Sentences with phrase «elected government work»

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«A lot of people think the president of the New York Fed works for the government,» Democrat Marcy Kaptur of Ohio concluded, «but in fact he works for the banks on the board that elected you.»

Every day of my working week in my early 20s I was reminded how incredibly fortunate I was, to live in a country with a democratically elected government, where legal representation and a public trial were the rights of everyone.

Its official debt is unpayable, and never should have been forced upon it in the first place — under conditions where the Troika removed the elected prime minister from office to put in their own technocrat (Lucas Papademos, who had worked with Goldman Sachs to falsify the government's 2001 balance sheet to enable it to meet the eurozone's entry conditions).

Since the last provincial election Cam has worked to elect conservatives in 3 countries, 5 provinces, and across Alberta at all levels of government.

VICTORIA — All 44 elected MLAs from the B.C. New Democrat and B.C. Green caucuses have ratified an agreement pledging to work together to support a stable New Democrat government that works for people.

She has worked extensively with the executive branch, as well as elected officials in both houses and across the aisles of Congress, State Government, and in the private sector.

Seems to me that if we elected real statesmen and not just politicians, we could get to work and make our government truly represent the people and solve some actual problems instead of creating them.

Elected officials conducting government business are working on behalf of EVERYONE they represent.

Lorigo said the most immediate impact will come as a result of new transparency rules for elected officials regarding disclosure of family members working in government.

«The public should know that its elected officials are in government to work in the public interest, not to take care of their own interests.

«Paul knows as much about how the private sector works as he does about how government works and this is exactly the type of experience and perspective we need in order to take on the critical task of reorganizing and rightsizing State government for the first time since the 1920's, Governor - elect Cuomo said.

«We are a unified team of elected officials, and we will continue to work together to address the urgent problems facing working families, and to restore confidence in the ability of government to get things done and deliver lasting results.»

Elected leaders from the region, therefore, need to work together across party lines and the increasingly fractious boundaries dividing the different parts of government.

The C.I.A. told senior lawmakers in classified briefings last summer that it had information indicating that Russia was working to help elect Trump — a finding that did not emerge publicly until after his victory months later, former government officials say.

However, the party has also reiterated its belief in City Regions, a policy first mooted in the wake of the 2004 North - East regional assembly referendum defeat — stating that it will pass an «English Devolution Act» if elected into government, giving more powers to City and also County regions, and replacing the House of Lords with an elected Senate of the Nations and regions to work as a forum for regional representation.

These are people who work full - time for the political parties, whose day - job is to ensure that one day, their party — their employer — is elected to government.

As members of the Republican caucus on Beacon Hill, we look forward to working with you over the next four years to grow our party's grassroots, and to elect more Republicans at every level of Government.

Gov. - elect Andrew Cuomo plans to launch a hard - charging government right from the start, ordering his top aides to report to work on New Year's Day — which is also Inauguration Day — and Sunday, The Post has learned.

NKD works to promote accountability and transparency in elected government and the agencies they oversee, including the NYPD.

«I look forward to working with Governor - Elect Cuomo and my colleagues in the Legislature to meeting these challenges and giving the people of my district and all New Yorkers a government that works tirelessly for them and delivers results.»

Together we will work to re-establish trust in our government by electing ethical officials, dedicated to fiscal responsibility and political accountability.

«You need someone who is conscious of that and is willing to work with local governments and elected officials along the way; Prendergast did that.»

«I need all of you to speak to every elected official in Albany and urge them to step up and to urge the governor of the state of New York and the state Legislature to work with the city government, to work with the mayor, to work with my office, to work with the City Council to provide more resources to come up with more innovative plans and proposals to address the crisis of affordable housing in the city of New York,» she added.

The widespread sentiment is that all politics are tainted - that government and our elected leaders work for the rich, the special interests and the «political elite».

The much - anticipated list of ministers expected to work in the government of president - elect Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo - Addo will be released 24 - hours after he is sworn into office.

Whether that's going to Silicon Valley in California or to China or Europe, the Lark Street resident said if elected Albany's mayor, he's going to be «aggressive at cultivating business» and working with other local governments.

Schulman has spent much of her life working with and for city government, but she is hoping to serve for the first time as an elected official representing the 29th Council District in City Hall.

We work to combine our efforts to elect representatives to local, state and national government.

Comrade Adams Oshiomhole, immediate past Governor of Edo on Thursday declared his intention to contest for the post of National Chairman of APC with a promise, if elected, to ensure that the Executive and Legislative arms of government found a common ground to work.

«Every month when I work, part of my salary is taken as tax, so as a citizen I want to be sure that whoever has been elected into government is going to be accountable on how he uses that money to improve my life,» he said.

Barrett states in her campaign literature and on her website that, if elected, she will work to cut taxes, including the MTA payroll tax; bring good - paying jobs to the Mid-Hudson region; and end unfunded mandates on schools and local governments.

Nicoletti has previously said he will work to improve the city's relationships with the county and state governments if he is elected.

Political activity is far more «professional» at the local government level in urban areas where there are far fewer governments and far fewer elected officials per capita, and a far greater supply of people with higher education and high level managerial and professional work experience.

Cuomo wants county officials — either the elected executive or appoint administer — work with local governments to develop plans that would combine services or consolidate towns, villages and cities.

«At a time when corruption in our state and local governments have eroded so much trust in our public officials, it's critical that we elect bold, honest, hard - working leaders like John Brooks,» Rice said in a statement.

He also emphasised his government's commitment to fix the «broken» economy as he was elected to work for the country and not to complain about its state.

I look forward to working with Senator - Elect Avella to regain New York's trust in government, and to make sure the Senate continues to advocate for those most in need.»

Politicians, that is to say, the people that we elect, do not actually do the work of the government.

A constitutional convention would give voters a path to making state government work better for them - a path their elected state legislators simply refuse to walk.

A successful businessperson, who has never held public office, but has worked in finance and is running to help steer New York through the current financial crisis, or A career elected official who is running on his experience in politics and government and knows how to create efficient state budgets,» the business person beat the career elected official 53 - 30.

In their brief, elected officials argued that the variance allowed «one municipal board to defeat over a century of collaborative work and investment by New York and New Jersey citizens, legislators, and courts, as well as by the federal government, to preserve the historic Hudson River Palisades north of the George Washington Bridge.»

«As a newcomer to elected office, Donald Trump has shown remarkable political skill that has energized Americans who have felt disenfranchised by a government that hasn't worked for them,» Cox said in a statement.

Prior to joining CPD, Sarah served as the Managing Director at the Working Families Organization where she helped develop a senior management team to guide organizational strategy and as the Elections Director for the New York Working Families Party where she helped recruit, train and elect progressive elected officials at all levels of government and contributed to doubling the size of the Progressive Caucus of the New York City Council.

Our mission, as members of the KDD, is to educate ourselves about how government works, what issues are going on in our own communities, mentor young people in civic engagement, and to get more women elected.

Nassau County and its three towns say new or strengthened ethics laws will curb nepotism, but more than 100 current or former elected officeholders, high - level appointees and political club leaders — Republican and Democrat — have had at least one family member working in local government at some point since 2015.

Molinaro, a former Assembly member who was elected to a local government post as a teenager, told the Poughkeepsie Journal he wants to focus on «important work we are accomplishing in Dutchess County, continue traveling the state advocating for those with disabilities, and my wife Corinne and I will continue raising our young family.»

«Residents of this great state rightly expect a government that is honest and beyond reproach,» he said, «and this new office will work to ensure that their elected representatives are living up to the highest ethical standards.»

Without this historic link, there would no way of ensuring working people are elected to parliament, local and devolved government, and to the European parliament, from where much of the legislation protecting working people originates.

«Rather than patronising members and peddling baseless conspiracy theories about «Trotsky entryists», he should be working with Jeremy to unite our party so that we can get back to campaigning to dislodge this Tory government, and help elect a Labour government in its place.»

«My local law requires that all elected officials in Erie County disclose if they have family members working in government, serving on government boards, or active as officers of a political party.