Sentences with phrase «to hold hearings»

Despite initial talk about holding hearings on the causes of the crisis, state lawmakers backed off in recent months.

And the environment committee, which plays a central role in writing climate and energy legislation, hasn't held a hearing on climate science since early 2009.

If the other parent disputes the move, a judge will hold a hearing at which both parties may submit evidence and argue their case.

Community boards also contribute to public dialogue by holding hearings and issuing recommendations about the city budget, municipal service delivery and many other matters that impact their communities.

In addition, please keep in mind that our Commission holds hearings only six (6) times per year, and handles hundreds of cases at each of those meetings.

The major cost of unnecessary tribunal litigation is the cost of holding the hearings.

The town board held a hearing on the proposal earlier this month.

The board held hearings across the state, hearing from many workers, who also staged large rallies outside those hearings and elsewhere.

The council will begin holding hearings on the budget next week.

Typically, the court holds a hearing on the matter within a few days or weeks of the court receiving the request.

The ethics board oversees village policy and can hold hearings if a conflict of interest is claimed, and can issue a warning, suspension or dismissal.

Once you serve your spouse with a copy of your modification petition, he can respond to your request and the court will likely hold a hearing to receive evidence concerning your requested modification.

Depending on case, the judge may then hold a hearing on the question of temporary custody pending a decision about permanent custody arrangements.

The legislature will hold hearings over the next several weeks.

Officials held hearings to hear what residents face in their desperate hunt for homes.

As part of process of establish new ethics opinions and rules, ethics committees typically hold hearings or publish proposed opinions for comment, seeking input from practicing attorneys.

If one parent files for sole custody and the other parent requests joint custody, the court will generally hold a hearing on the merits of each parent's request.

But the PAC held hearings on only half of these (see Figure 13).

Some states, for example, hold the hearing in front of a judicial officer; in other states, the hearing is before the judge.

The court won't hold a hearing on a divorce case until at least 60 days after the initial petition is filed.

The Court of Appeal rejected the university's motion after reviewing the file and without holding a hearing.

But the board held fast and decided to hold hearings across the nation.

The court will order a one - week supervisory period of his home, then hold a hearing and make a decision.

If the couple can not agree on the separation terms either on their own or after working with a mediator, the court will typically hold a hearing to decide on the contested issues.

The Senate Judiciary Committee held the hearing for Ryan Bounds, an assistant U.S. attorney in Oregon, even though that state's two Democratic U.S. senators refused to return blue slips indicating their approval, report the Washington Post, the Recorder, Courthouse News Service and Law360.

The U.S. Senate Finance Committee held a hearing for the first time to explore how evidence - based programs like Nurse - Family Partnership change outcomes.

The Senate Banking Committee held a hearing last week on S. 1376, the «FHA Solvency Act of 2013,» introduced by Senators Johnson (D - SD) and Crapo (R - ID).

The US Senate Banking Committee recently held a hearing entitled «Virtual Currencies: The Oversight Role of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission and the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission.»

The Space Subcommittee of the House Science, Space, and Technology Committee held a hearing today to receive an update on NASA's exploration systems — the Space Launch System (SLS), Orion spacecraft, and associated Exploration Ground Systems (EGS).

The Finance Committee of the Chicago City Council held a hearing Tuesday on a proposal to ban children's products made with bisphenol A, a plastic chemical additive.

The state Assembly held a hearing Monday on Gov. Andrew Cuomo's plan to spend $ 8 billion in subsidies to keep three upstate nuclear power plants operating for the next 12 years.

The Senate Armed Services Committee will most likely hold a hearing next month specifically to examine how the Pentagon squandered $ 12 million on direct costs and around $ 20 million in overhead for the gas station.

RSOs were required to submit budget proposals earlier this month, and the Finance Board spent the past week voting on the proposals after holding hearings with each RSO on Oct. 17 and 18.

In November 2017, the U.S. Senate Judiciary held a hearing about bill S. 1241: Modernizing AML [anti-money laundering] Laws to Combat Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing.

The House Small Business Committee recently held a hearing titled «Bridging the Small Business Capital Gap: Peer - to - Peer Lending.»

ALBANY, N.Y. — The New York State Assembly held a hearing Wednesday prompted by Richard Matt and David Sweat's escape in June from Clinton Correctional Facility.

Sir Robin was appointed as Commissioner for the Commission of Inquiry into this issue and, after holding hearings in TCI in early 2009, he delivered his report to the Governor in May 2009.

The Senate held hearings Wednesday about the potential economic benefit of having unmanned aircraft in U.S. airspace, and the Federal Aviation Administration has chosen six test sites for domestic drones.

The United States Congress held hearings in the 1990s to discuss violence in video games, and Night Trap was one of the major examples in the discussions.

The report was issued even as a House subcommittee held a hearing entitled «Improving the nation's response to catastrophic disasters: How to minimize costs and streamline our emergency management program.»

In other legislative news, the Energy and Commerce Committee in the House held a hearing today regarding abusive patent demand letters.

The City Council held a hearing Thursday on legislation taking aim at hookah smoking.

The Senate Energy, Environment and Technology Committee held a hearing Tuesday on Gov. Inslee's proposed carbon tax bill.