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March 1, 2017 - Boston, MA For more information contact: Joanne Thorud [phone];[email protected] Davis Malm attorney David M. Rogers, who also serves as a State Representative for the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, 24th Middlesex District, was appointed Vice Chair of the Massachusetts Joint Committee on Marijuana Policy by Massachusetts House Speaker, Robert A. DeLeo.

In addition to being Of Counsel to Davis Malm, Dave serves in the Massachusetts House of Representatives as State Representative for the 24th Middlesex District (covering Arlington, Belmont, and Cambridge).

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Prior to serving as a state senator for the last three years, Lesko was a state representative for six years.

During one event attended by the prime minister that week, an investment seminar hosted by the Japan External Trade Organization and the Japanese Ministry of Economy, Trade, and Industry at the Pierre Hotel, Dr. Ziad Haider, special representative for commercial and business affairs at the US Department of State said, «Secretary Kerry... likes to say that foreign policy is economic policy, and in saying that he's referring to that interplay between foreign policy, foreign affairs, economic issues, and it's certainly true with bilateral diplomatic relations, as well.»

Earlier this week, Georgia Representative Hank Johnson introduced two bills that he believes will help improve voting security a few years down the road: the Election Infrastructure and Security Promotion Act, which, if passed, would classify voting systems as critical infrastructure to be protected by the Department of Homeland Security; and the Election Integrity Act, which will map out a planned response for voting system failures and control the types of voting machines states are allowed to buy.

LePage's latest outburst came after a newspaper reporter told the two - term, Tea Party - backed governor that state Representative Drew Gattine had described the governor as racist for focusing on black people as bearing primary responsibility for the drug trade in the state.

In a statement, Representative Nydia Velazquez described it as a «meat cleaver» and said it would «create a permanent state of regulatory uncertainty, making it difficult for businesses to plan ahead.»

As a lawmaker in the State House of Representatives, I am working to solidify Washington as a model for ensuring that jobs created by innovative firms are good oneAs a lawmaker in the State House of Representatives, I am working to solidify Washington as a model for ensuring that jobs created by innovative firms are good oneas a model for ensuring that jobs created by innovative firms are good ones.

Republican lawmakers from high - tax states such as New York exited meetings this week with Kevin Brady, chairman of the tax - writing committee of the House of Representatives, saying there would be some sort of compromise on repealing the deduction for state and local tax payments.

State Representative Jose Oliva, the bill sponsor in the House, described the required 132 hours of training for marshals deputized by law enforcement as «extensive.»

In addition, as part of the broader project, workshops are planned in both Washington and Beijing that will bring together leading experts on U.S. - China relations, as well as representatives of the expert groups polled by the project, to discuss in detail the survey findings and their implications for policy in the United States and China.

Indeed, when addressing the House floor, Representative Kinzinger stated that he introduced H.R. 835 to «highlight the importance of supporting a growing industry at the intersection of consumer finance and technology otherwise known as fintech» with the purpose of ensuring «the United States is competitively positioned to leverage this next wave of technology for the economy and consumers» benefits.»

While the deadline is past for state Representatives to sign on as co-sponsor, you can still ask your Representative to write a support letter for the bill.

He's also being sued separately for violating the Emoluments Clause — which prohibits federal officeholders from receiving gifts and payments from foreign states or their representatives — in his official capacity as President.»

As U.S. Trade Representative Robert E. Lighthizer, Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin and other officials head to Beijing this week for high - stakes trade talks with Chinese counterparts, they seek to correct an economic relationship with China that has become increasingly unbalanced — and, over the long term, dangerous — for the United States and other nations.

As representatives of the European countries gather in Brussels for Digital Day 2018, 22 member states of the EC have signed a declaration to establish a European Blockchain Partnership.

C.J. Mahoney was sworn in as Deputy United States Trade Representative for Investment, Services, Labor, Environment, Africa, China and the Western Hemisphere.

For decades, American diplomats saw themselves as brokers between the two sides, and secretaries of state typically met Palestinian representatives on regional tours like this one.

By reading the Ninth Amendment as creating a general right to privacy, Black and Stewart suggested, the unelected justices of the Supreme Court had subst - ituted their own subjective notions of justice, liberty, and reasonableness for the wisdom and experience of the elected representatives in the Connecticut state legislature who were responsible for passing the birth control regulation.

I agreed with the minister when he stated in a way which downplayed any notion that this man ever thought he was distinctively representative of virtue (as this man would have always denied for himself) that nonetheless «maybe there was a saint amongst us.»

(The NSFG was created by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and is described as a «nationally representative of women 15 - 44 years of age in the civilian, noninstitutionalized population of the United States.»

Why didn't the president stand up for the rights of the North Carolina pastor who was fired from his duties as an honorary chaplain of the state house of representatives after he closed a prayer «in the name of Jesus»?

A democratic patriot in the United States, for instance, will carry on his dialogue with current companions, but as one who is also in relation to what his companions refer to — representatives of the community such as Washingtons, Jeffersons, Madisons, Lincolns, etc.... But now the transcendent reference group... represent [s] not the community only but what the community stands for.

(10) Maintain strict confidentiality with respect to its clients under the applicable organic certification program and not disclose to third parties (with the exception of the Secretary or the applicable State organic program's governing State official or their authorized representatives) any business - related information concerning any client obtained while implementing the regulations in this part, except as provided for in 205.504 (b)(5);

As part of our commitment to responsible marketing, we comply with the social responsibility policies established by DISCUS — the Distilled Spirits Council for the United States and spiritsEUROPE — the European representative body for producers of spirit drinks, which set out the principles we maintain in all of our sales and marketing activities, including advertising and promotional programmes.

In a letter to owner Owen Oyston following the incident, calling for his son Karl to be replaced as chairman, representatives of Blackpool Supporters» Trust stated:

In early 2011 I was selected by Parenting Magazine for the Mom Congress in Washington DC as a delegate representative from the State of Oklahoma.

The revision looks to be very representative of what we have hoped for and allows athletic trainers to treat those who participate in vigorous physical activity as defined in the Definitions portion of our WI Athletic Training State Practice Act.

Some of these studies involved large representative samples from the United States; 2 some studies controlled for potential confounders, such as parental stress3 and socioeconomic status; 4 and some studies examined the potential of parental reasoning to moderate the association between physical punishment and child aggression.5 Virtually without exception, these studies found that physical punishment was associated with higher levels of aggression against parents, siblings, peers and spouses.

We are also so grateful to our State Representative Kim Ferguson and State Senator Harriette Chandler, as well as Energy and Environmental Affairs Secretary Matt Beaton, for all their support on this project,» added Deb Cary, director of Mass Audubon's Central Massachusetts wildlife sanctuaries.

The name of «SNF State Ambassador» is being considered, as the representatives will be ambassadors for the Foundation in their respective states.

She has served as a representative to the Midwives Alliance of North America for five years, and president of the Midwifery Education Accreditation Council for the United States.

The White House, the Senate and the House of Representatives are up for grabs, along with thousands of other offices in state and local governments across the country, even as voters weigh in on scores of ballot initiatives and other measures.

Humanist MP Michael Connarty has been working closely with the BHA and the European Humanist Federation in his role as a member of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe — a forum within the Council of Europe that provides an opportunity for representatives from member states to discuss human rights issues.

The candidate for state representative can push their field contacts, online engagements and donors to the newer candidate, in real time, as they happen.

An optimal size for a country as large as the United States would be approximately 700 delegates, and I would choose them by a more - or-less random lottery, counting on the laws of statistics to generate what would in fact be a more «representative sample» of the public than any election would produce.

The Hastert Rule, also known as the «majority of the majority» rule, is an informal governing principle used in the United States by Republican [1][2][3] Speakers of the House of Representatives since the mid-1990s to maintain their speakerships [4] and limit the power of the minority party to bring bills up for a vote on the floor of the House.

Art. 3116, however, limits the sum that may be charged candidates for certain posts, such as the offices of district judge, judge of the Court of Civil Appeals, and senator and representative in the state and federal legislatures, and for some counties fees are fixed by Arts. 3116a - 3116d, 1939 Supp., and 3116e, 3116f, 1942 Supp.

As the U.S. House of Representatives is set to vote this coming Thursday on the Republican plan to replace Obamacare with the American Health Care Act, a proposal limiting New York state's funding formula for Medicaid is getting some bipartisan support.

«What I believe here is that this gives the backing to the MTA and the Long Island Rail Road to stop payments, and as I've been reading in the news and hearing on the news is Amtrak, after the governor and our national representatives... have gotten together calling on Trump for federal funding, which I fully support, Amtrak came out and said that they have the money to do this fix,» said state Sen. Elaine Phillips, the bill's sponsor who also chairs the Infrastructure and Capital Investment Committee.

N.Y. — As the U.S. House of Representatives is set to vote this coming Thursday on the Republican plan to replace Obamacare with the American Health Care Act, a proposal limiting New York state's funding formula for Medicaid is getting some bipartisan support.

For the purpose of uniformity, accountability and transparency, members from Revenue Mobilisation Allocation and Fiscal Commission who have representatives from every state of the federation were recommended, as umpires and arbiters of the Federation Account, to play prominent roles during the meeting of the State Joint Local Government Accounts Allocation Commistate of the federation were recommended, as umpires and arbiters of the Federation Account, to play prominent roles during the meeting of the State Joint Local Government Accounts Allocation CommiState Joint Local Government Accounts Allocation Committee.

The Baltic states, or their representatives in the European Parliament have not asked for Russian to be recognised as a language of the EU.

The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee (DCCC, spoken as the D triple - C or the D - trip) is the Democratic Hill committee for the United States House of Representatives, working to elect Democrats to that body.

New York State has a slew of fascinating congressional races, from sure things for one party that will still bring a new face, like the contests to replace Charlie Rangel in CD13 after nearly fifty years or Steve Israel in CD3, to a bunch of races that could unseat young representatives and flip seats, such as Republicans Lee Zeldin on Long Island (CD1) and Elise Stefanik (CD21) or Democrat Sean Maloney (CD18).

The Iowa Constitution states, «Senators shall be chosen for the term of four years, at the same time and place as representatives; they shall be twenty - five years of age, and possess the qualifications of representatives as to residence and citizenship.»

Between Gennaro's 2008 press conference and the State Senate vote, the call for a moratorium until further study, or in some cases an all - out ban, was taken up publicly by Chuck Schumer, Michael Bloomberg, Representative Maurice Hinchey, Scott Stringer, and Christine Quinn, among others officials, as well as Pete Seegar and Mark Ruffalo,.

As a representative for Upper Manhattan and the Bronx, and Chair of the New York State Senate Latino Conference, I believe our community will not be well served by this proposal; it will hit our low - income and vulnerable residents the hardest.

(b) By way of derogation from point (a), where the Council does not act on a proposal from the Commission or from the High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, the qualified majority shall be defined as at least 72 % of the members of the Council representing the participating Member States, comprising at least 65 % of the population of these States.

The Boehner visit underscores New York's status as a battleground when it comes to control for the House of Representatives and how the state GOP feels like they can grow their party through local races.