Sentences with phrase «legislative hearings»

More than 150 Planned Parenthood supporters have traveled to Jefferson City for lobby days, and 17 citizens, including physicians and patients, have testified at legislative hearings.

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Our CEO Mike McCarty is frequently invited to testify in legislative hearings on best practices in background screening.

Attends legislative hearings to understand legislative goals and assess their implications on DEP policy.

Ontario Finance Minister Dwight Duncan, who called the legislative hearings, told reporters Wednesday the committee would help answer questions that still linger about the deal.

Review agency and legislative hearings and transcripts to determine intent, potential additions and changes in the law, or for additional guidance to assess the impact on industry and company practices

To that end, the Project plans to have Jim and other exonerees testify at legislative hearings to educate our elected officials about the struggles of re-entry and the need for compensation.

In 1951, at the age of 84, he represented the Winnipeg Electric Company at legislative hearings to fight the Company's planned takeover by the Manitoba Government.

Having been involved in a lot of legislative hearings, I can assure you the reaction by Committee members and staff will be something like, «Say what?»

Rud Having prepared for more legislative hearings than I can count, if Cruz was unprepared the fault lies with the staff.

Legislators in another state, North Carolina, asked me to prepare a similar analysis for potential legislative hearings.

Last year, legislators in Colorado, Kansas, and Ohio asked me to testify in legislative hearings about the cost impacts of renewable power mandates in their states.

Many of you wrote letters, made phone calls, held face - to - face meetings with legislators, and publicly shared your testimonies at legislative hearings.

These allegations have attracted significant adverse media coverage and have prompted legislative hearings and regulatory responses.

We have shared our concerns in legislative hearings.

According to their marketing materials and testimony at legislative hearings, charter schools claim that their students score 10 to 30 percent better on master tests than do students in the nearby public schools.

Delivering over 200 pieces of testimony in legislative hearings at the state Capitol and publishing nearly 70 research papers or policy briefs to inform and shape policy improvement.

In recent legislative hearings in New Jersey, the head of the state's charter school association also acknowledged that lax charter school oversight in some states was hindering charter schools from improving student achievement.

Later in the process, Gates and other foundations would pay for mock legislative hearings for classroom teachers, training educators on how to respond to questions from lawmakers.

Clair Township), who chairs the Senate Education Committee, has indicated that legislative hearings on Michigan's proposed educator evaluation system will be held in 2013.

It's been the subject of two sometimes contentious legislative hearings, and at a recent forum on Long Island, things were not much calmer.

Legislative hearings will be held to examine potential costs.

Insiders have superior access to information on internal processes (e.g., legislative hearings, board meetings) and a greater stake in the outcome of policy changes.

One of the world's foremost experts on K — 12 blended learning, she has appeared on radio, television, and in legislative hearings across the country as a spokesperson for harnessing innovation to improve schools.

«That's not going to be enough,» said DeFrancisco, who chairs the Senate Finance Committee and will lead upcoming legislative hearings on the budget with Assemblyman Herman «Denny» Farrell, D - Manhattan.

This past school year, with Weingarten dividing her time between New York City and Washington, D.C., Mulgrew increasingly served as the union's public face, organizing and emceeing the giant March 5 City Hall rally against cuts and representing the union at City Council and Albany legislative hearings.

Assemblyman Richard Gottfried is getting the ball rolling with a series of legislative hearings, including the first in Syracuse.

Marchione's amendments to the bill came just as Hoosick Falls residents traveled to the Capitol to plead their case for more state help and for legislative hearings.

After two legislative hearings on Hoosick Falls» water crisis, it's become painfully obvious: Gov. Andrew Cuomo's water quality monitors dropped the ball.

New York state lawmakers will soon start dissecting Gov. Andrew Cuomo's $ 145 billion state budget proposal with a series of legislative hearings zeroing in on different parts of the complicated spending blueprint.

Planned legislative hearings on water quality issues, which would have prominently featured Hoosick Falls, have been canceled.

Senate GOP Majority Leader John Flanagan walked away from a reporter on Monday rather than answer a question as to why he had not called for legislative hearings into water quality issues around the state.

McLaughlin also commented on yesterday's announcement from Democrat Speaker Carl Heastie that the state Assembly will hold water quality legislative hearings in September.

Much of the talent that the governor has mentioned had opted out of the legislative hearings this week, including Letitia James, the New York City public advocate; Representative Sean Patrick Maloney, who represents the Hudson Valley; and State Senator Michael N. Gianaris, of Queens.

The focus on higher education the first day is a break with tradition, as lawmakers have generally scheduled the first day of the joint legislative hearings on the budget to be «tin cup» day — when mayors and local government officials discuss the impact of the spending proposal on their municipality.

Republican gubernatorial candidate John DeFrancisco called Monday for legislative hearings into the installation of tourism signs along the state Thruway system that are being removed after they failed to comply with federal guidelines.

Environmental groups are hopeful the focus will stay on water quality concerns after a trio of legislative hearings on the issue.

He has appeared at legislative hearings and laid out, in his folksy way, the hard truths about the overtaxed station.

Assemblyman John S. Wisniewski, a Democrat who has been leading legislative hearings on the closings, said Mr. Christie's statement on Wednesday suffered from a «credibility gap.»

Republican Assemblyman Steve McLaughlin, who represents Hoosick Falls, is calling for legislative hearings on what critics claim has been the Cuomo administration's slow response to the village's water crisis, and wants to subpoena records related to the Department of Health's reaction to the unfolding situation.

The Legislature won't be back in Albany until next Tuesday, but several legislative hearings are being held today near the Capitol.

The IDC leader said there is a need for legislative hearings on reform proposals that would presumably dive into specifics.

What's needed are full legislative hearings.

In the past week, some state lawmakers, including Marchione and Assemblyman Steve McLaughlin, have called for legislative hearings to determine whether health agencies acted swiftly enough in notifying the public about the potential dangers of consuming the contaminated water.

At the first of three legislative hearings on Hoosick Falls and water quality issues on Tuesday, state health commissioner Dr. Howard Zucker pointed to the EPA dozens of times as the reason residents were allowed to drink poisoned water without public warning.

The Senate and Assembly will hold their first in a series of legislative hearings on Gov. Andrew Cuomo's proposed spending plan come Jan. 27, according to a schedule released on Friday.

Joint legislative hearings are over, the governor's 30 - day amendments are out, and the Senate and Assembly have both put out their revenue projections.

«I still believe that legislative hearings will be required to get all the answers and help shape the necessary policy changes, and ensure this never happens again.»

Rep. Chris Gibson was critical of his fellow Republicans in the state Senate in a radio interview on Friday for not pushing for legislative hearings on the Hoosick Falls water contamination issue.

Marchione's office on Thursday did not make the two - term lawmaker available for an on - camera interview, nor did it release a statement on the call for legislative hearings.