Sentences with phrase «about need for legislation»

I have written elsewhere about the need for legislation on domestic relations to be clearly written and comprehensible to the average reader.
Concerns raised about need for legislation raised in latest consultation on proposed Education Bill
On Saturday, LaborPress caught up with Hawkins and his Green Party supporters at a «$ 15 Now» rally held outside a Starbucks on Fulton Street in Downtown, Brooklyn, where the gubernatorial hopeful talked about the need for legislation guaranteeing a living wage - as well as Mayor Bill de Blasio's apparent surrender in the fight against charter school expansion.

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Hard conversations are coming, perhaps legislation, around gun control, about hatred, racism, religion, about our culture's glorification of violence, our nationalism, and the divisions between us, yes, those conversations need to happen, but not just now: now is the time for grieving, now is the time for loving, for burying, for mourning with those who mourn, for gathering humanity together, and for compassion.
What I read about Margaret Trudeau is that she says that Marijuana should be «regulated» (I think she means we need good legislation), and that it was her gateway drug to «self - medication» for bipolar / depressive episodes.
Thewliss, MP for Glasgow Central, said legislation was needed to tackle a legal loophole that allows «scientifically questionable» claims about the health benefits of formula milk to be printed in reputable medical and nursing journals.
He talked about the need for ethics reform, enacting legislation that would take away a politician's pension if they are convicted of a crime and term limits.
«The pressure needs to be kept on the administration to hustle and let's get this ready,» he said in an interview about his priorities for the new legislation session.
That is about three months short of what he needed to collect a 50 percent pension under special state legislation specifically for Suffolk corrections officers.
Particularly high spikes for these search terms occurred following two occasions when President Obama spoke about the need for new gun control legislation.
The House Science and Technology Committee introduced legislation today that highlights the growing attention on Capitol Hill to the need to strengthen federal efforts to learn more about the potential environmental, health and safety (EHS) risks posed by engineered nanomaterials.Introduction of the bill comes only months after J. Clarence (Terry) Davies authored a report that makes a series of recommendations for improving federal risk research and oversight of engineered nanomaterials at EPA, the FDA and the CPSC.
HGSE Grads Talk About Why Today's Kids Need Full - Service Education Last year, when Maryland Congressman Steny Hoyer introduced landmark legislation to provide funding for full - service community schools, he became part of a nationwide movement aimed at making children's school days longer, more numerous, and filled with services once provided solely through other industries.
Governor Mike Pence (R) has been vocal about the need for Indiana to have standards written «for Hoosiers, by Hoosiers» and signed the recent legislation to void the standards within the state.
Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) Deconstructed: What You Need to Know about the New Federal Legislation No Child Left Behind (NCLB) is phasing out — Learn about the changes that will impact schools and districts as a result of the reauthorization of Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA), and develop plans for maximizing the programming and funding opportunities on the horizon.
Undertook comprehensive research on the effectiveness, cost benefits and constitutionality of mandatory alcohol screening and educated officials, the public and media about the need for federal legislation to establish mandatory alcohol screening in Canada
We don't need to apologize for making a living working with pets — we need to show that the fact that we do provides us with experience, expertise and perspective that make our voices so valuable in discussions about animal care legislation and regulation.
Legislation now in place in Massachusetts increases the penalties for animal cruelty, yet animals still need you to take action by reporting concerns or suspicions about animal abuse or neglect in your community to local authorities.
Pinupsforpitbulls.org Pinups for Pit Bulls, Inc. works to educate the public about the history and temperament of the American Pit Bull terrier and bully breeds, to raise awareness about breed - specific legislation and breed - specifid abuse, and to raise funds for bully - breed - friendly rescues and dogs in need.
Pinups for Pit Bulls, Inc. works to educate the public about the history and temperament of the American Pit Bull terrier and bully breeds, to raise awareness about breed - specific legislation and breed - specifid abuse, and to raise funds for bully - breed - friendly rescues and dogs in need.
Rep. Eileen Kowall, R - 44, will welcome attendees to the state capitol and will speak about the need for better animal welfare legislation in Michigan.
And, of course, certain political realities in Washington, particularly the need for 60 votes in the Senate to move significant legislation, are a daunting roadblock to just about any push for change.
But more important right now, if we're talking about the steps needed for political action, is that there's * real legislation * currently being reviewed and prepared in Congress, while we argue.
While the Democratic leadership of the waning 111th Congress failed to get legislation passed into law to address climate change, the House global warming committee, led by Rep. Ed Markey (D - MA), convened dozens of important hearings and briefings featuring top climate scientists and national security experts to educate Congress and the public about the need for swift action to secure America's energy independence, create clean energy jobs and mitigate climate change emissions.
Even supporters of legislation such as the Bingaman - Specter bill admit that as much as a trillion dollars will need to be spent to reduce global temperatures about 0.13 C. And that is a trillion for the first tenth of a degree — the law of diminishing returns means that each additional tenth will cost more.
But, given the host of competing problems — a deep economic recession, the urgent need for health care reform, geopolitical instabilities in the Middle East and elsewhere, soaring federal debt, and so on — selling the electorate on a set of fundamental changes in the way we consume and produce energy in the short run — and congressional appropriators on making the large investments needed to bring these changes about in the long run — will be a tough task, even for Barack Obama and his newly appointed team of highly competent advisers, and a Congress that has given every indication that it will take up and give priority to climate legislation.
The telcos, large ISPs and equipment vendors claiming there is no need for legislation while at the same time making broad statements about the value of the networks and the massive investment they have that is not being recognized fairly.
Michigan Legal Counsel Balasa and two leaders of the Michigan Society of Medical Assistants attended a meeting with a state legislator and staff May 18, 2016, in Lansing, Michigan, about the need for medical assisting legislation in Michigan.
ATN's advocacy efforts include raising awareness in communities and nationally about the needs of traumatized children for therapeutic interventions and therapeutic parenting, as well as providing input into legislation that impacts traumatized children and their families.
61 Instead, the Court was prepared to accept that while the relevant land rights legislation has an air of permanence about it and may need to continue indefinitely to protect the relevant Indigenous groups culture it could still be recognised as meeting the requirement for a special measure that it is temporary in scope as the legislation's status as a special measure could be reviewed at a later date to determine whether its objectives had been met and the purpose of the special measure had been exhausted.
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