Sentences with phrase «members of the committee think»

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The members of the Bank of Canada's policy committee, like plenty of others, thought they were going to cut interest rates in January.

«I just think the White House does not vet their nominees so it leaves us as members having to look at their personal and leadership and other qualities,» said Democratic Senator Patty Murray of Washington, a member of the Veterans» Affairs Committee.

Asked by a committee member about the terms of the GSR App not specifying that the data would be used for political targeting, he said he didn't write the terms himself but added: «If we had to do it again I think I would have insisted to Mr Wylie that we do add politics as a use - case in that doc.»

«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.

In a Glass Lewis Proxy Talk held April 17, 2014, Anne Simpson of CalPERS and Michael Garland of the New York City Comptroller's Office discussed why they think shareholders should vote against the re-election of four Duke Energy Corporation directors for what they believe to be a failure of the directors to fulfill their obligations of risk oversight as members of a committee overseeing health, safety, and environmental compliance at the company.

«The Internet is growing in importance around the world in people's lives; I think it's inevitable that there will be some regulation,» the 33 - year - old billionaire told members of the House Energy and Commerce Committee.

Late last month, according to several sources, the U.S. Olympic Committee started telling members of Team USA who are concerned about the Zika virus outbreak that they can think about skipping this summer's olympic games in Rio de Janeiro.

Late last month, according to several sources, the U.S. Olympic Committee started telling members of Team USA who are concerned about the Zika virus outbreak that they can think about...

IFDA supports a number of committees that provide thought leadership on issues of critical importance to our foodservice distributor members and to the foodservice industry in general.

Take Archie Manning, who is one of Barnhart's 16 proposed committee members (and, not surprisingly in a paean to insider thinking, sits next to Barnhart in the CBS studio every Saturday in the fall).

I am also a member of the DTI social justice DTI committee which is a safe place where we try to think of ways to make the birth community more inclusive for all genders, races, classes, sexual orientations and bodies.

«This is something I really think we need,» said Rickmon, a member of a citizen advisory committee established to help develop plans for what would be the township's first recreation center.

Moreover, as a member of my district's School Improvement committee, I am optimistic that we can shift policy and thinking, turning our ship to create positive outcomes for ALL our students.

«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.

«I think the events of the last few weeks have reignited concerns about racism in the game,» committee member Damian Collins said.

«I think it's very clear my members, especially in the Independent Democratic Conference, who work very hard, held it out they they've been vice chairs of committees.»

Off topic questions included a Department of Investigations report detailing problems with corrections officers at Rikers Island, de Blasio's message to protestors resuming anti-NYPD protests, his relationship with police unions, a call by the head of the Lieutentants Benevolent Association to strengthen laws concerning resisting arrest, an increase in police protection for Jewish organizations and sites and Dov Hikind's claim of a decrease in police presence, delays in the implementation of the City's municipal ID card program, his message to PBA members dissatisfied with their union leadership, his position on a city council plan to fund the purchase of additional bullet - proof vests for police officers, whether the Democratic National Committee has expressed concerns around the recent protests as it considers whether to hold the 2016 convention in Brooklyn, whether his «thoughts» on the anti-NYPD protests have «evolved» and whether he will direct the NYPD to change its FOIL request process to accept email or other electronic requests.

(I think this is unprecedented, and it's unlikely to go down well - ordinary members of the public sitting on a Commons committee...)

«I don't have a problem with the legislature setting up committees and naming chairmen [previously the sole prerogative of legislature chairmen] but I think a so - called rail corridor committee should have more members from the corridor on it.»

Assemblymember Deborah Glick, a Manhattan Democrat and chair of the Committee on Higher Education, said that funds would have been better allocated to operating aid for CUNY, but did not think there was anything inappropriate about the governor requesting support from members of the system.

The newspaper quoted Salami as saying, «I think Salami felt that a few members of the committee had been entrenched in the intrigues in the nation's judiciary.

Segun was in control of all the members of the House of Representatives from Ogun State and the three senators and these people had issues that were raised and I was in the committee that listened to them and Segun had always said (in fairness to Segun) that he had no problem with the governor of Ogun State and it is the people he leads that have issues and he thinks for the issue to be addressed, we should be relating to those people.

«The Executive Committee thinks that the shortlist should be developed locally and members should have more than six days notice of the most important decision this seat will make for a generation.»

Therefore, in the coming days I will listen to my fellow county chairs and state committee members and give serious thought to whether I can contribute to that effort as Chairman of the State Republican Party.

«It is bizarre for the Right Honourable Gentleman [Mr Starmer] to dismiss it without having yet seen it and when committee members have had an opportunity to consider it fully and reflect on it I think they will reasonably conclude that the Government has fully discharged the terms of the motion.»

«The Council's taking on a whole lot of new... responsibilities to a certain extent in terms of oversight and investigations and other areas of the budget, I think which is going to make the Council a more equal partner with the mayor,» said Council Member Daniel Dromm, chair of the finance committee, after Thursday's hearing.

Giving evidence to the Commons Treasury committee, Geoffrey Dicks, a member of the OBR, said: «I still don't think that will mean a double - dip, but logically the chances of that happening have increased.»

«We actually have people on our interim committee who are registered members of the Women's Equality Party, and I've switched my registration,» Tkaczyk said, «so I think we have standing.»

«I don't think there's the desire in the Legislature to deal with bans on talking while driving,» said Stone, a member of the Assembly Committee on Transportation.

A public member of the committee, Seward Park Co-op resident Karen Blatt, did share (via email) her thoughts on SPURA.

We decided not to, I think to some extent because of what I was told at the time by a senior Conservative member of the committee, who I know was in direct contact with NI execs, that if we went for her, called her back, subpoenaed her, they would go for us - which meant effectively that they would delve into our personal lives in order to punish them and I think that's part of the reason we didn't do it.

It is also good to look at the record of the different members of the selection committee, so that you can think what kind of questions they will ask you — at least this is what I did.

Because most of Congress's legislative work occurs within committees, we thought it made sense to find out how the top - ranking members of those committees approach issues that have some sort of foundation in science.

Given recent remarks made by certain members of the House Science, Space and Technology Committee, you might think Republicans are less science and tech savvy.

During a gruelling tour of research institutes in Australia, Lord Dainton, a member of the House of Lords Select Committee on Science and Technology, finally met someone he thought he could relate to.

«I think it's essential that the committee has women in its membership,» he tweeted, explaining that the United Kingdom's political parties are in charge of selecting committee members.

«I have tried to explain what I think is the importance of James Webb, in terms of opening new horizons far greater than we got from Hubble,» Bolden told members of the House Science, Space and Technology committee Tuesday.

«It is now evident that dietary cholesterol does not increase blood cholesterol as much, or if at all, as thought in the past,» says Tara Collingwood, R.D.N., a sports nutritionist in Orlando, Florida, official nutritionist for runDisney, and member of the Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committee (though she did not advise on the actual dietary guidelines).

«I don't want to get into implying coffee cures cancer — nobody thinks that,» Tom Brenna, a member of the committee and a nutritionist at Cornell University, told Bloomberg on Thursday.

I think of my dissertation and qualifying paper committee members, my doctoral writing group, my Harvard Ed Review colleagues and my cohort members, not to mention the master's students each year who bring a real intensity to their one year of studies, as shaping my experience and transforming my views of education in many ways.

D.C. Council member David Grosso (I - At Large), chairman of the Education Committee, said he thinks the location of schools is a key issue the task force should take on.

While committee members seemed to support removing many of the virtual school regulations in current law, Gustafson explained that these limitations were important and had been carefully thought out.

Between 1984 and 2003 he also taught frequently in the United States: at the State University of New York, Johns Hopkins University, Harvard University, Stanford University, and the University of Chicago, where for six years he was a member of the Committee on Social Thought.

Here's an irony: As a member of the International Publishers Association (IPA) Executive Committee, and the founding patron of the Emirates Publishers Association, Bodour might be thought to have the steepest challenge, resolutely struggling to engage and coordinate the valuable but disparate creative idioms that power her world.

You will be able to add your own ideas and share thoughts on what could be included that would better capture the interest of the admission committee members and make enough impression to ensure your success.

Having served on an audit committee, as a Director of an NYSE company audited by a member firm of the Big 4, I think a comment about how reliable and protective of minority stockholders I think US audit statements are, appropriate.

If you see a dog in a shelter that you think is an Irish Wolfhound, please contact one of the rescue committee members listed under Rescue Contacts.

There are many stories of how it got the name but the one we hear the most is that a committee member thought it reminded them of the woodsy mining area they came from in Cambria County, Pennsylvania, named after a Welsh town.

Richard Calvocoressi, Director of the Henry Moore Foundation, is also a member of my Bacon Authentication Committee; I think the idea of combining our shared interests was originally his, one to which, as a lover of sculpture, I readily agreed.