Sentences with phrase «year chairmanship»

Senior officials from the eight Arctic states gathered in Juneau, Alaska, last week to prepare for the end of the United States» two - year chairmanship of the Arctic Council and for the handing of that torch to Finland.

On April 24, however, the U.S. assumed the rotating two - year chairmanship of the Arctic Council, the eight - nation body responsible for environmental, maritime and emergency preparedness policies.

Gov. Bill Walker created the committee in 2015 to help arrange Arctic Council - related events in Alaska during the United States» two - year chairmanship, which wraps up at the end of this ministerial.

As the United States leads the Arctic Council during its two - year chairmanship (2015 — 2017), negotiations are under way to try to remove various barriers to effective scientific collaboration in the Arctic of the future.

The United States has released an ambitious, climate - and conservation - focused agenda for its 2 - year chairmanship that includes pushing for more research on black carbon, which accelerates melting in the region, and on emissions of the potent greenhouse gas methane from the seabed and permafrost, as well as creating a network of marine protected areas in the Arctic and equipping Arctic villages with renewable energy sources.

In a must - read letter today (reflecting on his eight year chairmanship of the Public Accounts Committee) Edward Leigh sets out a ten point plan for cutting waste and inefficiency in the public sector.

Not exact matches

But he could use his mastery of the chamber's byways, honed during his chairmanship of the Senate Rules Committee and years of running floor operations as his party's whip, to work the margins.

Ryan has spent years studying tax issues, and passed up opportunities in House leadership for this chairmanship.

Thirty years later, the International Theological Commission, under the chairmanship of Cardinal Ratzinger, expressed the Christocentric nature of all human history in the following terms:

United in it, under its new constitution adopted at Jerusalem and under the farseeing chairmanship of Dr. John R. Mott, are not only all the Protestant missionary forces of the West, but also the National Christian Councils which in recent years have come into being in China, Japan, India and many other parts of what is commonly called the missionary field.

Anyway, it looks like both sides are calling in the big guns in advance of tonight's Wednesday's dueling chairmanship votes — one that will see Ragusa re-elected to another two - year term, the other resulting in the election of former NYC Council Minority Leader / 2005 NYC mayoral contender and 2010 LG candidate Tom Ognibene.

A year later, town of Amherst Council member Mark Manna challenged Zellner's chairmanship, arguing large factions of the party were unhappy with his performance.

But the other, longer - term factor that is keeping eyes turned northward is Canada's upcoming chairmanship of the Arctic Council, due to begin later this year.

Nearly a dozen struggling House Democrats have called on Rangel to resign and end the painful inquisition that this year forced him to give up the chairmanship of the House Ways and Means Committee.

Mr. Bond also said a Pataki victory would impress Mr. D'Amato's Senate colleagues and help him secure the chairmanship of the National Republican Senatorial Committee next year.

In the scathing 68 - page report, Mr. Lopez — who was stripped of his powerful committee chairmanship and his position atop the Brooklyn Democratic Party after sexual harassment allegations first surfaced last year — engaged in such acts as hanging mistletoe in his district office and forcibly kissing a staffer, shoving his hand «all the way up» the inner thigh of another staffer and more.

Same goes for the Port Authority's decision to rotate the Port chairmanship and vice-chairmanship between the two states every two years (New York gets to go first).

Before assuming his current position as town supervisor of Schoharie in 2015, he became the vice chair of the county's Republican Committee, and advanced to the chairmanship last year.

«It's critical that we keep the focus local,» Mr. Goodman, who ran unsuccessfully for Suffolk County legislator in 2015 and for the Republican Committee's chairmanship the following year, said on Monday.

On top of that, members can be given leadership stipends for positions such as committee chairmanships that range from $ 9,000 to $ 41,500 per year.

There were reports earlier this year — 2017 that the Commission under the Chairmanship of Dr Afari Gyan had withdrawn money from the staff Endowment Fund to transact official Commission business.

If the deal holds, Brooklyn Democrats are set to reap the spoils, including at least one choice committee chairmanship and patronage jobs with the City Council that have eluded them in years past.

This year alone, three Senate Republicans held chairmanships of lesser paying committees but instead took the higher stipends from the panels where they served as vice chairs, which under law do not come with pay.

To all those who have helped me throughout my twenty years in public office and before, this Chairmanship is a testament to your support and hard work.

Rangel worked for years to land the Ways & Means chairmanship, only to see it slip rapidly from his grasp.

Espada's opinion has an impact beyond his one vote because he secured the chairmanship of the Housing Committee after he threatened to withhold his support from making Malcolm Smith the first Democratic majority leader in 40 years.

CapCon's Jimmy Vielkind reported this morning that Maziarz, an outspoken and independently - minded Niagara County senator (remember, he's one of two Republicans who crossed the aisle to accept then - Democratic Conference Leader John Sampson's offer of committee chairmanships last year), may announce his candidacy as early as today.

A Bronx Democratic insider alluded to rumors that Blake has eyed the seat of Congressman José Serrano, expected to retire in the next few years, and that Crespo «would probably feel a certain way» about the assemblyman using the vice chairmanship to help launch a run for the House.

And Manning, a veteran Democratic fundraiser with ties to Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo, assumed the authority gavel for the next year (the chairmanship rotates between the two delegations annually) while expressing his confidence in bridge management.

Like in other cities the Conservative Associations in the city amalgamated last year, coming under the impartial chairmanship of Mike Howarth.

Wisconsin Republican Party chairman Reince Priebus will seek the chairmanship of the Republican National Committee early next year, a blow to the reelection chances of current chairman Michael Steele.

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Green, who lived in Plainfield, rose to the chairmanship of the Union County Democrats in 2013 before resigning this year.

Degnan has made replacing the bus terminal a priority of his since he was nominated to the Port's chairmanship in 2014 — two years before the New Jersey legislature confirmed his son, New Jersey's former State Commission of Investigation director, as state comptroller.

The allegations against Lopez, first reported last summer, led the Assembly to strip Lopez of his powerful chairmanship of the Housing Committee and prompted him to step down from his post as Brooklyn Democratic Leader, which he had held for seven years.

Under the new chairmanship of Al Peck, with help from county GOP representative John Horn, it appears that the party that currently holds a 3 - 2 majority will be again nominating incumbent supervisor Rob Stanley, for a third two year term this time.

He gave up his Assembly seat and wound up jumping into a crowded field of challengers to Rangel last year, as the 81 - year - old Democrat suffered an embarrassing ethics probe, censure and loss of his chairmanship of the Ways and Means Committee.

«Charlie Rangel is a person who has been there for 40 years, and he has lost his chairmanship,» Williams said.

Johnson created a new committee dedicated specifically to for - hire vehicles like Uber and Lyft — and gave its chairmanship to Ruben Diaz Sr., who got at least $ 11,800 in campaign contribution from employees and owners of taxi, limousine and dispatch companies for his election last year.

Horodyski, a bank president who took over the IDA chairmanship from resort owner Dave O'Halloran last year, allowed that the Park Point process hasn't been very smooth.

Oye said that APGA under his chairmanship in the last two years, had grown stronger and was more focused and better unified, adding that he had delivered on some of his promises.

He said the feds as part of his plea agreement opted not to prosecute him for lying about his address for years so he could vote in the Bronx — a move that also allowed him keep his Bronx Republican chairmanship.

A year after the removal of the hereditary peers, a royal commission was set up under the chairmanship of Lord Wakeham.

While describing himself as «the best man for the job,» the aspirant added, «If not for what happened at the August last year's convention, I would have clinched the chairmanship position then and I am confidence that I will emerge as the chairman this time around.»

Known for his generosity and ability to lead the party since 1992, most political pundits had predicted the 65 - year - old to win the first - ever contested Upper West Regional chairmanship position.

Representative Ralph Hall (R - TX) has staked his claim to the chairmanship of the House Science and Technology Committee with this statement on the election and his plans for next year:

Chairmanship of the council rotates among member states every two years; the United States will assume this role in 2015.

In some cases, I have rewarded them with a department chairmanship or recommended them for Teacher of the Year.

1) Each member of the Board of Directors, regardless of Committee participation or Chairmanship, immediately agree to lower total compensation to $ 1 per year per person, retroactive to January 1, 2009 or accept the resignation of each non-participating Board member in the new plan.

The Caribbean Tourism Organisation (CTO), the Caribbean's official tourism development agency, has selected the Hon. Ricky Skerritt, Minister of Tourism and International Transport, St Kitts and Nevis, for the chairmanship of the organisation for the next two years.