Sentences with phrase «spoke to reporters just»

Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie spoke to reporters just before entering the closed door meeting.

Frank Gardner, school board president, speaking to reporters just before 10 p.m., said: «I «m very disappointed at the progress not being made.

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«He's one of the great men of industry, so I just want to thank you very much,» Trump said, speaking to reporters and to Son, who held up what appeared to be a PowerPoint slide with details of their announcement.

Speaking to reporters, White House press secretary Josh Earnest said the president «would like to have this determination be completed before he leaves office» and was not inclined to extend the seven - year review process even longer just because one section of the route is still awaiting approval in Nebraska.

The reporter says that while «legal experts said the First Amendment grants Supreme Court justices, just like any other U.S. citizen, the right to speak their mind,» other experts insist that «Scalia's comments were difficult to reconcile with his judicial obligation to regard citizens of all religious persuasions — whether believer or unbeliever, Christian or non-Christian — as equals under the law.»

Speaking briefly to reporters after his speech, the governor remained unmoved on the millionaire's tax extension question, despite the fact that he had just faced a crowd that so clearly felt the opposite.

Collins made the remarks during a conference call with reporters, held just hours before President Obama was scheduled to speak.

Several reporters camped outside his office on the Capitol's second floor during the call, demonstrating just how ridiculous it was that Cuomo could not be bothered to make the trip up the hill to speak to them in person.

Speaking to reporters Wednesday afternoon, the former Erie County Executive says he recognizes he will be just a small part of the Washington landscape.

Flanagan and Tedisco spoke to reporters standing in the rain just beyond the brick, Victorian mansion's cast iron gates.

Governor Cuomo, speaking to reporters in Syracuse, defended himself, saying the Comptroller and state legislators who oppose his recent actions just want to «keep the status quo».

Johnson stressed that he is always available to speak to reporters, not just at press conferences, but informally around City Hall.

Both candidates had just exited a candidate forum at St. John's University, with Dietl headed off after speaking to a few reporters.

Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos spoke to reporters on Monday afternoon, just moments after a powwow with Gov. Cuomo and Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver.

Just minutes before she made the announcement, Pawlenty happened to be speaking to reporters in Washington after a fundraiser for his new political action committee.

Speaking to reporters at City Hall just before he leaves on a family vacation, de Blasio said he believes the Democratic governor holds substantial influence over the Republican - led Senate's leadership, which led to several measures the mayor had been pushing for during the recent legislative session being watered down.

Just moments after being congratulated on the floor of the Senate, Flanagan spoke to reporters and acknowledged the «boatload» of issues facing New York City and said that de Blasio should be reaching out to legislators and the governor to move some of the issues forward.

We're all concerned about what might happen, not just to our livelihoods, but to our ability to support the agency's mission,» says the official, who does not have authorization to speak to reporters and so requested anonymity.

Increasingly popular dual - language programs don't just benefit white, English - speaking students — but education reporters tend to cover them that way.

«Full - size pickups are up just slightly from a year ago, but it's above the 9 - to 10 - percent level we saw in April and May when gas got to $ 4 a gallon,» said Ford sales analyst George Pipas, speaking with reporters at Ford's headquarters in Dearborn, Michigan.

Speaking with reporters Thursday, David Goldston, the director of government affairs for the Natural Resources Defense Council, expressed optimism that the president would do just that, pointing out that Obama has refused to give in to this method in the past.

You have all the reason to celebrate — just be careful not to speak with any reporters along the way.