Sentences with phrase «against cutting funds»
Diaz has been one of the most vocal advocates against cutting funding for health care, education, and other social services.
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«And we are now at a decision point: sustained global commitments and recent funding cuts affect capacity and capability for a full - spectrum fight against a near - peer adversary.»
At R&E as many as five people are involved in approving and issuing payments — an effective safeguard against the possibility that an unethical staffer might try to cut an extra check or siphon off funds through payments to a dummy supplier.
CEO Vikram Pandit Kenneth Lewis Company Going Against Him Slow to cut costs, snowballing losses, spins all results positively, voracious consumer of taxpayer funds Bad acquisition of Countrywide, worse deal for Merrill, bonus scandal, gorged on i - bankers at peak of market Going For Him Engineering background, Suaveness.
Those who speak out against abortion and family practice and at the same time support cuts in education, school lunch funding, decry reasonable control of weapons and other programs that help children can not call themselves Christians.
Interesting, but how many of these corporations are giving corporate fund to organizations that try to cut off citizen's rights fight against equality?
The peak industry group, which represents more than 60,000 businesses across manufacturing, engineering, telecommunications, mining, airlines and related sectors, will caution the Turnbull government against large cuts but call for careful spending reductions across aged care, health, the pension system and the public service to fund a company tax cut as a key priority.
«I have consistently fought against cuts to our health care system that would diminish the quality of care and burden the elderly, the disabled and working families of New York State because I know how important an accessible and adequately funded healthcare system is.»
From May 9 to May 12, thousands of people will be speaking out against Mayor Bloomberg's proposed budget cuts that would slash funding for education and other vital services.
De Blasio said he is «ready» to take legal action against U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions, who is threatening to take funds from so - called sanctuary cities by cutting a federal program that helps cities and states fight crime.
Cuomo also proposed a $ 1 billion reserve fund to guard against future health care cuts that, legislators say, may be funded at a lower level to free up cash for other priorities.
The state could also dip into a contingency fund that Cuomo wants to establish to backfill as a hedge against cuts in New York's federal healthcare funding.
PLATTSBURGH — With millions of dollars in federal arts funding on the chopping block, U.S. Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D - N.Y.) appeared at the Strand Center Gallery in downtown Plattsburgh on Friday to rail against President Trump's proposed cuts to the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) and the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH).
As a result of this afternoon's Statutory Instrument, which we will vote against, the grassroots sport budget will be cut by over # 100,000 for every parliamentary constituency, enough to fund a 100m grass sports pitch or a floodlit multi-use games area for each one.»
«That's why I've voted over 175 against tax increases, passed a plan to strip convicted politicians of their pensions, delivered a $ 4 billion middle class tax cut, and fought for an additional $ 20 million in funding for South Shore schools.
In the fight back against the cuts, and to make sure our kids get the education they deserve, the New York State United Teachers and the Alliance for Quality Education have teamed up to urge legislators to restore the needed funding.
Schreibman's television advertisement campaign targeted senior citizens and women with promises to protect Medicare and women's rights while leveling criticism against Gibson's votes in line with Republican legislation that included funding cuts for Planned Parenthood and measures that would change the way Medicare is operated.
Eliot Spitzer's lawyer Jeffrey Moerdler said the disgraced former governor cut a check from his personal funds for $ 3,693 to settle the outstanding tax warrant against his 2006 campaign committee.
Mayor Bill de Blasio was in Washington, D.C. to push back against proposed funding cuts to anti-terror programs that are due to impact New York, speaking most to members of the state's House delegation.
During a sit - down with the Daily News editorial board, Clinton railed against a $ 90 - million funding cut to federal anti-terror funding for New York.
The drastic cuts in Whitehall funding is the basis for cross-party agreement in Wales against the Westminster government.
«The Welsh Liberal Democrats are wholeheartedly against the decision to cut funding for the Young Farmer's Movement.
In a report issued today focusing on the recession's impact on the budgets of New York and New Jersey, the Fed branch also recommended the states create «rainy day» funds to protect against future revenue gaps, plan in advance for spending cuts and reduce reliance on personal income taxes, which are affected by changes in the economy.
They insisted that if the Senate GOP was truly interested in assisting the Latino community, it would have advanced — or allowed — legislation during the regular session and voted against key funding cuts.
Anti-hunger activists have launched a statewide campaign urging New York Senator Chuck Schumer to vote against any farm bill that includes cuts in food - stamp funding.
Mayor Bill de Blasio said he is «ready» to take legal action against U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions, who is threatening to take funds from so - called sanctuary cities by cutting a federal program that helps cities and states fight crime.
«It's not sustainable, and what they do is they keep pushing the cost down to the local taxpayer, saying, «We cut at the state level», which is true, but somehow it has to get funded, which really pits the taxpayer against the school district,» Brown said.
With a third to 40 percent of the vote against him, Hawkins says that shows New Yorkers are dissastisfied with Cuomo's conservative economic policies, his tax cuts for the rich and funding cuts to schools.
Visiting Bristol yesterday as part of Labour's city conversation, to help elect Marvin Rees as city mayor, shadow education secretary Stephen Twigg highlighted the government's swingeing cuts with new build funding for schools slashed by a massive 57 %, against a general 30 % cut in most other spending areas.
The pledge card, which mirrors New Labour's initiative in 1997, will promise free party membership for trade unionists, the building of 1m new homes over the course of a parliament, an increase in the minimum wage funded by a cut in employers» national insurance, a cost - of - living test for every policy item and a cabinet minister to «take action for the consumer against rip - off companies».
New York Police Department commissioner Bill Bratton said Thursday that the White House's proposed cut of about half the money New York City gets for anti-terror funding may be «political payback» against Senator Chuck Schumer, who voted against President Barack Obama's nuclear deal with Iran.
«I and other members of the Senate Democratic conference stood firm against mid-year cuts to schools and also rejected health care cuts that would have cost New York hundreds of millions of dollars in lost federal funds,» Onorato said.
NYPD Commissioner Bill Bratton on Thursday accused the Obama administration of cutting the Big Apple's anti-terror funding as «political payback» for Sen. Charles Schumer's vote against the Iranian nuke deal.
The argument against the BOL's suggested use of $ 11 million from the fund balance — that it imperils the County's AAA bond rating — is a smokescreen for reckless budget cuts, said Jenkins, who noted that the Astorino Administration already used millions from the fund balance this year to pay a pension bill and has notified the BOL that it will need an additional $ 8.8 million from the fund balance by the end of December to «even out» the 2012 books.
Government advisers have spoken out against cuts to careers service funding for schoolchildren.
Bronx Congressman Jose Serrano and Upper Manhattan Congressman Adriano Espaillat pledged today to sign onto any forthcoming city legal action against President Donald Trump «s new executive order cutting so - called «sanctuary cities» off from federal funding — and said that he is even willing to resort to marching to get his point across.
Poloncarz railed against proposals by the Trump administration to drastically cut funding to Great Lakes pollution cleanup and heating assistance programs.
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Scientists across 50 cities took to the streets against funding cuts and government leaders» anti-science rhetoric
She is the author of two «lab lit» novels inspired by her scientific experiences, and is founder of the Science is Vital organisation, which successfully campaigned against UK science funding cuts in 2010
Boscia, whose cell phone shows an olive tree from his father - in - law's grove as its screen saver, is leading an epic battle against a mountain of bureaucracy and funding cuts to institute an open - air research center to study the disease and eventually find a way to stop it.
The rest of the COMPETES bill would severely lower authorized funding levels for the social and behavioral sciences, geosciences, and international activities at NSF — cuts that are in line with the committee's ideological stance that they play small roles in fostering innovation, bolstering the U.S. economy, and defending the nation against attack.
His argument against science funding (and science in general) seems to follow arguments made by other prominent Trump transition team figures: because science is sometimes wrong, or not clear cut, it shouldn't be trusted.
Even as education advocates nationwide fight to hold the line against district - level funding cuts, the state education departments responsible for overseeing K - 12 policy are coming under the budget ax.
To fight against the funding cuts and enhance children's active learning, BESA launched the Resource Our Schools campaign in early summer.
We will maintain pressure on government to reduce your workload and share best practice and continue to lobby against funding cuts.
Weisberg was on Capitol Hill this week pushing back against the proposed cuts to Title II funding, Matt Barnum notes in Chalkbeat.
Rayner also praised parents and unions involved in the campaign against real - terms school funding cuts, which brought the issue to the fore during last year's general election.
The head of a the NEA, Reginald Weaver, recently spoke out in very strident terms against NCLB and President Bush's cuts to education funding to pay for the Iraq war.
The Australian Education Union has vowed to fight against any changes, and claims the Government is attempting to create a smokescreen in order to make cuts to education funding.