Sentences with phrase «members of a congressional committee»

AG Eric Schneiderman has shot down a request from Republican members of a congressional committee that he turn over a number of records related to an investigation into climate change and what ExxonMobil may have known about its effects on the environment.

Speaking in Washington Tuesday, Education Commissioner Dianna Wentzell told the Democratic members of a Congressional committee of the strides Connecticut has made on school safety since the Sandy Hook tragedy and about the hope she has that students will...

WASHINGTON — Several members of the Congressional committees that oversee social - service spending last week criticized education lobbyists here for using what one member termed «pressure tactics» to protect education funding increases.

Finally, members of congressional committees with jurisdiction over foreign affairs and related matters were more likely to participate in CODELs than other legislators.

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He is currently a member of the Economic Advisory Committee to the New York Fed and was a member of the Technical Consultants Group to the Congressional Budget Office, 1999 - 2005.

«I think, given the extraordinary evidence we've heard so far today, it is absolutely astonishing that Mark Zuckerberg is not prepared to submit himself to questioning in front of a parliamentary or congressional hearing, given these are questions of fundamental importance and concern to his users, as well as to this inquiry,» Damian Collins, the member of parliament heading the UK committee, said earlier on Tuesday.

Rep. Ann Wagner, R - Mo., who sponsored the Retail Investor Protection Act, bipartisan legislation passed in the House that would require the Securities and Exchange Commission, not DOL, to take the lead on crafting a fiduciary rule, said Wednesday that she was «working closely with House leadership and members of the Education and Workforce Committee on using the Congressional Review Act to stop [DOL's] ill - advised rule.»

In a story buried in the business section of the February 18th NY Times, it was reported that the spending budget passed by Congress included a provision that creates a 16 - member bipartisan congressional committee to craft legislation that would provide for the potential bailout of as many as 200 multi-employer» pension plans.

In congressional hearings in September, Democratic congresswoman Eddie Bernice Johnson — the ranking member of the Committee on Space, Science, and Technology — asked how «commercial» commercial space companies like SpaceX really are.

Chairman Nunes» decision, supported by House Speaker Ryan and Republican Members of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, to publicly release misleading allegations against the Department of Justice and Federal Bureau of Investigation is a shameful effort to discredit these institutions, undermine the Special Counsel's ongoing investigation, and undercut congressional probes.

«Chairman Nunes» decision, supported by House Speaker Ryan and Republican Members of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, to publicly release misleading allegations against the Department of Justice and Federal Bureau of Investigation is a shameful effort to discredit these institutions, undermine the Special Counsel's ongoing investigation, and undercut congressional probes,» the committee's Democrats said in a sCommittee on Intelligence, to publicly release misleading allegations against the Department of Justice and Federal Bureau of Investigation is a shameful effort to discredit these institutions, undermine the Special Counsel's ongoing investigation, and undercut congressional probes,» the committee's Democrats said in a scommittee's Democrats said in a statement.

Sen. Mary Landrieu, chair of the U.S. Senate energy committee, with Sen. Joe Manchin, a member of the committee, speak to reporters about the new urgency to get congressional approval for the Canada - to - Texas Keystone XL pipeline in Washington on Nov. 12.

With the new rules, which would last for two years, the Office of Congressional Ethics would not take anonymous complaints and all of their investigations would be overseen by the House Ethics Committee — made up of members of the House.

South African commissions are similar to American Congressional Investigating Committees in powers and purpose, but they are totally creatures of the executive arm and their members are not necessarily elected officials.

Religious leaders, community members and activists took to the streets Sunday in New York to protest upcoming congressional hearings, convened by House Homeland Security Committee Chairman Peter King, on «the radicalization of American Muslims.»

Congressional Record, August 5, 2008 Snowe Honors Waterford Business with Mention in Congressional Record «Ranking Member of the Senate Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship U.S Senator Olympia J. Snowe (R - Maine) recognized Kelly Wels of Kelly's Closet Inc. in Waterford with a mention in the Congressional Record as a testament to her successful online cloth diaper business.»

She is a Member of the DC Bar and serves on a the Boards of the Coalition on Human Needs (Chair); Manna Food Center, Rockville, Maryland; ActionAid USA; and the Bill Emerson Hunger Fellows Advisory Committee, Congressional Hunger Center.

On May 13, 2016, ANDREW GREGORY, M.D., Medical Advisory Committee Member of USA Football and Associate Professor at Vanderbilt University Medical, gives official congressional testimony under oath based on the Feb not July data.

Collins, a member of the congressional Energy and Commerce Committee and Trump's transition team, said the president - elect has an «all - of - the - above» view about energy policy.

The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee is already targeting all but one Republican member of the New York delegation in 2018.

A couple of weeks ago, a new application showed up on Boing Boing that at first glance would seem to be a reasonable approach to pressuring Our Elected Representatives: give the system your phone number, and CommitteeCaller will connect you with the office of each member of a given Congressional committee sequentially.

The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee on Wednesday is releasing a trio of social media ads knocking three Republican House members from New York, casting them as empty chairs at town halls in their districts.

Reed was a member of the National Republican Congressional Committee's Patriot Program.

Republican congressional candidate Christopher Cox — the grandson of Richard Nixon — and his family members have poured close to $ 80,000 since the middle of last year into local Republican committees and campaigns in the district where Cox is running, POLITICO has learned.

She worked at the two organizations charged with electing Democratic members of Congress — the Democratic Senate Campaign Committee and the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee.

Maloney was a member of the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee's Frontline Program, which was designed to help protect vulnerable Democratic incumbents heading into the 2016 election.

Bishop's seat was viewed as vulnerable by the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee (DCCC), and Bishop was a member of their Frontline Program to protect vulnerable incumbents.

«Republicans want to end the Medicare guarantee,» Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee Chairman Steve Israel (N.Y.) said recently in a statement distilling the Democrats» argument against Members who have voted in favor of the Wisconsin Republican's budget.

WBFO's Eileen Buckley caught up with a Western New York Congressional leader who is a ranking member of the counter-terrorism intelligence committee.

The Lee Newspapers State Bureau examined fundraising data for Baucus, Grassley, Sen. Ted Kennedy (who chairs the Senate Health Committee, which is drafting health - reform legislation), the other two members of Montana's congressional delegation, and President Barack Obama.

DelBene was a member of the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee's Frontline Program.

But Rep. Steve Stivers of Ohio, who heads the National Republican Congressional Committee - with overall responsibility for electing GOP House members - said that although 2018 is a challenging election year for Republicans, he is not worried about Faso.

«Members of Congress who are dues paying members of the [Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee] can reserve the space,» he told Mother Jones in anMembers of Congress who are dues paying members of the [Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee] can reserve the space,» he told Mother Jones in anmembers of the [Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee] can reserve the space,» he told Mother Jones in an email.

Upstate Republicans Chris Collins and John Faso are among 14 members of the U.S. House of Representatives the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee is targeting in a new digital ad campaign.

Kuster was one of the initial 14 members of the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee's Frontline Program.

Nearly every member of the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee's Frontline Program for vulnerable members voted Thursday for a Republican bill that would add bureaucratic security checks for Syrians and Iraqis hoping to enter the U.S. as refugees.

The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee will announce Thursday the first 14 members who will join its Frontline program for the party's most vulnerable incumbents, according to an early copy of a news release obtained by CQ Roll Call.

Kuster was a member of the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee's Frontline Program.

Thirty members of the Congressional Black Caucus sent a letter on Dec. 13 to the House Ethics Committee raising questions over sanitation and the special privileges inherent in staying overnight in congressiCongressional Black Caucus sent a letter on Dec. 13 to the House Ethics Committee raising questions over sanitation and the special privileges inherent in staying overnight in congressionalcongressional offices.

The C - SPAN portion featured Santa Monica's Green Mayor Mike Feinstein; Green congressional candidate Donna Warren, from South Central Los Angeles; Jo Chamberlain (CA), newly - elected member of the party's national Steering Committee; and Tom Adkins, director of the Campus Greens.

For example, in the first quarter of 2014, the following House members, who have announced they are retiring at the end of this session, have transferred funds to the National Republican Congressional Committee: Rep. Dave Camp, R - Mich., $ 250,000; Rep. Doc Hastings, R - Wash., $ 108,000; Rep. Tom Latham, R - Iowa, $ 102,500; Rep. Buck McKeon, R - Calif., $ 100,000; Rep. John Campbell, R - Calif., $ 75,000; and Rep. Mike Rogers, R - Mich., $ 44,000.

Washington (CNN)- The House ethics committee will hold trial - like hearings on allegations against two Democratic members - Rep. Charles Rangel of New York and Rep. Maxine Waters of California - after the November 2 congressional elections in which both are running, the panel's chairwoman announced Thursday.

Carbajal was one of the initial members of the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee's Red to Blue Program.

A member of the Financial Services Committee, and finance chairwoman for the National Republican Congressional Committee until earlier this year, the Missouri congresswoman has access to big donors.

Katko, who represents the 24th congressional district of New York state and is a member of both the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure and the Surface Transportation Conference Committee, criticized the amendment at a public meeting.

(announced Feb. 11, 2016) including 27 members of the Texas State Republican Executive Committee, 57 Congressional district chairs and co-chairs in all 36 Texas Congressional Districts, and 462 Texas county chairs and co-chairs.

House redistricting commission: The congressional district committee of each major political party nominates two members per congressional district, for a total of 32 nominees.

Two of three GOP NY - 22 candidates — George Phillips and Steve Wells (not Assemblywoman Claudia Tenney)-- were named members of the National Republican Congressional Committee's first tier of its three - level Young Guns program.

Former Syracuse Common Council member Rick Guy met Wednesday in Washington with leaders of the National Republican Congressional Committee, the campaign arm of House Republicans.

He defeated Suzanne Patrick, a member of the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee's Jumpstart program, which was designed to provide early support to top - tier Democratic challengers.