Sentences with phrase «as organizations representing»

«As organizations representing health care professionals who provide preventive and family planning care and patient advocates representing individuals who receive services at Planned Parenthood, we are writing to oppose the Pence Amendment that was adopted as part of HR 1,» the letter reads.

Religious groups have opposed it as well as organizations representing people with disabilities.

PEAC includes representatives of a long list of groups, including CEA and AFT - Connecticut as well as organizations representing principals, superintendents, school boards, and higher education.

Not exact matches

Topics included: early reporting on inaccuracies in the articles of The New York Times's Judith Miller that built support for the invasion of Iraq; the media campaign to destroy UN chief Kofi Annan and undermine confidence in multilateral solutions; revelations by George Bush's biographer that as far back as 1999 then - presidential candidate Bush already spoke of wanting to invade Iraq; the real reason Bush was grounded during his National Guard days — as recounted by the widow of the pilot who replaced him; an article published throughout the world that highlighted the West's lack of resolve to seriously pursue the genocidal fugitive Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic, responsible for the largest number of European civilian deaths since World War II; several investigations of allegations by former members concerning the practices of Scientology; corruption in the leadership of the nation's largest police union; a well - connected humanitarian relief organization operating as a cover for unauthorized US covert intervention abroad; detailed evidence that a powerful congressional critic of Bill Clinton and Al Gore for financial irregularities and personal improprieties had his own track record of far more serious transgressions; a look at the practices and values of top Democratic operative and the clients they represent when out of power in Washington; the murky international interests that fueled both George W. Bush's and Hillary Clinton's presidential campaigns; the efficacy of various proposed solutions to the failed war on drugs; the poor - quality televised news program for teens (with lots of advertising) that has quietly seeped into many of America's public schools; an early exploration of deceptive practices by the credit card industry; a study of ecosystem destruction in Irian Jaya, one of the world's last substantial rain forests.

You see, the NAR, the largest trade organization in the US, represents more than one million real estate agents in the U.S. and abroad; as sales slump, so too do Realtor commissions.

London - based Diageo, represented by Robert Raskopf of Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan, maintains that the Club is misusing an «obscure and draconian procedural mechanism» which was originally intended to target only fraudsters who «prey on unsuspecting persons by masquerading as charitable organizations.»

As co-founder and CEO of Luminate, an inspirational media platform connecting luminaries, leaders and influencers representing the most forward - thinking organizations in the world, Aldridge knows the challenges that come with building a business from the ground up.

They represent content and digital rights management platforms (such as SingularDTV), distributed venture funds (such as the the DAO, for decentralized autonomous organization), and even new platforms to make investing in ICOs and managing digital assets easy (such as ICONOMI).

The Every Voter Counts Alliance, bringing together over 60 organizations from across the country representing diverse groups, will be hosting a press conference on Parliament Hill later this morning just as the special parliamentary committee on electoral reform is set to begin its deliberations.

Independent agents and the independent marketing organizations (IMO) that recruit them represent the lifeblood of FIA sales, as IMOs are responsible for about 60 percent of all FIA sales.

GE probably represents one of the most diverse organizations in the world with a portfolio of businesses and products, which can be characterized as complicated, complex, high - tech engineering,...

We have extensive experience representing firms in CFTC, SEC, FERC and DOJ investigations and proceedings, as well as those involving self - regulatory organizations.

The New York Hedge Fund Roundtable has rebranded into the New York Alternative Investment Roundtable as the organization seeks to more accurately represent ethics and best practices across the entire universe of alternative investments, not just within the hedge fund industry.

The Foreign Exchange Professionals (FXPA), a Washington DC based organization that represents the collective interests of foreign exchange industry participants, has also hired Mercury Strategies, represented by Justin Slaughter, as its new legal counsel.

We represents leading global corporations, growth and middle - market companies, capital markets participants and entrepreneurs in every major industry group as well as public sector entities, educational institutions, philanthropic organizations and individuals.

«I'm proud to represent my teammates and the Warriors organization as a part of this great collaboration, and I'm looking forward to hearing about all these dogs and cats finding loving homes in the Bay Area.»

If the Church claims to represent God on earth, then we expect Godlike behaviour, otherwise, as in any viable organization, God should fire them because they are not representative of corporate policy.

Beyond that is the attempt to make American Atheists into some sort of major organization that represents some meaningful number of atheists, and thus be able to use it as a conduit to attack atheists.

For that they would be variously represented by ethical groups to which they might be members, such as humanist or Unitarian organizations.

Perhaps the quickest way to encapsulate that difference is as follows: while Process and Reality represents a systematic cosmology, Difference and Repetition develops a speculative «chaosmology» At its most simplistic, the distinction in play here is that between a cosmos in which order is imposed upon a primordial chaos «from outside,» or transcendently, (as when Form is imposed upon matter by the Platonic demiurge, or harmony established a priori by the Leibnizean deity), and a chaosmos in which order is generated «from within,» by a wholly immanent process of self - organization.

The APA states despite the persistence of stereotypes that portray lesbian, gay, and bisexual people as disturbed, several decades of research and clinical experience have led all mainstream medical and mental health organizations in this country to conclude that these orientations represent normal forms of human experience.

As multiple regional organizations come into being, we can encourage and support the growth of institutions that represent all of them and / or the nations that make them up at the global level.

In 1995, roughly three dozen groups representing numerous faiths as well as a secular humanist organization designed a joint statement on religious liberties, showing support for what could be done legally in the schools, and disputing the claim that schools were «religion - free zones.»

If most of these people and organizations identify as complementarian, and if I represent their views by quoting directly from their books or sermons, and their fellow complementarians disagree with those views....

Vice president for research and studies at the National Endowment for Democracy (NED) Marc F. Plattner represents an organization whose definition of democracy is much more stringent in its demands with criteria of democratic inclusivity (as shown in a short essay by its funding officer, Louisa Greve, cited below).

Kent — the term religious is being used as a noun, not an adjective, and represents people who have taken orders (orders meaning having joined a specific religeous organization in order to live in that organization for the rest of their lives).

The remaining items refer to deductibility of charitable contributions, gifts and bequests, which are otherwise taxable — deductibility not to the recipient nonprofit organization, but to the donor, on the rationale that what the donor gives away to a charitable organization should not be treated as income for purposes of taxation since, unlike taxable income, it does not represent the consumption or accumulation of income for the donor's personal aggrandizement.

Women's organizations and fellowships, such as the Mothers» Unions, represent critical structures for lay participation within the churches and allow women's voices to be heard in the wider society.

During the last three decades, for example, organizations representing 1.5 million U.S. health professionals (doctors, psychiatrists, psychologists, counselors, and educators) have stated definitively that homosexual orientation is as natural as heterosexual orientation; that sexual orientation is determined by a combination of yet unknown pre - and post — natal influences, and that it is dangerous and inappropriate to tell a homosexual that he or she could or should attempt to change his or her sexual orientation.

Despite the persistence of stereotypes that portray lesbian, gay, and bise xual people as disturbed, several decades of research and clinical experience have led all mainstream medical and mental health organizations in this country to conclude that these orientations represent normal forms of human experience.

Most Americans assume that the separation of church and state is a fundamental principle deeply rooted in American constitutionalism; that the First Amendment was intended to ensure that government does not involve itself with religion (and vice versa); and that contemporary debates over such vexing issues as school prayer, voucher programs, government funding of faith - based organizations, and the rights of religious minorities represent ongoing attempts to realize the separation intended by the Founders and like - minded early Americans.

As a consequence of the displacement of these other types of religious programs, the growth of paid - time religious programming in the 1960s and 1970s has resulted in a marked movement in religious television away from representating a range of U.S. cultures and traditions toward representing mainly the Protestant evangelical and fundamentalist traditions, particularly the independent broadcast organizations.

Wines of Provence, known in France as the Conseil Interprofessionnel des Vins de Provence, is an organization representing more than 600 wine producers and 40 trade companies from the Provence region of France.

Pier Fish presents the scholarship with Downtown New Bedford Inc., a non-profit organization that represents New Bedford stakeholders, such as property owners, business people and residents.

The World Coffee Producers Forum, the first of its kind, is a joint initiative of coffee producers» associations from Africa, Asia and Latin America that will gather 900 attendees representing more than 40 producing countries, members of the coffee industry such as roasters, traders and retailers, financial institutions, non-governmental organizations and government representatives.

The We CareSM initiative was launched in 2008 as a joint effort of the National Pork Board, the National Pork Producers Council (NPPC) and state organizations representing farmers.

In order for a product or a farm to represent itself as biodynamic, it must be certified by Demeter, an ecological certification organization which operates in over 40 countries around the world.

The National Yogurt Association (NYA) is the national nonprofit trade organization representing the manufacturers and marketers of live and active culture yogurt products as well as suppliers to the yogurt industry.

Supporting the Organic Trade Association in the suit, as groups harmed by this protracted government inaction, are organizations representing organic livestock farmers, organic certification agencies, and organic retailers and consumers.

which is certainly not a slight on the young french national player; like him or not, Sanchez has provided some real world - class performances for club and country in recent years... if you do this move, you need to really clean house or face some serious consequences for the foreseeable future... half measures are rarely rewarded, that's how we got here... tear down the wall... we need to get rid of Giroud, not because he isn't a talented player, his skill - set simply doesn't make sense if we hope to maximize the offensive potential of a quick passing, one - touch scheme... we need to evolve, like Barcelona, who realized you needed to have clinical finishers or face a mind - numbing future of horizontal passes and largely ineffective crosses... Barca went and got Suarez, even though they had Messi and Neymar on the roster (just imagine the possibilities — another in the litany of Wenger «what ifs»)... we need to be as clinical in the boardroom as on the pitch... accept nothing less or move on... personally I would move on from Welbeck, Giroud and Walcott, even Ox if he isn't all in... I think the most intriguing player might be Perez, which runs counter to the thoughts in my head when he arrived late last summer... we need a deep lying DM with quick feet and long ball potential, midfielders who can counter quickly even when they are spread out and 4 or 5 players who know how to attack the lanes (kind of a cross between Barca, Dortmund and Monaco)... this is seriously an achievable goal, one that logically should have been achieved quite a few years ago... did no one in the Arsenal organization see the financial restructuring of the football universe... think of the players we could have had but we weren't willing to cough up the dough only for those individuals to have their value double or triple within a 12 to 24 month period... even if just from an investment perspective these «no deals» represent a failure of monumental proportions... only if you cared, of course

The delegates do not represent any organization but rather attend as individuals.

As I mentioned in a tweet last Friday, details have recently emerged regarding yet more internal strife within the School Nutrition Association (SNA), the organization which represents 55,000 school food professionals.

As a charitable organization we are constantly seeking to develop relationships with companies who have an interest in reaching our members and the young athletes they represent.

For more than 10 years now she has served as the president of the Italian Parkinson's disease organization, advocating and representing those affected by PD.

Consider the behavior of MANA, the organization that represents homebirth midwives as well as state «Friends of Midwives» organizations:

An organization of attorneys who represent victims of child abuse released a report this week criticizing the Roman Catholic Diocese of Albany for not establishing a new compensation program for victims, as many other dioceses across New York have done.

And I certainly see the relevance of he being interviewed as she sued the officers he represents... And as far as the county or any political organization making a comment lol why would they even take this piece of trash seriously or even humor her.

The Republican - led Senate, meanwhile, has shown resistance to a wage hike, as have various business organizations and farm represents that oppose an increase outright.

«Sean Coffey is the right person with the right qualifications to represent all of the people of New York State as Attorney General,» said NYSPFFA President Mike McManus, whose organization includes 103 professional firefighter unions from Buffalo to Long Island.

There was a reason why even FDR was against public employees unions and I quote «All Government employees should realize that the process of collective bargaining, as usually understood, can not be transplanted into the public service, It has its distinct and insurmountable limitations when applied to public personnel management» «The very nature and purposes of Government make it impossible for administrative officials to represent fully or to bind the employer in mutual discussions with Government employee organizations» «The employer is the whole people, who speak by means of laws enacted by their representatives in Congress.