Sentences with phrase «federal representatives does»

Not exact matches

Yet in December, the U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) called for a «do - not - track» system, and several privacy bills affecting the collection and use of personal data were introduced in the House of Representatives this year.

People, person, or persons as used in this Constitution does not include corporations, limited liability companies or other corporate entities established by the laws of any state, the United States, or any foreign state, and such corporate entities are subject to such regulation as the people, through their elected state and federal representatives, deem reasonable and are otherwise consistent with the powers of Congress and the States under this Constitution.

«The wireless industry has done everything it can to persuade federal regulators and state regulators not to require that backup power be put in place,» said Regina Costa, chair of the telecommunications committee of the National Association of State Utility Advocates, which speaks for consumer representatives.

It points out that CFPB's reply does not challenge the Supreme Court's recognition that a federal court does not have jurisdiction in cases where the government lacks an authorized representative.

Comrades, Don't forget that this suit was brought, not by the employee, but by us, you and me, through our Federal representatives in the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission.

Everett Piper — the president of Oklahoma Wesleyan University, which sued the federal government over the ACA birth control mandate — and Montse Alvarado — executive director of Becket, a leading religious liberty law firm which represented the Little Sisters of the Poor in their contraceptive fight — spoke at the HHS announcement and applauded the new office, as did Jewish and Muslim representatives.

What we object to is, first, the judicial manufacture of constitutional law to displace without constitutional warrant the duly enacted judgments of the people and their elected representatives, and, second, the idea of judicial supremacy that treats the executive and legislative branches of the federal government as impotent to do anything but bow down before unconstitutional exercises of judicial power, however blatant and destructive of the constitutional order.

You can't easily change your political representatives (in lots of cases people don't even know who is representing them on local / state / federal levels)

«What I believe here is that this gives the backing to the MTA and the Long Island Rail Road to stop payments, and as I've been reading in the news and hearing on the news is Amtrak, after the governor and our national representatives... have gotten together calling on Trump for federal funding, which I fully support, Amtrak came out and said that they have the money to do this fix,» said state Sen. Elaine Phillips, the bill's sponsor who also chairs the Infrastructure and Capital Investment Committee.

While Gillibrand did not mention the district's federal representative, Rep. Elise Stefanik (R - Willsboro), she did appear to obliquely refer to the lawmaker in her comments.

A spokeswoman for the FBI in New York, Kelly Langmesser, declined to comment, as did Nellin McIntosh, a representative for federal prosecutors in the Eastern District.

Having done our jobs, we now look to our representatives at the state and federal levels to do theirs.

Pennsylvania's Republican - controlled House of Representatives is advancing legislation that would stop the state from getting waivers that allow food stamp recipients to continue receiving the federal benefit if they don't meet a work requirement.

«We must therefore constantly engage our representatives in the Federal House of Representatives, House of Senate as well as our traditional rulers to use their God - given positions to serve our people by briefing us on what they are doing as they represent our people»representatives in the Federal House of Representatives, House of Senate as well as our traditional rulers to use their God - given positions to serve our people by briefing us on what they are doing as they represent our people»Representatives, House of Senate as well as our traditional rulers to use their God - given positions to serve our people by briefing us on what they are doing as they represent our people», he stressed.

In his own remarks, Hon. Babajimi Benson, Member, Federal House of Representatives, stated, «I really do not know late Alhaji Sanni but from what I have seen in his son that works with me in Abuja, the man was a good man.

Ambode disclosed this while speaking at the grand finale of the campaign of All Progressives Congress (APC) forSaturday's bye - election for Ifako - Ijaiye Federal Constituency of the House of Representatives, Governor Ambode assured that no electoral promise made by him would go unfulfilled, saying that he had operated under that principle ever since assuming office and remained committed to fulfilling all pledges and doing even more.

At Tuesday's state Senate hearing on the water contamination in Hoosick Falls, the federal EPA came in for criticism from some state officials who blamed the agency for failing to lead, and from some lawmakers who said they were disappointed the EPA did not send a representative to the hearing.

Federal Nuclear Regulatory Commission representatives didn't immediately responded to a request for comment on the shutdown.

Ladoja regretted that Oyo was denied the Speakership of the House of Representatives, adding that federal appointments also did not favour the state.

Either way, the lack of cooperation between the city's highest local elected official and its representative in the federal government certainly doesn't help the situation.

But CUNY representatives who rallied with Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams outside the federal courthouse on Cadman Plaza on Monday said they'll do everything they can to help her and students like her.

Keep the heat on your federal representatives to ensure that they do not buckle in the face of pressure.

Assuming the winner didn't capture a majority of the vote, second place would have been good enough to get Westin into a May runoff for the chance to unseat Representative John Culberson, a nine - term Republican who chairs a spending panel that shapes the budgets of several federal research agencies.

Republicans in the U.S. House of Representatives have again shown their low regard for the Census Bureau, voting to use it as a bank to fund other federal agencies and telling people they don't have to fill out a survey that allows the government to track the country's changing demographics.

An OPM representative says the agency «does not [OPM's emphasis] track data on people found unsuitable for federal service.»

According to a G.A.O. report, which was done at the request of Representative William H. Natcher of Kentucky, chairman of the appropriations subcommittee on labor, health and human services, and education, two - thirds of rural districts that receive federal drug - free school grants say the money covers more than half of their total drug - education program.

Representatives of nine California districts did not head home from Washington on Friday, after two and a half days of intense discussions with federal officials, with the waiver from the No Child Left Behind law that they had been hoping for.

The House of Representatives also passed a reauthorization bill requiring that states maintain annual testing regimes, but its version differs from the Senate's in one key respect: it allows parents to «opt out» of state tests, despite the fact that the federal government does not require that the tests be used to evaluate the performance of individual students.

«We do not want to find ourselves in a situation to send 400 million dollars back to the federal government, so with that being said, this bill does replace Common Core, but it does not rip the rug from under us today,» said Republican Representative Bryan Holloway.

There is something fishy about the idea any federal representative would ask a debtor to do such a thing.

By requesting, obtaining or using a Credit Card from us you agree that we may release information in our records regarding you and your Credit Account: (a) to comply with government agency or court orders; (b) to share your credit performance with credit reporting agencies and other creditors who we reasonably believe are or may be doing business with you on your Credit Account; (c) to provide information on your Credit Account to any third party who we believe is conducting an inquiry in accordance with the Federal Fair Credit Reporting Act; (d) to share information with our employees, agents or representatives performing work for us in connection with your Credit Account; or (e) as otherwise permitted by the Bank's privacy policy.

And we must do so repeatedly and publicly — in town halls, letters to the editor, and any number of online venues; and by contacting local, state, and federal representatives and government agencies.

David Monson, a third - generation farmer and veteran Republican state representative from the northeastern corner of the state, and Wayne Hauge, also a third - generation farmer from the northwestern corner of the state, filed suit in Bismarck in June, in essence asking a federal judge to tell the DEA that its power to enforce drug prohibition (under the federal Controlled Substances Act) does not give it the power to regulate a purely agricultural endeavor to cultivate hemp, the nonnarcotic cousin of marijuana.

As reflected in the travaux préparatoires, article XIV was originally drafted in almost identical wording as a second paragraph of the then article X addressing the rights and duties of federal or non-unitary contracting states (now article XI).1390 As drafted at the time, this proposed reciprocity provision did not meet unanimous approval, as some delegations wished to clarify that it would only apply to federal states.1391 It was not until the United Nations Conference on International Commercial Arbitration convened for the preparation and adoption of the Convention that the representative for Norway proposed an amendment for a general reciprocity clause that would stand as a separate article.1392 A majority of the delegates accepted this amendment on the very last day of the Conference.

In reality, as the majority of legal representatives know, appellate practice typically is based in federal and state courts of appeal and typically has little to do with Supreme Court practice.

In truth, as many legal representatives understand, appellate practice generally is based in federal and state courts of appeal and frequently has little to do with Supreme Court practice.

Becoming the somebody that somebody sent will work for you as it did for Abner J. Mikva, who enjoyed a career as a Chicago politician, a judge, a federal judge and a U.S. representative.

This could be done directly by the National Indigenous Representative Body or in partnership with governments (such as the federal government through the ICC; the state or territory government; and possibly also the local council).

Additionally, the Court hasn't heard any matters in which the NNTT has reported to the Federal Court that a party or its representative did not act in good faith during mediation.

To do your part to help make RPAC No. 1 in terms of contributions to federal candidates this year, call NAR's RPAC representative, Joe Quigley, at 202/383 -1158, or E-mail him at [email protected].

NAR applauds the U.S. House of Representatives for reauthorizing the federal terrorism risk insurance program, and urges the Senate to do the same.