Sentences with phrase «issues committee hearing»

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WASHINGTON — Senate committees are weighing a rare joint hearing for Facebook founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg to testify on privacy and data - collection issues.

Fred Upton, a Republican congressman from Michigan and chairman of the Energy and Commerce Committee, put his finger on the larger issue facing governments worldwide at a recent hearing: «Was Solyndra just one bad bet by an administration rushing to claim credit for the first loan guarantee, or is it the tip of the iceberg?»

United Airlines said on Wednesday it planned to testify at an upcoming U.S. House Transportation Committee hearing on commercial airline consumer issues after a passenger was dragged off an April 9 flight in Chicago to make room for crew members.

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg is facing 44 senators as part of a rare joint committee hearing to address how his company handles user privacy and other issues.

Zuckerberg is facing 44 senators as part of a rare joint committee hearing to address how his company handles user privacy and other issues.

And immediately following the hearing the committee issued a press release repeating their call for Zuckerberg to testify, noting that Schroepfer had failed to provide adequate answers to as many of 40 of its questions.

Zuckerberg is facing 44 senators in a rare joint committee hearing to talk about how his company protects user data and deals with elections meddling, among other issues.

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

This hearing served as a check - in with Mr. Sloan for committee members to ask what Wells Fargo had done to change its corporate culture, rectify outstanding issues for customers, and comply with federal regulations.

This particular issue was the subject of extensive debate during committee hearings with the ESAC position previously rejected by the government and opposition MPs.

«The fact that the company took approximately a year to notify impacted users raises red flags within this Committee as to what systemic issues prevented such time - sensitive information from being made available to those left vulnerable,» said Republican Sen. Jerry Moran, who convened the hearing.

Lindsey Johnson, President and Executive Director of the U.S. Mortgage Insurers (USMI), today issued the following statement on the U.S. Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, & Urban Affairs» hearing on the nomination of Brian Montgomery for Federal Housing Administration (FHA) Commissioner.

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

Simply put, the assumption is that the best route to the truth is to assemble a wide variety of persons who have some personal involvement with aspects of a particular issue, hold hearings and meetings, write papers, and then vote in committee and convention on what the Christian position ought to be.

Those were some of the findings of a survey conducted by the Youth Sexual Health Project, funded by the D.C. Council Committee on Health, whose chairman, council member David A. Catania (I - At Large), had a hearing on the issue Wednesday.

In 1947, the House Un-American Committee had congressional hearings on the issue.

WASHINGTON, DC — The Grocery Manufacturers Association (GMA) issued the following statement today in response to the U.S. House Energy and Commerce Committee hearing on the Intergovernmental Working Group's Proposed Marketing Guidelines:

(Washington, D.C.) The Grocery Manufacturers Association (GMA) issued the following statement from Pamela G. Bailey, president and CEO, regarding the U.S. House Agriculture Committee hearing on the 2015 Dietary Guidelines for Americans:

This supplementary submission has been prepared in response to key issues raised by community members (both in public submissions received by the Committee and at the Committee's public hearings) that relate to Commonwealth environmental water.

«It would give MPs have the chance to debate the issues arising from the select committee hearings and ensure the prime minister answers the many unanswered questions that he faces,» he continued.

«Rather, the Assembly process at issue here (including the appeal) is governed by the Assembly Sexual Harassment Policy, which contains no provision for — or even any suggestion of — a full evidentiary hearing with open discovery and full cross-examination rights, either at the Ethics Committee level or in the context of an appeal,» Levine wrote.

The Home Affairs Committee heard harrowing evidence of hate crimes following the Brexit vote at its latest hearing into the issue.

This revelation comes barely a day after the Chief Justice's Committee instituted to investigate the scandal had publicly issued a hearing notice to the judge, who was captured on video allegedly receiving bribe at Zongo Junction in Accra.

It was probably a sign last month that Heastie allowed a joint State legislative committee hearing in the city on this issue.

The House Oversight Committee is launching an inquiry into the state's handling of the initial reports of the PFOA contamination as well, which Rep. Chris Gibson hopes could lead to congressional hearings on the issue.

David Cameron has issued a stern rebuke to the Murdoch dynasty, as Westminster responded to claims the pair lied during their select committee hearing.

Hannon is the chairman of the Senate Health Committee, and would likely be in line for calling the still - unscheduled hearings on water quality issues Hoosick Falls residents and Republican Assemblyman Steve McLaughlin have sought.

A committee of MPs has issued formal summonses for former Cambridge Analytica chief executive Alexander Nix (pictured) and former Vote Leave campaign director Dominic Cummings to attend a hearing about the Facebook data scandal.

«Our Education Committee will hold a second public hearing in New York City on May 19 to further examine this issue, giving Mayor de Blasio and his administration another chance to make their case in a more thorough and more convincing way.»

This week the New York State Assembly Committees on Health and Environmental Conservation announced hearings into examine the quality of the state's drinking water and state government's responses to contamination issues.

At an oversight hearing of the City Council's governmental operations committee in February 2014, new DOI Commissioner Mark Peters testified that his office found issues of gross nepotism, pressure on staff to engage in political activities, deficient voter rolls, poorly trained poll workers, and inadequate, inefficient, and outdated procedures.

House Homeland Security Committee Chairman Mike McCaul (R - Texas) issued a statement Tuesday calling the report «extremely concerning» and announcing that he will hold a hearing Thursday to explore the issue.

At 11 a.m., the Senate Labor and Social Services committees hold a joint public hearing examining ways to address issues affecting families in the workforce, on the agenda: paid family leave, childcare subsidies, facilities enrollment, and dependant care tax credits, Hearing Room A, LOB, hearing examining ways to address issues affecting families in the workforce, on the agenda: paid family leave, childcare subsidies, facilities enrollment, and dependant care tax credits, Hearing Room A, LOB, Hearing Room A, LOB, Albany.

10 a.m., the Committee on Women's Issues will meet with the Committee on Courts and Legal Services to hold an oversight hearing on the effectiveness of human trafficking intervention courts.

At a hearing of the Standards and Privileges committee in January 2014, Loughton said that by issuing the PIN the police had «exacerbated the situation out of all control».

Assembly committees on health and corrections heard testimony on a number of issues pertaining to health in state prisons and local jails, including the treatment of HIV and hepatitis C, illnesses that have increased in correctional facilities with the rise in use of injectable drugs like heroin.

Speaking during the first public hearing of the ad - hoc committee, Mr. Owusu, who was speaking as the first witness revealed that, when he initially raised the matter for discussion, Mr. Ablakwa trivialized the issue, saying the Minority made the allegation to equalize Mr. Agyarko's corruption allegations leveled against former President Mahama during his vetting.

Mr. Flanagan described the recommendations contained within the report as «a good first step in addressing the concerns heard by the committee, which overwhelmingly revolved around the issue of over-testing.»

The committee also hear about teachers» «exasperation over the lack of time and resources given to professional development training in order to adequately prepare lesson plans before teaching and testing their students,» according to a press release issued by his office Thursday.

Town Board member Bill Ruland said as the hearing drew to a close that it was clear from the public comments that the issue needed to be visited again and include involvement of people with expertise on the subject, including the working group, the town's agricultural advisory committee and others who offered their help Tuesday evening.

Tuesday's City Council schedule will include a meeting of the Committee on Juvenile Justice, jointly with the Committee on General Welfare and the Committee on Women's Issues for a preliminary budget hearing.

Promptly thereafter, and in no case more than thirty days after the last date to submit a written reply, the Committee may, in its discretion, dismiss the complaint, issue a reprimand or admonition to respondent or schedule a hearing on the merits of the complaint, except that if a respondent requests that a hearing be held, the Committee shall schedule a hearing.

At 10 a.m., the Senate Standing Committee on Cities will be holding a hearing to examine the issue of taxes and fees on carry - out merchandise bags, 250 Broadway, Manhattan.

The US Senate Judiciary Committee held a first - ever hearing on the issue of marijuana legalization and the tension between state and federal marijuana laws.

Oyegun who arrived at the Senate hearing room with the entire members of his Committee, as part of the meeting to also discuss the suspension of Senator Ali Ndume representing Borno South Senatorial district an other sundry issues.

At 10 a.m., Assembly Standing Committees on Environmental Conservation and Health, and the Subcommittee on Oversight of the DEC, hold a joint public hearing to examine water quality issues and to review implementation of the $ 2.5 billion in water infrastructure funding contained in the 2017 - 18 budget, 250 Broadway, Manhattan.

At 2 p.m., the House Judiciary Committee will hold a field hearing entitled «Music Policy Issues: A Perspective from Those Who Make It,» Fordham University School of Law, Constantino Room, 150 W. 62nd St., Manhattan.

The letter comes on the eve of a House hearing on the legality of the subpoenas issued by the House Committee on Science, Space and Technology to Schneiderman's office over the investigation over whether major energy companies downplayed the risks of climate change.

She persuaded Senate Armed Services Committee Chairman Carl Levin to hold hearings on the issue and helped craft legislative strategy.

She said there is no clear policy as to whether it's appropriate for the full board to vote on an issue in the absence of a committee hearing (she hopes the board will establish a policy in the near future).