Sentences with phrase «behalf of citizens»
In the response of the Canadian Government, spoken on behalf of its citizens, I find no sense of diminishment, quite the contrary.
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Each State gained the right to make decisions on behalf of its citizens through the chartering of its land.
Lead counsel for gasoline refining company regarding state - wide gasoline price - fixing claim brought in federal court in Hawaii by state attorney general as parens patriae on behalf of all citizens against several refining companies
This case is a fine example of the partnership the FBI has with our international law enforcement partners through our legal attaches, as well as with domestic law enforcement agencies — all working together to bring justice on behalf of our citizens,» said FBI special agent in charge Douglas Price.
Westchester County Executive Andy Spano spoke of the Davis gift, «On behalf of the citizens of Westchester County, I thank Kathryn Davis for making this extraordinary gift to Scenic Hudson.
These are programs where cities or counties get together and buy electricity on behalf of their citizens.
«The son - in - law of the Angolan president, a private businessman, should not be working so closely with the state company which is responsible for managing Angola's oil on behalf of its citizens,» said Diarmid O'Sullivan of Global Witness.
Not for his immersive collaborations on behalf of citizens awakened by his Johnny Appleseed sowing of disruptive ideas — all elaborately conceived and courageously realised — but for the disproportionate space given his crowd - pleasers.
In 2005, Governor Mike Easely named her as the recipient of the Old North State Award «for dedication and service beyond expectation and excellence to the Great State of North Carolina on behalf of the citizens of the State.»
Since taking office he has represented the 23rd Senatorial District on behalf of the citizens of Dallas County in the Texas Legislature.
On behalf of the citizens of Rochester, we are thankful for the support of Governor Cuomo and his commitment to Rochester and grateful to our partners at WinnDevelopment for their commitment to transforming the iconic Sibley Building into a modern hub for housing, retail and innovation — and for helping to create hundreds of jobs along the way.»
On behalf of the citizens of Lower Manhattan, I commend President Obama and the Administration for their commitment to keeping the promise made to us on September 11, 2001.
In 2014, Trump contributed $ 2,000 to Zeldin's campaign and, during the GOP primary, recorded a robocall on behalf of the Citizens United Political Victory Fund, calling Zeldin «a terrific guy» and «very conservative.»
That job would be a continuation of his career working on behalf of citizens, he said.
That makes them unwilling to work on behalf of the citizens of their district who polling show strongly support minimum wage increases — while still trying not to offend the business interests and and big donors who literally own them!
Its mission is to strengthen, protect, and advocate on behalf of citizen trusteeship that supports and advances higher education.
Not exact matches
But a poll conducted by Abacus Data on behalf of Maclean's for the Canada Project shows the country's citizens are getting more and more comfortable carrying large amounts of debt — with more of that money coming from family and friends.
The European Commission — which negotiates on behalf of the EU — has said it wants to focus first on the technicalities of Britain's departure, which includes the rights of EU citizens living in the U.K and vice versa.
Notably, Republicans also recommended Congress repeal the Logan Act, which makes it illegal for private citizens to conduct policy negotiations on behalf of the US and which several of Trump's associates, including Flynn, have been accused of violating.
on behalf of a man who was not denied his freedom of speech but merely his freedom from reproach for freely speaking hatred, Syrian families were being murdered, Honduran children were falling ill from unclean water, and American citizens were being denied equality.
Detroit's Chaldean Catholic bishop, Francis Y. Kalabat, told church leaders the diocese is reaching out to the government, the Iraqi embassy, the local Chaldean foundation, and the US Council of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) on behalf of the detainees, most of whom are «not hardened criminals but for the last decades have been great citizens.»
Urofsky explicitly recognizes the state's power as parens patriae «to protect the interests and well - being of its citizens and to intervene on their behalf when necessary.»
«In God We Trust» because no «One» or «Faction» deserves or should posses it on behalf of our nation or our citizens as a whole.
The document provides the Justice Department's legal rationale for the controversial policy of using lethal force against U.S. citizens fighting on behalf of terrorist groups.
The same citizen was, beyond dispute, actively engaged in encouraging espionage on behalf of the Soviet Union, and to his dying day advocated the revolutionary replacement of the American government by a Communist regime.
Sandford (whose name was actually Sanford), acting on behalf of his sister who was Dred Scott's owner, injected into the litigation the question whether any black person, free or slave, could be a citizen of the United States, and he directly challenged the constitutionality of the Missouri Compromise of 1820, which forbade slavery in the Louisiana Territory north of latitude 36 ° 30».
What is reasonable to suppose is that the separate loyalties citizens feel — to religion certainly but also to class, ethnic group, profession, party, or whatever — will be regulated on behalf of the common good.
My Name is Patti Rundall and I am sorry to have to come here again but I do so on behalf of thousands of citizens and IBFAN groups around the world who monitor the marketing of baby foods and who try to make sure that babies lives are not put at risk by this company's marketing.
Holmquist, speaking on behalf of a group called Citizens for Beautiful Suburbia, said the petitions were signed by people who live in Orland Hills, Orland Park, Tinley Park and «the greater south suburban area.»
The whistleblower — or «qui tam» — provisions of the D.C. False Claims Act allow private citizens to bring lawsuits on behalf of the District and to share in any recovery that is obtained.
According to Al Ahram, the Brotherhood had given Qatar a number of assurances in exchange for Doha's generosity including «technical support» for the Syrian opposition, the rotation — possibly to a Qatari citizen — of the Arab League Secretary General post, and «Egyptian approval of Qatari nominees on behalf of the Arab group in several international and regional forums».
Both officials need a strong working relationship with the federal government and with each suffering from low job approval ratings, they should get back to working on behalf of New York's citizens, not their own political ambitions.»
The city also used to give $ 40,000 a year to the Niagara Military Affairs Council, a citizen group that lobbies on behalf of the Niagara Falls Air Reserve Station.
Since 1977, the state has quarantined 25 per cent of its natural resource revenues in the APF, owned and managed by the government of Alaska on behalf of the state's citizens.
Collective actions could allow approved organisations, like Citizens Advice Bureaux, (which saw an 18 per cent increase in employment discrimination enquiries in 2008/09) to bring claims on behalf of groups of people.
These hearings therefore provide an important opportunity for democratic oversight and transparency on behalf of European citizens.
Rather than an academic assessment of the issue then, let this be a plea — on behalf of all those British citizens who do not read the Daily Mail and do recognise the unprecedented benefits of the EU — to not be left out in the cold.
The Romanian Parliament, also dominated by USL, is currently debating the modification of the 2003 Mining Law and considering amendments which would facilitate important erosion of citizens» rights, particularly by allowing foreign companies to expropriate the lands and houses of Romanian citizens on behalf of the Romanian government.
Still, we should not discount the significance of what Citizens United meant for independent expenditures, something that Justice John Paul Stevens argued comes close to direct contributions: «The difference between selling a vote and selling access is a matter of degree, not kind and selling access is not qualitatively different from giving special preference to those who spent money on one's behalf.»
Citizens Party office holders are forbidden to represent or lobby on behalf of any foreign government or corporation for a period of (8) eight years after the end of their service.
«Welsh citizens now have the confidence in their Assembly to make laws on their behalf and the current system of asking for powers on a case by case basis is proving to be unsustainable and ineffective,» he said.
The problem for the city is that there may be fewer interest groups lobbying on behalf of the Medicaid portion than there were groups pushing back on the university cost shifts, said Carol Kellermann, the president of the nonpartisan Citizens Budget Commission.
The pledges will be mailed to candidates on Monday, Mr. Botnick said, on behalf of the coalition, which includes two government watchdog organizations, Citizens Union and New York Civic, as well as former Gov. Mario M. Cuomo and former Mayor Rudolph W. Giuliani.
UPDATE: Citizens Action's Charlie Albanetti sent the following statement on behalf of the Fair Elections for New York campaign:
«On behalf of the Chairman and members of the JCC we wish to inform all Nananom, the entire citizens of our...
«On behalf of the Chairman and members of the JCC we wish to inform all Nananom, the entire citizens of our proposed Oti region of the call to eternal rest of our brother and friend Dr Kwaku Addeah.
Donald Tusk offered his well - wishes on «behalf of the European Council», before saying he urgently wants a Brexit that would be «least disruptive for our citizens».
«Indeed, Cabinet just approved a 0.02 per cent deductions in all imports outside AU as a fund to support the activities of AU, so that AU will not go begging other countries for its citizens,» President Nana Akufo - Addo stated in a speech read on his behalf at the closing ceremony of a five day orientation workshop for newly appointed envoys in Accra.
Bruso also credits citizen - activist Frank Maddock with his hard work and advocacy on behalf of the park.
Castro in the statement said he was «very proud» of his accomplishments as an assemblyman over the last four years and his work on behalf of new citizens.