Sentences with phrase «congressional testimony on»

Facebook Chief Executive Officer Mark Zuckerberg is set to make his first congressional testimony on the issue in a matter of days.
In July 2002, during your most recent congressional testimony on splitting the Ninth Circuit, you stated that six other Ninth Circuit judges (two active and four senior) had authorized you to say that they support a circuit split.
This testimony is vintage RP Jr, who is quite experienced and effective in providing Congressional testimony on this topic.
It also edited scientists» congressional testimony on climate science.
White House officials and political appointees in the agencies censored congressional testimony on the causes and impacts of global warming, controlled media access to government climate scientists, and edited federal scientific reports to inject unwarranted uncertainty into discussions of climate change and to minimize the threat to the environment and the economy.
I'd want to ask Sullivan if he really saw events per his Congressional testimony on the fall of 2008, where he laid much blame for the collapse at the feet of mark - to - market accounting.
Christopher Reeve, Kevin Kline, Michael J. Fox and Mary Tyler Moore, among others, all made their way to Capitol Hill to testify in support of increased federal funding of hESCR (during her congressional testimony on behalf of the Juvenile Diabetes Foundation, Ms. Moore famously said human embryos have «no more resemblance to a human being than a goldfish»)...
«White House officials and political appointees in the agencies censored congressional testimony on the causes and impacts of global warming, controlled media access to government climate scientists, and edited federal scientific reports to inject unwarranted uncertainty into discussions of climate change.»
Bill Clinton, in Germany, on May 13, 1998, before Pakistan performed their own tests (quoted from Karl Inderfurth's Congressional testimony on May 13, 1998 regarding the India tests)-
And so, it was perhaps not the best time for reports to emerge that Petraeus had blamed Israeli intransigence toward the Palestinians for endangering the lives of American servicemen in the Middle East — at a reported Pentagon briefing early in March and again in congressional testimony on March 16.
A lot rests on the outcome of the congressional testimony on April 11.
Nearly 20 million people tuned in for television coverage of former FBI director James Comey's congressional testimony on Thursday.
A cloud of uncertainty had settled over markets after Fed chairman Ben Bernanke first mentioned the possibility of tapering the Fed's monthly bond purchases during congressional testimony on May 22.

Not exact matches

The Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation on Friday requested public testimony from Mark Zuckerberg, the Facebook founder and CEO, adding to the list of congressional panels looking to haul in the company's top executives.
The Dow, S&P 500 and Russell 2000 hit record highs this week as investors put the congressional testimony of former FBI Director James Comey and Attorney General Jeff Sessions on the back burner and await what could be the fourth rate hike in more than a decade on Wednesday.
It's worth a read if you want to understand why Mark Zuckerberg's congressional testimony is the first, not the last, you'll be seeing of tech titans on Capitol Hill — and why Jeff Bezos may put his second headquarters nearby.
That's straight out of Mark Zuckerberg's testimony for his Congressional hearings, and it reflects Facebook's head - on approach to dealing with a recent deluge of backlash aimed at the company.
CNBC's Julia Boorstin reports on Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg's testimony to the joint Congressional committee.
In his prepared congressional testimony, Zuckerberg said content from one Russian agency that tries to spread misinformation reached about 126 million people on Facebook during a two - year period around the 2016 election.
NEW YORK, April 16 - A lawyer for victims of terrorist attacks in Israel on Monday urged a federal appeals court to revive their lawsuit against Facebook Inc, saying Mark Zuckerberg's congressional testimony undermined the social media company's argument that it bore no responsibility for content on its platforms.
Zuckerberg might touch on Facebook's year of privacy scandals, congressional testimony, Russia investigations and apologies.
So Fed watchers don't think Yellen will rock the boat in two appearances this week: a speech on Wednesday afternoon and in testimony to a Congressional panel on the following morning.
The statement, delivered amid a bicameral congressional probe of Russia's meddling in the 2016 US election, preceded Johnson's scheduled Wednesday testimony before the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence.
Zuckerberg apologised for the data breach on Monday in a written testimony to US Congress, and will likely repeat that on Tuesday and Wednesday as he faces congressional committees looking into Facebook's management and protection of user data.
The scene comes to mind in the aftermath of Mark Zuckerberg's Congressional testimony, which chewed up two days on Capitol Hill this week and triggered an outpouring of social media mockery aimed at the «elderly» senators (that was Day 1) asking «grandpa» questions of the Facebook CEO.
WASHINGTON (AP)-- The Latest on Facebook's privacy scandal and Mark Zuckerberg's congressional testimony (all times local):
His research on the economics of technology has been discussed in White House reports, Congressional testimony, European Commission documents, the Economist, the Globe and Mail, the National Post, CBC Radio, National Public Radio, Forbes, Fortune, the Atlantic, the New York Times, the Financial Times, the Wall Street Journal, and elsewhere.
Mark Zuckerberg may have ditched the dark suit he wore during his congressional appearances last month, but the serious data - privacy and election - security issues raised during his testimony are still very much on his mind.
Sen. Ted Cruz, R - Texas, led the charge in accusing Facebook of political bias on Tuesday, during Zuckerberg first day of congressional testimony.
Meeting regularly with congressional staff on USDA and FDA policy, delivering testimony and remarks on the benefits of plant - based and clean meat, and collaborating with other GFI staff to showcase their expertise via Hill visits and congressional briefings.
Comey has publicly testified to many of the details within the memos, including in his congressional testimony last June and now on his book tour promoting his new memoir, A Higher Loyalty.
It's an issue that was on full display during Mark Zuckerberg's congressional testimony, when he deflected multiple inquiries from representatives asking him whether Facebook tracks people around the web who aren't logged into Facebook.
Dr. Bergeron has also participated in a number of Congressional Briefings in Washington, DC and testimonies for several State Legislatures on physical activity, health and safety in youth sports, and sport concussion.
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As Appendix A to this testimony, I have included two excerpts from the wrap - up report, Congressional Action on R&D in the FY 1996 Budget.
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.
Based on these findings, any shortage in America's scientific labor market is «most likely a demand - side problem of STEM [science, technology, engineering, and mathematics] career opportunities that are less attractive than career opportunities in other fields» rather than a supply - side problem of too few Americans with scientific training, asserted Salzman in congressional testimony presented on 6 November before the House Committee on Science and Technology's Subcommittee on Technology and Innovation.
Schneider was one of more than 300 delegates from 48 countries who attended the International Conference on the Changing Atmosphere, which took place in Toronto, coincidentally, just a week after Hansen's congressional testimony.
Speaking to reporters at the National Press Club in Washington, D.C., on 15 September, Isaacs echoed a theme enunciated in congressional testimony and elsewhere by Energy Secretary Steven Chu, who has presented a detailed proposal for eight mission - oriented research centers that he calls «innovation hubs.»
His 1980s testimony before congressional committees on climate change helped to raise broad awareness of the dangers of global climate change.
In his 2001 testimony to the congressional committee on energy, Peterson estimated that 10 % of the electricity generated in the United States is lost annually due to the resistance in copper and aluminum power - transmission cables.
Adding more PIs with a single grant (One of Francis Collins's first statements on the Rule of 21 in his congressional testimony last Wednesday was, ``... above about 3 grants per year it gets pretty flat.
In his October 12th congressional testimony about why he cost U.S. taxpayers some $ 56,000 for travel on non-commercial aircraft, Secretary of Energy Rick Perry suggested that his predecessor, Ernest Moniz, had done essentially the same...
Climate Denialdom went ballistic over my recent video on the satellite temperature record, including John Christy, the Ned Flanders of climate denial — who spent half his recent congressional testimony sputtering about «well funded» video attacks on his shaky science record.
Through its committees on Practice, Government Affairs, and Scientific Affairs, ASH formulates positions on pending federal legislation, regulations, and private insurance developments, which are communicated through congressional testimony and formal correspondence.
From this testimony before a congressional committee on the issue:
She drew comparisons to Elia Kazan, whom she said she would have worked with given the chance, despite his congressional testimony that put many of his colleagues on Hollywood's blacklist in the 1950s, thus ending their careers.
In this 44 - page piece, we get an essay from filmmaker Michael Almereyda, «A Statement» offered by Elia Kazan in 1952 that discussed his Congressional testimony, a 1948 Malcolm Johnson article that connects to the film's historical influences, and a Budd Schulberg piece about Father John Corridan, the person on whom the movie's Father Pete Barry was based.
She is often invited to speak nationally and internationally with recent engagements including: Dyslexia Day on Capitol Hill and testimony at the Aspen Institute's Senior Congressional Education Staff Retreat, «New Directions in Educational Innovation and Implications for Federal Policy.»
The comments came in testimony at the opening Congressional hearing on the reauthorization of the act governing such expenditures, which total $ 918 million this year.
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