Sentences with phrase «hearings on»

Rep. Peter King's hearings on the radicalization of Muslims is a timely initiative.

Should you quietly accept Congressional hearings on how radical Christianity is getting?

Mr. Chair, committee members, I know that earlier today you held hearings on the government's plan to rewrite the tax rules for private corporations.

CVS Health led the largest detractors list, apparently suffering collateral damage from the congressional hearings on pharmaceutical industry price increases.

Environmental Protection Agency chief Scott Pruitt is testifying in potentially make - or - break hearings on Capitol Hill, where he will face questions about spending and ethics scandals that have triggered...

There's no House hearings on this right now.

The oral portion of the National Energy Board's (NEB) hearings on Enbridge's proposed Line 3 Replacement Program began on Nov. 30, 2015 in Winnipeg, and concluded on Dec. 14, 2015 in Calgary.

VICTORIA — The National Energy Board is shutting out important voices by limiting the scope and depth of participation in the Joint Review Panel hearings on the Kinder Morgan pipeline expansion, say the New Democrats.

Yesterday, the Senate Banking Committee held the first of its hearings on widespread demands to reform the Federal Reserve to make it more transparent and accountable.

Just not possible for AB to have helped in any way in the hearings on this.

In February, the U.S. Senate Committee on Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs held hearings on digital currencies and discussed the Securities and Exchange Commission's role in regulating initial coin offerings.

Back in 2011 the Senate held hearings on incentives for homeownership.

Large publishers used as the standard for reasonable care One question that I've faced in legislative committee hearings on publisher liability bills is «why can't they make an algorithm for that?»

Social media sensations and outspoken Trump supporters Diamond and Silk were a hot topic for Republicans during Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg's hearings on Capitol Hill.

Senate committee hearings on the bill closed on Feb. 28 after the second reading, leaving one final opening to amend the broad - based legislation.

Following last week's US Senate hearings on virtual currency, Bitcoin has hit all time highs exceeding even the most optimistic estimates for price versus fiat currencies.

In light of Facebook hearings on Capitol Hill, White House press secretary Sarah Sanders acknowledged the constitutional rights of all Americans to «speak freely» on platforms like the social media site.

(Take that, House of Commons Finance Committee, which is holding hearings on the issue next week.)

The Facebook chief executive will speak to lawmakers in congressional hearings on Tuesday and Wednesday.

During the first of two hearings on Capitol Hill on Thursday, the Environmental Protection Agency administrator faced tough questions from House Democrats over his myriad ethics scandals and deregulatory fervor.

The Committee began its hearings on June 8, 2012.

There's a lot of keen analytical hindsight on display in Facebook chief executive Mark Zuckerberg's written testimony to Congress ahead of his appearance at hearings on Wednesday, but nothing that indicates Facebook is ready to come to terms with the problems rotting the core of the social network.

These were the first high - profile Senate hearings on bitcoin.

On the eve of critical hearings on Capitol Hill, top White House officials are intensifying efforts to document wasteful spending by Scott Pruitt as President Trump weighs whether to keep supporting his controversial Environmental Protection Agency chief, senior administration officials said Wednesday.

What Tuesday's hearings on Apple's tax strategy make clear is that the global corporate tax system, especially America's, needs reform, Tyler Mathisen says.

In Quebec, hearings on Energy East are on hold, as that pipeline's would - be builder chafes at the National Energy Board's new plan to weigh the impact of its upstream climate - change impact.

Kelly Patterson The Ottawa Citizen Friday, May 11, 2007 Â Amid heated charges of a coverup, Tory MPs yesterday abruptly shut down parliamentary hearings on a controversial plan to further integrate Canada and the U.S.

The developments come as Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg is set to appear in Washington Tuesday for hearings on the data scandal, in which at least 87 million people had their information harvested during the 2016 election cycle by Cambridge Analytica, a British political consulting firm.

Democratic legislators, who are far outnumbered in the House and Senate and wield no power over which legislation gets considered, tried repeatedly over three committee hearings on Monday and Tuesday to amend the gun control bills to include an assault weapons ban and other, more stringent policies.

Earlier on Friday, lawyers of Telegram asked the court to delay for a reasonable time the hearings on a lawsuit filed by Russia's telecommunications watchdog, which demands the messenger to be blocked.

U.S. Rep. David Cicilline, a Democrat from Rhode Island, on Thursday wrote a letter to the chairman of the House Judiciary Committee requesting hearings on Amazon's Whole Foods acquisition, saying the deal was part of a wave of consolidation that has «decreased wages and resulted in gross inequality in the workplace.»

A U.S. lawmaker has called for hearings on the proposed deal to consider its ramifications for shoppers and workers.

In conjunction with the Legislative Budget Board (LBB), the budget office coordinates the state agency strategic planning process, issues budget instructions to state agencies, and conducts hearings on agency budget requests.

The lawmakers, who control the tax - writing House Ways and Means Committee, said they would hold hearings on the measures, which are sure to be heavily attended by Washington lobbyists.

She said at the very least there should be public hearings on the project, adding she doesn't believe what's currently in place is transparent enough.

But the network will have a hard time convincing the CRTC, which will hold hearings on April 23.

«The Republican Senate refuses to hold hearings on [Supreme Court nominee] Judge Garland, refuses to fund the President's request for Zika aid and takes the most days off of any Senate since 1956, but thinks Facebook hearings are a matter of urgent national interest,» Jentleson said.

In Canada, the CRTC is in the midst of hearings on whether such a situation could turn anti-competitive.

An FBI investigation and hearings on Capitol Hill are now probing whether there was fraud at the company amid the business failure.

Calgary based Enbridge, the company behind Northern Gateway, has emphasized its commitment to safety and the environment, saying the National Energy Board Joint Review Panel, which held two years of hearings on the project, had made many of the company's voluntary commitments a mandatory part of the conditions for approval.

The DOL has had an extended comment period and has held hearings on its re-proposed rule — it initially tabled the rule in 2010 — and is expected to make significant changes to the proposal.

Smith faced Congress for the second day in a row to offer his testimony on the massive hack, part of a three - day schedule of hearings on Capitol Hill.

During hearings on the near collapse of the U.S. auto - industry in the aftermath of the 2008 credit crisis, the Big Three automaker CEOs appeared before a congressional committee to account for themselves.

The Obama Administration's request for $ 3.7 billion in emergency funding, largely to deal with the care of the children and expedited hearings on their deportations, has not been warmly received by the Republican - led House of Representatives.

The CRTC kicks off a new round of hearings on usage - based internet billing on Monday, yet the smoke from the net neutrality bombshell that went off on Friday is not even close to clearing.

Diamond & Silk were a frequent topic during Zuckerberg's marathon hearings on Capitol Hill earlier this month.

That would create time and space for people like me, Gordon, Stanford, Moffatt and others to harass the House Finance Committee into doing its job and conducting hearings on the central bank's target.

Zuckerberg's hearing on Tuesday will feature questions from 44 senators across two committees.

A senior administration official who appeared at a Senate hearing on Thursday confirmed their accounts.

The total amount of Waymo's damages request was not publicly disclosed at the hearing on Wednesday.