Sentences with phrase «goal of the administration»

«The goal of the administration seems to be to grind the process to a halt or slow it down so much that they achieve a reduction in legal immigration through implementation rather than legislation,» Ben Johnson, the executive director of the American Immigration Lawyers Association, which typically takes a pro-immigration stance, told the Journal.

The goal of the administration is to bring the corporate tax rate down to 15 % from its current rate of 35 %.

It is pretty much understood that a weaker dollar is the goal of this administration.

Those diminished prospects are what prompted SunPower to bulk up its operations by pursuing the purchase of SolarWorld, based in Hillsboro, Ore. «We understand the goal of the American people and the goal of this administration,» said Tom Werner, SunPower's chief executive.

«The fact of the matter is that Steve Bellone has exhibited a streak of fiscal recklessness the runs counter to the goals of your administration and quite frankly; counter to the economic well being of the majority of residents in his home town of Babylon.

The organization was developed by allies of Mayor Bill de Blasio as a way of pushing legislative and policy goals of his administration in Albany.

STATE HOUSE — As he prepares charter school legislation he plans to file this fall, Gov. Charlie Baker on Friday said expanding school choice options for Massachusetts students and families will be a goal of his administration's first term.

«Job creation is a stated goal of this administration.

«The goal of this Administration's approach to auto insurance was to develop a competitive market where consumers have carriers compete for their business,» Commissioner Bakke said.

Not exact matches

«It works against the administration's goal of increasing U.S. exports to eliminate our trade deficit,» says Dan Ikensen, an economist at the Cato Institute.

The administration has other councils focused on other policy areas, such as developing a competitive income tax code and streamlining burdensome regulation.UTC strongly supports the goals of each of these advisory committees as a way of ensuring and enhancing America's growth in the decades to come.

The Small Business Administration sets goals for the total percentage of federal contract funds that agencies should award to small business, which includes for disadvantaged and women - owned firms.

Both South Korea and the United States say they share the goal of forcing North Korea to abandon its nuclear arms, and the Trump administration says there will be no reduction in pressure on Pyongyang until it has completely denuclearized.

Beginning with the auto bailout, which the administration now claims cost taxpayers $ 9.3 billion but saved more than a million jobs, Obama doubled down on his commitment to manufacturing, setting a goal of doubling American exports between 2009 and 2014.

The Small Business Administration intends to conduct annual reviews of this program to evaluate its success, with an eye toward possible future expansion (or suspension, if it fails to meet stated goals).

In it, he wrote, «Task Force subcommittees will also undertake a review of existing policies in the areas of charging, sentencing, and marijuana to ensure consistency with the Department's overall strategy on reducing violent crime and with Administration goals and priorities.»

Founded in 2009 by online education entrepreneur Shai Reshef, the goal of the university is to provide a free online education in computer science and business administration for students in developing countries who can't afford to go to college.

The Obama administration has advocated for small businesses to push into global markets, and has set the goal of doubling U.S. exports by 2014.

Many of the administration's actions are now snarled in legal challenges that threaten to derail or dilute Trump's goals.

And while healthcare.gov may have briefly been a fiasco, enrolments are now north of eight million, well above the Obama administration's stated goals.

The Obama Administration says it has met and exceeded its goal to have 50 percent of doctor's offices and 80 percent of hospitals using electronic records by the end of the year.

It's not clear, however, whether the Obama's administration's goal of 13.8 million enrolled for 2017 will be met.

The Obama administration in particular has advocated for small businesses to push into global markets, and has set the goal of doubling U.S. exports by 2014.

But some said the measures are helping accomplish one of the administration's major goals: combating an overcapacity of metals from China.

But legislation that would mandate paid sick leave nationwide, notably the so - called Healthy Families Act, has stalled in Congress for years, prompting the administration to seek alternative ways of achieving the policy's goals.

We do this by conducting clinical trials in which we collect safety and efficacy data about our experimental drugs with the goal of submitting those data to regulatory authorities, like the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and the European Medicines Agency (EMA), so that these experimental drugs can be approved for use by patients.

Administration officials strongly object to the program's goal of having Chinese companies dominate these advanced industries, particularly in the Chinese market.

«We are deeply concerned that the proposed tariffs list and escalating tariff threats from the administration will not effectively advance our shared goal of changing these harmful Chinese practices,» he said.

Those levies would harm the farmers and business interests that the Trump administration has promised to protect and would fuel a trade fight that could undermine the president's goal of strengthening American industry.

Kent Mason, a partner with Davis & Harman in Washington, a law firm serving banks and large corporations, says that while the administration's goal «is to require advisors to act in the best interest of their customers, the industry has no concerns with such a requirement, as evidenced by the industry's longstanding support» for an SEC best - interest standard.

By continuing to spur the creation of new small businesses and providing high - quality living wage jobs, solar's dramatic growth under the Obama Administration enables more Americans to provide for their families while also helping the United States to achieve its clean energy and climate goals.

In 1953 the Small Business Administration was created when President Eisenhower signed the Small Business Act with the goal of strengthening the economy by enabling the establishment and viability of small businesses.

One of the Trump administration's main goals in triggering a renegotiation of the North American Free Trade Agreement was narrowing the U.S. trade deficits with Canada and Mexico.

Its primary goal is to create a unifying system for the administration and integration of unlimited numbers of blockchains of any size.

That should be the primary goal of U.S. trade policy during the Trump administration.

The United States had been on track to meet the Obama administration's goal of resettling 110,000 refugees in fiscal year 2017 — the highest goal since 1995, the Pew Research Center reported.

One should recall the famous dictum, attributed to several radical thinkers, that the goal of scientific politics is to «replace the government of men with the administration of things.»

Instead of orienting itself to final goals, as the Clinton administration did at Camp David in 2000, the Bush administration oriented itself toward the «road map,» which is no more than a process policy with a vague end.

The previous target set by the Obama administration of more than 100,000 refugees for resettlement in fiscal 2017 was the highest goal since 1995, according to a Pew analysis.

All with a goal to grow the congregation with more donor - members and build more and / or bigger buildings, hire more pastors and administration — which, as we all know, is the true measure of success for churches here in America.

The group said the Duterte administration's goal of poverty eradication can be achieved through genuine land reform and providing safe, sustainable agricultural production that can be managed by farmers and local producers.

The first - ever national food waste goal is just one part of the Obama Administration's commitment to protecting our environment for future generations.

Administration officials said that another goal of the lawsuit is to delay a proposed $ 50 million park district bond issue.

As a teacher with the LAUSD, I can tell you right now that the «failure» of the healthier food goal has nothing to do with the administration or «nanny states» — it has EVERYTHING to do with LAUSD going with the cheapest food vendors.

Obama administration goals for the legislation include: (1) improving nutrition standards for school meals; (2) increasing participation in school meal programs; (3) increasing parent and student education about healthy eating; (4) establishing nutrition standards for the so called «a la carte» foods (see my School Lunch FAQs for more information on these); (5) promoting increased consumption of whole grains, fruits, vegetables, and low - and fat - free dairy products; (6) strengthening school wellness policies and promoting physical activity in schools; (7) training people who provide school meals and providing them with better equipment; and (8) enhancing food safety.

«We are working tirelessly in the Administration to meet the president's goal of ending childhood hunger by 2015,» said Kass, who went on to discuss the intimate link between childhood hunger and obesity, two issues First Lady Michelle Obama's Let's Move!

The goal of the Obama administration is to secure smooth withdrawal of NATO forces from Afghanistan, for which Pakistan's help is important.

With these being the obvious initial goals of the executive order, what are the more long term ones i.e. where does the administration think it will lead?

In voting to repeal Obama's signature health care law, House Republicans finally delivered on a key Trump administration goal and on a campaign promise that they have made for the better part of a decade — but at a potentially steep political price.

*** UPDATE *** The Cuomo Administration says waiting until Saturday was «strategic,» since they wanted the EO to ensure that the spirit of the bill take effect immediately, but the larger goal is to draft more comprehensive legislation to make the legislature subject to FOIL, which it currently is not.