Sentences with phrase «hold conference committee»

Petty squabbling over a side issue — whether to hold conference committee hearings in which both houses would publicly hash out differences — has consumed the Capitol for weeks.

Mr. Paterson had to beg Mr. Silver and Mr. Sampson to agree to even talk about holding conference committees to iron out their differences — meetings, incidentally, that by law should have happened months ago.

Not exact matches

I hold news conferences four times a year and testify often before congressional committees, including twice - yearly appearances that are specifically designated for the purpose of my presenting a comprehensive monetary policy report to the Congress.

Such committees, he added, hold periodic conference calls and meetings, and «the information flows both ways.»

Cambridge Analytica spokesperson Clarence Mitchell held a press conference following the researcher's committee appearance, stressing that no U.S. laws had been broken and that any GSR data previously held had been deleted.

Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen holds a news conference following day two of the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) meeting in Washington, U.S., December 14, 2016.

The hundreds of pages of transcripts from eight meetings and six emergency conference calls held by the policymaking Federal Open Market Committee, show Fed officials struggling from the start of 2008 to assess the economic damage of a steep drop in housing prices and then worrying about the implications of their actions to halt the crisis.

David Holding, VP of Capital Markets, sits on the conference planning committee.

And on the topic of radio personalities turned politicians, the political action committee named for the son of one such politician, the Manning Centre, will also hold its first Alberta Networking Conference in Red Deer on November 18.

He has held positions in organizations such as the House Republican Conference Committee...

U. S. Federal Reserve staffers watch from the back of the room as Fed Chair Janet Yellen holds a news conference following the Federal Open Market Committee meeting in Washington September 17, 2015.

Testifying before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, Archbishop John R. Roach, speaking on behalf of the bishops conference, held out the prospect of an indiscriminate air war, a conflagration that would spread to the entire Middle East, and a result that might leave «the people of Kuwait, the Middle East, and the world» worse off than if force had not been used.

Institutions have sprung up; committees have been formed; conferences have been held; huge foundation and governmental funds have been expended, and a vast literature has developed.

The Tribunal Committee was holding public conferences during August and September 1989 to gain further public response to specific proposals gained from the submissions and research.

The Steering Committee of CSOs launched a call for expression of the interest (EOI) for Orgnisation of CSO Consultation for the 30th Regional Conference for Africa (ARC) of FAO The next African Civil Society Consultation at the 30th FAO Regional Conference will be held from 22 to 23 January 2018 in...

The press conference was held at the State House by Senator Marc Pacheco, chair of the Senate Committee on Global Warming and Climate Change and Senate co-chair of the Joint Committee on Environment, Natural Resources and Agriculture.

She also serves on the board and executive committee for the Global Home Education Conference, to be held in Rio De Janeiro, Brazil, March 2016.

After the first round of regional conferences, the outcome can be presented to the budget committee of the Greek parliament, which can then hold an initial debate on the citizens» recommendations.

Also at 11 a.m., students from CUNY hold rally and press conference to oppose Cuomo's «backdoor tuition hike,» and will deliver petition signatures to the NYC Council Higher Education Committee demanding free and open CUNY for all, City Hall, Manhattan.

The use of falsely classifying lawmakers as committee chairs came under scrutiny on Friday as The New York Times reported members of the Independent Democratic Conference — Sens. David Valesky, Jose Peralta and Diane Savino — have received stipends, or «lulus» in Albany parlance, despite holding the post of vice chair.

«I think it's very clear my members, especially in the Independent Democratic Conference, who work very hard, held it out they they've been vice chairs of committees.»

At 1:25 p.m., U.S. Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, a member of the Senate Agriculture Committee, will tour Capital Roots Urban Grow Center and hold a press conference urging the Senate to reject the Trump administration's budget proposal to cut SNAP benefits for low - income families, 594 River St., Troy.

Prior to the meeting Assemblyman Jeffrey Dinowitz (D) Bronx, who Chairs the Committee on Corporations, Authorities and Commissions, which includes oversight of the MTA, will hold a press conference outside City Hall to discuss issues related to MTA bus service, which he feels has gotten shortchanged in all the discussion this summer over problems on the rails.

Councilman Rafael Espinal Jr., Chairman of the Consumer Affairs Committee (which currently has oversight of the carriage industry) held a press conference and officially announced he'll oppose the elimination of carriage horses in Central Park.

Lewis is president - elect of the New York State Council of School Superintendents, which held the September conference, and also is co-chair of the council's curriculum committee.

On Wednesday, March 22, 2017, Assemblymember Kavanagh, Chair of the Consumer Affairs and Protection Committee, held a press conference with Energy Chair Amy Paulin, Corporations Chair Jeffrey Dinowitz, Environmental Conservation Chair Steve Englebright, and other Assemblymembers to question the lack of transparency by the New York State Public Service Commission (PSC) regarding massive subsidies to a large corporation to operate upstate nuclear power plants that are set to take effect on April 1.

According to Minutes of the Permanent Site Advisory Committee held on March 3, 2016 at the conference room of the Lands Commission, a copy of which has been intercepted by the ABC News, a representative from the Ministry of Transport said the Ministry had «signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Anator Holdings Company Limited for the implementation of the above - mentioned project.

Bill Morris, former General Secretary of the Transport & General Workers Union (now part of Unite), once said that the most powerful position he had ever held was not at the TGWU, nor at the TUC, Bank of England, or BBC, but as chair of Labour's conference arrangements committee.

Councilwoman Laurie Cumbo of Brooklyn, chair of the Committee on Women's Issues, held a more than hour - long press conference yesterday to criticize Brattons» remarks encouraging women to use a «buddy system» in order to reduce the likelihood of being assaulted, and demanded a more thorough police strategy to combat sexual assault.

The State Chapter of the Inter-Party Advisory Committee (IPAC), the umbrella organization of all the political parties in Nigeria had a press conference saying that the election should be put on hold, let's conclude this audit process in the local government administration, a lot of things have gone wrong.

I now believe that chambers must democratize, hold more public hearings on major legislation and use joint conference committees to hammer out agreed upon legislation, instead of relying upon closed door meetings between their leaders and the governor.

Steve Englebright (D - Setauket), chair of the Assembly's Environmental Conservation committee, appeared earlier this week at a news conference Bellone held to announce the surcharge plan.

During the debate, aired on WWRL 1600 AM and moderated by Daily News editorial page columnist Errol Louis, Saujani hit Maloney out of the gate for two fundraisers that Maloney held on one of the days during which she served on the conference committee for the financial services reform bill.

The Kingston Common Council Laws and Rule Committee will be held on Wednesday, March 21st at 6:30 pm at Kingston City Hall (420 Broadway) Conference Room # 1, top floor of City Hall.

Also at 11 a.m., Win CEO Christine Quinn and NYC Councilman Stephen Levin hold a press conference ahead of the Council General Welfare Committee's hearing on a package of bills with Living In Communities voucher reforms, City Hall steps, Manhattan.

After setting up a committee to look into the matter the Minister of Energy has held a press conference to claim that a supposed BNI investigation has «cleared» the BOST MD of any wrongdoing».

At 1 p.m., Shooters Committee on Political Education President Steven Aldstadt and Aaron Price, director of Gas Odyssey, hold a press conference calling for upstate New York to secede to prevent economic decline and limits on personal freedoms, 276 Washington St., Binghamton.

This means they now hold all nine constituency positions as well as controlling other internal bodies such as the Conference Arrangements Committee.

At 9 a.m., before a 10 a.m. joint hearing where members of the NYC Council's Committee on Fire and Criminal Justice Services and Committee on Health will receive testimony about health care in city jails, New York City Jails Action Coalition supporters and people who received medical treatment while in jail or prison will hold a news conference to criticize Brentwood, Tennessee, subcontractor Corizon Health Inc. and the city Department of Correction, City Hall steps, Manhattan.

At 12:15 p.m., Moss holds a news conference on the «Stop Common Core» ballot line, Monroe County Republican Committee Headquarters, 460 State St., Rochester.

«The discussions are going to be held by the joint conference committees,» Skelos said, noting the general conference committee is scheduled to meet tonight and then the general committees should get started tomorrow.

Also at 9:15 a.m., Airbnb holds a press conference prior to a 10 a.m. NYC Council Housing and Building Committee hearing on short term rentals, City Hall, Manhattan.

At 3 p.m., Rep. Adriano Espaillat and members of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs will hold a press conference to discuss the Administration's requested cuts to the international affairs budget, Room 2172, Rayburn House Office Building, Washington, D.C.

At 2:30 p.m., the NYC Franchise and Concession Review Committee holds a public meeting, 2 Lafayette St., 14th floor conference room, Manhattan.

Smith, a Democrat, who had chaired the Independent Democratic Conference, has been stripped of the committee assignments and coalition leadership post he held in Albany, and state Sen. Daniel Squadron has called on him to resign.

On Wednesday, October 8th Bronx elected officials, political activists and most importantly community activists lauded Comptroller Tom DiNapoli at a press conference held at the offices of The Bronx Democratic County Committee.

There are four Senate Democrats who hold committee chairs, but they are members of splinter faction called the Independent Democratic Conference, and have allied themselves more often with the Republicans that the rest of the Senate Democrats.

Also at 2:30 p.m., U.S. Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, a member of the Senate Agriculture Committee, will hold a simultaneous satellite media availability and conference call to announce the 15th annual New York Farm Day.

At noon, NYC Councilman Ydanis Rodriguez, state Sen. Marisol Alcantara and Assemblywoman Carmen De La Rosa hold a press conference to announce that the council's Transportation Committee will be voting on the Hit and Run Alert System bill in honor of all the victims that have lost their lives by reckless drivers, City Hall steps, Manhattan.

The governing New Patriotic Party has tasked its Steering Committee to investigate Nana Obiri Boahen, the party's Deputy General Secretary, for alleging that the presidency donated about GHc50 billion towards the party's 2017 National Annual Delegates Conference held in Cape Coast in the Central Region.