Sentences with phrase «lawmakers during his testimony»

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Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg assured lawmakers during his congressional testimony that the «unsafe to the community» label was a technical error.

United States lawmakers also showed more openness to regulating Silicon Valley during Mr. Zuckerberg's testimony this month.

Mr. Zuckerberg's notes, which were photographed during the testimony, also contained a prepared response if lawmakers echoed criticism from Tim Cook, Apple's chief executive, who has chided Facebook and other companies for collecting gobs of personal information about their users.

During Mark Zuckerberg's testimony before Congress earlier this month, it became clear that lawmakers may try to further regulate the social media giant.

and other lawmakers questioned administration food safety officials at the hearing, and took the unusual step of requesting that they remain in the room during testimony from families whose children had been sickened by school meals.

Zuckerberg apologized a lot during his testimony, and he'll likely do even more of it before the House Energy and Commerce Committee today, where Rep. Chris Collins, a Buffalo - area Republican, will be among the lawmakers asking questions.

During his testimony, Ryder told lawmakers that despite 160 retirements to date in 2017, overtime, initially budgeted or 2017 at $ 55 million, will come in at least $ 5 million under budget.

Basil Seggos, commissioner of the Department of Environmental Conservation, was questioned by lawmakers about the state's algal bloom problem during his nearly three - hour testimony.

The NYPD's beleaguered sex - crimes unit was excoriated during the five - hour Council hearing that included damning testimony from several neglected victims and a former member of the unit — as lawmakers consider sweeping legislation to overhaul the operation.

At 11 a.m., Assembly members hear testimony about state regulation and reporting of sales and use of pesticides during a joint public hearing of state lawmakers on the Assembly's Standing Committee on Environmental Conservation and Standing Committee on Health; Assembly Hearing Room, room 1923, 250 Broadway, Manhattan.

During his testimony, de Blasio raised several concerns about Cuomo's proposed $ 145 billion budget and pleaded with lawmakers to, among other things, reject the governor's attempt to claw back more than $ 600 million in savings from a recent debt refinancing and his call for the city to provide more per - pupil funding to charter schools.

* Get real on enforcement: One of the most embarrassing moments of Silver's trial came during the testimony of Lisa Reid, head of the Legislative Ethics Commission, charged with collecting lawmakers» financial disclosures.

Interestingly, the testimony and questions during the hearing veered several times from accountability to teacher effectiveness (another pending House Education Committee reauthorization bill), suggesting that lawmakers see a direct link between the two issues.