Sentences with phrase «federal leaders said»
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Tory, a former Rogers Cable CEO and Ontario Tory leader, said it's too soon to tell if desks will be a thing of the past at the Rogers campus in Toronto once Laurence arrives in December, and he may be focused on Rogers» stiff competitive pressures and a federal government insistent on a strong fourth carrier in the wireless market.
«It is important that we achieve a two - year agreement that funds our troops and provides for our national security and other critical functions of the Federal government,» the statement from the White House, House Speaker Paul Ryan, and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said.
Margaret Paddock, a U.S. Bank market leader, says those federal loans should be an absolute top priority.
But Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid of Nevada and other Democratic leaders say the bill is unacceptable in its present form, including a ban on federal funding for Planned Parenthood in Puerto Rico, a U.S. territory in the Caribbean that has reported nearly 2,000 cases of Zika infection.
Mired in a world of low growth, low inflation and low interest rates, officials from the Federal Reserve, Bank of Japan and the European Central Bank said their efforts to bolster the economy through monetary policy may falter unless elected leaders stepped forward with bold measures.
Howard County's top executive Thursday morning cautioned business leaders against relying too heavily on federal contracts and said Columbia's Gateway Innovation District can be a magnet for new companies.
In a statement, Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer announced plans to introduce legislation to decriminalize marijuana on the federal level, saying his thinking on the issue «has evolved.»
In April of this year, CanWest News reported: «When asked whether he still supports his firewall plan Monday, Harper dodged the question saying it is not his responsibility, as leader of the federal Conservatives, to tell a province like Alberta how to run its affairs.
Former federal minister Jason Kenney is newly installed in the legislature as United Conservative opposition leader, and should he win, as widely expected, he says he would set the province on a more aggressive fiscal reordering, eliminating deficits one year more quickly.
New comments by President Trump and his lawyer Rudy Giuliani about a payment to Stormy Daniels place the president at the center of questions about possible campaign - finance violations, two former Federal Election Commission leaders said.
New Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell told business leaders in Chicago on Friday that «it's too early to say» whether a brewing trade war with China would affect monetary policy and the broader economy.
Andrew Weaver, BC Green Party leader, said that while what happens on the ocean is clearly a federal responsibility, spilled oil washing up on the coast is well within provincial jurisdiction.
The White House said it will appoint an adviser to lead the initiative and the office will be supported by various faith leaders from outside the federal government.
But the company, Spectra Energy Corp., said former federal Conservative government house leader Jay Hill's role in the discussions about those laws has probably been very minor and, in any case, represents just part of the work he does for the company.
on Federal leaders» debate: Canada's trade deals need independent analysis, not corporate cheerleading, says Trade Justice Network
The Trump administration said Sunday that it wants Congress to attach aid for victims of Hurricane Harvey to a bill that would increase the federal debt limit, a move that clashes with an influential group of House conservatives who have warned GOP leaders not to connect the two funding initiatives.
VANCOUVER — The federal approval of the Kinder Morgan pipeline project shows that Christy Clark has failed to protect B.C.'s coast, says B.C. New Democrat Leader John Horgan.
Andy Stanley, a prominent evangelical leader, said some in his congregation cheered when he launched a preaching series called «Recovery Road» to talk about politically touchy issues such as personal greed, the federal deficit and the sins of subprime loans.
The Jewish Telegraphic Agency: German court ruling on circumcision riles Jewish community Germany's top Jewish leader called on the federal Parliament «to ensure religious freedom» following a Cologne court ruling that said circumcising young boys on religious grounds amounts to grievous bodily harm.
Jefferson was clearly saying that religious issues were in the various state's area of influence and control, not his as leader of the Federal Union.
Prime Minister Kevin Rudd used the final leaders» debate of the 2013 federal election to signal a possible shift on foreign property ownership, saying he is «a bit nervous» about an «open slather approach».
The infant formula industry, in which Abbott Laboratories is the U.S. market leader, will be investigated for possible anticompetitive practices, an official of the Federal Trade Commission said Tuesday.
«Today, the New York State Senate acted on an important bill sponsored by Senator Felder that will protect hardworking New Yorkers from $ 1.5 billion in new and higher taxes, and prevent the state from receiving a windfall from recently enacted federal tax changes,» Senate Majority Leader John Flanagan said.
A statement by MASSOB's leader, Uchenna Madu in Enugu said that proceeding with the matter said to have been brought before the Federal High Court by the Attorney
Though the ex-MEND leaders noted that the Federal Government had launched a high powered investigation into the incidents to bring the perpetrators to book, they said that the claims against the frontline ex-militant leader, Chief Government Ekpemupolo (Tompolo) and other ex-militant leaders were untrue and misplaced.
But Cuomo so far hasn't shown any signs of weakening his opposition to the state - level millionaire's tax (the federal level is OK, he says), and today he got some extra back - up from Assembly Minority Leader Brian Kolb, who said he wouldn't go along with a veto override, in the unlikely event that things get that far next year.
The silence by President Buhari's administration has raised suspicion among the Ogonis that the federal government in collaboration with SHELL has opted for their usual strategy of divide and rule to set the Ogoni leaders and the people against themselves and also employing gradual frustration of the oil clean - up programme to force the collective loyalty of the Ogoni nation to join the ruling party in the country,» the statement said.
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer rejected the president's suggestion that hundreds of vacancies across the federal government exist due to «obstructionist» Democrats, saying the Trump administration has failed to select a nominee for 442 of the 500 vacancies.
Republican Senate Majority Leader John Flanagan in a statement to Capital Tonight said he has «grave concern» over the federal proposal to eliminate state and local tax deductions as part of a broader effort to cut taxes.
Federal programs that aid Upstate New York will be preserved as part of a bipartisan deal in Congress for a $ 1 trillion spending bill, U.S. Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer said.
U.S. Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer said that he pressed for the renomination of attorney Kathleen Sweet to be Buffalo's first female federal judge, but that the Trump White House insisted on nominating John L. Sinatra Jr. — a Republican being pushed by Rep. Chris Collins — for the judicial vacancy instead.
Gov. Andrew Cuomo's proposal to change the state tax code to get around the loss of deductions under the new federal law is «the work of a mind severed from reason and reality,» GOP gubernatorial candidate John DeFrancisco, the deputy state Senate majority leader, said.
Former Nassau County Executive Edward Mangano and former Oyster Bay Town Supervisor John Venditto «traded their office for money, plain and simple,» a federal prosecutor said in closing arguments marking the tail - end of the one - time elected leaders» 10 - week - old corruption trial.
Cuomo said he wants to include major reforms in his State of the State agenda after federal juries lost no time finding former Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver and former Senate Leader Dean Skelos and his son guilty of multiple corruption charges late in 2015.
It's up to lawmakers to pick their leader, Cuomo said, echoing similar statements he made earlier this year when former Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver was arrested in an unrelated federal corruption case.
DiNapoli said there's still a chance that Democrats in Congress, including U.S. Sen. and Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer, may restore the federal health care money before the end of the year, filling the potential new hole in the state budget.
Democratic Congressman Brian Higgins said he would back GOP Congressman Chris Collins» plan for the federal government to hold back on some healthcare reimbursement if state leaders continue to take money from counties for Medicaid.
«The Speaker of the House of Representatives Yakubu Dogara as well as the Deputy Speaker, Yussuf Lasun; the Minority Leader, Leo Ogor; and the Chief Whip, Hassan Ado are not immune from investigation under the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, even though the Hon. Speaker Hon. Yakubu Dogara has been talking tough saying that the EFCC can not investigate him.»
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer said he will push the federal agencies to reconsider withdrawing the proposed regulation.
Former Nassau County Executive Edward Mangano and former Oyster Bay Town Supervisor John Venditto «traded their office for money, plain and simple,» a federal prosecutor said Tuesday in closing arguments marking the tail - end of the one - time elected leaders» 10 - week - old corruption trial.
In a statement after former Senate Leader Dean Skelos was sentenced to five years in federal prison on May 12, Bharara said that the «most effective corruption investigations are those that are truly independent and not in danger of either interference or premature shutdown sentencing».
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The support of leaders in education and in government, including Gov. Andrew Cuomo, Elia, state Board of Regents Chancellor Betty Rosa and the heads of both the State and City University systems, sends a strong message both to the federal government and the affected students, Worona said.
As New York state's brewing and distilling industries continue to boom, the farmers who provide one of the key ingredients should be granted access to the same federal protections available in other states, U.S. Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer said.
The measure is opposed by Republican Senate Majority Leader John Flanagan, who said the measure, which limits state and local police coordination with federal immigration enforcement, is potentially unconstitutional and illegal.
Cuomo, in the second day of attacks on the Collins amendment, said Republican leaders in Congress are trying to «buy votes» in exchange for support on the repeal and replacement of the Affordable Care Act, and he said if that's the case, then the federal government should «pay for it.»
The movement they say is relieved that Zakzaky is still alive as revealed by members of the contact committee set up by the National Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs, NSCIA, that visited their leader where he is being held by the federal government.
Legislators and business leaders said they will require days to analyze the proposals and many question whether the Internal Revenue Service, Congress or the White House would allow the effort to avoid the provision of the new federal tax law.
«This federal investment will allow Syracuse to use their expertise to help underrepresented communities break into the science and engineering world,» said Senate Minority Leader Sen. Charles Schumer, D - N.Y. in a press release.