Sentences with phrase «as legislators»

VHSA provides a strong voice in the state and Washington, DC as our legislators make decisions that affect low - income children and families.

As legislators in several states are launching all - out attacks on women's health by restricting access to birth control, medically accurate sex education, and abortion, FOCA is needed now more than ever.

It's become a recurring, frustrating pattern, as legislators and regulators ignore the immutable laws of unintended consequences, to drive political agendas or aid favored constituencies, while...

As legislators, we owe it to the children of Florida to enact common sense gun safety legislation to protect our kids and communities.

That comes as legislators both in the U.S. and European Union have called for increased regulation and scrutiny, while famous faces of Silicon Valley including Whatsapp co-creator Brian Acton and Tesla's Elon Musk have joined the «delete Facebook» movement.

As Facebook's stock continued to get hammered because of Wall Street worries about the impact in its business, Zuckerberg also said he was «open» to testifying to Congress, even as legislators ever more loudly call for his appearance in hearings.

The high cost of chronic disease is one of the most pressing issues facing the United States as legislators grapple with financial strains on Medicare and the larger issue of health - care reform, the researchers explained.

Judges resist the notion because acknowledgement would endanger their status and turf as «beyond politics» and put them on the same plain as the legislators and executives who are trying to get control of the results of what the judges and prosecutors do.

Family law has grown dramatically since the 1970s, as legislators and judges have re-examined and redefined legal relationships.

Just as legislators enact laws but do not micromanage or selectively direct the activities of the agencies created to regulate, Courts should set rules that govern the practice of law but should not engage in regulatory administration.

Some juvenile and domestic relations judges got an earful Dec. 8, as legislators holding judicial reelection interviews asked pointed questions based on critical performance reviews.

Trivial observations (e.g., long lists of Member States that have at any one time been involved in access to documents litigation without any convincing conclusion following from such an enumeration) are succeeded by confused conceptualisations (e.g., the EU institutions are introduced twice as a distinct category of actor), or even outright overdramatization, such as when the authors argue that «[a] t one stroke, any authority of the Member States -LSB-...] over the release of documents transmitted to the EU was set aside [by Regulation 1049/01]» (p. 216), but neglect to mention that the Member States as legislators in the Council agreed to this revision themselves, or that the Council engaged in successive internal negotiations to settle the question of what was to be considered a «Member State document».

He created the Task Force to Expand Access to Civil Legal Services, which includes leaders from the bench, bar, law schools, and legal aid, as well as legislators and representatives of unions, corporations, foundations and the medical community.

Utility and fossil fuel - funded front groups are peddling disinformation to attack Ohio's Alternative Energy Portfolio Standard (AEPS) and Energy Efficiency Resource Standard (EERS) that should not be considered credible evidence as legislators debate a bill to freeze the pro-clean technology laws.

The world's most developed carbon market, the EU Emissions Trading Scheme (EU ETS), still bedeviled by massive oversupply of allowances, was the focus of attention throughout the year as legislators debated ways of cutting the surplus, both through the temporary fix of «backloading» and long - term structural measures.

The effective manner in which the US has dealt with air pollution in cities since the passage of the Clean Air Act is a point of pride for environmentalists as well as legislators.

And now thanks to the efforts of this joint council (currently known as the American Chemical Council) the public, as well as legislators and regulators, all know it and believe it.

Such requirements are the first critical step for the facilities themselves, as well as the legislators and the public, to evaluate their performance.

As the legislators and their staff prepare to parse the numbers, here are a few prevailing questions that are likely to come up and may even be answered:

More than 1,100 teacher advocacy meetings and policy panel events have been held, providing teachers with access to key decision - makers, such as legislators and district officials

But in the end, disagreements over how private schools should be held accountable for academic results — as well as legislators» exhaustion after passing a hotly debated gas tax — caused the measure to stall.

«We as legislators have to be the ones to demand that the reformers and the centrally - controlled unions be reasonable.

«I felt it was important, as a Democrat, that I stand up and say, we as legislators have an obligation to our constituencies to find a solution and not pretend that the status quo is alright, just because the union says it is.»

But no charters have opened yet, as legislators still need finalize dozens of regulations for the law and agree on a way to permanently fund the schools — an objective that's become increasingly complicated as the state's public schools brace for millions in state - level cuts.»

As legislators in Illinois and other states face similar dilemmas about who pays the costs of pension payments, they should keep in mind issues of fairness, equity, and transparency.

The study arrives as legislators consider an override of Governor Bruce Rauner's amendatory veto of Senate Bill 1, which would rewrite the school funding formula to drive more dollars to the state's neediest districts and begin to close funding gaps between low - income and wealthier students.

As legislators are reviewing and considering House Bills to pass for improving the quality of education in our country, are gun and school safety laws on the table?

Inasmuch as some legislators are now calling for «higher student performance» before they will allocate more funding for education, why don't we change graduation requirements so that more Sterling Scholars can emerge?

You, as legislators, can create the space for innovation to thrive.

West Valley School District Supt. Gene Sementi, like other Washington educators, is waiting as legislators wrestle to find a solution to fund basic education this session.

OLYMPIA, Feb. 22 — West Valley School District Supt. Gene Sementi, like other Washington educators, is waiting as legislators wrestle to find a solution to fund basic education this session.

-- Charter School Parent / Public School Alumni As legislators are looking at House Bills that will impact education in Georgia, there are many advocacy campaigns that are using negative language and messaging against traditional public schools in the name of school choice.

«We thank Governor Ducey for his leadership, as well as legislators who worked hard to get this done for Arizona families.»

Our job as legislators is to create options.

This budget proposal not only harms children, by cutting vital programs such as special education services, reading tutors and after - school programs, but, as legislators point out, it hurts local taxpayers since municipalities will be forced to fill in the gaps.

Several bills that would have curtailed charters and Louisiana's choice programs were fended off as legislators recognized the importance of offering educational options to parents.

Lindquist called the governor's bills «a delicate balance» that the union can support as long as legislators don't change them much.

The moves Tuesday come as legislators seek ways to plug a $ 563 million budget hole.

Today, as legislators see it, dual enrollment offers something for everyone: academic enrichment for kids who have maxed out the honors and accelerated classes their schools offer; a glimpse of college rigor for high school laggards; and a leg up on a career for those who enroll in trade programs.

As legislators overhauled the systems, some states also took steps to connect the new evaluation systems to other policies, including teacher compensation, promotion, and dismissal.

Her departure comes in the middle of a major overhaul of the agency's food safety oversight and as legislators

Her departure comes in the middle of a major overhaul of the agency's food safety oversight and as legislators prepare to propose key changes to its medical product review and approval process.

But his confirmation comes as legislators in both the House of Representatives and Senate push for changes to FDA's review process to speed the approval of new drugs and devices.

An important issue for the public as well as legislators, former United States Secretary of Transportation Ray LaHood comments, «This special Journal of Adolescent Health supplement brings the important issue of driver distraction and young drivers into focus.

Albany is in a holding pattern as legislators seem to be hammering out a deal with Gov. Andrew Cuomo that could wrap up redistricting, Tier 6, the DNA database and perhaps the budget.

Over the last few days the 26 bishops who sit in the House of Lords must have been astounded to receive over 50,000 letters telling them their time as legislators is up.

The Legislature voted 11 - 6 in favor of the resolution on Tuesday as legislators said barring the use of the seal during enforcement would emphasize it is a state law and not a county one.

There is no simple solution to our housing problem, but this Coalition will empower us to address the most pressing housing issues together, both as members of our community and as legislators.

We're still hopeful about the sale of the county - owned Sain Building in New City as our legislators work on a local law that would allow the sole company that has bid on it to purchase the property.

The situation, he said, was never going to change as long as legislators were driven «on a day - to - day basis» by the concerns of their districts.