Sentences with phrase «speaker says the committee»

The speaker says the committee will have as much power «as I can possibly allow».

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City Councilman Rory Lancman (D - Hillcrest) came up empty - handed when the Council speaker was doling out committee chairmanships last week, but the Queens Democratic Party loyalist did get a seat on all three public safety committees, a vantage point he said puts him in a unique position to ensure the city's safety.

Commons deputy speaker Lindsay Hoyle said Parliament's security committee will hold an emergency meeting later on Thursday to discuss security arrangements on the estate.

Among the beneficiaries may be Brooklyn Councilman David Greenfield, who is said to be in line to be the next chairman of the City Council's powerful Land Use committee, according to multiple sources close to the negotiations for Council speaker.

The Democratic speaker said he now believes the decision was «the wrong one from the perspective of transparency,» and takes «full responsibility in not insisting that all cases go to the ethics committee.»

I was happy to hear he is the speaker pro-temp of the Legislature five people away from being the governor and that he said there are five Hispanics chairing committees.

Among the attendees were 22 - year - old Lyron Blum - Evitts, a congressional intern who said she came in response to an appeal from the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee; Crowley's cousin, Councilwoman Liz Crowley; and City Council speaker Christine Quinn.

«People are salivating over the number of committee chairmanships, lulus and other patronage to be doled out if the right speaker is there for the right group of people,» political consultant Hank Sheinkopf said.

The letter, asking all members of the Assembly's Democratic Conference to sign on, did not explicitly lay out the reforms sources say the caucus really wants — term - limits on speakers and committee chairs — but instead asked a wide array of questions that hinted at their motives.

The former state lawmaker plans to create a second committee — Nickel PAC — that he said will contribute directly to candidates who pledge to support a City Council speaker next year who vowed to bring the bag fee bill up for a new vote.

The caucus, which is expected to have about 20 members once the new council is sworn in at the beginning of January, is amassing influence that could oppose the reigning power of the Democratic county committees, which have traditionally been the power brokers in the speaker's race, sources say.

«If you think about it, the speaker is a woman of color, as finance chair, [I'm a] woman of color, the women's chair committee is a woman of a color,» Ms Ferreras - Copeland said.

While that has been the case since Ryan was named the 2012 vice presidential nominee, the interest in using him as a campaign asset has only increased since he became speaker of the House, said Rep. Greg Walden, the chairman of the National Republican Congressional Committee.

At least two candidates who ran against Johnson for speaker will also get plum positions: Sources say Robert Cornegy of Brooklyn will chair the council's Housing Committee, and Mark Levine of Manhattan will chair the Health Committee.

Carl Heastie, the State Assembly speaker and until recently the chairman of the Bronx Democratic Committee, said, «She did mention that [Vermont] doesn't have gun laws, and she brought that up when she was contrasting her position on guns and votes in Senate with Senator Sanders.»

Former Republican Assembly leader John Faso said the committee part of the arrangement seemed more plausible than Silver continuing as speaker.

Assemblyman Keith Wright of Manhattan, a former state Democratic committee co-chair, was the first of a growing number of Assembly members calling for Silver to resign his post, saying if the speaker remained, the chamber would be «mired in the swamp of dysfunction and chaos.»

He also leads the Bronx Democratic County Committee, a post he has said he will leave now that he is speaker.

Before the appointments of the commissioners were confirmed by the house, the deputy - speaker Rt.Hon.Prince Chukwudi Orizu read the report of the screening committee, saying that the nominees provided cogent answers to questions posed at them, and were suitably qualified to hold the positions they have been designated.

The deputy - speaker of the house, who was also the chairman of the screening committee said that in the course of the screening, the committee observed that some local government areas had more than one commissioner designate while some others do not have any.

Under the deal that Mark - Viverito struck to earn unanimous backing, she will allow the counties to keep their designated committee chairmanships instead of cleaning house and appointing her own, a sign that the new speaker is looking to make nice with her recent opponents, sources said.

A spokesperson for Quinn said in an e-mail yesterday that the speaker would not take a position until the bill was formally introduced and referred to committee.

In this context «leadership» was defined as the majority leader and deputy leaders that the next speaker names, but Rosenthal said the Women's Caucus also pushed the candidates on committing to strong female representation as chairs of Council committees.

«I am grateful to the HGSE Speakers» Committee, not only for their recommendation of Roberto, but also for their time, energy, and thoughtful input over the past year,» Ryan said.

«The Speakers Committee proudly nominated Roberto Rodriguez as a distinguished HGSE alum who has had a substantial impact on federal policy in education,» said Professor Paul Reville, who chairs the cCommittee proudly nominated Roberto Rodriguez as a distinguished HGSE alum who has had a substantial impact on federal policy in education,» said Professor Paul Reville, who chairs the committeecommittee.

Veterinarians, pet - shop owners and humane society officials said Tuesday that widespread changes proposed for Orange County's animal control law could do more harm than good.Those changes were first unveiled in November by the county's animal control committee.Commissioners took no vote on the proposal, which would add 80 pages to the county's 14 - page animal control ordinance, but will discuss the matter Monday.Several of the speakers praised the county's animal control committee for working hard on the proposal, but said some of its changes were uninformed and unreasonable.

The woman had to repeat it several times and finally she just said, «You're on speaker phone; the whole committee is here and they're all saying congratulations.»