Sentences with phrase «federal hearings»

U.S. Sen. Chuck Schumer on Monday became the latest elected official to call for federal hearings into the water contamination issues in Hoosick Falls.

U.S. Sen. Charles Schumer today became the highest - ranking state Democrat to call for federal hearings into the Hoosick Falls water contamination crisis.

«I applaud Congressman Gibson's call for federal hearings on the crisis in Hoosick Falls,» she said.

«I would have no problem with federal hearings finding out exactly what happened,» Schumer said during a stop in Albany.

In recent weeks, however, top Democrats, including U.S. Sens. Charles Schumer and Kirsten Gillibrand have called for hearings, as have GOP Assemblyman Steve McLaughlin and Republican U.S. Rep. Chris Gibson, who is also exploring federal hearings.

Directed the permitting process with outside engineers and zoning attorneys and supervised the implementation of all Municipal, State and Federal hearings until final approvals received.

ALBANY — U.S. Sen. Charles Schumer on Monday became the highest - ranking state Democrat to call for federal hearings into the Hoosick Falls water contamination crisis.

GOP U.S. Rep. Chris Gibson of Kinderhook has called for federal hearings, but they have yet to be scheduled.

I think a federal hearing would be a good thing.»

«Without sounding braggadocio, I have some pretty good background,» said Sweeney, who was state labor commissioner in the Pataki administration, «and I hope to add to it by giving them help on federal hearings and investigations.»

(CNN)- A controversial Indiana law that would keep low - income women from using federal Medicaid benefits to receive any kind of reproductive medical care from Planned Parenthood is unacceptable because it denies women the freedom to choose their health care providers, according to a federal hearing officer.

Prior to the federal hearing, as many as three dozen activist groups from Westchester County rallied outside the federal courthouse in Manhattan, outraged by the county's reluctance to comply with the settlement.

The probe could be a prelude to federal hearings.

«I'm a federal official, I think a federal hearing would be a good thing, so I agree with the two members of Congress — one a Democrat, one a Republican — who called for it,» he said.

Schumer, speaking at Albany Medical Center about the spread of the Zika virus, said he supported calls for federal hearings, joining GOP U.S. Rep. Chris Gibson of Kinderhook and Democratic U.S. Rep. Kathleen Rice of Long Island in calling for a probe.

A new congressional report suggests that at least one former Reading First consultant actively pushed his own commercial products while serving as a key adviser to states on applying for the reading grants, contrary to his testimony last month at a federal hearing.

Some students, parents, and education advocates from Detroit and Highland Park will testify at a federal hearing in Washington this week.

B.C. premier Christy Clark is speaking out about the powerful, foreign interests that are using their wealth to interfere in the federal hearings into the Northern Gateway pipeline proposal.

US District Judge William Alsup has asked lawyers representing San Francisco and Oakland, Calif., and those representing five major oil companies, to conduct research on the science of global warming and present their findings in a federal hearing.