Sentences with phrase «debated in public hearings»

Majority Leader Trent Lott (R - MS) put this legislation high on the Senate's agenda this week, despite protests that it hadn't been reviewed in committee or debated in public hearings.

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And there is, in fact, very little evidence that champions of ecclesial pluralism have bent over backwards to insure that their opponents are given a fair hearing on occasions of public debate, nor are they conspicuously tolerant or open - minded when they happen themselves to be in positions of extra-ecclesial authority — as journal editors, perhaps, or as deans of theology faculties.

We reduce the number of those who can be seen and heard, can make their wants known, and can participate in public debate.

That could mean that religious believers, of all stripes, find it hard to be heard dispassionately in public debate but it might herald worse, such as children mocked for their religious beliefs, the curtailment of civil liberties in the name of secular equality, or even physical attacks, such as several mosques endured in the wake of Woolwich.

Through the ABI their voice is heard in Government and in public debate on insurance, savings and investment matters.

As in previous years, the possibility of expanding the fund has never come up in public hearings, debates or briefings.

How often have we heard such arguments in public debates about planning?

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.

And the government is consulting on how in future the ISC should be appointed and should report to parliament - with, where possible, hearings in public, a strengthened capacity for investigations, reports subject to more parliamentary debate and greater transparency over appointments to the committee.

At today's public protection budget hearing, a fairly stark Republican - Democrat debate formed over whether, facing a 2 percent cap, additional court funding should go to judicial raises or an increase in civil legal services, which helps the poor get legal representation in court.

Four of the candidates running for New York state governor will be participating in a debate shown on public television and heard on public radio.

Four of the candidates running for governor of New York will be participating in a debate shown on public television and heard on WAMC Wednesday night.

Legislature Chairman John Mills, R - Orchard Park, however, said he expects extensive debate in committee and during public hearings.

One of the reasons why they are in such terrible danger is they are confusing the fact that a couple of thousand people turned up to a debate to hear Jeremy Corbyn with what the British public [want].

Federal funding of science and technology may fall short of what is needed to keep the U.S. research enterprise competitive, said AAAS CEO Rush Holt, but he also increasingly hears «concerns about what I would call an ongoing trend that goes back many years, even decades, where ideology and ideological assertions have been crowding out evidence in public and private debates and policymaking.»

The issue was debated during a three - hour public hearing in the Iowa House chamber.

In episode 105, the dangers of secondhand smoke - and of legislating human behavior - are hotly debated at a public hearing in New York; Penn & Teller look at the baby products industry that preys on guilt - ridden parentIn episode 105, the dangers of secondhand smoke - and of legislating human behavior - are hotly debated at a public hearing in New York; Penn & Teller look at the baby products industry that preys on guilt - ridden parentin New York; Penn & Teller look at the baby products industry that preys on guilt - ridden parents.

Yet we know very little about these local leaders, and we seldom hear their voices in debates about the role that their organizations do and should play in public education and school reform.

In a posh hotel not far from Central Park, a small group of lobbyists, administrators, and legislators gathered to consider an interesting question: Does anybody in the public schools ever hear the policy debates that rage back and forth at the state leveIn a posh hotel not far from Central Park, a small group of lobbyists, administrators, and legislators gathered to consider an interesting question: Does anybody in the public schools ever hear the policy debates that rage back and forth at the state levein the public schools ever hear the policy debates that rage back and forth at the state level?

But the proposal, the subject of two days of public hearings in Washington earlier this month, has generated intense debate, including complaints from for - profit educational institutions that it is anti-business, unfair, and unnecessarily complicated.

Only 43 % of the public — but 89 % of teachers — says it had heard of the Common Core before the survey, indicating that the debate over the Common Core has yet to register in the minds of many Americans.

One perspective that is heard too rarely in the nation's education debates is that of public school parents.

In a thoughtful essay that kicked off the current round of debate, Robin Lake said her colleagues at the Center for Reinventing Public Education were hearing that «charter authorizers are getting much choosier.»

Parent advocates from across the country converged on New York City on Monday, February 7 for the first national forum of Parents Across America, a parent - led movement to make parent voices heard in the national debate over education reform — and to promote positive, common - sense solutions that will improve public schools nationwide.

If the grilling DeVos endured in last month's confirmation hearing is any indication, any push from within the Trump administration for greater diversity of elementary and secondary school options will end in an acrimonious public vs. private debate.

The debate in Nashville echoes themes the nation has heard from New York City and Los Angeles where students, teachers and parents have engaged in prolonged battles over decisions to co-locate charter schools in public school buildings.

About 40 people on both sides of the issue asked to speak at the public hearing in Sacramento before the board voted, and numerous letters on both sides of the debate were delivered to the state board.

In the midst of campaigns and debates for the 2011 Chicago mayoral election, we hear many proclamations and promises about what it means to improve public schools.

Based on a Columbia University conference organized by the National Arts Journalism Program, The New Gatekeepers explores the reconfigured ranks of those who decide what the public gets to see, hear and read, from struggles over intellectual property and copyright, to continuing debates about acceptable and offensive content in the cultural marketplace, to the less visible biases of the arts funding system.

I suspect one of the reasons that he brought it up is that the general public, when told there is no debate amongst experts as to whether warming is occurring, are also told that the hundreds of scientists they hear about in the news dismissing warming (or saying that there is a debate) are not climate change experts and therefore shouldn't be believed.

On the other hand, Steve McIntyre is to be applauded to have made the hockey - stick result an issue in the public debate; without his efforts, we guess, there would have been not Barton letters, thus no inquiry by the National Research Council and subsequently no hearing in a subcommittee of the House.

Major changes in immigration policy have historically been achieved through legislation and regulations, which would normally involve public consultation, task forces, discussion papers, committee hearings, and parliamentary debate, as well as consultation of regulations before approval by Cabinet.

Having been involved as a Special Advocate in many hearings involving closed material, I am troubled about these proposals, as well as the lack of public debate that they have generated.

The Media and Indigenous Policy project has investigated why it is so hard for a diversity of voices to be heard in mainstream media debate, and why policymakers, from political leaders to public servants, seem only to listen to those who dominate mainstream media coverage.