Sentences with phrase «federal lawmakers told»

«I am very happy, I am really thrilled and quite confident that he (Buhari) is very well now,» the federal lawmaker told State House correspondents on Friday at the Presidential Villa, Abuja.

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President Donald Trump told lawmakers he would support a 25 - cent increase in the federal gasoline tax to pay for his plan to upgrade U.S. public infrastructure, a congressional aide said.

Oregon Representative Peter DeFazio, the top Democrat on the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, who was in Trump's meeting with a dozen Democratic and Republican lawmakers, said the president also told them he would be willing to increase the amount of federal spending beyond the $ 200 billion he is seeking for the infrastructure program.

WASHINGTON — The two top officials in charge of security and toxic - waste cleanups at the Environmental Protection Agency have abruptly left their jobs, days after EPA administrator Scott Pruitt told lawmakers that his subordinates were to blame for alleged ethical lapses that have prompted more than a dozen federal investigations of the agency.

Federal Reserve says things are looking up U.S. economic growth has strengthened in 2017, signaling the need for gradual interest rate hikes to ensure a continued recovery, Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen told lawmakers Wednesday.

Without support from the U.S. federal government, «Puerto Rico may have to choose between paying its creditors and providing essential services to the island's 3.5 million American citizens,» the Governor of Puerto Rico, Alejandro Garcia Padilla, told lawmakers at a Senate hearing on Thursday.

CNBC.com — Market Outlook: Bernanke May Set Tone for Rest of Summer While many traders hope for talk of more Fed easing, Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke will likely tell members of Congress in the coming week that it's the lawmakers who need to act.

Rep. Yvette Clarke (D - Brooklyn), the only black female New York congressional lawmaker, told Observer that she was motivated by issues at the federal level which affect her community, including comprehensive immigration reform and minority - and women - owned businesses.

Elia told lawmakers that she takes very seriously a letter from the federal education department, which is now headed by former State Education Commissioner John King.

Cuomo finished by telling lawmakers they'll fight together for New York's future, hoping to turn their frequently fractious relationship into an alliance against their federal foe.

«I'm beginning discussions with my colleagues, but clearly the federal marriage amendment is where we need to be heading,» Huelskamp told reporters following the lawmakers» formal presentation, during which he alluded to possible legislative remedies.

Seggos told lawmakers on Monday at a joint budget hearing he wants a good, working relationship with the federal government — a challenge he acknowledges given the new administration in Washington.

He told the federal lawmakers that only his doctors would determine how long he would be away from the country.

New York Governor Andrew Cuomo, in his eighth State of the State speech Wednesday, told lawmakers that 2018 will be the «most challenging» year, and that they will have to fight against what he says are «threats» from the federal government.

ALBANY — The Buffalo woman who recently told her story of being sexually harassed by Sam Hoyt, a former state lawmaker and top economic adviser to Gov. Andrew Cuomo, has filed a federal lawsuit against Hoyt for engaging in a «pattern of committing sexual harassment, assault, discrimination and retaliation» against her.

A federal lawmaker has told members of a newly chartered educational - telecommunications body that he will ask the Congress to mitigate the financial risks of orbiting a satellite to facilitate distance learning.

Washington — Lawmakers must take steps to ensure that elementary and secondary students receive information about federal financial aid available for postsecondary study, college students told members of the Congress last week.

Washington — Poorer communities in many states may not be receiving their fair share of federal vocational - education funds, an official of the General Accounting Office told lawmakers last week.

«Forget the federal government,» Michael Cohen told Indiana lawmakers earlier this month.

It's more important now than ever for educators to make their voices heard and tell federal lawmakers to stop sequestration.

Federal Reserve says things are looking up U.S. economic growth has strengthened in 2017, signaling the need for gradual interest rate hikes to ensure a continued recovery, Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen told lawmakers Wednesday.

AUTOMOTIVE: • A major automotive lobbying group tells lawmakers it opposes a Trump administration plan to weaken federal fuel efficiency standards.

Digital currencies such as bitcoin demand increased oversight and may require a new federal regulatory framework, the top U.S. markets regulators will tell lawmakers at a hotly anticipated congressional hearing on Tuesday.

«An appropriate federal role might be to provide technical assistance grants to the states to help them get the job done,» 2005 NAR President Al Mansell told House lawmakers last year.