Sentences with phrase «holding hearings on»

The LPC acted swiftly, holding hearings on the building (the necessary first step before landmark designation) and entering into a legal agreement with the owner to prevent them from demolishing or altering the building before the Commission made any decisions on its fate.

Lawmakers in Lansing have begun holding hearings on which standardized tests Michigan students will take next spring.

This week the State Department of Education will start holding hearings on new charter school applications.

In the meantime, Wagner is holding hearings on the promise and pitfalls of virtual schools.

Lawmakers on the House education committee have just begun holding hearings on Perkins reauthorization.

After holding hearings on options, the board adopted emergency regulations in January, giving schools six months to create their primary planning tool for the new system, a document called the Local Control and Accountability Plan.

This week, the Connecticut Legislature will be holding hearings on Governor Malloy's «Education Reform» proposals.

School safety has been a hotly - debated topic in Harrisburg in recent weeks with the House and Senate Education Committees holding hearings on how best to protect students and education workers.

Following the tragic slaughter of 17 people at Stoneman Douglas High School, both the PA Senate and House Education Committees will be holding hearings on school safety.

Their responsibilities include: approving school zoning lines, holding hearings on the capital plan, evaluating community superintendents, and providing input on other important policy issues.

Senate Republicans are holding hearings on the matter, and Democrats in the chamber are proposing a slate of new bills.

The council will begin holding hearings on the budget next week.

The state gaming commission is holding hearings on the issue of gambling addiction.

The 32 district CECs are responsible for approving school zoning lines, holding hearings on the Capital Plan, and providing additional input on important policy issues.

Sen. Kathy Marchione said Tuesday in radio interview she would consider holding hearings on the drinking contamination in Hoosick Falls.

Sen. Charles Grassley, Republican of Iowa and chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, said he had not ruled out holding hearings on President Obama's eventual nominee to replace the late Justice Antonin Scalia on the U.S. Supreme Court.

But Speaker Carl Heastie said while he's not ruling out holding hearings on the state's handling of the Hoosick Falls water crisis, he doesn't plan on holding them anytime soon.

But Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie says while he's not ruling out holding hearings on the state's handling of the Hoosick Falls water crisis, he doesn't plan on holding them anytime soon.

She has yet to find a GOP co-sponsor for her bill, although Judiciary Chairman Charles Grassley signaled he was open to holding hearings on bump stocks.

Ms. Ferreras said that limits the council's budget oversight role, which includes holding hearings on the proposed budget with agency heads and top city officials.

But now, McLaughlin, a state assemblyman from Rensselaer County, is stepping up his efforts to shame his fellow Republicans in the upper house into holding hearings on water quality issues in Hoosick Falls.

The New York State Gaming Commission is holding hearings on the issue of gambling addiction.

It's unclear at this point if the Assembly will consider holding hearings on the MTA, or if the prospect of holding hearings is even on the agenda tomorrow.

Additionally, the Committee is responsible for holding hearings on the economy, budget reconciliation, and oversight in monitoring government agency performance.

Rep. Peter King is holding hearings on what he describes as the radicalization of Muslims in the United States.

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

The Senate's Special Committee on Aging will hold its hearing on drug prices on Dec. 9.

In a letter sent Wednesday to Oversight and Government Reform Committee chairman US Rep. Jason Chaffetz (R - UT), committee Democrats called on him to hold a hearing on Valeant and Turing later this month.

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.

Separately, a House Financial Services subcommittee is set to hold a hearing on cryptocurrencies and initial coin offerings Wednesday.

WASHINGTON - Senate Banking Committee holds hearing on nomination of Jerome Powell to be chairman of the Federal Reserve - 1500 GMT.

The House Ways and Means Committee will hold a hearing on tax reform on Thursday.

«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.

On November 8, the US House of Representatives held a hearing on the effectiveness of a 1999 law known as the Kingpin Act, which is used to sanction individuals suspected of involvement in the drug trade.

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

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.

«After receiving an initial briefing from Equifax, I have decided to hold a hearing on the matter so that we can learn what went wrong and what we need to do to better protect consumers from serious breaches like this in the future,» Walden said in a statement.

said Friday that his committee intends to hold a hearing on the historic data breach, which cybersecurity experts said dwarf other high - profile security incidents affecting companies like Yahoo (yhoo) and Sony Pictures Entertainment.

The Senate Banking Committee held a hearing on the nominations of Mary Jo White to become chair of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).

The Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee held a hearing on pending nominations.

The same day as the Equifax announcement, House Republicans held a hearing on a bill to massively curtail damages from private litigation under the FCRA.

Yesterday the US Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs held a hearing on virtual currencies.

In the wake of the FBI's shutdown of the Silk Road and a recent surge in the price of Bitcoin the US Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs is holding a hearing on virtual currencies.

Congress just held a hearing on the nomination of former Congressman Scott Garrett to lead the U.S. Export - Import (Ex-Im) Bank — the federal agency that helps level the playing field for American workers against aggressive foreign competition.

Committee on Energy and Commerce held a hearing on digital currency and blockchain technology...

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

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.

The Senate Democratic Policy Committee held a hearing on contracting abuses in Iraq.

The House and Senate intelligence committees each held a hearing on the issue Nov. 1.

«The Committee should move quickly to hold a hearing on this incident, which has allegedly violated the privacy of tens of millions of Americans,» said Markey, a member of the Commerce committee, in a letter sent to the committee's leadership.