Sentences with phrase «request of some congressional committee»

In general, groups and individuals acting on behalf of AAAS will comment on specific legislative and budgetary issues only upon the request of some congressional committee, subcommittee, or other congressional bodies.

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The Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation on Friday requested public testimony from Mark Zuckerberg, the Facebook founder and CEO, adding to the list of congressional panels looking to haul in the company's top executives.

According to Congressional Quarterly, with a last - minute barrage of earmark requests so great that it brought down the Appropriation Committee's servers.

USTR has consulted hundreds of times with Congressional committees with jurisdiction over international trade negotiations, consistently requesting input on the direction, focus, and content of TPP negotiations.

Long Island Rep. Steve Israel is stepping down as the chairman of the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, denying a request from Rep. Nancy Pelosi to return for a third term though he is hoping to remain within the Democratic House leadership.

Certain acts of Congress might restrict some information from going to the President for privacy reasons (although not always; for instance, while tax returns are private, Congress decided that the President can personally request any tax return he wants for any reason and just has to disclose that to the appropriate congressional committee), but nothing impedes his ability to carry out his constitutional duties in national security.

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.

20th Congressional District: John Liu, the incumbent and Chair of the Council's Transportation Committee, requested an interview despite having no opposition.

New York State Republican Chairman Ed Cox, Conservative Party chair Michael Long and John Rogers, a regional political director of the National Republican Congressional Committee, were requesting that Murray run Turner's campaign.

The House Office of Congressional Ethics (OCE) this month sent letters to officials on K Street requesting detailed information on the lawmakers, all of whom sit on the Financial Services Committee or the Ways and Means Committee.

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The National Academy of Sciences (NAS), at the request of DOE regarding congressional appropriations provisions, has established a new committee on «Disposal of Surplus Plutonium in the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant.»

In January, testifies before Senator John Brademas's congressional committee regarding government support for individual artists; travels to France and Barcelona; at the request of the Gabo estate, documents and organizes ten portfolios of Gabo's wood - engraving monoprints and writes article on Gabo's monoprints for the Print Collector's Newsletter special issue on monotype; on 11 December, is sworn in as a member of the Massachusetts State Art Council for a three - year term; is active in establishing the state's «New Works» program and artists» rights legislation.

In 2015, IGES, with Shukla as its president, fell under congressional investigation for violating non-profit law with «partisan political activity» by «requesting a RICO («racketeering influenced and corrupt organization») investigation of companies and organizations that disagree with the Obama administration on climate change,» according to the House Science, Space and Technology committee.

Shukla and IGES fell under congressional investigation as a government - funded tax - exempt organization for violating non-profit law with «partisan political activity» by requesting the use of RICO against companies and organizations «that disagree with the Obama administration on climate change,» according to the House Science, Space and Technology committee.

Lastly, a group of 251 general counsels from companies around the country submitted a letter to the chairs of the Congressional budget committees in support of the FY 2019 funding request.

Their committee is the first of three congressional panels that requested Zuckerberg's testimony to announce a hearing date.

Their call represented the first official request from a congressional oversight committee for Zuckerberg's appearance as lawmakers demanded that Facebook explain reports that Cambridge Analytica harvested the data of more than 50 million Facebook users.

Their call represents the first official request from a congressional oversight committee for Zuckerberg's appearance amid demands by lawmakers that Facebook explain reports that Cambridge Analytica harvested the data of more than 50 million Facebook users in order to sway elections.