Sentences with phrase «debate on the issues affecting»

She looks forward to a healthy debate on the issues affecting the people of her district, regardless of who enters the fray.»

New Yorkers deserve an open debate on the issues affecting them and their families: I urge New Yorkers to join me in calling upon Senator Gillibrand to debate Wendy Long.

He has regularly contributed to debates on issues affecting the Capital, including London's role in the UK economy, the London Underground, Crossrail, the London Olympics bid, ID cards, gun crime, and various environmental and quality of life issues.

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The new venture probably won't affect the polarized healthcare debate in Washington, but could alter the dynamics of the issue down the line if the companies come up with some innovative ideas, said Neil Trautwein, a vice president at the National Retail Federation trade group who lobbies Congress on healthcare issues.

But it has been disappointing in that the kind of genetic variation it detects has turned out to explain surprisingly little of the genetic links to most diseases... One issue of debate among researchers is whether, despite the prospect of diminishing returns, to continue with the genomewide studies, which cost many millions of dollars apiece, or switch to a new approach like decoding the entire genomes of individual patients.The unexpected impasse also affects companies that offer personal genomic information and that had assumed they could inform customers of their genetic risk for common diseases, based on researchers» discoveries...

The latest KNOWLEDGEshare Live event in Dubai provided stimulating and insightful debate on the major issues affecting the beverage industry.

I agree, however, with one point that's sometimes made on the other side of this particular debate, that our main focus in Parliament should be on issues that affect everyone, straight or gay.

«Regarding the first debate, there were issues regarding Donald Trump's audio that affected the sound level in the debate hall,» the Commission on Presidential Debates said in a statement.

He wouldn't weigh in on whether tenant advocates were right to be angry with Mr. Cuomo over rent regulations --» that issue is still being debated right now» — nor on how he thinks a straight extender on 421a for six months will affect his affordable housing plan, again insisting there was «real dialogue» going on and that his focus was on increasing the amount of affordable housing requiring through the tax break.

Kelle Stewart, an elementary school teacher from Tennessee, said the heavy focus on tenure keeps the education debate from focusing on real issues that significantly affect public schools.

His position on the House Education Committee requires him to debate and vote on school bills, she said, but she doesn't lobby him on issues that specifically affect her charter.

You have in your packet a blue sheet that gives you the order of the day, so I won't belabor that too much, but I will just remind you that we're going to start out with a session on history this morning; then go to a lunchtime segment that will focus on some of the relevant federal constitutional issues, including evaluations of the federal attacks on and defenses of the Blaine amendments; then we will finish off the day with a session that will focus on litigation strategy related to these amendments and some of the arguments being made for and against them in that litigation, as well as a focus on how debates over faith - based initiatives and school vouchers are affected by these particular state constitutional restrictions.

I bring an issue to the table today, the ongoing debate of Kindle Unlimited's affect on indie authors.

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The objective of our Travel Matters programme is to provide our Members and leading industry stakeholders with the latest information, as well as a forum for debate, on the key policy matters and current issues affecting travel.

It's a feature in the history of Australia... I will let others in time debate the issue of severity but right now the focus has to be on those affected and those fighting the fires and I know there have been some attempts by some to politicise it.

Now the researchers plan to apply the methodology to other nations to build up a global evidence base for protected area effectiveness, to «move beyond looking at protected areas as a monolithic concept and clarify how different kinds of protected areas, and different ways of locating them in the landscape, affect deforestation and local human welfare», and to measure the impacts of protected areas on humans that live in neighbouring communities, an issue that is «subject to contentious international debate but for which there is little credible evidence to support the opposing views».

Needless to say this has been deeply disturbing to an «ordinary Joe» (with 5 grandchildren) who has made an effort to understand the science and the politics that underlie the climate change «debate», especially since my country has become such an important player in the fossil fuel business with its tarsands and pipeline industries that affect us all, so I've tried to find out more about Judith Curry's recent contributions to the debate, not so much the hair - splitting, angels on the head of a pin, esoteric dissections of graphs and stats that I see here on your website but the ethical stance that you take on the larger issue of «killing» the IPCC and all it represents.

penalizes the defendant for engaging in public participation «plaintiff» means a person who initiates or maintains a proceeding against a defendant; «proceeding» means any action, suit, matter, cause, counterclaim, appeal, or originating application that is brought in the Supreme Court or the Provincial Court, but does not include a prosecution for an offence or a crime; «public interest» means the whole of the subject matter invites public attention, or a matter in which the public has some substantial concern because it affects the welfare of citizens, or one to which considerable public notoriety or controversy has attached; «public participation» means communication or conduct aimed at influencing public opinion, or promoting further lawful action by the public or any government body, in relation to an issue of public interest; «Strategic Lawsuit Against Public Participation (SLAPP)» means a claim that arises from a form of expression or public participation, by the person against whom the claim is asserted that was made in connection with an official proceeding or about a matter of public interest; Purposes of this Act: 2 The purposes of this Act are to a) Establish a statutory right to public participation for every individual; b) Encourage individuals to express themselves on matters of public interest; c) Promote broad participation in debates on matters of public interest; d) Discourage the use of litigation as a means of unduly limiting expression on matters of public interest; and, e) Preserve the right of access to the courts for all proceedings and claims that are not brought or maintained for an improper purpose.

The program was called «Collaborative Multiverse,» and the idea was to lead a townhall - style debate and discussion among experienced collaborative practitioners on issues affecting collaborative practice.

Now, the further placement (after Article 3 of Regulation EC, EURATOM No 2988/95 on the protection of the European Communities financial interests) of a limitation period at the EU level (with the adoption of Directive EU / 2017/1371 on the fight against fraud to the Union's financial interests) makes its European - oriented upgrade still necessary, and leaves the controversial issues concerning its real nature and its adequate regulation for crimes affecting the EU financial interests open to further debate.

The UK200Group is impartial in the EU referendum debate and seeks only to provide clarity to its members on issues that will affect them.

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Twelve months on since the release of Bringing Them Home, we can look back at the public debate on the forcible removal of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children from their families, and reflect on the impact of the Report and its implications for future understanding of issues affecting Indigenous Australians.

The program was called «Collaborative Multiverse,» and the idea was to lead a townhall - style debate and discussion among experienced collaborative practitioners on issues affecting collaborative practice.