Sentences with phrase «said federal lawmakers»

Cuomo, in a radio interview, said federal lawmakers need to look beyond politics and govern.

Reacting to the statement, Sagay said the federal lawmakers had constituted an opposition to the anti-corruption efforts of the government and anti-graft agencies.

Gov. Rick Scott said federal lawmakers need to keep their word, and continue their efforts to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act.

De Blasio's wife, First Lady Chirlane McCray, said federal lawmakers must be put under pressure when it comes to fighting gun violence, treating mental illness, and guaranteeing the rights of all.

Florida's push for year - round daylight - saving time may have a difficult time in Congress, as U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio says federal lawmakers haven't lined up in any typical partisan fashion.

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President Donald Trump told lawmakers he would support a 25 - cent increase in the federal gasoline tax to pay for his plan to upgrade U.S. public infrastructure, a congressional aide said.

Oregon Representative Peter DeFazio, the top Democrat on the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, who was in Trump's meeting with a dozen Democratic and Republican lawmakers, said the president also told them he would be willing to increase the amount of federal spending beyond the $ 200 billion he is seeking for the infrastructure program.

Icahn's efforts last year to overhaul the biofuels program - while acting as an adviser to Trump on regulatory issues - drew scrutiny from federal investigators after lawmakers said it raised ethical concerns.

WASHINGTON, March 23 - Federal Communications Commission Chairman Ajit Pai said he shares the concerns of U.S. lawmakers about espionage threats from Chinese smartphone maker Huawei Technologies Co and plans to take «proactive steps» to ensure the integrity of the U.S. communications supply chain.

Jan 18 (Reuters)- Investors have shrugged off the latest threat of a federal government shutdown, saying they are not worried about a major pullback in shares even if U.S. lawmakers fail to strike a deal.

He was among lawmakers critical of Comey's decision not to prosecute Clinton in the email server investigation, saying other government officials would have been prosecuted if they handled classified information like Clinton did, but federal officials disagree with that assessment.

Clayton, who testified alongside Christopher Giancarlo, chairman of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), said the agencies were coordinating with the Treasury Department and the Federal Reserve on the matter, but added that lawmakers may have to clarify and enhance regulatory powers.

The General Services Administration, which manages property owned by the federal government, including the Old Post Office housing the Trump International Hotel, has said the lease would violate federal conflict - of - interest rules once the Republican businessman is sworn in on Jan. 20, according to a letter to the agency from lawmakers.

Republican lawmakers said that because state laws were intended to copy federal rules, blocking the new discount singled out small - business owners.

Brazil's highest court voted Thursday to restrict a legal protection afforded federal lawmakers that critics say has resulted in impunity, as the country grapples with massive official corruption.

Federal Reserve says things are looking up U.S. economic growth has strengthened in 2017, signaling the need for gradual interest rate hikes to ensure a continued recovery, Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen told lawmakers Wednesday.

«OTA's leadership betrayed the more than 90 percent of Americans who support mandatory labeling of GMOs by working behind the scenes with federal lawmakers to craft a federal law that ensures food corporations will never have to reveal, in plain English on product labels, the GMO ingredients in their products,» Ronnie Cummins, international director of the Organic Consumers Association, said in a statement.

Boehm said Donahue's selection had nothing to do with the fact that her husband, Dan, worked on Mayor Dan McLaughlin's election campaign two years ago and her brother - in - law David Donahue was hired last year as the village's legislative liaison, a newly created position designed to foster communication between the village and state and federal lawmakers.

The conservative lawmaker who came up with the idea — after he'd been attacked for refusing to supplement the federal school - meal program — said last spring he feared creating an entitlement program.

The Governor of Lagos State, Akinwumi Ambode, who declared the joint working retreat of the federal lawmakers open, said there was need to fix the 1999 constitution before the 2019 election.

While faulting the Federal Land Registry in Lagos which was established when Lagos was Federal Capital Territory, the Governor said the continuous operation of the registry was an aberration and it ought to have been closed and all title therein moved to the Lagos State Land Registry, urging the federal lawmakers to urgently correct the aFederal Land Registry in Lagos which was established when Lagos was Federal Capital Territory, the Governor said the continuous operation of the registry was an aberration and it ought to have been closed and all title therein moved to the Lagos State Land Registry, urging the federal lawmakers to urgently correct the aFederal Capital Territory, the Governor said the continuous operation of the registry was an aberration and it ought to have been closed and all title therein moved to the Lagos State Land Registry, urging the federal lawmakers to urgently correct the afederal lawmakers to urgently correct the anomaly.

State lawmakers are pushing de Blasio to move faster on a promise to take on a property - tax overhaul, saying many residents are already being financially hurt by changes to the federal tax code.

While New York lawmakers at both the state and federal level have expressed concern with the provision, DeFrancisco said in an interview Wednesday it could spur a reduction in taxes.

It's up to lawmakers to pick their leader, Cuomo said, echoing similar statements he made earlier this year when former Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver was arrested in an unrelated federal corruption case.

«Our federal government is working to roll back so much of what we have done,» he said in his annual state of the state address to lawmakers in Albany.

While saying Buffalo's waterfront has enjoyed a banner year, a local federal lawmaker says the region can not be complacent.

Grandeau says despite the rampant corruption, all of the cases against lawmakers in recent years have stemmed from federal prosecutions, not state ethics authorities.

Long Island Sen. Todd Kaminsky, a former federal prosecutor who was elected in 2016 running on an anti-corruption platform following Skelos» conviction (but was not involved in either the Silver or Skelos cases), released a statement saying the Silver decision demonstrates the need for state lawmakers to stop relying on the feds to bring corruption cases against state - level elected officials, and also pass more anti-corruption measures, which lawmakers declined to do this past session.

Retiring Congressman Charles Rangel is confident Hillary Clinton will win the presidential election despite recently revealed federal probes, but if Donald Trump triumphs after all, the octagenarian lawmaker says he's «out of here» — and he's taking his friends with him.

«Many immigrants who are already terrified of being deported and targeted under this administration, will simply choose not to participate, out of fear that the information they provide is being used to target them,» said Meng during a press conference at the New York Immigration Coalition (NYIC), where lawmakers and advocates warned that lack of immigrant participation would lead to inaccurate census data and could jeopardize New York's share of federal funding and Congressional seats.

Mr. Landrieu said the conference would continue to lobby state and federal lawmakers for city priorities, as it has done for years.

The Democrat said he'll urge lawmakers to consider restructuring the state tax system to soften the blow of the new federal tax overhaul enacted by Republicans.

At the same time, Cuomo said he was worried federal lawmakers and the Trump administration would seek other ways of running roughshod over states» rights beyond the tax law approved last month as well as federal immigration policy.

The state Assembly's Democratic Speaker Carl Heastie said he doubted lawmakers would have to convene a special session before January's scheduled start of the 2018 regular legislative session — unless there's an unexpected cut in federal funding.

The lawmaker further said that while some had alleged that the investigation was a sham, some of the indicted companies had started refunding monies running into billions of Naira to Federal Government.

The comptroller said he'd leave it to federal lawmakers to explain the latter's impact on residents but he did not have warm feelings for its potential impact on public finances.

MSNBC host Kasie Hunt said that potential Democratic candidates for president in 2020 are facing pressure from progressive activists after Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D., N.Y.) reached an agreement with Republican lawmakers to reopen the federal government Monday.

Federal prosecutors say they will not seek prison time for a New York state senator convicted of lying to the FBI about arranging a high - paying job for his son because the former lawmaker is terminally ill.

In the meantime, he says his office and federal prosecutors will continue to scrutinize lawmakers whose per diem payments and other travel expenses don't add up.

ALBANY — A new type of assessment system could be in the works for New York as the state Education Department plans to apply for a federal pilot program under the new Every Student Succeeds Act — a program lawmakers said was written with New York in mind.

GOP pols from states slammed by Superstorm Sandy say they'll back a massive federal aid package for victims of Hurricane Harvey — even though Republican lawmakers from Texas fought against...

The lawmaker representing Remo Federal Constituency in the Green Chamber, said this during the inauguration of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) secretariat in Odogbolu area of Ogun State on Saturday.

The mayor said that if lawmakers don't act on reforms, they'll lose a shot at redemption after a year in which leaders in both houses of the Legislature have been arrested on federal corruption charges.

But a Second Republic lawmaker and northern elder statesman, Dr. Junaid Muhammed, said the endorsement of Atiku by Alhassan showed lack of discipline and the decadence within the executive arm of the Federal Government.

«The way I always look at it is... until you get results, you're just working hard every day,» said Scott when asked whether he thought his discussions with federal lawmakers were productive.

Last month, he urged state lawmakers to close a loophole that he said could be used to fight state charges by anyone who has received a federal pardon for similar federal charges.

That said, state lawmakers could respond to the loss of federal aid by downsizing enrollment.

-- CU backed Gustavo Rivera over Senate Majority Leader Pedro Espada Jr., saying the Bronx lawmaker has «has become a symbol for hubris, corruption and wrongdoing in the state legislature due to ongoing investigations by the attorney general and federal authorities and his leadership in bringing Senate business to a month - long halt last summer.»

Retiring Rep. Charlie Rangel is confident Clinton will win the presidential election despite recently revealed federal probes, but if Trump triumphs after all, the octagenarian lawmaker says he's «out of here» — and he's taking his friends with him.

De Blasio spoke with state lawmakers for several hours and is due to meet with Cuomo later in the day for a news conference to push the federal government to grant a Medicaid waiver that the governor's administration says his vital to save several Brooklyn - based hospitals.