Sentences with phrase «now chairing a committee»

William Hague is now chairing a committee focusing on the issue.

Kate now chairs the committee.

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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.»

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.

After having to deal with a major accounting restatement, this audit committee chair now thinks mandatory audit firm rotation would be wise.

Although the FCA said it would publish a detailed summary of the report in due course, Chair of the Treasury Select Committee Nicky Morgan said earlier this month there was an overwhelming case for publishing the full report, since it was now in the hands of a number of third parties.

Committee chair Collins asked whether he thought it was odd that Facebook now employs his former co-director at GSR, Joseph Chancellor — who works in its research division — despite Chancellor having worked for a company Facebook has said it regards as having violated its platform policies.

Andrew Tyrie, chair of the British parliamentary committee investigating the LIBOR, asked Paul Tucker, the deputy governor of the Bank of England, whether he was confident that it was now working normally.

While relinquishing the chair role could be seen as a demotion caused by conflict with his party's leadership, it likely means that Fildebrandt, a former director of the Canadian Taxpayers Federation and aggressive critic of the NDP, can now play a more active and vocal role on the committee.

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 trading.

Labor Senator Gavin Marshall, the new chair of the Senate's education and employment committee, said he was confident of securing enough support for the wide - ranging inquiry, which now hinges on the backing of either the Xenophon or One Nation parties.

As a third generation restaurateur and chef he began his formal training through the esteemed George Brown Culinary Management Program where he graduated with Top Honors and is now the Chair of the Professional Advisory Committee.

One of the more successful reformers on the state level has been Doug Andreassen, who spent seven years as the president of Washington Youth Soccer and is now the committee chair for U.S. Soccer's Diversity Task Force.

Now Blanche Lincoln (D. - Ark), the agribiz - friendly chair of the Senate Ag committee, has come out with her draft of the School Lunch Reauthorization Act.

«This study goes against everything that's been published for several years now from very reliable clinicians and researchers about the potential hazards of supplementing exclusively breast - feeding babies with formula,» says Dr. Kathleen Marinelli, an associate professor of pediatrics at the University of Connecticut School of Medicine and the chair - elect of the U.S. Breastfeeding Committee.

Her husband may have sparkled on the dance floor, but now Yvette Cooper is waltzing into the political spotlight as the new chair of the Home Affairs Committee.

John Whittingdale, chair of the culture, media and sport committee, has moved out of a second home partly paid for with public money and is now renting it out, while claiming expenses in line with current rules for a rented flat.

According to Ross, there are some 200 people in Albany from Housing Here and Now, a pro-tenants group that is pushing for reform of rent regulations and believes Espada, who chairs the Housing Committee, has been blocking key legislation and is too pro-landlord.

With this selection, the chairs of the budget oversight committees of both the Senate and Assembly are now headed by women.

Having worked in healthcare consultancy for McKinsey before becoming an MP, Whately «s first move in the Commons was to sit on the health select committee and she now chairs the All Party Parliamentary Group for Mental Health.

Utah Rep. Jason Chaffetz, chair of the House Oversight Committee, already made waves by announcing he won't be seeking re-election, but now ups the ante by suggesting he may not even serve out the entirety of his current two - year term.

«This committee now needs an experienced, independent - minded chair to take its work forward,» said Flint in a statement confirming that she would stand.

[71] She is now the Chair of the Joint Committee on Human Rights.

Julian Lewis, chair of the Commons defence committee, cast doubt over the 70,000 fighters claim, saying: «Instead of having dodgy dossiers, we now have bogus battalions of moderate fighters.»

«I certainly think we now have a Board of Regents that really looks more like the student population that we serve in our state,» Assembly Education Committee chair Cathy Nolan told POLITICO New York.

Tony Hoffmann, Campaign Committee Chair, now opened the Special Candidates Forum for Civil Court, co-sponsored by VRDC, DID, and the Jim Owles Club.

State Sen. Bob Gordon, the chair of his chamber's transportation committee, said Friday it would be problematic if commuters who already pay $ 15 in cross-Hudson bridge tolls must now tack on another $ 11.52 for driving in lower Manhattan.

Assembly Ways and Means Committee Chair Helene Weinstein, whose committee oversees the budget, said there's momentum now on an issue that has stagnated in the Legislature fCommittee Chair Helene Weinstein, whose committee oversees the budget, said there's momentum now on an issue that has stagnated in the Legislature fcommittee oversees the budget, said there's momentum now on an issue that has stagnated in the Legislature for years.

But with his reaction to «budget padding» allegations by Abdulmnmini Jibril, former chair of the House Appropriation Committee now languishing in suspension exile, he would appear as ruthless as they come.

Yeo thinks such attention «may increasingly go with the territory», because select committees are becoming more effective and more influential now their chairs are directly elected.

Doheny has now landed the following endorsements in the 11 - county district: The GOP chairs of Jefferson and Clinton counties, the GOP county committees of Oneida, Essex and Madison, and the cities of Oswego and Fulton.

«The bottom line is that the city is awash in money right now,» said Sen. Cathy Young, a Republican who chairs the Senate's Finance Committee.

Joining us to explain where sports betting in New York state stands right now and its future is the chair of the Assembly Racing and Wagering Committee, Assemblyman Gary Pretlow.

Bill Morris, former General Secretary of the Transport & General Workers Union (now part of Unite), once said that the most powerful position he had ever held was not at the TGWU, nor at the TUC, Bank of England, or BBC, but as chair of Labour's conference arrangements committee.

She has been a member of English Heritage's Blue Plaques Committee, chaired the judging panel of the Orange Prize for Fiction, and is now a member of the Lords EU select cCommittee, chaired the judging panel of the Orange Prize for Fiction, and is now a member of the Lords EU select committeecommittee.

This time CU's back with a half - hour, not - so - flattering documentary about Terry McAulifee, ** the former Democratic National Committee chair (and Clinton - confidant) who's now running for Virginia governor.

After five years chairing the Public Administration Select Committee, the independent - minded Tory MP for Harwich and North Essex is now at the helm of the re-vamped PACAC — where he will continue to scrutinise the quality of administration in the civil service and examine constitutional issues, too.

Speaker Sheldon Silver, Dov Hikind (a major Brooklyn Orthodox Jewish power broker), Vito Lopez (Brooklyn Democratic boss and Housing Committee chair), Richard Brodsky (now a former assemblyman who used to chair the Corporations Committee and lost a 2010 AG bid), Joe Morelle (chair of the Insurane Committee and head of the Monroe County Democratic Party), and Peter Abbate (chair of the Governmental Employees Committee, in the Assembly since 1996).

Benn is now the chair of the new Brexit select committee in parliament, a high - profile role as Britain moves towards leaving the EU.

Mr Davies is now chair of the Welsh Select Committee at Westminster but he cut his political teeth campaigning against Mr Flynn in Newport.

So, my vote for next chancellor goes to Adair Turner, former head of the Confederation of British Industry, chair of the official Committee on Climate Change and now leading the Financial Services Authoriry.

Now, the chairs of the budget oversight committees of both the Senate and Assembly are now led by womNow, the chairs of the budget oversight committees of both the Senate and Assembly are now led by womnow led by women.

We must take action now to avoid a future crisis in the subprime auto lending industry that preys on those who could least afford it,» said Senator Hamilton, Chair, Senate Committee on Banks.

Corey Johnson of Chelsea, who was the chair of the City Council's Health Committee in 2015 and is now the City Council speaker, took a lead role in getting the city health department and the AIDS activists to come to an agreement on how to replace the lost services.

There are reports that state senators who received payments for chairing committees that they actually did not chair are now under a probe by the state attorney general and at least one U.S. attorney.

Former governor David Paterson, who now chairs the New York State Democratic Committee, offered a defense of Sheldon Silver on Thursday morning, saying attorney referrals were common practice in the legal field.

That committee [then called the standards and privileges committee] opened its original inquiry into the affair in July 2012, following the accusation made by the culture select committee, chaired by John Whittingdale (now the culture secretary), about the three men having lied.

«The experts testified that New York has the resources to replace these nuclear plants; now the decision makers need the will to make it happen,» said Assemblymember James Brennan, Chair of the Assembly Committee on Corporations, Authorities and Commissions.

On Monday, the New York Post reported that Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver (D — Manhattan) announced support for state lawmakers raising their salaries, which are now set at a base of $ 79,500 - a-year, with many receiving stipends for chairing or serving on committees, which takes them up to an average between $ 90,00 to $ 100,000 per year.

Nolan, the chair of the education committee, criticized the mayor because the city has yet to come to an agreement on the teacher evaluation plan required by the state and now stands to lose millions in aid.