Sentence examples for outset of a hearing from inspiring English sources

"Mammograms should not be equated with nose jobs," Senator Barbara A. Mikulski, Democrat of Maryland, declared at the outset of a hearing this afternoon.

The day after that, at the outset of a hearing of the House Committee on Energy and Commerce, the committee's ranking Republican, Joe Barton, told the assembled BP executives that he was "ashamed" of what Obama had done.

Judge James Peck of United States District Court in New York threw out Barclays' request at the outset of a court hearing, instead ordering immediate opening statements in the case.

Perry's remarks came at the outset of a three-hour hearing in which she, the acting CEO of the U.S. Olympic Committee and the CEOs of USA Swimming, USA Taekwondo and USA Volleyball in turn voiced remorse for episodes of abuse in their sports and offered a litany of action plans, to-do lists, and pledges of culture changes designed to safeguard athletes going forward.

At the outset of the hearing, the presiding judge denied a request from a lawyer for a British newspaper group to question the witnesses.

At the outset of the hearing, Sessions delivered a prepared statement denying any contacts with Russian officials about the campaign.

At the outset of the hearing, Ms. Gessin played a DVD showing the flow of cars going to the Chabad center causing a traffic jam at the nearby intersection.

Just at the outset of the hearing was there any hint of a sense of occasion.

"I'm not going to pressure the government to create a carve-out for fees," Cogan said definitively at the outset of the hearing.

Just about the only person who didn't sound angry was Ford, a professor and suburban mom who pronounced herself "terrified" at the outset of the hearing.

Just about the only person who didn't sound angry was Ford, a professor and suburban mom who pronounced herself "terrified" at the outset of the hearing. . .