Sentences with phrase «letter saying the committee»

, who chairs the congressional committee in charge of revising NCLB, wrote Duncan a letter saying the committee was unhappy with the proposal and asking for more information.

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The lead investor may negotiate better terms, defend against unfair dilution by negotiating with venture capitalists during follow - on financing, mentor the company and represent small investors on the board,» says Nick Tommarello, the co-founder and CEO of crowdfunding platform WeFunder, in a letter to the Committee of Financial Services shared with Entrepreneur.

In a letter, committee chair Damian Collins said Facebook officials had previously misled the lawmakers about risks in the site's data - sharing practices, and said it was «now time to hear from a senior Facebook executive with the sufficient authority to give an accurate account of this catastrophic failure of process.»

«These fighters will have a positive impact on Taiwan's self - defense and would act as a necessary deterrent to China's aggressive military posture across the Asia - Pacific region,» Senators John Cornyn, the assistant majority leader, and James Inhofe, a senior member of the Armed Services Committee, said in a letter to President Donald Trump.

Army Col. John Hope was the director of operations for the Pentagon's $ 800 million Afghanistan Task Force for Stability and Business Operations — which was designed to focus on economic redevelopment in US war zones — when he complained about a lack of financial accountability, and now says he has been «singled out for retaliation and retribution,» Senate Judiciary Committee chair Chuck Grassley (R - Iowa) said last week in a letter to Secretary of Defense Ash Carter.

«International research has found that highly indebted households cut back their spending to a greater degree in response to declining house prices than those with lower debt levels,» he said in a letter to the House finance committee this month.

The president spoke hours after Senator Johnny Isakson, chairman of the Veterans Affairs Committee, said he and the panel's ranking Democrat, Jon Tester, decided to delay a hearing on Jackson's nomination that had been scheduled for Wednesday and sent a letter to Trump seeking more information.

In a resignation letter to May, Amber Rudd said she had inadvertently misled a parliamentary committee last Wednesday by denying the government had targets for the deportation of illegal migrants.

«I believe that the city condones behavior that's on these listservs by utilizing our staff in posting on this,» Desley Brooks said during a meeting of a council committee earlier this month, in which she suggested the city send Nextdoor a letter asking the company instate a stricter process for users to report crimes and suspicious activity.

House Speaker Paul Ryan, who did not sign the Committee's letter, this week said he was «extremely worried «about the consequences of a potential trade war.

Cummings said in the letter, which he wrote with the top Democrat on the House Foreign Affairs Committee, Rep. Eliot Engel, that «it appears that General Flynn violated federal law by omitting this trip and these foreign contacts from his security clearance renewal application in 2016 and concealing them from security clearance investigators who interviewed him as part of the background check process.»

U.S. Rep. David Cicilline, a Democrat from Rhode Island, on Thursday wrote a letter to the chairman of the House Judiciary Committee requesting hearings on Amazon's Whole Foods acquisition, saying the deal was part of a wave of consolidation that has «decreased wages and resulted in gross inequality in the workplace.»

«We have received a letter from the Digital, Culture, Media and Sports Committee and will of course respond by the given deadline,» a spokesperson said.

NPR's Brakkton Booker reports: «In a four - and - a-half page letter, [Gowdy] said he wants the documents in order for the committee to «determine whether HUD adhered to the applicable spending limitations» that apply to office makeovers.

«There is much to like about it,» Representative Kevin Brady, Republican of Texas and chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee, said of the draft letter.

«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 leCommittee 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 lecommittee, in a letter sent to the committee's lecommittee's leadership.

After saying in a speech at the University of Delaware on October 30 that the independent directors of corporate boards should create «shareholder relations committees» to exchange information with Vanguard, he told the Financial Times in early December that he will propose his plan in letters to those corporations.

In a letter submitted to the Australian Senate Economics Committee, the payment - card brand argued that all payments - system participants should be regulated in the same way, and said «consumer protection, anti-money laundering, counter-terrorist financing and payments system stability should be cornerstones of any regulation of electronic payments — including digital currencies.»

The letter said Trump has directed the Justice Department staff to work with the committee if Democrats want to make changes to their memo to «mitigate the risks identified by the department.»

«These are not just political conflicts or economic choices; they are moral choices with enormous human dimensions,» Bishop Stephen E. Blaire of Stockton, California, chairman of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops» Committee on Domestic Justice and Human Development, said in a public letter last week.

In a statement to the Times, Waxman said, «The misinformation is unacceptable,» and the committee is planning to send letters to Selig and Fehr seeking answers.

said Rep. Jean Schmidt, R - Ohio, head of the nutrition subcommittee of the House Agriculture Committee and the letter's author.

«He [Amidu] has not been sacked from the party... we don't sack people like the way Afoko and others were sacked... no letter calling for his sack has come to the disciplinary committee,» he said.

In a letter to John Whittingdale, chair of the media committee, it said that it regarded evidence that the News of the World newsroom was out of control as relevant to its judgement on the character of News Corp's owners but that it could not act until the «whilst allegations are unsubstantiated».

London Assembly Transport Committee chair Caroline Pidgeon says in a letter to Sadiq Khan that Transport for London needs to deliver a sizeable reduction in the number of buses on Oxford Street, but without diverting them on to surrounding streets.

«I think the fact that 92 members of the Legislature sign a letter to him pointing out that we do have to keep that commitment shows that many of us have a different view,» said Assemblywoman Cathy Nolan, a Queens Democrat who chairs the chamber's Education Committee.

Anyone interested in running for the 143rd Assembly District should send a letter of interest and their resume to Erie County Republican headquarters,» said Erie County Republican Committee Chairman Nick Langworthy.

«Obviously, we were set back somewhat from the letter by Secretary Gates, but we're talking to every member of the committee,» he said.

In a letter last week to Republican Representative Trey Gowdy, chairman of the House of Representatives Oversight and Government Reform Committee, Horowitz said his office was «working diligently» to complete the report and expected to release it in May.

The committee said in their letter that they did not believe that the matter should be made public.

On Wednesday, Heastie wrote that the committee had revised its initial ruling and directed that McLaughlin receive a letter of admonition, saying that he violated the chamber's policies against sexual harassment, and stop publicly naming his accuser.

The Chairman, Senate Committee on Media and Public Affairs, Senator Sabi Abdullahi, when asked if the lawmakers would suspend their current recess to consider Buhari's letter, said he was somewhere in his constituency (Niger North Senatorial District) and would not speak on the matter without having all the details.

Your officials» answers have consistently understated this risk, and have been misleading to the Committee,» the letter said.

The chairman of the Commons public administration committee has said the identities of 95 formal signatories are included in a letter urging the Prime Minister to adopt new EU veto powers, but most of the names are not intended to be made public.

Earlier on March 12, there was more drama when the committee received another letter from the Minister of Education, Mr. Adamu Adamu, to say that Buhari had again extended Shu'ara's tenure for one additional year, making it two extensions.

When the committee demanded to know why she could entertain any letter from the AGF as against the Civil Service practices and norms, Oyo - Ita said, «The AGF is the number legal authority of this country.

Chairman of the committee, Senator David Umaru, in a letter to Mallami, said the meeting would be held Thursday.

The Lawyers in an official letter addressed to members of the 5 - member ad - hoc committee tasked to investigate the alleged scandal, said: «we have been instructed...

In January, Castro was sent a letter by Gulino saying that his membership in the committee was terminated so the party could «seize the opportunities, energy and ideas our younger generations offer,» according to the letter.

In a letter to the prime minister, dated 22 March 2000, the chairman of the scrutiny committee, Lord Thomson of Monifieth, said it required «firm evidence of an unequivocal decision by Mr Ashcroft that he will have taken up residence in the UK on a permanent basis» before it could recommend his appointment.

That was a big enough figure for councilors to be concerned and call a special committee meeting, but school Superintendent Sharon Contreras wrote a letter to councilors saying the district can «effectively manage» its budget and that the land bank is a «positive force» for the city and should continue its work.

Pat Purcell, a top official of United Food and Commercial Workers Union Local 1500, said the organization sent Mr. Levy a letter a week ago demanding he refund the $ 5,200 its political action committee gave him over the last two years.

The Lawyers in an official letter addressed to members of the 5 - member ad - hoc committee tasked to investigate the alleged scandal, said: «we have been instructed by our client to convey to you, which we hereby do, his desire to appear before your committee to be heard on the above allegation and to provide evidence that would assist your Committee to reach a fair and true conclusion on this substantially important matter of public interescommittee tasked to investigate the alleged scandal, said: «we have been instructed by our client to convey to you, which we hereby do, his desire to appear before your committee to be heard on the above allegation and to provide evidence that would assist your Committee to reach a fair and true conclusion on this substantially important matter of public interescommittee to be heard on the above allegation and to provide evidence that would assist your Committee to reach a fair and true conclusion on this substantially important matter of public interesCommittee to reach a fair and true conclusion on this substantially important matter of public interest.»

City Council Speaker Christine Quinn, who has been an outspoken critic of the the 328 - bed facility for the homeless and substance abuse patients, said in a letter to constituents that she and other City Council members were presenting a resolution to the City Council's Committee on General Welfare at a public hearing at 10:30 a.m Wednesday.

The district attorney's office, headed by Cyrus R. Vance Jr., said in a 10 - page letter that Mr. de Blasio's efforts to funnel large donations to State Senate candidates through small Democratic Party committees in several counties appeared to be counter to the «intent and spirit of the law.»

But Conklin of the Board of Elections said delinquent committees receive two written notices regarding their failure to file and a certified letter when a judgment is filed.

SUNY responded to the resolution, citing a $ 4 million monthly loss in operating LICH as their reason for closing the hospital, but added that losing the hospital and medical school «would be tragic,» SUNY said in a letter to the City Council health committee, dated April 23.

The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee immediately opposed the draft advisory opinion, which is open for comment until Friday and still not finalized, saying in a letter than it would be «unfair and contrary to law.»

Lavine chaired the committee for all but the end of its work on the McLaughlin matter, and responded to McLaughlin's criticism by saying the letters speak for themselves.

On the radio, McLaughlin said he had written a letter to Albany County District Attorney David Soares about the Ethics Committee, which he said was «pathetic» and needs to be investigated.