Sentences with phrase «not chair of the committee»

Although she is not chair of the committee, as Speaker, Mark - Viverito can set the agenda and force a vote on the bill, Peggy Shepard, executive director of WE ACT for Environmental Justice, said.

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A Republican National Convention delegate screams as the Chair announces that the convention will not hold a roll - call vote on the Republican National Convention Rules Committee's report and rules changes and rejects the efforts of anti-Trump forces to hold such a vote.

Sums up David Eaton, chair of the committee authoring the report, in an accompanying press release: «E-cigarettes can not be simply categorized as either beneficial or harmful.»

That's because it will be one of the few remaining data points that Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen and the rest of the Federal Open Market Committee will have before they decide whether or not to begin the process of raising interest rates at their upcoming meeting December 15th and 16th.

The chair of the UK Commons media committee, Damian Collins, told the BBC he thought the latest investigation «raises the question of how can users make effective complaints to Facebook about content that is disturbing, shouldn't be on the site, and have confidence that it will be acted upon.»

Although Hensarling, who chairs the House Financial Services Committee did not respond to a request for comment, he has said the battle over the bank is one of philosophy, which for conservatives dictates that the government should stay out of free enterprise.

About two years ago, the attorney at law firm Cooley took over as chair of the Partnership Nominating Committee, and the numbers weren't inspiring when it came to women's progress.

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).

Damian Collins, the chair of the British parliament's Digital, Culture, Media and Sport Committee, said he would not rule out asking more technology firms to give evidence on their data collection practices, but there are no plans currently.

«The wireless industry has done everything it can to persuade federal regulators and state regulators not to require that backup power be put in place,» said Regina Costa, chair of the telecommunications committee of the National Association of State Utility Advocates, which speaks for consumer representatives.

Thune chairs the Commerce, Science & Transportation Committee, which is one of several that combined for today's hearing, but he did not indicate whether it would be that or another committee, or another group of them, that will talk to Cambridge Analytica and whichever other companies are deemed to be aliCommittee, which is one of several that combined for today's hearing, but he did not indicate whether it would be that or another committee, or another group of them, that will talk to Cambridge Analytica and whichever other companies are deemed to be alicommittee, or another group of them, that will talk to Cambridge Analytica and whichever other companies are deemed to be alike to it.

«A Fed chair not only has to have good views on substance but also the managerial skills and personality to win over a large committee,» said Christina Romer, who was chairman of Obama's Council of Economic Advisers.

«Financial planners who are serious about their craft should not miss this chance to connect with the brightest planning minds in the country,» said Ted Sarenski, CPA / PFS, chair of the 2018 PFP Conference Planning Committee.

«Our committee has been focused on seeing the government return to pre-2009 / 10 debt - to - GDP levels, not increasing taxes for businesses, and controlling spending,» said George Kondopulos, Tax Partner at KPMG LLP and volunteer Chair of The Vancouver Board of Trade's Government Budget and Finance Ccommittee has been focused on seeing the government return to pre-2009 / 10 debt - to - GDP levels, not increasing taxes for businesses, and controlling spending,» said George Kondopulos, Tax Partner at KPMG LLP and volunteer Chair of The Vancouver Board of Trade's Government Budget and Finance CommitteeCommittee.

«It's the same old argument: not being able to charge commissions limits choice and prevents the small investor from receiving financial advice,» says Dave O'Brien, principal, O'Brien Financial Planning, Richmond, Va. and chair of NAPFA's public policy committee.

Larry Wright, chair of the Launch Detroit planning committee, knows that it doesn't take a lot of money to get a business up and running.

Not only was the supervisor of Foreign Exchange at JPMorgan not fired, but as we reported last week, that individual, Troy Rohrbaugh, who has been head of Foreign Exchange at JPMorgan since 2005, is now serving in the dual role as Chair of the Foreign Exchange Committee at the New York Fed, helping his regulator establish best practices in foreign exchange tradiNot only was the supervisor of Foreign Exchange at JPMorgan not fired, but as we reported last week, that individual, Troy Rohrbaugh, who has been head of Foreign Exchange at JPMorgan since 2005, is now serving in the dual role as Chair of the Foreign Exchange Committee at the New York Fed, helping his regulator establish best practices in foreign exchange tradinot fired, but as we reported last week, that individual, Troy Rohrbaugh, who has been head of Foreign Exchange at JPMorgan since 2005, is now serving in the dual role as Chair of the Foreign Exchange Committee at the New York Fed, helping his regulator establish best practices in foreign exchange trading.

«We're not just putting higher - octane fuel in an old clunker of a tax car; we've proposed to drive a newer tax car that can beat and win against any country in the world,» Rep. Kevin Brady (R - TX), who chairs the tax - writing Ways and Means Committee, said.

Rep. Bob Goodlatte (R - VA), chair of the House Judiciary Committee, and Rep. Trey Gowdy (R - SC), chair of the House Oversight Committee, sent a letter to Wray asking the bureau to brief their committees on why the FBI didn't act on the tip, and Sen. Chuck Grassley (R - IA), chair of the Senate Judiciary Committee, also asked the agency to brief his staffers.

The committee will be chaired by the Special Secretary (Economic Affairs) and will include a diverse group of representatives from a number of government bodies including, but not limited to: the Reserve Bank of India (RBI), the State Bank of India, and Indian policy think - tank NITI Aayog.

Cassidy has run ads attacking Landrieu for not forcing a vote in the senate to approve the pipeline while she has been chair of the senate energy committee.

A few of the old venerables, like committee chairs Ike Skelton (Armed Services) and John Spratt (Budget) were not so fortunate.

If a Complaint concerns the General Counsel or the complainant is not comfortable reporting to the General Counsel, then the complainant should submit the Complaint to the Chair of the Audit and Risk Committee of the Board or another member of the Audit and Risk Committee instead.

The General Counsel or the Chair of the Audit and Risk Committee shall cause all Complaints to be investigated, unless he or she believes that the Complaint was not made in good faith or unless the Complaint was made anonymously and does not contain sufficient information to conduct an investigation.

A Senate committee (Rural and Regional Affairs and Transport References Committee), chaired by Bill Heffernan, released an Interim Report on 30 August calling on the ACCC to reopen is review of the proposed takeover of GrainCorp by Archer Daniels Midland, which it indicated it will not oppose on 27 Jcommittee (Rural and Regional Affairs and Transport References Committee), chaired by Bill Heffernan, released an Interim Report on 30 August calling on the ACCC to reopen is review of the proposed takeover of GrainCorp by Archer Daniels Midland, which it indicated it will not oppose on 27 JCommittee), chaired by Bill Heffernan, released an Interim Report on 30 August calling on the ACCC to reopen is review of the proposed takeover of GrainCorp by Archer Daniels Midland, which it indicated it will not oppose on 27 June 2013.

During his presentation, «The Coffee Journey,» Brett Anderhub of Rekerdres & Sons Insurance, covered the perilous movement from farm to cup (who knew that the concept of General Average is actually in the Bible), while Jack Steijn, chair of ISO and CEN committees on sustainable and traceable cocoa and co-founder of Equipoise, a consultancy for sustainable commodities, talked about the new ISO Standards for sustainability that will be issued in 2018, and whether or not sustainable practices that are being used in cocoa production can be applied to coffee.

(Revised May 2007)(E) Honorary Members - Any person, who may or may not be active in the foodservice industry, from an active CFESA Voting Member firm in good standing at the time of the nomination and who has rendered outstanding service to the Association by having faithfully served as an officer, director or committee chair to better our Association, shall be eligible for membership as an Honorary Member.

Pediatrician Jeffrey W. Britton, chair of the Committee on Injury, Violence, and Poison Prevention of the Wisconsin Chapter of the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP), says to keep in mind «monkey see - monkey do»: If parents don't wear helmets, neither will kids.

Carl Schlyter, Green Group, European Free Alliance (EFA), Vice Chair of ENVI Committee said: «Health claims on food products are there to help consumers to do healthier choices, not to mislead.

«This has been a cooperative effort between the county and the City of Wheaton, but the city and the Park District have not approved the plan,» said County Board member John Case (R - Naperville), who chairs the Stormwater Management Committee.

«The shift to the focus on victims is not only the morally right thing to do in and of itself, it is essential if we are to get the prosecutions necessary to try to end this evil,» chair of the committee Frank Field said.

«We can't carry on as we are, expecting the next generation of taxpayers to pick up the tab,» Treasury committee chair Andrew Tyrie said.

The chair of the 1922 Committee of backbench MPs said his claims for # 106,141 of maintenance work over five years were «acceptable», including the work he had done on his «helipad» - which he held was not a real helipad.

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».

No wonder Assemblyman Jeff Dinowitz, chair of the party committee and a Rainbow Rebel himself, wasn't in any big rush to heed the call of state Democratic Party leaders» to start proceedings to dis - enroll Espada.

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.»

Barry Sheerman, committee chair said «The proportion of 16 - 18 year olds not in education, employment or training has remained at around ten per cent despite one policy strategy after another.

Sen. Patty Ritchie, the deputy vice chair of the Senate Health Committee, said she did not expect to receive money for the post.

I also offer the usual caveat that you really can't assume all of the committee members of every county are going to follow the lead of their respective chairs.

Still, Heastie acknowledged that he is «not a fan» of term limits for the speakership and committee chairs, but he acknowledged it is being discussed.

The chair of the Health Select Committee said she could not support the claim that the UK could get back # 350m per week from its EU budget contributions and spend the money on the health service.

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.

Stipends specifically marked for Senate committee chairs that are paid to three IDC members — Sens. Diane Savino, Jose Peralta and Dave Valesky — by the majority despite the fact that the three don't chair committees appear to fall into a gray area of state law.

Sen. Patty Ritchie, too, told reporters this week that she did not know her title as deputy vice chair of the Senate Health Committee would provide her with a higher stipend.

«The notion is they need someone acceptable to the state committee and the county chairs, not just someone pulled out of nowhere, but also someone who will elevate the profile of the party, someone real,» this source said.

During Chuck Todd's interview of IC Chair Mike Conaway (from this morning's Meet the Press) Conaway made clear that the House Inteligence Committee did not investigate collusion.

Seven lawmakers in the Senate receive stipends under the arrangement in which they are reported to the comptroller's office for holding the post of chair of a committee when they do not actually hold that post.

The arrangement surrounding the use of paid stipends for lawmakers who are not committee chairs — but listed with the title in Senate payroll records — is being investigated by Attorney General Eric Schneiderman's office.

A Port Authority commissioner from New Jersey who chaired the board's ethics committee has resigned over misconduct that the agency called «profoundly disturbing,» though it did not reveal what Caren Turner is accused of having done.

Graham Allen, chair of the political and constitutional reform committee, hasn't been particularly happy with the debate about what exactly happens when the voters return a hung parliament.