I'd served on eight of the subcommittees, the 12 subcommittees.
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One of the issues they just recently, one of the subcommittees, the antitrust subcommittees has hired Lina Khan, who has some very different thoughts about how you look at antitrust.
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The emerging threats and tactical air and land forces subcommittees passed their bills Wednesday, while the readiness, strategic forces, military personnel, and seapower and projection forces subcommittees passed their versions Thursday.
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A top Democrat from one of the other 11 subcommittees will likely switch roles to head that panel, which is considered more desirable to most lawmakers than subcommittees like the Legislative Branch panel.
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House Armed Services markups begin with subcommittees on June 85033.
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The full House Appropriations Committee or its subcommittees have approved nine.
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Chairmanships of key committees and subcommittees will need to be settled.
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Roskam and Reichert are both chairmen of Ways and Means subcommittees.
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Instead of rule by clique, she prefers the cabinet and its subcommittees.
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For now, however, Pallone and the top Democrats on two subcommittees -- Reps.
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Two subcommittees of the House Natural Resources Committee are planning legislative hearings.
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Senate Appropriations subcommittees will press ahead with budget hearings for federal departments.
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MORE (Ind.) on Ethics — and nine others hold the gavel of subcommittees.
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For now, however, Pallone and the top Democrats on two subcommittees — Reps.
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Lamar Alexander (R-Tenn.), chairman of one of the Senate's spending subcommittees.
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Specifically, he serves on the panel's Health and Oversight and Investigations subcommittees.
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The amendment was removed from bills considered by House and Senate subcommittees.
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The House and Senate intergovernmental relations subcommittees have been given other substantial responsibilities.
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Wheeler named new members to the Science Advisory Board and subcommittees last month.
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Subcommittees and full committees held hearings and markup on bills of every kind.
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Mr. Holding serves on the Ways and Means Subcommittees on Trade and Health.
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EST: Two House subcommittees hold a hearing on the cybersecurity of voting machines.
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According to Inhofe, the Subcommittees on Personnel and Readiness will conduct the hearings.
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Sessions had been scheduled to testify Tuesday before the House and Senate subcommittees that oversee his department's budget, but Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein will go before them instead, he said Saturday in letters to the chairmen of those subcommittees.
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And many opposition motions will be deflected into the long grass of parliamentary subcommittees.
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The source also said the subcommittees for intelligence will be different than under Nunes.
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Inhofe used to chair the committee and now chairs one of its subcommittees. Sen.
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The action starts May 20 with the subcommittees on readiness, airland and strategic forces.
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Sessions was scheduled to testify before two House and Senate Appropriations subcommittees this week.
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Instead she has limited discussion to various subcommittees, from which Mr Johnson was pointedly excluded.
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Three of the hearings will be in the Natural Resources Committee, tailored to specific subcommittees.
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In a joint statement, the four Republican chairs of the relevant committees and subcommittees — Sen.
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Then on Tuesday, five of the subcommittees will mark up their portion of the bill.
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Jackson Lee serves on the Subcommittees on Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Protection, and Counterterrorism and Intelligence.
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The House Ethics Committee voted unanimously Thursday to establish investigative subcommittees to look into Reps.
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Two House Natural Resources subcommittees will hold separate hearings on a total of four bills.
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Two House Oversight subcommittees will hold a joint hearing on voting machine security on Wednesday.
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Earlier this week, EPA administrator Scott Pruitt gutted the leadership of many of the BOSC's subcommittees.
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The measure was heard by House and Senate subcommittees on Wednesday, according to the legislature's website.
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In terms of speeches, Governor Jerome Powell will testify before some Senate Subcommittees at 10 a.m.
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Interior also froze the work of more than 200 advisory boards, committees and subcommittees in May.
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So does Congress; the House Readiness and Seapower subcommittees are holding hearings on the mishaps. Adm.
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The department then must notify the chairs of the relevant congressional appropriations subcommittees, who must approve.
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Lowey's retirement is likely to set off a chain reaction of switches among the spending subcommittees.
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Kelly and Sessions will also appear before the House appropriations subcommittees on their respective agency's budget request.
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The order creates an executive committee and five subcommittees made up of plaintiffs' lawyers from 15 firms.
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The subcommittees finished their portions this week, and Chairman Mac Thornberry (R-Texas) detailed his highlights Thursday.
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The Armed Services subcommittees included several items in their portions of the NDAA above what Trump requested.
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Wheeler also picked new members for four subcommittees that focus on agriculture, chemicals, drinking water and radiation.
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The remaining three Ways and Means subcommittees will keep the same chairmen they had last year. Rep.
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Two House Science, Space and Technology subcommittees will hold a hearing on Department of Energy employee misconduct.
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The health, tax and oversight subcommittees will all have new leadership this year, in light of Rep.
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Two House subcommittees considered alternatives to the use of fetal tissue for research at a hearing in December.
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Still, the subcommittees turned in their reports to Penn State, but a final report was never made public.
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ON TAP WEDNESDAY I: Two House Science subcommittees will hold a hearing on the cost of federal research.
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Two other appropriations subcommittees also held markups on Wednesday, with the pace expected to pick up next week.
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Pruitt faced a grilling from Democratic lawmakers in back-to-back testimony before two House subcommittees last month.
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Paul Selva will brief key members of the House and Senate Armed Services committees and Defense Appropriations subcommittees.
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Accordingly, CASAC has long relied on scrutinizing the key issues based upon input from subcommittees of knowledgeable experts.
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Senate Appropriations subcommittees mark up the Labor, HHS, Education Appropriations Bill and the State & Foreign Operations Appropriations bill.
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A pair of House Armed Services subcommittees on Wednesday said they would hold a joint hearing on Sept.
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Two House Oversight subcommittees will hold a joint hearing on voting machine cybersecurity on Wednesday at 10 a.m.
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Two of its subcommittees will hear from NRC representatives Wednesday about that agency's budget request for fiscal 6900.
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Those types of requests must be sent to the relevant congressional subcommittees and approved by those committees' chairmen.
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She does sit on several committees and subcommittees tied to the economy, so maybe Rob's got a point.
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John Stennis (D-MS), who controlled the appropriations subcommittees in charge of water projects in their respective chambers.
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DHS needs effective oversight — but they do not get it by answering to more than 80 Committees and subcommittees.
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The House Science Committee's subcommittees on energy and environment will hold a hearing on the future of fossil fuels.
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But EPA has suddenly terminated the subcommittees assembled to provide input to CASAC on both particulate and ozone pollution.
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House and Senate subcommittees held hearings on the mandate this year in the hope that some consensus might emerge.
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The leaders of the House and Senate subcommittees that control the EEOC's funding did not respond to interview requests.
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This approach could also delegate designation decisions to subcommittees of the FSOC headed by expert agencies for relevant industries.
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House Appropriation subcommittees have already begun marking up some spending bills despite the lack of a top line number.
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Aipac's closest Democratic allies occupy top leadership posts and lead the committees and subcommittees of greatest importance to Israel.
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She spoke before House and Senate subcommittees on human rights, and they saw each other while she was in Washington.
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The full platform committee was meeting Tuesday afternoon to debate the changes that were made in subcommittees on Monday morning.
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APPROPRIATING: The House and Senate Appropriations subcommittees with energy and water jurisdiction approved their bills for fiscal 2017 funding Wednesday.
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In a joint hearing of two House subcommittees, lawmakers chastised federal agencies for not acting more like a private business.
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Four Senate Appropriations subcommittees were unable to complete their work in 2017, opting to post draft legislation on their websites.
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ON TAP WEDNESDAY I: Two subcommittees of the House Oversight Committee will host a hearing on the renewable fuel standard.
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Two House subcommittees considered alternatives to the controversial practice of using fetal tissue for research at a hearing December 13.
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Thus, the Democratic House and the Republican-led Senate have been operating with very different allocations for their respective subcommittees.
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It's unclear how this would shake out, given the high number of full committee chairmen who sit on Finance subcommittees.
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On Wednesday in Washington, two Senate subcommittees are scheduled to hold hearings dealing with federal oversight of the aviation industry.
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A department making a transfer like this is then required to notify the chairmen of the relevant congressional appropriations subcommittees.
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He is a senior member of the House Armed Services Committee and serves on the Strategic Forces and Readiness subcommittees.
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The letter was signed by the chairmen of the Labor, Health and Human Services Appropriations Subcommittees from both chambers, Rep.
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All six of the panel's subcommittees will mark up their portions of the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) on Thursday.
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There are numerous Senate and House committees and subcommittees dedicated to listening to and addressing the issues plaguing Indian Country.
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Not long thereafter, however, the committee established two subcommittees while still allowing members to keep their associate staff (until recently).
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Two House Energy and Commerce subcommittees are holding a joint hearing Tuesday on fuel economy standards for cars and trucks.
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EST: Two Senate Armed Services subcommittees are holding hearings, one on Air Force modernization and the other on military personnel.
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Thursday is also a busy day for the House Natural Resources Committee, where subcommittees are reviewing a number of bills.
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Winslow conveys as much excitement about the Iran-contra scandal, Nafta and Senate subcommittees as he does murder and mayhem.
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She will also be able to signal values and push oversight in other ways, like with the subcommittees she creates.
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These subcommittees will be led by independent observers and will be made up by members of the opposition and the government.
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"It's standard operating procedure for the D.M.A. to attend all military subcommittees in the House and Senate," he told me recently.
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The committee chair and heads of three relevant subcommittees requested briefings on the data partnership, codenamed project Nightingale, by Dec. 6.
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Prior to that, he served as counsel to two subcommittees of the House Commerce Committee during a 25-year Hill career.
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House Oversight and Government Reform subcommittees will hear from regulatory reform task forces from the EPA, Interior Department and Energy Department.
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Thursday is also a busy day for the House Natural Resources Committee, where various subcommittees will review a number of bills.
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"It'd be great to have the subcommittee chairmen," said Hunter, who sits on two subcommittees of the House Armed Services Committee.
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Lower in the hierarchy are various subcommittees focusing on specific current or emerging risks, such as operating performance, capital, and supervisory planning.
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The two sides did meet in their subcommittees late into last night and are meeting in sub groups Thursday, said a source.
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The committee will establish various subcommittees to develop the standards, which must be inclusive of all types of cultures and technological advances.
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The House Energy and Commerce Committee's energy and environment subcommittees will hold a hearing on the Nuclear Regulatory Commission's 85033 budget request.
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On Wednesday, the House Science subcommittees on energy and research and technology will hold a hearing on material science at 10 a.m.
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Two subcommittees overseeing the Energy Department and Department of Agriculture will also meet to move their respective bills on the same day.
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All 10 Democrats on Senate appropriations subcommittees that handle defense, veterans affairs and related spending, wrote to Shanahan to oppose the decision.
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According to Kinema, the total number of GWU members are in the "hundreds", and the organization includes multiple subcommittees for various topics.
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We sit together on the House Agriculture Committee, where we chair the subcommittees with jurisdiction over domestic and international anti-hunger programs.
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During joint hearing of two House subcommittees in January, Republican lawmakers chastised the OPM for not firing more people following the hacks.
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Dr. Van Horn is a member of two advisory panel subcommittees, including one that is drafting recommendations on dietary fats and seafood.
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No more NFL/Under Armour Head Health Challenge, no more Heads Up Football, no more wasting money on convening numerous committees and subcommittees.
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At the same time, two subcommittees from the House Science Committee will mine for lessons to be learned from the WannaCry ransomware attacks.
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The congressional legislation to enact this plan, called the "Restore Our Parks Act," is languishing in subcommittees on both sides of Capitol Hill.
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Adcock is scheduled to appear Tuesday before subcommittees of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, which is tracking Trump's deregulation effort.
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Implementation of this Global Water Strategy requires funding, and congressional appropriators on the State and Foreign Operations Appropriations Subcommittee — and other subcommittees, e.g.
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It now boasts the endorsement of all Democrats on the Intelligence and Oversight subcommittees, every ranking committee member and the complete Democratic leadership.
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The occasion was a hearing of the House Energy and Committee Commerce and its subcommittees on communications and technology and consumer protection and commerce.
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Cover: Then-FBI Director Robert Mueller testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, March 19, 2013, before multiple House subcommittees on the FBI's budget.
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The EPA's Board of Scientific Counselors has five subcommittees made up largely of academics, social scientists, economists, engineers, and scientists outside of the government.
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Sessions had planned to appear before the Senate and House Appropriations Subcommittees, but the deputy attorney general will take his place, the letter said.
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In April 1939, joint House and Senate subcommittees considered the refugee bill in what is now Room 418 of the Russell Senate Office Building.
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Two House Oversight subcommittees will hold a joint hearing to examine "sue and settle" agreements between federal agencies and environmental activists over regulatory enforcements.
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Two House Armed Services subcommittees will hold a joint hearing on "Sealift and Mobility Requirements in Support of the National Defense Strategy" with Gen.
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The Health subcommittee of the US House Committee on Energy and Commerce on Wednesday joined the shortlist of subcommittees that have delved into cannabis.
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Ms. Norton pushed the legislation through three subcommittees, an effort that the developers recognized by dedicating the Wharf's 3.5-acre waterfront park to her.
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Their papers will go to 13 subcommittees (called "panels," because astronomers can't use normal words in normal ways), each dedicated to a particular topic.
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H.) Subcommittees: None Members: Marco Rubio (R-Fla.), Maria Cantwell (D-Wash.), Rand Paul (R-Ky.), Ben Cardin (D-Md.), Tim Scott (R-S.
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Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton said one of his subcommittees plans to markup bills to fight opioid addiction in the week ahead.
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LoBiondo oversees two subcommittees in the lower chamber, including the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee's Aviation Subcommittee and the House Intelligence Committee's CIA Subcommittee.
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Lowey told Democrats on Wednesday morning that she was "cautiously optimistic" that chairs of the 12 appropriations subcommittees could iron out their differences quickly.
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The bottom line: It's common for new leaders to shift the agenda of subcommittees, but the proposals are a strong signaling of priorities for Waters.
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Where House Republicans have abandoned seniority rules and imposed term-limits on the chairing of congressional committees and subcommittees, for example, the Democrats have refrained.
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In May, Interior froze the work of more than 200 advisory boards, committees and subcommittees -- about a third of those advisory boards are science-based.
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Trump's Interior Department froze the work of over 200 members of its advisory boards, committees and subcommittees, a third of which cover science-related issues.
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The Republican senator also said he hoped to use his leadership role on two subcommittees to launch a deeper investigation of Russia's hacks, CNN reported.
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That question took center stage at a hearing Thursday before two House subcommittees considering alternatives to the controversial practice of using fetal tissue for research.
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The House Energy and Commerce's subcommittees on the environment and on the energy planning a Tuesday hearing on the budget of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
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With the budget expected to be released the week of May 22, Thornberry said the subcommittees should hold their markups in mid-to-late June.
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Cover image: Then-FBI Director Robert Mueller testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, March 19, 2013, before multiple House subcommittees on the FBI's budget.
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Worked as chief counsel for Senate Judiciary subcommittees on the Constitution and immigration under Senator John Cornyn, a Republican, and served as Texas's solicitor general.
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Ms. Adcock is scheduled to appear Tuesday before subcommittees of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, which is tracking Mr. Trump's deregulation effort.
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Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar testifies to two House subcommittees today about the administration's response to the coronavirus, first at 9:30 a.m.
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Democrats are planning to offer their own top-line spending numbers, known as 302(b)s, for the subcommittees during a vote scheduled for Thursday.
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"Each of our subcommittees will play an integral role as we advance President-elect Trump's and the American people's top priorities," Brady said in a statement.
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Roger Wicker of Mississippi, who chair the seapower subcommittees, said the defense bills would authorize building more ships than the nine the Pentagon proposed for 2018.
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NDAA GETS GOING: National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) season officially kicked off Wednesday, as subcommittees release their portions of the bill and committee staffers briefed reporters.
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This does not mean that party leaders would be dictating schedules and agendas; they'd simply be coordinating strategies and letting the committees and subcommittees take charge.
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In a Democratic House, Brownley and Kuster would be in line to run key Veterans Affairs subcommittees, where they'll be in a position to demand answers.
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On March 7, the heads of all the subcommittees gathered at the Historical Society of Michigan in Lansing to go through the draft one last time.
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As chairs of the committees and subcommittees with jurisdiction on this matter, we have tried every avenue to obtain a full accounting of all child separations.
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If the application process is easier than researchers are accustomed to, the review process will be tougher for King and the various subcommittees of Social Science One.
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Washington (CNN)The Interior Department froze the work of more than 200 advisory boards, committees and subcommittees last week, according to a department memo obtained by CNN.
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Even the Iraqi army could have done it with a little U.S. help, had it been trained to the degree U.S. generals repeatedly claimed in Senate subcommittees.
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Greg Walden (R-Ore.), the new chairman of the House Commerce committee, announced the Republican members for the panel's subcommittees, including those overseeing technology and digital commerce.
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The most juicy details won't be known until the so-called "chairman's mark" is released in the coming weeks, but the subcommittees offered a few interesting tidbits.
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As Congress proceeds with fiscal 85033 appropriations, it should reject the House and Senate subcommittees' marks and embrace President Obama's request for increased support of energy research.
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These reforms expanded committee, support agency and minority party staffing, and more important, created a way around the dictatorial roadblocks created by senior committee leaders expanding subcommittees.
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"Individual funding items are being left to the subcommittees in keeping with long-standing committee practice," a source familiar with the talks said about the border wall.
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This bill has already passed through the House (though similar bills have passed the house in the past, too) and is currently being considered by two subcommittees.
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Pelosi is shoring up her support for the speaker's race with commitments like these: committee assignments, creation of subcommittees, and of course, promises of money for 2020 races.
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The chairmen of the House and Senate aviation subcommittees spoke Wednesday about the challenges facing by American air travel in an age of lightning-fast technological innovation. Sen.
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The committee created to organise celebrations for the 70th anniversary of Burmese independence is working at full steam: it has spent the day creating subcommittees (nine in total).
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In my second term, my wish to serve on the committee was granted, and I eventually became the top Republican on one of the Appropriations Committee's many subcommittees.
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Elsewhere on Capitol Hill this week, a pair of House Oversight subcommittees will hold a hearing on the implementation of their scorecard for federal IT modernization, on Tuesday.
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The House Oversight and Government Reform's Subcommittees on Government Operations and Health Care, Benefits, and Administrative Rules recently held a hearing, Examining a Church's Right to Free Speech.
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Pallone and the likely chairmen of the Natural Resources and Science subcommittees announced last week plans to hold two days of hearings on climate change early next year.
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He is currently chairman of the House Budget Committee and also serves on the powerful Ways and Means Committee, serving there on the Health and Human Resources Subcommittees.
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The House Armed Services subcommittees on Thursday quickly finished passing all six bills that will make up the base of the fiscal 2018 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA).
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Clarke serves on the House Energy and Commerce Committee Subcommittees on Communications and Technology; Commerce, Manufacturing and Trade; and Oversight and Investigations, along with the Small Business Committee.
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House lawmakers this week will begin to mark up the chamber's draft of the annual defense policy bill, with subcommittees set to convene Wednesday to start the process.
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As Congress proceeds with fiscal year 2017 appropriations, it should reject the House and Senate subcommittees' marks and embrace President Obama's request for increased support of energy research.
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Congress is still finalizing its spending bill for next year, but lawmakers will take into consideration the bills passed by appropriations subcommittees in both the House and the Senate.
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They also began a targeted infiltration of key posts in Congress, particularly the Judiciary subcommittees on immigration in the House and Senate, where they hoped to install sympathetic staffers.
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Anyway: expect all of this to get an incredibly tedious airing when Jack Dorsey, Sheryl Sandberg, and probably no one from Google go before various Congressional subcommittees next week.
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During his six years in the Senate, he served on the Foreign Relations Committee as Chair of the Western Hemisphere and ranking member of the Near East subcommittees. Sen.
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The member would sort through all the requests they got, and pick some to forward to the powerful chairs of Appropriations subcommittees, who ultimately decided which ones got funded.
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We just got this subpoena today, so I don't know whether or not we are going to be testifying next Tuesday in front of these two particular House subcommittees.
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Paul Selva are expected to brief key members of the House and Senate Armed Services committees and Defense appropriations subcommittees, according to a defense official familiar with the announcement.
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The House has already approved its first set of appropriations bills, and the appropriations committee and subcommittees are well on their way to completing their work for the year.
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The Democrats' success of that election cycle translated to a stark power shift in the House: Out of the 18 freshman lawmakers tapped to lead subcommittees, 10 are women.
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He said she had been in touch with congressional subcommittees about the information she found before going to the media, but declined to say whether she sought whistleblower status.
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Kaptur also sent a "Dear Colleague" letter this month, in which she stressed her nearly three decades on the committee, where she's served on 1003 out of 2100 subcommittees.
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Just three Democrats had previously led committees before this year, and by Mr. Schiliro's count, 18 House freshmen — some of whom were never previously in government — are heading subcommittees.
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We just got this subpoena today, so I don&apost know whether or not we are going to be testifying next Tuesday in front of these two particular House Subcommittees.
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When Zuckerberg took questions from two Senate subcommittees in April, he repeatedly responded that he would get back to individual lawmakers later whenever he was presented with a tough question.
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GOP platform draft declares pornography 'public health crisis' The group has spent two days forcing uncomfortable debates and votes on both platform subcommittees and the full committee proceedings broadcast live.
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Rep. Clay Higgins (R-La.) told two House Science subcommittees they should take antivirus magnate Eugene Kaspersky up on his offer to testify before Congress during a joint hearing Thursday.
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Earlier this month, one of our subcommittees received testimony from representatives of local law enforcement identifying the availability of guns and the lone wolf threat as serious problems for police.
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This week, two House education subcommittees will consider ways that Congress can upgrade educator preparation programs to ensure teacher candidates get a chance to practice their craft alongside successful veterans.
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"There's 24 different subcommittees working on each individual component to make sure these conventions are safe and that they're a positive event for all that want to attend," he said.
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Elsewhere on Capitol Hill, two subcommittees of the House Science Committee will meet Wednesday to discuss the Energy Department's loan and loan guarantee program, a frequent subject of Republican criticism.
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"There are a number of terrorism-related issues that I would hope the new Congress would take up, but I'm sure those can be handled by other subcommittees," he continued.
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They were placed on subcommittees dealing with every aspect of the document, from American history, civics and economics to "bias review," and sorted through thousands of pages of public comments.
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But sources close to Roy highlighted he is interested in the role, noting he is the only freshman to serve as the top Republican on one of the panel's subcommittees.
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Three N.C.A.A. subcommittees, which are examining athlete work opportunities, individual licensing and group licensing, will soon offer ideas, and feedback will also come from conferences, Olympic sports organizations and students.
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In the next film, presumably, they will be forming subcommittees on road safety, going to church in hats, and trying to stop their kids from watching monkey porn after dark.
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Sessions was originally supposed to testify in front of House and Senate Appropriations subcommittees this week, but said in a statement he will send a deputy to that hearing instead.
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Notably, the last period of mass exodus from Congress, the 1970s, also coincided with a significant chunk or internal reorganization, which expanded staff, empowered party caucuses, and created new subcommittees.
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That agenda was to form subcommittees that would research various issues and proceed with outreach to existing organizations and groups working on those issues as well as developing their own actions.
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He combed through newspaper archives and listened to TV and radio broadcasts from the era, and studied Congressional Quarterly Almanacs, reports from Senate subcommittees and transcripts from hearings on the Hill.
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Sessions was originally supposed to testify in front of the House and Senate Appropriations subcommittees this week but said in a statement he will send a deputy to that hearing instead.
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But Heck, a physician and Iraq War veteran, said he's proud of his short time in the House, where he has chaired two subcommittees and authored two bills that became law.
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Michael R. Lemov is an attorney who served as counsel to subcommittees of the House Commerce Committee under chairman John E. Moss, with oversight of EPA and the Clean Air Act.
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The organization also oversees numerous partnership and subcommittees focused on specific areas like business — through the Business and Industry Advisory Committee (BIAC) — and trade, via its Trade Union Advisory Committee (TUAC).
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Sessions was originally supposed to testify in front of the House and Senate appropriations subcommittees this week but said in a statement he will send a deputy to that hearing instead.
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He previously served Pennsylvania's Sixth Congressional District for 12 years, where he was a senior member of the House Ways and Means Committee and the Subcommittees on Health and Select Revenue.
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He previously served Pennsylvania's 6th Congressional District for 12 years, where he was a senior member of the House Ways and Means Committee and the Subcommittees on Health and Select Revenue.
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A report released by two House Homeland Security subcommittees on Thursday found that the number of misconduct claims filed against TSA employees rose by almost 29 percent from 2013 to 2015.
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Photo: Getty Three of Silicon Valley's biggest tech companies will speak to three different congressional subcommittees on Tuesday and Wednesday to finally get to the bottom of, well, a lot of issues.
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At a joint hearing of two House Energy and Commerce subcommittees, Democrats cast the administration plan as a blow against efforts to combat climate change and as a boon for oil companies.
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That rule, adopted in 2014, states that chairmen of full committees or subcommittees must resign their post once they publicly announce they are running for higher office, including president or governor. Rep.
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"No matter how tough our operating environment or how strained our budget, we shouldn't be and cannot be colliding with other ships and running aground," Moran told two House Armed Services subcommittees.
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The House Science Subcommittees on Space and the Environment held a joint hearing with witnesses who called for more funding and resources to predict how weather conditions in space could affect Earth.
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Since joining the committee in 2011, Luetkemeyer has chaired subcommittees on consumer credit, housing and insurance, and has batted for banks on issues including Federal Reserve oversight, lending restrictions and accounting rules.
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Engel's plan, which a senior Democrat says the Congress member first floated to Democrats late last year, is to have those subcommittees deal with all regional issues, including trade, immigration, and terrorism.
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Admiral Richardson and the secretary of the Navy, Richard V. Spencer, are set to appear in front of two subcommittees of the House Armed Services on Thursday, focusing extensively on naval operations.
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Sessions was originally supposed to testify in front of the House and Senate Appropriations subcommittees this week, but said in a statement that he will send a deputy to that hearing instead.
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Two House Energy and Commerce subcommittees -- those focusing on the environment and health -- plan to hold a joint hearing Wednesday on the fallout from the lead contamination of the city's water supply.
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"No matter how tough our operating environment, or how strained our budget, we shouldn't be and cannot be colliding with other ships and running aground," Moran told two House Armed Services subcommittees.
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Mike Lee (R-Utah) Subcommittees: None Members: Senators: Tom Cotton (R-Ark.), Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.), Ben Sasse (R-Neb.), Gary Peters (D-Mich.), Rob Portman (R-Ohio), Maggie Hassan (D-N.
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House Dems call for Pruitt to step down: The ranking member of the House Energy and Commerce Committee and the three ranking members for its subcommittees called for Pruitt to resign Tuesday.
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Having all of the issues at the "Main Table" and not in subcommittees is typically a sign that a deal is closer, if not imminent, as long as the talks don't breakdown.
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Both the House and Senate aviation subcommittees have held hearings to investigate the regulatory and engineering failures that led to two Boeing 737 MAX crashes in Ethiopia and Indonesia in 2018 and 85033.
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Clay Higgins (R-La.) told two House Science subcommittees they should take antivirus magnate Eugene Kaspersky up on his offer to testify before Congress during a joint hearing on Wanna Cry on Thursday.
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There will be four subcommittees that will oversee: technological problems like artificial intelligence; counter-intelligence, proliferation, and terrorism; intelligence management and reform, including security clearances; and then finally, defense and war fighter support.
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Subcommittees, meanwhile, focus on more specific areas; in HFAC's case, those are typically broken down into regions: Africa, the Middle East, Latin America, or a specific issue area, as with the terrorism one.
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The House Education and the Workforce Subcommittees on Workforce Protections and Health, Employment, Labor and Pensions will hold a joint hearing on legislation to rescind the National Labor Relations Board's joint-employer standard.
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It sets up procedures for the questioning of witnesses by committee staff, it says Judiciary subcommittees can be involved in the process, and it says Trump's lawyers are allowed to respond in writing.
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The company also came under the scrutiny of Congress once more and that pressure, which came from subcommittees in both the House and Senate and from both political parties, appears to have paid off.
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Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (R-Fla.) called the U.N. a "politicized tool" at a hearing on Israel, Palestine and the U.N. before the House Foreign Affairs subcommittees dealing with the Middle East and international organizations.
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Members of the President's Cabinet head to the Capitol on Tuesday -- Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin and Labor Secretary Alex Acosta will testify before their respective House Appropriations subcommittees for their departments' annual budget hearings.
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C.) Ranking member: Mark Warner (D-Va.) Subcommittees: None Members: Jim Risch (R-Idaho), Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.), Marco Rubio (R-Fla.), Ron Wyden (D-Ore.), Susan Collins (R-Maine), Martin Heinrich (D-N.
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This week, representatives from Google, Facebook, and Twitter are appearing before House and Senate subcommittees to answer for their role in Russian manipulation during the 2016 election, and so far, the questioning has been brutal.
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Because the wall is very expensive and would crowd out significant other spending, knowing whether it will be funded is crucial to setting funding allocations among the subcommittees that write the twelve annual appropriations bills.
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At a joint five-hour hearing of two House of Representatives Energy and Commerce subcommittees, Democrats cast the administration plan as a blow against efforts to combat climate change and a boon for oil companies.
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As a member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, she serves on the subcommittees responsible for oversight of the Department of Homeland Security, as well as the nation's borders and its immigration, citizenship and refugee laws.
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The multipronged investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 election — and the possible collusion of Trump campaign associates in that interference — now sprawls from the F.B.I. to at least three committees and subcommittees in Congress.
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The subcommittees are jumpstarting the arduous process of crafting the NDAA, which has already been delayed thanks in part to President Trump's transition into the White House and a late presidential budget, introduced in May.
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John KennedyJohn Neely KennedyMORE (R-La.), a member of the Senate Appropriations homeland security and health and human services subcommittees, said the administration needs to do a better job communicating the level of the threat.
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Sessions sent a memo in April updating the U.S. Attorney's Offices and Department of Justice Department (DOJ) component heads on the work of the task force, which he said would be accomplished through various subcommittees.
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Y.) Subcommittees: Africa, Global Health, Global Human Rights and International Organizations; Asia and the Pacific; Europe, Eurasia and Emerging Threats; Middle East and North Africa; Terrorism, Nonproliferation and Trade; Western Hemisphere Members: Christopher Smith (R-N.
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The chairman, who has said he plans to delegate more authorities to subcommittees than under his predecessor, said a subcommittee hearing on Space Force is "certainly on the list to consider," but has not been finalized.
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Members of two House Science subcommittees drilled experts about the security of voting machines during a hearing Tuesday afternoon, putting the spotlight on election security as congressional Democrats continue to push for action on the issue.
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Sessions was originally scheduled to testify before a pair of Senate and House Appropriations subcommittees this week, but is now sending a deputy in his place so he can address Comey's Thursday testimony related to his firing.
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"A merger between T-Mobile and Sprint would combine two of the four largest wireless carriers and the carriers with the largest numbers of low-income customers," said senior Democrats on the two panels and two subcommittees.
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During public hearings, two Senate subcommittees raised concerns about the safety certification process and the decisionmaking that surrounded the aircraft, which was involved in Ethiopian Airlines and Lion Air crashes that killed a total of 2628 people.
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"We are hopeful that an updated BOSC Executive Committee and the five subcommittees can resume their work in 2018 and continue providing ORD with thoughtful recommendations and comments," he wrote at the time, according to E&E.
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Ronald Boxall testified on Thursday before two House armed services subcommittees on the USS John S. McCain and USS Fitzgerald collisions, which claimed the lives of 17 sailors and led to the dismissal of the 7th Fleet commander.
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In an April memo to the U.S. Attorney's Offices and Justice Department officials, Sessions said the task force work would be accomplished through various subcommittees and that he had asked for initial recommendations no later than July 27.
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Three Natural Resources subcommittees are set to meet on Wednesday: one investigating water supply issues in California, another looking at "environmental mitigation regulations" from the Obama administration and a third on two bills dealing with Native American issues.
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The Fixed Income Market Structure Advisory Committee (FIMSAC) will have a two-year mandate and will likely meet four times a year, with subcommittees potentially meeting more often, the regulator said in the filing, dated Thursday, Oct. 26.
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C.), Catherine Cortez Masto (D-Nev.), Marco Rubio (R-Fla.), Deb Fischer (R-Neb.) JOINT COMMITTEES Joint Committee on Printing Jurisdiction: U.S. Government Publishing Office, Congressional Record Subcommittees: None Editor's Note: This committee's membership has not been finalized.
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The EPA maintains a stable of outside scientific advisers across several boards and subcommittees, including those that advise the administrator and others that review the integrity of the agency's research programs, drawing from academic institutions, nonprofits, industry, and government.
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Ms. Pelosi and Mr. McConnell managed to work together in the past to produce spending measures covering foreign operations when they served as top members of the relevant appropriations subcommittees in the House and Senate nearly two decades ago.
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Cuccinelli is also planning to propose a number of changes that would transfer power from the RNC chairman to the RNC members, most notably the power to appoint the heads of the RNC's subcommittees (rules, budget, resolutions, and the rest).
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J.) Subcommittees: Digital Commerce and Consumer Protection; Communications and Technology; Energy; Environment; Health; Oversight and Investigations Members: Joe Barton (R-Texas), Bobby Rush (D-Ill.), Fred Upton (R-Mich.), Anna Eshoo (D-Calif.), John Shimkus (R-Ill.), Eliot Engel (D-N.
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On May 23, Government Accountability Office (GAO) Director for Information Technology Management Issues David Powner submitted testimony before the House Oversight and Government Reform Subcommittees on Government Operations and Information Technology related to information technology (IT) acquisitions, operations, and cybersecurity.
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An unusual hearing of two House Armed Services subcommittees offered no new information about what caused four Navy mishaps in the western Pacific this year, including two fatal collisions between Navy destroyers and foreign cargo ships that left 20153 sailors dead.
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Twelve bills -- corresponding to the 12 subcommittees on the Appropriations Committee -- that fund the various pieces of the federal government for the next fiscal year are supposed to be debated and voted on in committee and then by the full chambers.
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The 12 appropriations subcommittees, each of which deal with one of the 85033 annual spending bills, are expected to hand their results to the committee's top Republicans and Democrats by day's end, leaving the most contentious issues for the weekend talks.
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The resolution lays out the "procedures for the questioning of witnesses by committee staff, it says Judiciary subcommittees can be involved in the process, and it says Trump's lawyers are allowed to respond in writing," as Vox's Andrew Prokop explained.
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Those procedures, which are expected to advance in the Democratic-controlled Judiciary Committee, will expand the panel's authorities by allowing staff to question witnesses after members, while empowering Nadler to punt less important witnesses to subcommittees in order to save time.
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U.S. Senator Amy Klobuchar of Minnesota and Representative David Cicilline of Rhode Island, the top Democrats on antitrust subcommittees, wrote to the Department of Justice on Wednesday urging investigation of the payments, including whether there were efforts to influence the department.
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"While I'm not taking certain level of regulation off the table, the question is whether we need a more holistic approach," said Walden at a Wednesday joint hearing of the Energy and Commerce subcommittees on communications and technology, and commerce, manufacturing, and trade.
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"I think you will almost immediately see European data protection agencies attack the revised agreement," said Marc Rotenberg, president of the digital rights advocate Electronic Privacy Information Center, at a recent hearing held by two subcommittees of the House Energy and Commerce Committee.
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The new push comes as congressional Democrats are vowing to subject the deal to fresh scrutiny, with Legere and Sprint Executive Chairman Marcelo Claure both slated to testify before a joint hearing of House Judiciary and House Energy and Commerce subcommittees next week.
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King had been a member of a number of House committees, including the House Agriculture Committee and the House Judiciary Committee, where he served as the chair of the Subcommittee on the Constitution & Civil Justice, one of the Judiciary Committee's five subcommittees.
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He courted one Southern segregationist senator, James O. Eastland of Mississippi, who helped him land spots on the committee and subcommittees dealing with criminal justice and prisons, and became a close friend and legislative partner of another, Strom Thurmond of South Carolina.
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"As you are aware, Major League Baseball is in the midst of a cheating scandal so serious that it has called into question the results of the 2017 World Series," Rush wrote in a letter to three chairs of relevant committees and subcommittees.
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Almost 1,85033 businesses and local officials, representing all 50 states, signed a letter April 4 urging the House and Senate Appropriations Subcommittees to make repairing our national parks a priority, and calling on lawmakers to provide reliable resources to address deferred maintenance.
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Leaders and staff on the 12 spending subcommittees in both chambers have worked all week to minimize or fix areas of disagreement in their fiscal 2020 measures before shipping the biggest problems to full committee heads and ultimately on to top congressional leaders.
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Hammond's letter goes on to note that several U.K. parliamentary subcommittees have also called for regulatory scrutiny of online adtech practices in recent months, including the Digital Culture Media and Sport (DCMS) select committee, which called for the CMA to probe Facebook's business practices.
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Sessions was scheduled to testify before House and Senate appropriations subcommittees on Wednesday and Thursday to talk about the Justice Department budget, but he was sure to face questions over the firing of former FBI Director James Comey and his recusal from the Russia investigation.
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"The conduct engaged in by the former National Security Advisor is another example of why this Administration must be held to account for its actions," wrote Waters in a Wednesday letter to committee Chairman Jeb Hensarling (R-Texas) and the chairmen of the panel's subcommittees.
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He served as a Democratic staff director for the Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs and Economic Opportunity subcommittees of the House Veterans Affairs Committee; as a congressional liaison at the Department of Veterans Affairs; and as a legislative associate for the Veterans of Foreign Wars.
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In the U.S. House Ways and Means Committee—which has jurisdiction over taxes, international trade, health care, several anti-poverty programs, Medicare, and Social Security—our six Subcommittees are preparing ambitious agendas to grow our economy and help Americans of all walks of life.
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If Democrats win the House in November, 35 women are poised to lead committees and subcommittees in the next Congress — an historically high figure that would put female lawmakers in the driver's seat for some of the most pressing issues facing Congress and the country.
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This relationship between governing power and policy speaks volumes about men's ability to control women's health in the US—and Congress' 4:1 male majority actually under-represents the disparity: Men chair 87 percent of House and Senate committees and 90 percent of Congressional subcommittees.
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"When the time comes, I look forward to talking with colleagues about Appropriations Committee leadership, both of the full committee and of key subcommittees, as we fill major gaps that Chairwoman Nita Lowey's retirement will leave," Price said in a statement to The Hill.
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The outstanding issues: There are a number of issues that need to be ironed out, and more have popped up in the last week as the individual subcommittees have worked (for the most part quite successfully, aides say) in closing out their respective bills.
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M.) Subcommittees: None Members: John Barrasso (R-Wyo.), Jon Tester (D-Mont.), John McCain (R-Ariz.), Maria Cantwell (D-Wash.), Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska), Al Franken (D-Minn.), James Lankford (R-Okla.), Brian Schatz (D-Hawaii), Steve Daines (R-Mont.), Heidi Heitkamp (D-N.
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Every Democratic senator on the Senate Appropriations Committee's subcommittees on Defense and Military Construction, Veterans Affairs and Related Agencies signed on to a letter written to Shanahan objecting to moving $1 billion in personnel funds to counter drug funds to go toward the wall.
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Price, who leads the Transportation-HUD spending subcommittee, said in a statement that — "when the time comes" — he plans to talk to his colleagues about leadership of both the full committee and its subcommittees "as we fill major gaps" the chairwoman's retirement will leave. Rep.
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The figure below shows the history of appearances before congressional committees (and subcommittees) by women's organizations, defined as a group that had a female signifier in its name, or whose membership was predominantly female, or which was oriented around women's rights or well-being.
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Two US Senate subcommittees held in 1966 heard from doctors who claimed that LSD caused psychosis and "the loss of all cultural values", as well as from LSD supporters such as Leary and Senator Robert Kennedy, whose wife Ethel was said to have undergone LSD therapy.
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Schiff offers bill to make domestic terrorism a federal crime New intel chief inherits host of challenges MORE (D-Calif.) Subcommittees: CIA; Department of Defense Intelligence and Overhead Architecture; Emerging Threats; NSA and Cybersecurity Members: Mike Conaway (R-Texas), Jim Himes (D-Conn.), Peter King (R-N.
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Two subcommittees housed within the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee will host a joint hearing on Tuesday afternoon to examine the Department of Homeland Security's Continuous Diagnostics and Mitigation Program, the government-wide program launched in 2012 that aims to protect networks from cyber threats.
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Now that both the House and Senate appropriations bills for the State and Foreign Operations and Related Programs subcommittees have been marked up, it is clear that Congress has stood up for the world's poorest and committed to increase funding for programs tackling our world's greatest challenges.
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And if Democrats win the House in November, 35 women are poised to lead committees and subcommittees in the next Congress — a historically high figure that would put female lawmakers in the driver's seat for some of the most pressing issues facing Congress and the country.
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"Results should not be seen as some kind of a scarlet letter on the backs of agencies, rather as a light post on how to improve," said Connolly at a Tuesday joint hearing of the Oversight subcommittees on Government Operations and Information Technology to discuss the grades.
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Wyden noted a memo Sessions sent to the U.S. Attorney's Offices and DOJ officials in April explaining that task force subcommittees were instructed to review department policies on marijuana, asset forfeiture, hate crimes, immigration enforcement and human trafficking, and make initial recommendations no later than July 27.
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They have since divided themselves into committees and subcommittees, with titles like "Immigration" and "Women" and "Civil Rights," and have been holding weeknight meetings in the firehouse and the airy historical society headquarters, next door to Bikram Yoga and down the street from the food co-op.
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Chairman: Bill Shuster (R-Pa.) Ranking member: Peter A. DeFazio (D-Ore.) Subcommittees: Aviation; Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation; Economic Development, Public Buildings and Emergency Management; Highways and Transit; Railroads, Pipelines, and Hazardous Materials; Water Resources and Environment Members: Don Young (R-Ala.), Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-D.
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That subcommittee fight was important and illustrative, because it represented a broader shift that was probably the most fundamental change effected by the class: Power moved from committees to subcommittees, and subcommittee chairs for the first time got to set their own agendas and hire their own staffs.
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It has been standard practice for the Defense Department (DOD) to request approval from the Armed Services Committees and Defense Subcommittees of both houses of Congress prior to moving funds to another account, unless they fall below specified thresholds, which differ by account but are uniformly exceedingly low.
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Benchmark has also refused to sell any of its shares to SoftBank unless it states in writing "that it would reject reappointing Kalanick as chief executive officer and block his appointment as chairman of the board or head of one of its subcommittees," according to sources speaking anonymously with Bloomberg.
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"Overall, we clearly knew that we could not ... things could not stay the same," said Ron Binder, associate dean of student affairs at the University of Pittsburgh-Bradford, who chaired one of the task force's subcommittees and who used to be the national president for the Association of Fraternity/Sorority Advisors.
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Whether you're a consumer, a techie or a D.C. lifer, we're here to give you ... THE BIG STORY: --INTERNET-CONNECTED DEVICES: A pair of House Energy and Commerce subcommittees conducted a post-mortem on October's major internet attack that briefly downed prominent sites like Twitter and The New York Times.
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Sessions was originally supposed to testify in front of the House and Senate Appropriations subcommittees this week but said in a statement that he will send a deputy to that hearing instead after hearing that lawmakers would question him about the investigation into ties between Russia and the Trump administration.
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It should at least take on more basic issues of ensuring that the appropriations process starts early, that appropriations subcommittees have the time to hear from a range of voices and report bills in a timely way, and that authorizing committees have solid incentives to reauthorize programs under their jurisdiction.
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The president's request is the first step in a long budgeting process, which includes the passage of budget resolutions in both the House and Senate, all of which must make their way through various subcommittees and a reconciliation process before a formal bill finally makes it to the president's desk.
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Tom GravesJohn (Tom) Thomas GravesGOP scores procedural win by securing more funding to enforce Iran sanctions Bipartisan bill would enable companies to defend themselves against cyberattacks Republicans spend more than million at Trump properties MORE (R-Ga.), who's known as an Appropriations cardinal because he chairs one of the panel's subcommittees.
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The hearing -- a joint effort by the subcommittees on IT and government operations -- will examine plans across the federal government to modernize IT and particularly the Trump administration's efforts to implement the Modernizing Government Technology (MGT) Act, a provision signed into law as part of annual defense policy legislation last year.
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Va.), Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska) Select Committee on Ethics Jurisdiction: Investigating and recommending discipline for improper conduct in the Senate Chairman: Johnny Isakson (R-Ga.) Ranking member: Christopher Coons (D-Del.) Subcommittees: None Members: Pat Roberts (R-Kan.), Brian Schatz (D-Hawaii), Jim Risch (R-Idaho), Jeanne Shaheen (D-N.
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Va.), Tom Cotton (R-Ark.), Kamala Harris (D-Calif.), John Cornyn (R-Texas) Special Committee on Aging Jurisdiction: Investigating issues important to older Americans Chairman: Susan Collins (R-Maine) Ranking member: Bob Casey Jr. (D-Pa.) Subcommittees: None Members: Bill Nelson (D-Fla.), Orrin Hatch (R-Utah), Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.
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Secretary of State John KerryJohn Forbes KerryTrump's winning weapon: Time The Memo: O'Rourke looks to hit reset button #FreeAustinTice trending on anniversary of kidnapping in Syria MORE, Attorney General Loretta Lynch and Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson will all spend some quality time with lawmakers on various House and Senate Appropriations subcommittees.
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It is well past time that Representative Tom Cole, an Oklahoma Republican, and Senator Roy Blunt, a Missouri Republican, chairmen of the N.I.H. appropriations subcommittees in the House and the Senate, respectively, stop catering to special interests and request a formal National Academy of Medicine investigation into the necessity of nonhuman primate research.
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Bloomberg's Eric Newcomer, Caroline Hyde and Giles Turner: Venture capital firm Benchmark, which led Kalanick's ouster in June, has sought a guarantee in writing from SoftBank that it would reject reappointing Kalanick as chief executive officer and block his appointment as chairman of the board or head of one of its subcommittees.
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Senators Chuck Grassley and Lindsey Graham, who respectively chair the Senate Judiciary Committee and one of its subcommittees, sent a letter to FBI Director Christopher Wray and U.S. Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein in which they said former spy Christopher Steele made "false statements" about his sharing information in the dossier with U.S. media outlets.
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But none of them has particular expertise in epidemiology, a core discipline in providing evidence linking exposure levels to adverse health endpoints When the CASAC membership was adjusted to avoid independent academic experts, it was hoped that the scientific integrity of the process would be maintained through the public input of the expert subcommittees.
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D.), Tim Walberg (R-Mich.), Mimi Walters (R-Calif.), Ryan Costello (R-Pa.), Buddy Carter (R-Ga.) Committee on Ethics Jurisdiction: Travel, gift, financial disclosure, outside income and other regulations, investigations of ethics violations Chairwoman: Susan Brooks (R-Ind.) Ranking member: Ted Deutch (D-Fla.) Subcommittees: Investigative Members: Patrick Meehan (R-Pa.), Yvette Clarke (D-N.
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Y.) Subcommittees: Agriculture, Energy and Trade; Health and Technology; Economic Growth, Tax and Capital Access; Investigations, Oversight and Regulations; Contracting and Workforce Members: Steve King (R-Iowa), Dwight Evans (D-Pa.), Blaine Luetkemeyer (R-Mo.), Stephanie Murphy (D-Fla.), Dave Brat (R-Va.), Al Lawson (D-Fla.), Aumua Amata Coleman Radewagen (R-American Samoa), Yvette Clarke (D-N.
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One of the pet peeves of conservatives over the last several years has been the lack of "regular order" in the House of Representatives — that is, major legislation was negotiated by leadership and presented to members for a vote as a fait accompli, rather than moved organically through subcommittees to full committees and then through the full house.
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Stacey PlaskettStacey PlaskettOmar says US should reconsider aid to Israel Schumer to donate Epstein campaign contributions to groups fighting sexual violence House Democrat backtracks, will now donate Epstein's campaign contributions MORE (D-Virgin Islands), who hold key positions on House subcommittees with jurisdiction over the agencies, have said the process has lacked transparency, according to Politico. Rep.
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"For months, our committees have investigated the administration's sudden change of heart on a federal property across the street from the president's namesake hotel, but because the F.B.I. has withheld key decision-making documents from Congress, we have been left with many unanswered questions," the Democratic heads of four House committees and subcommittees said on Wednesday in a statement.
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"For months, our committees have investigated the administration's sudden change of heart on a federal property across the street from the president's namesake hotel, but because the F.B.I. has withheld key decision-making documents from Congress, we have been left with many unanswered questions," the Democratic heads of four House committees and subcommittees said on Wednesday in a statement.
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All acquisitions are studied, discussed and voted on by the Committee on the Museum Collections … before being submitted to the Board of Trustees … Works of art brought before the Committee by the curatorial staff of the Museum in consultation with the Director of the Museum Collections, Alfred H. Barr, Jr., and subcommittees on Drawings and Prints, Photograph and Architecture and Design.
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The California Democrat added on CNN's "State of the Union" that she wants Attorney General Jeff Sessions to testify before the committee, referring to Sessions' announcement Saturday that he plans to appear before the Senate intelligence panel instead of House and Senate subcommittees that oversee the Justice Department's budget given the intent of lawmakers to question him about the Russia investigation.
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C.) Ranking member: Bobby ScottRobert (Bobby) Cortez ScottDemocrats: Trump plan could jeopardize 500,000 children's free school meals Lawmakers, press hit the courts for charity tennis event House approves bill raising minimum wage to per hour MORE (D-Va.) Subcommittees: Early Childhood, Elementary and Secondary Education; Higher Education and Workforce Development; Workforce Protections; Health, Employment, Labor and Pensions Members: Joe Wilson (R-S.
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Betty McCollumBetty Louise McCollumDemocrats object to Interior plans to move BLM out west Congress pumps brakes on Interior push to relocate Bureau of Land Management Here are the 95 Democrats who voted to support impeachment MORE (Minn.), both the leading Democrats on their chambers' respective Appropriations subcommittees that oversee Interior, wrote in a letter asking the agency to suspend the move.
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Three of the House Ways and Means Committee's six subcommittees will have new chairmen for 85033, Committee Chairman Kevin BradyKevin Patrick BradyRepublicans' rendezvous with reality — their plan is to cut Social Security The Social Security 2100 Act is critical for millennials and small business owners House panel releases documents of presidential tax return request before Trump MORE (R-Texas) announced Wednesday.
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The Hansen alternative included provisions to expand permanent committee staffs, bar voting by proxy in committee, require committees of more than 15 members to spawn at least four subcommittees, empower the speaker to refer bills to more than one committee to resolve jurisdictional disputes, and mandate that the House meet in December of election years to organize itself for the next Congress.
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Jim JordanJames (Jim) Daniel JordanDemocratic Women's Caucus calls for investigation into Epstein plea deal DOJ releases notes from official Bruce Ohr's Russia probe interviews CNN slams GOP for not appearing on network after mass shootings, conservatives fire back MORE (R-Ohio) to lash out at Gowdy, given that they chair subcommittees on Gowdy's Oversight and Government Reform panel and work with him on numerous issues.
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Tom GravesJohn (Tom) Thomas GravesGOP scores procedural win by securing more funding to enforce Iran sanctions Bipartisan bill would enable companies to defend themselves against cyberattacks Republicans spend more than million at Trump properties MORE (R-Ga.) has promoted a plan to pass the 12 separate appropriations bills through subcommittees as usual, but then combine them into one omnibus bill before the August recess.
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C.), Adrian Smith (R-Neb.), Barry Loudermilk (R-Ga.) Committee on the Judiciary Jurisdiction: Federal courts, administrative bodies and law enforcement agencies Chairman: Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.) Ranking member: John Conyers Jr. (D-Mich.) Subcommittees: Courts, Intellectual Property and the Internet; Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security and Investigations; Constitution and Civil Justice; Regulatory Reform, Commercial and Antitrust Law; Immigration and Border Security Members: Jim Sensenbrenner (R-Wis.), Jerrold Nadler (D-N.
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Lawmakers jump-start talks on privacy bill MORE (R-Miss.) and Jerry MoranGerald (Jerry) MoranSenators introduce bill aimed at protecting Olympic athletes in response to abuse scandals Overnight Defense: Senate fails to override Trump veto on Saudi arms sales | Two US troops killed in Afghanistan | Senators tee up nominations, budget deal ahead of recess Senate fails to override Trump veto on Saudi arms sale MORE (R-Kan.), who chair Commerce subcommittees.
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AT&T and Time Warner have not officially submitted their deal for regulatory review; the review might not include the F.C.C. "The D.O.J. pays particularly close attention to Senate and House antitrust subcommittees because they oversee the D.O.J.," said Paul Gallant, an analyst at Cowen and Company, who added that the committee's commentary "bears watching for its potential effect on the D.O.J." Members of the Justice Department attended the hearing.
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D.), Tammy Duckworth (D-Ill.), John Kennedy (R-La.) Committee on Veterans' Affairs Jurisdiction: Veterans' issues, veterans' hospitals, national cemeteries Chairman: Johnny Isakson (R-Ga.) Ranking member: Jon Tester (D-Mont.) Subcommittees: None Members: Jerry Moran (R-Kan.), Patty Murray (D-Wash.), John Boozman (R-Ark.), Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), Dean Heller (R-Nev.), Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio), Bill Cassidy (R-La.), Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.), Mike Rounds (R-S.
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Y.), Mike Gallagher (R-Wis.), Clay Higgins (R-La.), John Rutherford (R-Fla.), Tom Garrett (R-Va.), Brian Fitzpatrick (R-Pa.) Committee on House Administration Jurisdiction: Salaries and expenses, employment by the House, the Congressional Record, Franking Commission Chairman: Gregg Harper (R-Miss.) Ranking member: Robert Brady (D-Pa.) Subcommittees: None Members: Rodney Davis (R-Ill.), Zoe Lofgren (D-Calif.), Barbara Comstock (R-Va.), Jamie Raskin (D-Md.), Mark Walker (R-N.
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The ability to shape and carry out an agenda; to give committees and subcommittees freedom while maintaining coherence; to understand the needs, strengths, and weaknesses of the members, knowing when to push and when to back off; to have tactical and strategic skills, especially when showdowns like potential shutdowns are looming; to negotiate effectively with a president and leadership counterparts in both House and Senate—all these are deeply important qualities in a speaker.
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PRUITT IN THE HOUSE: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) chief Scott PruittEdward (Scott) Scott PruittEnvironmentalists renew bid to overturn EPA policy barring scientists from advisory panels Six states sue EPA over pesticide tied to brain damage Overnight Energy: Trump EPA looks to change air pollution permit process | GOP senators propose easing Obama water rule | Green group sues EPA over lead dust rules MORE faced two House subcommittees Thursday for more than six hours of testimony.
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Y.) Subcommittees: Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration and Related Agencies; Commerce, Justice, Science and Related Agencies; Defense; Energy and Water Development, and Related Agencies; Financial Services and General Government; Homeland Security; Interior, Environment and Related Agencies; Labor, Health and Human Services, Education and Related Agencies; Legislative Branch; Military Construction, Veterans Affairs and Related Agencies; State, Foreign Operations and Related Programs; Transportation, Housing and Urban Development and Related Agencies Members: Hal Rogers (R-Ky.), Nita Lowey (D-N.
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BRACING FOR PRUITT'S HOUSE APPEARANCES: Embattled Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) chief Scott PruittEdward (Scott) Scott PruittEnvironmentalists renew bid to overturn EPA policy barring scientists from advisory panels Six states sue EPA over pesticide tied to brain damage Overnight Energy: Trump EPA looks to change air pollution permit process | GOP senators propose easing Obama water rule | Green group sues EPA over lead dust rules MORE is due this Thursday to testify twice in front of House subcommittees.
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C.) Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Jurisdiction: Department of Homeland Security, general government functions including the Postal Service and affairs in the District of Columbia Chairman: Ron Johnson (R-Wis.) Ranking member: Claire McCaskill (D-Mo.) Subcommittees: Investigations; Federal Spending Oversight and Emergency Management; Regulatory Affairs and Federal Management Members: John McCain (R-Ariz.), Tom Carper (D-Del.), Rob Portman (R-Ohio), Jon Tester (D-Mont.), Rand Paul (R-Ky.), Heidi Heitkamp (D-N.
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David CicillineDavid Nicola CicillineHillicon Valley: O'Rourke proposal targets tech's legal shield | Dem wants public review of FCC agreement with T-Mobile, Sprint | Voters zero in on cybersecurity | Instagram to let users flag misinformation Democrat calls for public review of T-Mobile-Sprint merger agreement Pelosi: Israel's Omar-Tlaib decision 'a sign of weakness' MORE, ranking members on the Senate and House Antitrust Subcommittees wrote the DOJ's antitrust chief Makan Delrahim over their issues with AT&T paying Trump lawyer Michael Cohen.
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D.), Mike Crapo (R-Idaho), Catherine Cortez Masto (D-Nev.), Jerry Moran (R-Kan.) Committee on the Judiciary Jurisdiction: Department of Justice, appointments of judges and representatives, constitutional amendments, prisons, patents, immigration, holidays Chairman: Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) Ranking member: Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) Subcommittees: Antitrust, Competition Policy and Consumer Rights; The Constitution; Crime and Terrorism; Border Security and Immigration; Oversight, Agency Action, Federal Rights and Federal Courts; Privacy, Technology and the Law Members: Orrin Hatch (R-Utah), Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.), Lindsey Graham (R-S.
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Y.), A. Drew Ferguson (R-Ga.), Brian J. Mast (R-Fla.), Jason Lewis (R-Minn.) Committee on Veterans' Affairs Jurisdiction: Pensions, life insurance, compensation, medical care, readjustment to civilian life and national cemeteries Chairman: Phil Roe (R-Tenn.) Vice Chairman: Gus Bilirakis (R-Fla.) Ranking member: Tim Walz (D-Minn.) Subcommittees: Oversight and Investigations; Economic Opportunity; Health; Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs Members: Mike Coffman (R-Colo.), Mark Takano (D-Calif.), Brad Wenstrup (R-Ohio), Julia Brownley (D-Calif.), Aumua Amata Coleman Radewagen (R-American Samoa), Ann Kuster (D-N.
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Chairmen of the House Natural Resources Committee and its subcommittees sent a joint letter Wednesday to Interior Secretary Ryan ZinkeRyan Keith ZinkeNew policy at Interior's in-house watchdog clamps down on interactions with press Overnight Energy: EPA proposes scrapping limits on coal plant waste | Appointee overseeing federal lands once advocated selling them | EPA lifts Obama-era block on controversial mine Latest appointee overseeing federal public lands once advocated to sell them MORE, praising his "bold and innovative" plans to reorganize the department, and urging him to relocate more staff on the ground in western regions.
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Va.), Steven Palazzo (R-Miss.), Dan Newhouse (R-Wash.), John Moolenaar (R-Mich.), Scott Taylor (R-Va.) Committee on Armed Services Jurisdiction: Defense policy, military operations, Departments of Defense and Energy Chairman: Mac Thornberry (R-Texas) Ranking member: Adam SmithDavid (Adam) Adam SmithWarren's pledge to avoid first nuclear strike sparks intense pushback Landmark US-Russia arms control treaty poised for final blow Young Democrats look to replicate Ocasio-Cortez's primary path MORE (D-Wash.) Subcommittees: Emerging Threats and Capabilities; Military Personnel; Oversight and Investigations; Readiness; Seapower and Projection Forces; Strategic Forces; Tactical Air and Land Forces Members: Walter Jones (R-N.
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J.), Steve Cohen (D-Tenn.) Committee on Financial Services Jurisdiction: Banks and banking, including deposit insurance and federal monetary policy, economic stabilization, defense production, control of the price of commodities, rents and services, financial aid to commerce and industry other than transportation, insurance, international finance and monetary organizations, money and credit, public and private housing Chairman: Jeb Hensarling (R-Texas) Ranking member: Maxine Waters (D-Calif.) Subcommittees: Capital Markets, Securities and Investments; Financial Institutions and Consumer Credit; Housing and Insurance; Monetary Policy and Trade; Oversight and Investigation; Terrorism and Illicit Finance Members: Pete King (R-N.
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J.), Rand PaulRandal (Rand) Howard PaulGraham promises ObamaCare repeal if Trump, Republicans win in 2020 Conservatives buck Trump over worries of 'socialist' drug pricing Rand Paul to 'limit' August activities due to health MORE (R-Ky.) Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Jurisdiction: Education, labor, health, public welfare, arts and humanities, biomedical research, student loans, private pensions, individuals with disabilities, child labor, equal employment Chairman: Lamar Alexander (R-Tenn.) Ranking member: Patty Murray (D-Wash.) Subcommittees: Children and Families; Employment and Workplace Safety; Primary Health and Retirement Security Members: Mike Enzi (R-Wyo.), Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), Richard Burr (R-N.
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C.), Bill Cassidy (R-La.) Committee on Foreign Relations Jurisdiction: Foreign policy legislation, foreign aid programs, arms sales and training for allies, treaties and legislation, diplomatic nominations Chairman: Bob Corker (R-Tenn.) Ranking member: Ben Cardin (D-Md.) Subcommittees: Near East, South Asia, Central Asia and Counterterrorism; Western Hemisphere, Transnational Crime, Civilian Security, Democracy, Human Rights and Global Women's Issues; Europe and Regional Security Cooperation; Africa and Global Health Policy; East Asia, the Pacific and International Cybersecurity Policy; Multilateral International Development, Multilateral Institutions and International Economic, Energy and Environmental Policy; State Department and USAID Management, International Operations and Bilateral International Development Members: Jim Risch (R-Idaho), Bob Menendez (D-N.
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C.), John Kennedy (R-La.) Committee on Rules and Administration Jurisdiction: Senate rules and offices, the Congressional Record, federal elections, corrupt practices, Library of Congress, Smithsonian Institution, monuments Chairman: Richard Shelby (R-Ala.) Ranking member: Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.) Subcommittees: None Members: Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.), Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.), Thad Cochran (R-Miss.), Dick Durbin (D-Ill.), Lamar Alexander (R-Tenn.), Charles SchumerCharles (Chuck) Ellis SchumerLewandowski on potential NH Senate run: If I run, 'I'm going to win' Appropriators warn White House against clawing back foreign aid Colorado candidates vying to take on Gardner warn Hickenlooper they won't back down MORE (D-N.
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Y.), Jim SensenbrennerFrank (Jim) James SensenbrennerLive coverage: Mueller testifies before Congress Tech executives to take hot seat at antitrust hearing Big tech braces for antitrust crackdown MORE (R-Wis.), Ted Lieu (D-Calif.), Ann Wagner (R-Mo.), Brian Mast (R-Fla.), Francis Rooney (R-Fla.), Brian Fitzpatrick (R-Pa.), Tom Garrett (R-Va.) Committee on Homeland Security Jurisdiction: Department of Homeland Security, terrorism, secure borders, cybersecurity Chairman: Michael McCaul (R-Texas) Ranking member: Bennie Thompson (D-Miss.) Subcommittees: Border and Maritime Security; Counterterrorism and Intelligence; Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Protection; Emergency Preparedness, Response and Communications; Oversight and Management Efficiency; Transportation and Protective Security Members: Lamar Smith (R-Texas), Sheila Jackson Lee (D-Texas), Peter King (R-N.
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D.) Ranking member: Bill Nelson (D-Fla.) Subcommittees: Aviation Operations, Safety and Security; Communications, Technology, Innovation and the Internet; Consumer Protection, Product Safety, Insurance and Data Security; Oceans, Atmosphere, Fisheries and Coast Guard; Space, Science and Competitiveness; Surface Transportation and Merchant Marine Infrastructure, Safety and Security Members: James Inhofe (R-Okla.), Maria CantwellMaria Elaine CantwellNative American advocates question 2020 Democrats' commitment Hillicon Valley: Trump reportedly weighing executive action on alleged tech bias | WH to convene summit on online extremism | Federal agencies banned from buying Huawei equipment | Lawmakers jump start privacy talks Lawmakers jump-start talks on privacy bill MORE (D-Wash.), Roger Wicker (R-Miss.), Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.), Dean Heller (R-Nev.), Tom Udall (D-N.
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