calling for the IMF's dissolution, the success rate brought up by Brandt is countered with a deliciously snide comment about that success being as much about luck as skill.

«The Last Cigarette»: Kevin Rafferty and Frank Keraudren's documentary takes a pop shine to deconstructing the media relationship to smoking with an assemblage of film clips, commercials and congressional hearings.

Earlier this month, Dent was among the few Republicans calling for congressional hearings in light of conflicting statements about a $ 130,000 payout to porn star Stormy Daniels to silence allegations of an affair with Trump.

Images of Congressional hearings earn their snickers and their perception of impotence, though the film in its phantasmagoria is so completely in the here and now that it has feet of clay despite its fleet execution.

Dr. Greger has previously informed us of the USDA's American Egg Board malfeasance: http://nutritionfacts.org/video/eggs-and-cholesterol-patently-false-and-misleading-claims/# But, the alleged anti-competitive and possibly criminal activity of the American Egg Board reported by Michele Simon on 9/2/2015 is beyond the pale, and her call for Congressional hearings, criminal investigations and lawsuits appear to be entirely justified.

Some politicians have called for: Congressional hearings on the escalating pricing, an investigation by the Federal Trade Commission, and action by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to increase competition by hastening approvals of competitors» products, the AP reported.

Congressional hearings on the budget begin this week, and deliberations in the House and Senate are expected to last into the summer.

Court battles and more Congressional hearings to follow

So he sexes up his narrative by presenting it as a battle between the «short, professorial looking» Emanuel, a «nuanced and sophisticated» man who talks in complete sentences, and the obdurate William Gray of Colorado State University, «a towering figure of American hurricane science,» who has for many years produced remarkably accurate forecasts of the upcoming Atlantic hurricane season and who repeatedly and loudly denies — in congressional hearings and everywhere else — that humans have any role in climate change.

Escalation DLA's efforts to find more accurate authentication technologies coincided with congressional hearings late last year that revealed the surprising extent of the U.S. Department of Defense's counterfeit detection problem.

In Congressional hearings over the past few weeks, NASA Administrator Charles Bolden has warned lawmakers that the space agency would have to scale back its plans for exploration and science if Congress funded NASA at a level considerably lower than the Administration's request of $ 19 billion for 2011.

Adashi and Cohen recommend that a coalition of patient and advocacy groups, medical professionals and legislators convene congressional hearings on the prevention of mitochondrial diseases.

That 1970 study was hugely influential, however, leading to congressional hearings and guidelines advising against eating saturated fat and arguing for the benefits of polyunsaturated fats.

In their commentary, Adashi and Cohen point out that the authors of the legislation are anonymous and that no congressional hearings, floor discussions or public engagement took place before its passage.

Following four congressional hearings, NIH director Elias Zerhouni announced regulations prohibiting all NIH staff scientists from accepting outside income from biotech or pharmaceutical companies.

For decades, American climate scientist James Hansen published important papers on global warming and shared his data at influential congressional hearings — and his policy prescriptions.

To keep the issue alive, vigilant lobbyists are peppering meetings, congressional hearings, and other forums with anguished cries about the state of the scientific workforce.

But Nader wants more than a few Congressional hearings: he wants really valuable information, like corporate records on file at the Securities and Exchange Commission, census data, and all the opinions issued by federal courts.

The CDC findings and resulting tumult, including likely congressional hearings, «raises the question of whether there will continue to be public support for this research.»

Presidential statements, congressional hearings, senatorial proclamations, and high - toned media figures have endeavored to enlighten the nation about science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) issues.

His reports on defective fire barriers led to congressional hearings and ultimately to a complete overhaul of the agency's fire protection regulations.

Calls for the resignation of the governor and other state officials continue at congressional hearings.

Discussions from a spate of recent congressional hearings and professional society meetings also indicate that hiring managers believe that recent Ph.D. grads lack the skills needed to work effectively on industry teams.

While most presidential nominees can count on savage grilling in congressional hearings, the Griffin nomination was notable for its utter absence of hostility or even significant skepticism.

Fellows work 40 hours per week on a range of staff assignments: legislative analysis, responding to constituent mail, drafting talking points and speeches for members, and coordinating logistics and public testimony for congressional hearings.

Edwards criticized the study and was vindicated in bipartisan Congressional hearings, which concluded that the CDC report made «scientifically indefensible» claims.

(WBEN) As the debate over guns in America continues to percolate across the country, Congressman Brian Higgins wants to see congressional hearings to try and craft a bill that perhaps Republicans and Democrats could both support.