Sentences with phrase «longer chair of the committee»

That hearing never occurred and all of a sudden I'm no longer chair of the committee,» Avella said.

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Murkowski, chair of the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources, said the tariffs could impact plans to build out infrastructure that her state long has anticipated.

Those appointments came under fire earlier this year as it became clear that HP's newly appointed chair, Ray Lane, circumvented the board's independent nominations process by involving the CEO in identifying board candidates and deciding to oversee the process himself (although he had a long - standing relationship with the CEO and was not a member of the nominations committee).

Senator Charles E. Grassley of Iowa, who chairs the Judiciary Committee, said the tech industry «has a responsibility» to protect its users and said «the status quo no longer works.»

Rubin's decision to share his story about financial losses at Goldman Sachs where he «weathered the storm» using his magical existential thinking stands in contrast to Citigroup's condition with Rubin as the long - tenured Chair of the Executive Committee.

But according to the MLA committee membership list released on Dec. 13, 2016, Fildebrandt is no longer Chair of the Standing Committee on Public Accounts, a role he has filled since Jcommittee membership list released on Dec. 13, 2016, Fildebrandt is no longer Chair of the Standing Committee on Public Accounts, a role he has filled since JCommittee on Public Accounts, a role he has filled since June 2015.

Throughout the remaining weeks of 2003, the Founding Steering Committee will be developing a long - term operating plan and identifying regional and cross regional (functional) chairs.

By my calculation, Long currently has the support of 9.30 percent of the weighted county vote (with the usual cavet of all the committee members following their respective chairs» lead).

The Long Island congressman and New York's junior senator fired off a letter to Lawrence F. Probst, chair of the US Olympic Committee, asking that he and the Board of Directors «take immediate steps to guarantee that this embarrassment does not happen again by voting that any future contracts for Olympic uniforms are made in America.»

According to the Parliamentary Affairs Minister, the fact that Nana Akufo - Addo was a ranking member on the committee Alban Kingsford Sumani Bagbin chaired and the former has become president does not necessarily suggest the NDC longest serving Member of Parliament can also become a president.

Heastie joked during my last interview with him that pretty much every member of the conference wanted the job, though Assembly Health Committee Chair Dick Gottfried, the longest - serving member of the Assembly, insisted that he's perfectly happy where he has been for the past 30 years.

De Blasio had three nominees pending with the Senate to serve on the state - run authority, which manages transit — buses, subways, trains, bridges and tunnels — in New York City and surrounding areas including, Long Island: David Jones, a leader with the nonprofit Community Service Society who has advocated reduced transit fares for low - income New Yorkers; Manhattan Councilman Ydanis Rodriguez, who chairs the chamber's Transportation Committee; and Veronica Vanterpool, director of the Tri-State Transportation Campaign and a member of the MTA's «reinvention» commission.

But, government reform groups are in favor of the pay raise, as long as it is accompanied by reforms — including banning or severely restricting outside income (which factored into the corruption convictions of two former legislative leaders), and eliminating extra stipends for committee chairs and leadership posts.

The former chair of the home affairs select committee has been at the centre of a long - running inquiry by the parliamentary commissioner for standards.

Councilwoman Laurie Cumbo of Brooklyn, chair of the Committee on Women's Issues, held a more than hour - long press conference yesterday to criticize Brattons» remarks encouraging women to use a «buddy system» in order to reduce the likelihood of being assaulted, and demanded a more thorough police strategy to combat sexual assault.

This discrepancy is unfair, it's morally wrong and it's long overdue that we correct it legislatively,» said Assembly Member Steven Cymbrowitz, Chair of the Housing Committee.

Writing in politics.co.uk, chair of the constables committee of the Police Federation Julie Nesbit said: «Mr Winsor is going to have a huge job winning the respect of police officers, who have just been told that they must work longer, pay more and get less in retirement - assuming that they're not sacked or made redundant under his proposals.»

The group also includes Buffalo Republican Sen. Mark Grisanti and Long Island Democratic Assemblyman Bob Sweeney, both of whom chair their respective Environmental Conservation committees in the Senate and Assembly.

«Last year was kind of a unique and challenging year on a lot of different levels including looking at and reviewing the Regents,» said Senate education committee chair John Flanagan, a Long Island Republican and prominent member of his conference.

BY ANDY HUMM Out gay City Councilmember Daniel Dromm, who chairs the Education Committee, is calling for Michael Long, who heads the state's Conservative Party, to step down as board chair of Holy Angels Catholic Academy in Brooklyn after a 13 - year - old student there, Daniel Fitzpatrick, hanged himself on August 11.

DeFrancisco has emerged as the leading contender, gathering support from more than a dozen key Republican county committee chairs, two GOP members of Congress, and state Senate Majority Leader John Flanagan of Long Island.

Under long - time Chairman Rich Gerentine of Marlboro, a Republican chairing the legislature's major committee for a Democratic majority, the watchdog has been little more than a rubber stamp for the executive.

Kate Browning, chair of the county legislature's Public Safety Committee, said she believes Spota should recuse himself from any involvement because of his long - standing ties to Walsh.

Senate higher education committee chair Kenneth LaValle, a Long Island Republican, said the most difficult aspect of the bill to negotiate was the exact definition of «affirmative consent,» a new «yes means yes» standard.

«I feel that I can continue to strongly represent the interests of Huntington, Smithtown, Brookhaven and all Long Island residents by being in Albany, particularly as the Chair of the Education Committee,» Flanagan said in a statement.

Endorsements (announced June 9, 2011) Former U.S. Sen. Jim Talent Auditor Tom Schweich Senate Majority Leader Tom Dempsey House Majority Floor Leader Timothy Jones (announced Sept. 20, 2011) U.S. Sen. Roy Blunt (announced Oct. 4, 2011) Michael Gibbons; Former Senate President Pro Tempore Catherine Hanaway; Former Speaker of the State House Doug Russell; Former Missouri Republican Party Chairman Mike Kehoe; State Senator John Griesheimer; Former State Senator & Franklin County Commissioner Sue Allen; State Representative Cloria Brown; State Representative Mike Cierpiot; State Representative John Diehl; State Representative Tom Flanigan; State Representative Glen Klippenstein; State Representative Bill Lant; State Representative Noel Torpey; State Representative Chuck Pryor; Former State Representative Todd Smith; Former State Representative Dean Dankleson; Jasper County Prosecuting Attorney Eric Zahnd; Platte County Prosecutor Kathy Swan; Cape Girardeau City Council Member Jeremy Boucher; St. Clair County Republican Chairman Robert Hull; Worth County Republican Chairman (announced Dec. 1, 2011) Steven Tilley; Speaker of the House George H. Walker III; Former U.S. Ambassador Harry Otto; Deputy State Auditor Ron Richard; State Senator Betty Sims; Former State Senator John Griesheimer; Former State Senator & Franklin County Commissioner Gary Nodler; Former State Senator Jay Barnes; State Representative Scott Dieckhaus; State Representative Delus Johnson; State Representative Cole McNary; State Representative Dwight Scharnhorst; State Representative Sheila Solon; State Representative Gary Dusenberg; Former State Representative Brian Stevenson; Former State Representative J. Daniel Patterson; Greene County Prosecuting Attorney Steven Stevenson; Andrew County Prosecuting Attorney Adam Warren; Livingston County Prosecuting Attorney Gregg Grounds; Former Mayor of Blue Springs Stephen Holt; Jasper Collector of Revenue Dale Carter; Blue Springs City Council Member Larry Vincent; Cole County Collector Chris Wrigley; Cole County Commissioner Judy Lohman; Vice Chair, Morgan County Republican Central Committee Karen McCutcheon; Vice Chair Morgan County Republican Central Committee Louella Pryor; Treasurer, Morgan County Republican Central Committee Katie Smith; Former Director, Missouri Department of Agriculture Trish Vincent; Former Director, Missouri Department of Revenue (announced Dec. 2, 2011) Former U.S. Sen. John Danforth (announced Jan. 12, 2012) U.S. Rep. Billy Long (CD - 7, SW corner of Missouri) Senate President Pro Tem Rob Mayer State Sen. Dan Brown State Sen. Mike Parson State Sen. David Pearce State Sen. Kurt Schaefer State Rep. Kathy Conway Cass County Committeeman Ryan Johnson St. Louis County Committeeman Jim Gwinner (announced March 5, 2012) Former Attorney General John Ashcroft (announced March 8, 2012) Former U.S. Sen. Kit Bond (announced March 15, 2012) 14 more current and former officials including Jefferson City Mayor Eric Struemph

He corralled the bloc of nine Long Islanders, but picked up key support from upstate senators, including Cathy Young of Olean, chair of the Senate Republican Campaign Committee.

In 1995 the Procedure Committee recommended that the Member with the longest continuous service (not being a Minister, Assistant Minister, Parliamentary Secretary, party leader or deputy leader, or a party whip) take the Chair during the election of the Speaker, in place of the Clerk, but the House did not adopt this recommendation.49

Sen. Greg Ball, chair of the Senate Homeland Security Committee, release a statement applauding the death of Osama bin Laden, whom he referred to as «Scumbag in Chief:» while also warning that this is merely «the closing of a first chapter in a very long book.»

The comments from the deputy prime minister will be music to the ears of Keith Vaz, chair of the home affairs committee, who has long campaigned for a stronger political response to video game violence.

Committee chair Frank Field wanted to know if the department for work and pensions collected data not just for the total number of people who waited longer than six weeks but also how many waited eight, nine or even ten weeks.

The Conservative chair of the Treasury committee, Andrew Tyrie, echoed Labour leader Ed Miliband this Saturday when he said there was no «coherent and credible plan for the long - term economic growth rate of the UK economy».

Rep. Pete King, Long Island Republican and chair of the House Homeland Security Committee, has been doing the rounds of national outlets since the Secret Service prostitution scandal broke.

My Rt Hon Friend the Member for Kensington who chairs the ISC is travelling to the United States on a long - planned visit with the rest of the Committee.

Chair of the committee Margaret Hodge said: «Rather than the over-optimism which has held sway at the start of major projects, what is needed is realism: about the complexities of projects, the long - term costs of decisions taken today and the implications down the line of short - term budget cuts.

Assemblyman Andrew Hevesi, who chairs the state Assembly's committee on social services, urges New York to embrace a «proven long - term solution to our homelessness crisis by creating and adequately funding 35,000 units of supportive housing over the next 10 years.»

Senator John Flanagan, a Long Island Republican who chairs his chamber's education committee, said «there was a lot of intervening time» between Cuomo's introduction of the bill and his impending decision to veto it.

Senator John Flanagan, a Long Island Republican and chair of his chamber's education committee, argued that the bill shields teachers from consequences of the rough transition to the Common Core in the same way that provisions in the state budget hold students harmless.

He has been the long - time and effective Chair of the Health Committee.

Wynn has resigned as the finance chair of the Republican National Committee after he was accused of a decades - long pattern of sexual misconduct, including demanding naked massages from female employees and pressuring them for sex.

Congressman Steve Israel, who represents parts of Long Island and Queens, previously served as the sole chair of the Policy and Communications Committee.

Long Island Democrats are increasingly optimistic — thanks to a federal judge, Republican rivalries, and what they see as a lagging Trump campaign — that they'll be able to hold on to the North Shore's Third Congressional District seat being vacated by longtime US Rep. Steve Israel, the outgoing chair of the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee.

Common Council President James Noble (Steve Noble's uncle) noted that the budget passed by the council was the result of a month - long effort that involved detailed examination of the spending plan and compromise on some key issues by the Finance Committee, chaired by Mills.

The complaint didn't fall on deaf ears: «The committee and the nominees should have the respect that they deserve, rather than having it jammed at the end of session,» said Committee Chair Ken LaValle, R - Loncommittee and the nominees should have the respect that they deserve, rather than having it jammed at the end of session,» said Committee Chair Ken LaValle, R - LonCommittee Chair Ken LaValle, R - Long Island.

«Everything has stalled — because if you can't get an agreement on something this simple, then nobody has been willing to look at the long term,» said Assemblyman Andrew Hevesi, D - Queens, chair of the Social Services Committee «It really is a failure of state government.»

In a twist of irony, Montal was unseated from her own committee seat in the Democratic Party on primary day, and it appears she will no longer be the Ramapo Democratic chair.

«We believe deeply in the dignity of work,» said Sen. Jack Martins, a Republican from Long Island who chairs the chamber's labor committee, occupies a swing district and, Democrats hope, may seek a seat in Congress this year rather than run for re-election.

With the introduction of election by secret ballot in 2010, the party whips can no longer influence the appointment of Select Committee members or, importantly, their chairs.

City Councilman Ritchie Torres, who chairs the council's committee on public housing, described it as «outrageous» that it was taking NYCHA this long to hire a permanent replacement for its director of elevators.

«The Governor's announcement today will eliminate a senseless barrier that, for too long, has prevented tens of thousands of qualified New Yorkers from receiving the assistance they need to feed themselves and their families,» she said in a joint statement with City Council General Welfare Committee Chair Annabel Palma.