Sentences with phrase «other committee ranking»

Not exact matches

House Intelligence Committee ranking member Adam Schiff (D - CA) told the Washington Post on Sunday he believes it would be «beneficial» for Zuckerberg and other major tech CEOs to testify before congressional oversight committees.

Three Democrat senators declared their intention to break ranks with other Senate Democrats on the Foreign Relations Committee, ahead of the vote.

Wyden, the ranking member of the Senate finance committee, demanded in his letter on Monday that Zuckerberg and Facebook's attorneys hand over information on how the company was reportedly deceived by Cambridge Analytica or other third - party data firms by April 13.

«The selection committee had questions to, «Are they as balanced of a team as some others ranked just above them?»

Below, let's keep track of Week 14's ranked games (and other important games) from the Playoff committee's perspective, which means it's not only about who you beat, but how it relates to the full picture.

The other games in this group go to the next highest - ranked committee teams, paired to give us at least one blockbuster game.

Sac - Joaquin Section small school powers Central Catholic - Modesto and Capital Christian - Sacramento were both ranked above the Pride, so Salesian will need some other dominoes to fall before the CIF selection committee meets on Sunday, Dec. 7.

It was also announced the Playoff committee will meet four times a season, beginning in 2014's mid-season, and release a set of rankings every other week for the latter half of the year.

We only have AP Poll rankings to go by at this point, but we can also think about things the committee has stressed it cares about: playing other teams it ranks, playing teams with records of.500 or better, and winning comfortably.

Keep in mind the things the committee does that a poll might not do: specifically value games against other ranked teams, value games against bowl - eligible teams, and reshuffle the entire board every week, rather than just sliding teams up and down.

Michigan and Ohio State still have to play each other and Washington has an awful OOC schedule (the committee already penalized the Huskies for in Week 2 of the rankings).

Smith, who was named in the scathing IG report on the AEG mess along with Senate Minority Leader (then Democratic Conference Leader John Sampson) and Sen. Eric Adams, among others, also said the question of whether Kruger should retain his ranking position on the Senate Finance Committee is «a matter for the leader to decide in the conference.»

, ranking member on the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, joined with two other Democrats on the panel in a letter to Walker challenging the governor & rsquo; s testimony on Capitol Hill last year to the effect that his anti-union law was not intended to punish Democrats and their donor base.

On the other side of the aisle, Assemblyman Ed Ra, a Long Island Republican who is the ranking minority member on the chamber's education committee, explained his «no» vote by arguing the legislation was too controversial to bring peace to the community.

The Speaker, committee chairs, and some other officials are generally from the majority party; they have counterparts (for instance, the «ranking members» of committees) in the minority party.

Other notable speakers to appear include: Richard Kauffman, NYS Chair of Energy & Finance; Arthur «Jerry» Kremer, Chairman of New York AREA; Ambassador Ron Kirk, Chairman of CASEnergy; Kevin Parker, a New York state Senator and ranking member of the Energy & Telecommunications Committee.

I expect there will be quite a few other changes as the Democrats settle back into the minority and try to determine who gets what ranking committee chairmanships.

Suffolk County Comptroller Joseph Sawicki, who once served as the ranking Republican on the State Assembly ethics committee and whose office reviews county contracts, said: «It appears to me that he's taken pains to hide these agreements and to avoid publicly disclosing what every other county official has to - as they should.»

Sen. Brad Hoylman, D - Manhattan, the ranking Democrat on the Environmental Conservation Committee, wants Republican leaders to release the information they obtained from three companies responsible for the pollution in Hoosick Falls and the town of Petersburgh, where private wells were also polluted with PFOA, which has been linked to cancer and other ailments.

The Ranking Member of the Foreign Affairs Committee in Parliament, Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa, on the other hand, said he was glad the statement was read by the Foreign Affairs Minister.

In a letter this morning addressed to Reps. Doc Hastings and Ed Markey, the Committee chairman and ranking member, Grijalva urges the Committee to determine whether Indur Goklany, the DOI Assistant Director of Programs, Science and Technology Policy, received money he was promised by the Heartland Institute for writing a chapter in a book focused on climate policy in apparent violation of federal rules, among other issues.

The ranked scholars include the top 150 finishers from last year, along with 50 «at - large» nominees chosen by the 26 - member selection committee (see this post for a list of committee members and all other requisite details).

; terminate implementation of the Common Core standards; direct the State Board to replace these standards with the Math and English courses in use immediately prior to Common Core; convene Course of Study committees to update these standards and improve upon them using the pre-common core standards from states whose national scores ranked no less than the top 10 %; implement these proven, improved standards and aligned assessments; prohibit imposition on Alabama of other such national standards or assessments that cede control away from Alabamians.

Committee for Children joins with other organizations to encourage members of Congress to sign on to a letter to Chairman Cole and Ranking Member DeLauro, House Appropriations Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies, asking the subcommittee to fully fund Title IV, Part A (the Student Support and Academic Enrichment [SSAE] program) of the Every Student Succeeds Act at its authorized level of $ 1.6 billion.

September 29, 2015: NSBA and National Education Groups Urge Congress to Finish the Job on ESEA Reauthorization NSBA and nine other national education organizations sent this letter to Chairman John Kline (R - MN) and Ranking Member Bobby Scott (D - VA) of the House Committee on Education and the Workforce and Chairman Lamar Alexendar (R - TN) and Ranking Member Patty Murray (D - WA) of the Senate Education committee urging them to finish work on ESEA and deliver a bipartisan bill to the President's desk tCommittee on Education and the Workforce and Chairman Lamar Alexendar (R - TN) and Ranking Member Patty Murray (D - WA) of the Senate Education committee urging them to finish work on ESEA and deliver a bipartisan bill to the President's desk tcommittee urging them to finish work on ESEA and deliver a bipartisan bill to the President's desk this fall.

She recently testified on her and other teachers» behalves about these rankings, their (over) reliance on student test scores to define «effectiveness,» and the Common Core to a Senate Education Committee.

The committee's ranking Democrat, Representative George Miller (CA), also expressed some optimism, but questions from other committee members indicate that they will, once again, struggle with a range of opposing priorities, from equity to college and career readiness to parental choice.

, chairman of the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions, and ranking Democrat Sen. Patty Murray (Wash.) want to shift decisions about academic standards, whether and how to evaluate teachers, what to do about low - performing schools and other matters to states and local school districts.

After a wave of criticism and opposition from Speaker John Boehner, Rep. Nancy Pelosi, and Budget Committee ranking member Chris Van Hollen, among others, Obama scuttled the proposal.

Among my friends, the odds - on favorite to go was Monique; she wanted it so badly, and besides, she was the best in our class, a fact not lost on the selection committee, which was chaired by my English teacher and included among its distinguished ranks PTA members, other teachers, the mayor, and the local Catholic priest, balanced by the Protestant minister.

The selection committee chooses the award winners from nominees based on off statistical research and also information taken from monthly surveys administered by the SBCA, a review of consumer rankings, and other consumer reports.

I'm a little under the weather (which is not as chronic as being under the climate), but I wanted to add something to what I said the other day about thug operator Raúl Grijalva, Democrat Representative from Arizona and Ranking Member of the House UnEnvironmental Activities Committee.

The Advertising & Fee Arrangements Issues Working Group of the Professional Regulation Committee tabled amendments to the Rules of Professional Conduct which would prohibit bait and switch marketing, as well as other practices which have been subject to complaints over the past few years, especially the use of awards and rankings by fictitious or dubious organizations that appear to be intended to mislead the public.

The practice's recent representations include: (i) CONMEBOL in connection with U.S. criminal investigations and prosecutions into allegations of bribery and corruption in the international soccer world; (ii) the Special Committee of Banco BTG Pactual S.A. («BTG Pactual») in an internal investigation of alleged corruption involving its former CEO and other bank executives, in which we found no basis to support the allegations against the Bank and its employees; (iii) two of the largest construction companies in Brazil in potential civil and criminal investigations and litigation involving the Petrobras bribery scandal (Lava Jato), the largest corruption scandal in Latin American history, involving allegations of over $ 2.5 billion in bribes and kickbacks; (iv) the Government of Brazil in a corruption matter involving former senior government officials and multiple jurisdictions; (v) the General Manager of one of the largest energy companies in Central America in connection with allegations of bribery in Guatemala; (vi) a Mexican high - ranking executive for Wal - Mart Stores, Inc. in connection with DOJ and SEC FCPA investigations against Wal - Mart; (vii) a large Argentinean oil company and its owner, one of Argentina's wealthiest individuals, in connection with high - profile DOJ and SEC investigations involving alleged FCPA violations to secure an extension of oil rights in an Argentinean oilfield; (viii) the United State's largest chemical and industrial products companies in an internal investigation of alleged corruption involving its Mexican subsidiary; (ix) the Rosenthal family, one of the most prominent families in Central America, in a number of related criminal matters; and (x) a senior executive of one of Venezuela's largest engineering companies in DOJ investigations into corruption and money laundering involving PdVSA.

«The continued viability of fraudulent accounts and interactions on social media platforms — and the professionalization of these fraudulent services — is an indication that there's still much work to do,» said Senator Mark Warner, the Virginia Democrat and ranking member of the Senate Intelligence Committee, which has been investigating the spread of fake accounts on Facebook, Twitter and other platforms.

Our interest in early childhood development is rooted in our own experiences, personal and professional: We're both fathers and former legislators — in fact, one of us is raising seven kids and the other served for a decade as chairman or ranking member of the House Education and Labor Committee, witnessing firsthand how government could work to help expand opportunities for children.

As Congress continues to debate these issues, the Guttmacher Institute received a request from Sen. Patty Murray (D - WA), in her capacity as ranking member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee, for information about FQHCs» ability to serve the millions of women who currently obtain contraceptive care from Planned Parenthood and other types of Title X — supported sites.