chair
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The group he chaired, Children’s Health Defense, has filed or funded lawsuits concerning 5G infrastructure, including an unsuccessful 2023 case that alleged that a cellphone tower caused an Idaho man’s heart problems.
Powell “has been a very effective chair,” as were his predecessors, she said.
Ironically, the president had offered him the job as Fed chair months prior during a meeting in the White House, according to people briefed on the discussion, though Dimon took the offer as a joke.
Banatao provided funding and chaired the advisory board at the Center for Information Technology Research in the Interest of Society, which supports research at University of California campuses.
As chair of the Work and Pensions Committee, he criticised the scheme for focussing on "process rather than outcomes".
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.