Sentences with phrase «said the committee met»

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BEIJING (Reuters)- North Korea will take part in the next two Olympic Games in Japan and China, International Olympic Committee President Thomas Bach said on Saturday after meeting North Korean leader Kim Jong Un in Pyongyang.

«He was asked during the hearing about communications between Russia and the Trump campaign — not about meetings he took as a senator and a member of the Armed Services Committee,» she said in a statement.

«The precise parameters of the U.K.'s future relationship with the European Union remained highly uncertain and it seemed likely that asset prices would remain sensitive to perceived developments in the outlook in the months ahead,» the Bank of England said through the minutes of the policy committee's meeting.

«If reports are accurate that Attorney General Sessions — a prominent surrogate for Donald Trump — met with Ambassador Kislyak during the campaign, and failed to disclose this fact during his confirmation, it is essential that he recuse himself from any role in the investigation of Trump campaign ties to the Russians,» said Rep. Adam Schiff of California, the top Democrat on the House Intelligence Committee.

Later, the committee said the current stance of monetary policy is «supporting strong labor market conditions,» a contrast to the language from the previous meeting that indicated «some further strengthening.»

Trump said before the meeting, flanked by committee Chairman Sen. Orrin Hatch, R - Utah, and Sen. Claire McCaskill, D - Mo.

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.

«Averaging through hurricane - related fluctuations, job gains have been solid, and the unemployment rate declined further,» the Federal Open Market Committee said in a statement Wednesday following a two - day meeting in Washington.

But Andrei Sulzenko, a fellow at University of Calgary's School of Public Policy, who has worked on and studied expert - advice panels like the Jenkins committee, says any proposal that demands a «machinery of government» change is bound to meet stiff resistance.

In a statement following the end of a two - day policy meeting, the Fed also said that «on a 12 - month basis is expected to run near the Committee's symmetric 2 percent objective over the medium term.»

In the United States, Millstein & Co's head of sovereign advisory Mark Walker said he had met with an initial group of more than 20 creditors regarding the formation of a possible committee.

(«We have a volunteer committee that reviews all requests for proposals and meets with the vendors,» says a Greater Twin Cities United Way official, thereby sending a shudder through every would - be supplier.)

«Unlike in life, we get to pick our family,» says J.P. Maychak, dean of student experience, who sits in on admission committee meetings.

A meeting of the Supreme Court's party committee on Wednesday said China would draw boundaries with the West's notion of «judicial independence» and «separation of powers», the state - run China News Service said.

«We've reduced our discretionary spending over the last seven or eight years an incredible amount,» said House Appropriations Committee Chairman Rodney Frelinghuysen, R - N.J. «Maybe some people don't like those agencies, but it's been pretty difficult for them to meet their mandate.»

Heading into that meeting, House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Rep. Kevin Brady, R - Texas, said «it feels very close» to an agreement.

Zentner said the public disclosure could come as late as the December meeting, but the committee could be discussing it now with plans to implement it at the beginning of 2019.

«I believe that the city condones behavior that's on these listservs by utilizing our staff in posting on this,» Desley Brooks said during a meeting of a council committee earlier this month, in which she suggested the city send Nextdoor a letter asking the company instate a stricter process for users to report crimes and suspicious activity.

The special committee, which was formed to independently assess what the best option for Dell shareholders is, came to that conclusion based on its meetings with investors as well as concerns over a key upcoming recommendation by investment advisory firm ISS, the person said.

«We've met with Capitol Hill, staff on the Transportation Infrastructure Committee [of Congress], the Pentagon, Homeland Security, the State Department, Department of Transportation,» Egli said.

Republican lawmakers from high - tax states such as New York exited meetings this week with Kevin Brady, chairman of the tax - writing committee of the House of Representatives, saying there would be some sort of compromise on repealing the deduction for state and local tax payments.

«I expect it to be front and center» at the meeting, said Kevin Brady, the Republican chairman of the U.S. House of Representatives Ways and Means Committee, which oversees U.S. trade policy.

Yellen said that the Committee expects it will be appropriate to maintain its current policy stance «for at least the next couple of meetings.»

With regard to having three dissents at the Fed's latest meeting, Yellen said the policy statement does a good job of «reflecting what a majority of the Committee thinks is appropriate policy.»

«This year's selections — independently elected by 16 committees around the country meeting simultaneously — reflects the rich diversity of America,» Elliot F. Gerson, American secretary of the Rhodes Trust, said in a news release.

The Senate Banking Committee member wrote to Hugler that 21 financial companies, including BlackRock, TIAA and LPL Financial have said: «This rule is good for workers saving for retirement and companies are prepared to meet the compliance deadline.»

Staff for Senator John Thune, Republican of South Dakota and chairman of the Senate Commerce Committee, said Mr. Zuckerberg and the senator were scheduled to meet on Monday.

«A number of participants indicated that the stronger outlook for economic activity, along with their increased confidence that inflation would return to 2 per cent over the medium term, implied that the appropriate path for the federal funds rate over the next few years would likely be slightly steeper than they had previously expected,» the Federal Open Market Committee said in the records of its March 20 - 21 meeting.

It will «flexibly use various monetary policy tools» to keep appropriate liquidity and reasonable credit growth, the central bank said in a statement Tuesday after a quarterly committee meeting.

Arizona's self - driving vehicle oversight committee has not planned any meetings or actions, he said.

Committee meetings for the proposed legislation closed Thursday evening, and Hardie says it hopes to take in any amendments by the end of the month.

He reiterated that claim last week before the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Appropriations, where he said there wasn't a single ICO that didn't meet the citeria for a security.

He is also expected to meet with Zhang Dejiang, the chairman of the standing committee of the National People's Congress, and to visit the Great Wall and perhaps the Palace Museum in central Beijing, Chinese officials said.

One source, who spoke on condition of anonymity, said a Dec. 5 meeting offered council members no input on the makeup of the committee, which will act as referee in the contest.

Carriers, for their part, said in committee meetings last September that compelling rail companies to disclose waybill information would be unfair, unless shippers were required to supply similar data.

And Senator Chuck Grassley, the chair of the Senate Judiciary Committee, said he wants to release transcripts related to a June 2016 meeting in Trump Tower with a Russian lawyer.

In its statement, the Fed said, «Information received since the Federal Open Market Committee met in March indicates that the labor market has continued to strengthen and that economic activity has been rising at a moderate rate.

LONDON (MNI)- The Bank of England Monetary Policy Committee will leave policy on hold at next week's meeting but that this would only mark a brief pause in tightening, the National Institute of Economic and Social Research (NIESR) said Friday.

Lenovo said in a statement it is currently reviewing the report and plans to meet directly with the committee and Interos Solutions to discuss «numerous inaccuracies.»

«A number of participants indicated that the stronger outlook for economic activity, along with their increased confidence that inflation would return to 2 percent over the medium term, implied that the appropriate path for the federal funds rate over the next few years would likely be slightly steeper than they had previously expected,» the Federal Open Market Committee said in the records of its March 20 - 21 meeting.

«I never thought I would see the day when the dollar would be thrown under the bus, as happened [November 3] at the conclusion of the FOMC [Federal Open Market Committee] meeting,» says David Gilmore, partner and economist at Essex, Connecticut — based Foreign Exchange Analytics.

As Jerome Powell, Trump's hand - picked new Fed chairman, said at a news conference after the central bank's most recent meeting in March, «We're trying to take the middle ground, and the committee continues to believe that the middle ground consists of further gradual increases in the federal - funds rate.»

«As we think about these sorts of circuit breakers and pauses, we have to recognize that just as liquidity can depart very quickly, it can come back just as fast,» O'Hara said during today's joint committee meeting.

Warner, the top Democrat on the Senate Intelligence Committee, said on NBC's «Meet the Press» that he questioned «the use of this really sketchy firm Cambridge Analytica,» but Facebook «blew that off» as they did other concerns over Russia's actions.

«In determining whether it will be appropriate to raise the target range at its next meeting, the committee will assess progress - both realized and expected - toward its objectives of maximum employment and 2 percent inflation,» the Fed said in a statement after its latest two - day policy meeting.

In congressional testimony this week, Chair Janet Yellen said that it would be risky to wait too long to raise interest rates and that the committee would consider hiking rates in coming meetings.

Basically, the Fed's a big deal, and what the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) says in its meetings has a big impact on our money.

Mike Fratantoni, MBA's vice president of research and economics, said the index dropped to its lowest «in more than a dozen years... as interest rates increased going into today's Federal Open Market Committee meeting.»

«We are still confused, including ordinary Muslims, and ask why this is happening,» said the woman, who was interviewed by ENI during a meeting of the executive committee of the World Alliance of Reformed Churches, in Bangalore, India.

The Jewish community «believes that Benedict's desire to continue dialogue is sincere,» said Lisa Palmieri - Billig, the American Jewish Committee's liaison to the Holy See, just before the January 2010 meeting.