Sentences with phrase «department at his confirmation hearing»

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Thomas E. Perez, the former Maryland labor secretary nominated to lead the U.S. Department of Labor, faced pointed questions at his Senate confirmation hearing Thursday about whether politics influenced his decisions as the top civil rights attorney in...

Two Republican state senators said Tuesday that Gov. Dannel P. Malloy's public safety commissioner, Dora Schriro, should have disclosed at her legislative confirmation hearing in March that the U.S. Justice Department was investigating the New York City Department of Corrections at the time she headed it.

Moniz received bipartisan praise today at a confirmation hearing held by the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, with lawmakers touting his past experience as a senior official at the Department of Energy (DOE) and his scholarly work on energy policy.

[7] At his confirmation hearing in 2016, U.S. Department of Education Secretary John King said the «locus of decision making... is rightly shifting back to states and districts,» an idea that policymakers of all stripes have reiterated since.

The 74 reports that the «familiar battles that have surrounded Education Secretary Betsy DeVos since her own contentious confirmation,» — from school choice, to ESSA, to Title IX — were front and center again at a recent Senate confirmation hearing for two top Education Department nominees.

At yesterday's EdSec confirmation hearings, senator after senator went out of their way to praise the selection of Chicago Public Schools CEO Arne Duncan and how terrific it will be to have a real urban educator at the helm of the U.S. Department of EducatioAt yesterday's EdSec confirmation hearings, senator after senator went out of their way to praise the selection of Chicago Public Schools CEO Arne Duncan and how terrific it will be to have a real urban educator at the helm of the U.S. Department of Educatioat the helm of the U.S. Department of Education.

Carson commented in response to a question Thursday at a Senate confirmation hearing where some Democrats questioned his qualifications to lead the Department of Housing and Urban Development, which has responsibilities ranging from insuring low - down - payment mortgages to administering rental assistance for low - income home owners.