Sentences with phrase «said subcommittee member»

«The negative consequences of the current overwhelming focus on preparation for standardized tests include narrowed curricula, developmentally inappropriate instructional practices, decreases in student engagement, stagnant achievement gaps and rising minority dropout rates,» said subcommittee member and Winchester second grade teacher David Krane.

Not exact matches

Rep. Robin Kelly, a Democrat from Illinois and a ranking member of Congress» IT oversight subcommittee, says she's pleased Facebook is taking steps to improve disclosure on candidate ads but says the company is missing a «major vulnerability» on social issue ads.

The commission's subcommittee on skateboarding includes four National Honor Society students, a high school band member and a cheerleader, said Commissioner Lori Anderson.

«Since becoming Speaker, I have made a special effort to create issue specific workgroups and a new subcommittee structure that promotes member participation while exploring new ideas to move New York forward,» said Heastie in a statement.

When pressed by the moderator on what he has to show from his time on that subcommittee, Weiner says that «every member of the Democratic caucus... didn't get much done» during that time.

Sampson said he'll be naming members to the budget conference subcommittees today (why this hasn't happened yet speaks volumes).

As such, the subcommittees met Monday evening to name their recording secretaries and allow members to say various things.

And the reason I say that is because I've been in many meetings with Republicans, as a Republican member of Congress, when they discuss certain pieces of legislation, but when they discuss how we can totally disrupt the Democratic majority from the subcommittee right on to the House floor.

Congress's attitude has undergone «a great change» in recent years, leading to a drop in «real commitment to scientific research,» said Representative Daniel Lipinski (D - IL), the ranking member of the House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology's research and technology subcommittee and one of a dozen trained engineers in Congress.

Senator Diane Feinstein (D — CA), the top - ranked minority member on the Senate subcommittee, said that the cost to the United States, which has ballooned to at least $ 4 billion, threatens more than just other DOE research programs.

«My view is that shale gas development has outpaced the ability to ensure its safety,» said Fred Krupp, a member of the Energy Advisory Board subcommittee that issued the 40 - page report and president of the Environmental Defense Fund.

Members of the subcommittee said the list was preliminary, and want to study the options further before making recommendations to the full committee.

At the markup, subcommittee members again rejected an amendment to reduce the authorization from five to three years, which Republicans said would allow for better congressional oversight of NIST's programs.

«We share the belief that development can be done in a way that results in minimal impacts,» says geophysicist Mark Zoback of Stanford University, one of seven members of the subcommittee advising Secretary of Energy Steven Chu.

«The cuts to clean energy programs represent a very serious backtrack,» said Rep. Marcy Kaptur (D - Ohio), the subcommittee's ranking member.

Nevertheless, at a 17 June subcommittee meeting on the budget bill covering DOE, Senator Lamar Alexander (R — TN), the ranking member on the Energy and Water Subcommittee, said that ITER hasn't shown the progress it should.

None of the subcommittees will have a chair or vice chair, Swackhamer said, while the executive committee will have three members.

Of 49 remaining subcommittee members, 38 will not be renewed at the end of August, leaving a total of 11, she said.

Kemp, who is also part of a 10 - member subcommittee on patient - centered radiology for the Radiological Society of North America, said it is important for radiologists to become a more visible part of a patient's care.

Fielding questions from members of a House Appropriations subcommittee, she said that states should decide how to address chronic absenteeism, mental health issues and suicide risks among students and that states should also decide whether children taking vouchers are protected by federal special - education law.

«I'm happy to report that the process is going smoothly,» said William A. Barletta, a member of the APS Panel on Public Affairs (POPA) subcommittee reviewing the statement.

Here's a rundown on the wild - card members of the subcommittee, what they've said about the bill, and how they want to change it.