Sentences with phrase «close federal oversight»

I suspect that the right formula is some combination of state empowerment and close federal oversight and targeted activity.

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DETROIT — General Motors» agreement to pay a $ 35 million federal fine for concealing defects in small - car ignition switches and to give the government greater oversight of its safety procedures closes one chapter of the automaker's recall saga.

The «No Child Left Behind» act, signed by President Bush in January, greatly expands federal oversight of public education, mandating annual testing of children in grades 3 through 8 and one grade - level in high school, insisting every classroom teacher be fully certified and setting a 12 - year timetable for closing racial and economic achievement gaps in test scores.

The NAN founder insisted that those who attend focus specifically on pushing to preserve the Affordable Care Act, to close the wealth gap and to maintain strong federal oversight of police departments that violate citizens» civil rights.

Any plan to close the crumbling facilities, which have been the site of brutal episodes of violence and are now subject to federal oversight, would probably require Mr. de Blasio to embark on a yearslong political war fought in many pitched battles.

So, as Annual Disability Month draws to a close, I wonder whether die - hard local control advocates would reevaluate their antipathy towards federal oversight and their embrace of local control if they were parents of a child like Jonah.

As we have witnessed with the disastrous results of Common Core and other federal efforts in education, the best oversight of education is left to those closest to the people.

Legislation would close loophole in current law exempting Internet puppy sales from all federal oversight

The HSUS and the Humane Society Legislative Fund applaud U.S. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack and the U.S. Department of Agriculture for issuing a proposed rule designed to close the loophole in the Animal Welfare Act regulations that has allowed thousands of large - scale commercial puppy mills to operate without federal inspections or oversight, particularly operations that sell over the Internet.

A proposed USDA rule could close a loophole that has allowed hundreds of puppy mills to operate without federal inspections or oversight.

The Humane Society of the United States and Humane Society Legislative Fund commend federal lawmakers for reintroducing legislation that will close a loophole in the Animal Welfare Act regulations that currently allows puppy mills to sell dogs over the Internet without any oversight or standards of care.

Of the dozens of puppy mills that The HSUS has assisted in closing down over the past five years, the vast majority were selling puppies online and escaping any federal oversight because a loophole in federal Animal Welfare Act regulations exempts Internet sellers.

In September, the USDA finally closed the loophole and will be extending federal oversight to the thousands of breeders who sell puppies and kittens sight - unseen, whether online or via mail or phone.