Sentences with phrase «enforcing laws»

No witness to the committee made an environmental case for leaving, and some said the UK has not gone far enough in implementing EU policies and enforcing its laws.

She thinks the state laws should be clearer but notes that there's little interest in changing or enforcing the laws.

The Regional Secretary of the GJA Zambaga Rufai Saminu in the statement noted that «we are saddened by this unfortunate development orchestrated by not less a person than an officer in charge of enforcing the laws of the country.»

The Effutu MP, Alex Afenyo - Markin, believes the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), has been enforcing the laws selectively.

Next, he flashed a broad smile, turned to Mr. Cuomo and said, «Your shy and retiring attorney general, Andrew Cuomo, is in the house,» and then pointing at him, Mr. Obama added, «Andrew's doing great work, enforcing the laws that need to be enforced.»

A Home Office spokesperson said the UK's approach to drugs was to prevent use and help individuals recover, while also enforcing laws: «We have seen a reduction in drug misuse among adults and young people over the last 10 years and more people are recovering from their dependency now than in 2009 - 10.

«Our state is safer with these members joining the ranks and enforcing our laws,» said Gov. Andrew Cuomo in a statement.

They exist because the president and the executive branch is responsible for enforcing the laws of the land and are given some leeway in how to enforce said laws, they have the full force of law because they are issued by the people enforcing the law.

«There is still part of me that thinks surely the people charged with enforcing the laws must have known this type of activity was going on,» said Benjamin referring to the SIlver and Skelos cases, especially in terms of the involvement of the real estate industry.

On Tuesday, Chief U.S. District Judge Janet C. Hall denied the group's request for a preliminary injunction that could have stopped the state from enforcing the laws.

Trump used a function of the executive branch to no longer delay enforcing the laws.

«It's about enforcing laws we already have.»

«I ask the city to limit the deleterious effects of Airbnb's illegal actions by better enforcing laws, through bringing on more inspectors, and using the law to enforce protection of these housing units.»

«Andrew's doing great work enforcing the laws that need to be enforced,» Obama said as he cast a warm smile toward Cuomo and the two made eye contact.

«The agency is deeply disturbed by the harmful personal attacks some Congress - members have leveled against career law enforcement personnel, whose sworn duty is enforcing laws enacted by Congress itself,» Walls said in a statement.

so democrats are going to vote for a guy who was supposed to be enforcing the laws while all the time he was breaking them.

How is asking that our political parties (both of them) follow the established laws of the land and be subject to verification by the departments in charge of enforcing those laws, be a progressive, Socialist idea worthy of admittance into a mental institution?

This is a false premise, terrorist organizations do several other things to achieve their goals including capturing territory, enforcing laws and spreading propaganda.

«You can not be enforcing laws when they don't make sense,» he said.

The senator said enforcing laws for this policy may not be legal.

«We need a strong champion for working families enforcing the laws of our state, not a laissez - faire lackey.

There is no quick technical fix that will protect victims — it needs education, responsible parenting and more resources for enforcing the laws that already exist.»

The federal government could, however, decide to resume enforcing these laws any time it wanted to and the states would have little - to - no recourse to stop it from doing so, other than attempting to argue in court that federal drug laws aren't authorized under the Constitution in the first place.

And when you do look at those goals — as I have, on my tactical breakdowns, which you can find on the site — you can see why Liverpool have dropped points, and more often than not it's because of some individual error you can not account for, such as Lovren missing the ball, Matip leaving a header, Karius not positioning himself well enough, a midfielder not tracking his man properly, or the team of officials being useless in enforcing the laws of the game.

But Atkinson was only enforcing the laws.

Traditionally in NHL towns, the long arm of the law withered when it came to enforcing laws in hockey arenas; police and the courts have almost always turned a blind eye to the game's violence.

I oppose enforcing laws that violate human rights, and support enforcing laws that recognize those rights and protect against their violation.

It recognizes that strong government institutions are essential for making and enforcing laws to protect human dignity.

That is a political decision and given the reluctance the politicians in charge had in getting the RC set up, it is hard to see that they will go much further given that there is definite near term downside to enforcing laws fast.

The department also plans to seek a court order from a judge to temporarily block the state from enforcing the laws.

«There is widespread doubt whether this administration can be trusted to enforce our laws.»

You can enforce the law or you can hope they go away because somebody says, «This is the law and we order you to go away.»

Hopefully you're not too familiar with the responsibilities of a police officer — namely, enforcing the law.

Bolton ruled that immigration rights activists failed to show that police would enforce the law differently for Hispanics than other people.

The same can not be said for the Trump administration's top health officials — a substantial departure from the Obama administration's prominent public information campaigns and unusual considering the federal government is still tasked with enforcing the law.

Instead, Sessions said it would be up to federal prosecutors in states where the drug is legal to decide how aggressively to enforce the law.

I have said from the beginning that my job is to enforce the law, and that is what happened today.

Krasner: I have — like a lot of civil rights lawyers, like a lot of activists — been beating my head against the wall of the DA's office and the [Philadelphia] police department for a long time because the DA's office in Philly was not enforcing the law against police.

«It is the mission of the Department of Justice to enforce the laws of the United States, and the previous issuance of guidance undermines the rule of law and the ability of our local, state, tribal, and federal law enforcement partners to carry out this mission,» the Justice Department said.

As long as states regulate the industry and enforce laws, the department would not challenge the state marijuana laws.

And because individual states could still prohibit marijuana locally, Booker's bill would also incentivize states to change their marijuana laws by withholding federal funding from any states that have enforced laws against the drug in ways that disproportionately affect low - income citizens and people of color.

As Rongcheng shows, enforcing the law is a priority of the social credit system.

Meanwhile, Hong Kong's security chief, Lai Tung - kwok, said on Wednesday that until now there was no indication that Xiao had left the city against his will or that mainland public security officers had enforced law in the city.

«As to the terms of the settlement: we have said all along that we will enforce the law.

So yes, we will enforce law in an appropriate way nationwide,» Sessions said.

As I describe earlier, Chicago School hostility to Robinson - Patman has meant that both the antitrust agencies and courts have largely stopped enforcing the law.

Facebook is acquiring tbh, another burgeoning social network; regulators erred in allowing the Instagram and WhatsApp acquisitions, but there is no better place to start enforcing the law than now.

Our children are packed into schools like sardines, surgeries are cancelled for lack of beds, seniors die from mistreatment, labour unions and universities are gutted and our health and environment are degraded because the government won't enforce the law.

Any move to ban on corporate and union donations in municipal elections must also include resources to enforce the law, which has been lacking under the current legislation.

Its primary mission is to monitor and enforce laws created to govern the existence of securities and other related assets in the United States.