Sentences with phrase «federal investment»

Even if the grants expire, the solar industry can still use a 30 percent federal investment tax credit in place through 2016.

Do you see the current level of federal investment in basic research and development in energy as sufficient?

Across the country, momentum is building for a large federal investment in early childhood education.

But he was criticized by both environmental groups and conservatives, who said it made sense to try to protect federal investments.

I don't see a mention in your options list of direct federal investment in basic inquiry and capacity for energy innovation.

A huge proportion of this $ 40 billion annual federal investment is flowing to people who simply aren't prepared to do college - level work.

The grants to states and territories represent a significant federal investment in home visitation.

The budget outline would fulfill the president's campaign promise to make an unprecedented federal investment in school choice, including the expansion of charter schools and publicly funded private school options.

These programs offer a snapshot of how targeted federal investments in leadership have delivered immediate, positive results for the students most in - need.

The school improvement grants mark the largest federal investment ever targeted at failing schools.

A greater federal investment in research - based programs will help states and districts better respond to rapidly increasing needs and lead to improved outcomes for students and schools.

And this still happens today, despite a big federal investment.

Immediately add an additional federal investment of $ 20 billion towards school choice.

This large federal investment provided a significant boost to bringing diverse quality initiatives together across the state.

Regardless of the future of cap and trade, robust federal investment in clean energy technology can effectively tackle both energy and climate policy reform.

The devil is always in the details of the quotes — especially since everybody I know wants more federal investments on low carbon technologies.

Our Government will redirect federal investments in youth employment to provide real - life work experience in high - demand fields.

These investments save about $ 4 for every dollar spent, making them a sound federal investment.

Tax reform is an end in itself, but it can also be the foundation for future comprehensive reform of the entire federal investment in children.

Not only has there been less federal investment in magnets than charters, but research has suggested that federal magnet priorities have somewhat shifted away from integration goals in recent decades.

As long as the 30 % federal investment tax credit is an option, finding the best wind resource with adequate transmission capacity isn't even that important.

The green band is a half - century of federal investment in energy research.

These projects make sure that buildings built with funds provided by the federal government are constructed to withstand the impacts of flooding, improve the resilience of communities, and protect federal investments.

I asked him how much direct federal investment in energy research and development would be sufficient.

Across the country, momentum is building for a large federal investment in early childhood education.

Without significant federal investment, we would not have gained all the benefits we did from the IT revolution.

Over the course of the past year, significant progress has been made, and bipartisan cooperation has led to a substantial increase in federal investment in early education.

To address these staggering statistics, the National Academy of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine (NAS) has convened a committee of experts to provide recommendations for federal investment aimed at reducing the number of children living in poverty in the United States by half within 10 years.

12:30 p.m., Schumer and Rep. Louise Slaughter gather with Harris workers to announce major push to secure new federal investment opportunities, Harris Corporation, 1350 Jefferson Rd., Rochester.

Despite ongoing challenges with federal investment in R&D, Americans have generally favorable views toward science, believing that science creates more opportunity for the next generation, that its benefits outweigh its risks, and that the federal government should provide funds for scientific research.

On behalf of the nation's Pre-K-8 principals, NAESP advocates for increased federal investments in education to support programs that benefit schools.

Saying that he looks at federal investments in R&D through the prism of ensuring American leadership, he asked a series of questions about NASA's program, including whether sending humans to an asteroid is the right goal for human spaceflight or should it be the Moon.

Statement on Federal Investments for Our Students and Communities by Thomas J. Gentzel, Executive Director and CEO National School Boards Association

Solar photovoltaic (PV) added 2,193 MW of capacity in 2013, continuing the trend of the past few years of strong growth, helped in part by falling technology costs as well as aggressive state renewable portfolio standards (RPS) and continued federal investment tax credits.

Coordination of expanded federal investments in children from birth to five to improve school readiness and child development

Pressure is on the industry to become cost competitive with fossil fuels and foreign - produced energy technologies as federal investment in clean energy is set to drop 75 percent between 2009 and 2014, according to a new report by analysts at the Breakthrough Institute, Brookings Institution and World Resources Institute called «Beyond Boom and Bust: Putting Clean Tech on a Path to Subsidy Independence.»

In 1945, Bush urged for a bigger and more sustained federal investment in science, writing that «since health, well - being, and security are proper concerns of Government, scientific progress is, and must be, of vital interest to Government.»

The RTT - ELC helps states strategically leverage federal investment to develop practices and policies that can help close the achievement gap for all children.

Two years ago this month, Congress passed the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act — the economic - stimulus package — with its one - time federal investment of nearly $ 100 billion in education.

Democratic Congressman Sean Patrick Maloney says he pushed through a lot of bureaucratic red tape to secure federal investment, and worked with HUD to reallocate funds to fulfill unmet Hurricane Irene recovery needs.

This will require at least three times the current federal investment in such R&D as well as a cohesive policy strategy that links technology development to commercialization.

More than a dozen federal departments and agencies support microbiome research today, and the magnitude of investment has recently grown: A 2015 report released by the National Science and Technology Council noted that annual federal investment into microbiome research tripled over fiscal years 2012 — 2014, with more than $ 922 million invested during this three - year period.

Amid the intense debates about how much progress the nation has made in raising student achievement and whether federal investments in education have produced results, one important trend tends to be overlooked — namely, the notable gains made by African American and Latino students in reading and math achievement since 1971.