Sentences with phrase «because national legislation»

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Congress enacted the first national railroad safety legislation that year because the companies had insisted it was too expensive to put automatic braking systems and couplers on freight trains.

«If we are going to have legislation that says a Chinese paper company can't buy a US paper company because that's a national security issue, what wouldn't be a national security issue then?»

Steiner rattled off ideas like national legislation requiring a certain amount of recycled content to be used in packaging of new products, or removing glass from the recycling stream because it often breaks during collection and mucks up the rest of the load.

Walden took interest in proposing legislation to ban the option because he thought the idea of minting a platinum coin to work around the debt ceiling was a particularly absurd idea that exemplified «the problem of people in Washington not understanding the reality» of the national debt.

As oppressive as this legislation seems, it is fitting that these new regulations come under the guise of an anti-terrorism law, because that fits well into the narrative of protecting Russian national identity and deeply held Russian values against dangerous foreign influences.

It's interesting you say they are limited on fruits and vegetables, because I've heard the national legislation allows unlimited fruits and vegetables.

More than 700 million people are exposed to second - hand smoking because of the absence of national legislation on tobacco control.

NYPD Commissioner Bill Bratton said he has «no faith» in Congress to enact meaningful gun control legislation because so many members are beholden to the National Rifle Association.

Vance said national legislation is needed to curb the flow of illegal guns because prosecutors can not solve the problem simply by making more arrests.

The National Republican Congressional Committee went on TV earlier this week with an ad painting Mark Critz as too liberal for Pennsylvania because of his support for federal health care legislation.

The National Republican Congressional Committee went on TV earlier this week with an ad painting Critz as too liberal for Pennsylvania because of his support for federal health care legislation.

«I'm opposed to this act because it puts public safety at risk,» the county executive said, explaining the legislation would put the county at odds with the federal government, and would ultimately dub Westchester as a «sanctuary» county for undocumented immigrant; one that limits its cooperation with the national government's effort to enforce immigration law.

«National Democrats have abandoned Mike Derrick because he opposes bipartisan education reforms, admits failing to read vital military legislation and has reportedly — and repeatedly — violated military ethics rules,» Alcivar said, referring to a report last week by the Washington Free Beacon that Derrick reportedly violated Pentagon rules by including pictures of himself in uniform in campaign materials without a mandatory disclaimer.

Aubry said he believes he is the best candidate because of his significant experience in Albany and the major legislation he has passed in that time, such as the reform of the Rockefeller drug laws and sponsoring the United States Tennis Association's National Tennis Center in Flushing Meadows Corona Park.

The findings are particularly relevant, the researchers said, because Congress is currently considering «national concealed carry reciprocity» legislation.

But the 28 - member compact warned that there would be limits to how swiftly it could join the deal because its member states» national parliaments needed to act on Paris and on domestic energy legislation before Brussels could give the deal final approval.

Panel chair Smith echoed such concerns in a statement explaining his vote against the deal: «I did not support the legislation because it failed to address our growing national debt and the need to get our economic house in order.»

Thus, whenever national governments enact counter-terrorism legislation in the pursuit of human security, even if that legislation derogates from accepted rights and freedoms in the process, it is ultimately beneficial legislation because by promoting human security it is «preserving a society in which rights and freedoms can be exercised».

On the evaluation I turned in, I was very honest and let them know I could not support their efforts because of their thoughts on potential model - dog legislation and their 3 - point national initiative.

However, with a stronger market signal now unlikely for many years because of the delay in comprehensive national climate and energy legislation, the United States might well fall behind China in this new era of global competition over green technologies and services.

Cato argues that US emissions won't matter because China's emissions will be too large, China won't commit to emissions reductions unless the USA leads the way, and the USA can't lead the way with groups like Cato successfully undermining national climate legislation.

Because the trade is largely unregulated and unmonitored, and finning often takes place beyond national and state jurisdiction, the most effective method to bring an end to this brutal practice is through legislation such as this.»

Next: (1) because legislation will increasingly be dependent upon technology, the use of which must be controlled by national and international standards, which standards must therefore become an essential part of such legislation, all of the Attorneys General in Canada's 14 jurisdictions should be informed of the above; (2) the ISO in Switzerland should be informed, because it is the world leader in standardization; the Standards Council of Canada being the ISO's representative in Canada; and, (3) I shall publish a much fuller account concerning all of this on the SSRN.

The Advocate General was somewhat more dismissive: if the Union citizens had to leave the territory of the EU, it was only because of the deliberate decision of their mother based on «the whims and vagaries of his mother's married life rather than a constraint imposed by the implementation of the national legislation.»

40 That provision is intended not only to prevent the concurrent application of a number of national legislative systems and the complications which might ensue, but also to ensure that persons covered by Regulation No 883/2004 are not left without social security cover because there is no legislation which is applicable to them (see, by analogy, Case C ‑ 275 / 96 Kuusijärvi [1998] ECR I ‑ 3419, paragraph 28, and Case C ‑ 619 / 11 Dumont de Chassart [2013] ECR, paragraph 38).