Sentences with phrase «last year our administration»

For example, last year the administration launched a #ReThinkDiscipline campaign [http://1.usa.gov/1gDTBlO] and the Education Department has supported the development of discipline resources for charter schools: http://bit.ly/293dsPV.

Massachusetts is proud to lead the nation in energy efficiency policies and programs, and over the last year our administration has focused on increasing access for low - and moderate - income ratepayers, while investing in innovative peak demand reduction projects that will provide significant environmental and economic benefits to the Commonwealth.»

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The U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) says that U.S. electricity consumption amounted to around 3.85 trillion kilowatt hours last year.

The administration says they want to meet the COP 21 climate change goals, which were laid out in Paris last year.

«During the Trump Administration, we will shift from playing defense at the FCC to going on offense,» Ajit Pai said in December last year, a month before president - elect Donald Trump appointed him as the new chair of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC).

Domestic travel spending last year rose 15.9 percent from 2016, with 344 million domestic tourists spending 423.3 billion yuan ($ 61.5 billion), according to China's National Tourism Administration.

«Last year, the President kept his promise to end the TPP deal negotiated by the Obama Administration because it was unfair to American workers and farmers,» White House Deputy Press Secretary Lindsay Walters said in a statement Thursday.

Trump's administration last year labeled both China and Russia «rival powers.»

Last year, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), which maintains exclusive authority to regulate U.S. airspace, released new guidelines for the non-recreational use of drones.

Stephanie Oh fought for a few years in her early 20s to break into the music industry in New York City, but last year grew disenchanted with her stagnant career in administration of music - talent management firm.

PDVSA has this year bought 19,000 bpd of U.S. crude arriving in Curacao, down from 30,000 bpd imported last year because of payment delays, according to data from the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA).

Sarepta Therapeutics, which won a pioneering Food and Drug Administration approval for its Duchenne muscular dystrophy drug last year, has settled a patent dispute with rival BioMarin over the «exon - skipping» technology at heart of the companies» muscular dystrophy treatments.

Last year, Chinese pharmaceuticals obtained U.S. Food and Drug Administration approvals for 38 generic drugs, up from 22 such approvals in 2016.

Shattered sunroofs have been reported in at least 208 models of vehicles representing 35 brands over the last 20 - plus years in the U.S., based on CR's analysis of the consumer complaints database maintained by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.

Not only did an entire delegation from the Turkish government, including high - profile diplomats, travel to the U.S. Small Business Administration's National Small Business Week event in Washington, D.C., last year; tech giant Dell chose to host its Women's Entrepreneur Network event in the nation's most populous city, Istanbul, this month.

Within the last year, only about four in 10 mid-market companies have conducted a formal cost analysis on payroll, time and attendance and employee benefits administration alone, according to the 2014 TCO study.

Nebraska had been the last thorn in Keystone XL's side after the Trump administration gave the greenlight earlier this year.

In February of last year, Trump described the removal of authorized immigration by his administration as «a military operation,» a comment that contrasted with other officials in his administration, who stressed that deportations would not be pursued en masse or in the style of a military operation.

That same day my old Wall Street Journal colleague Jake Schlesinger reported that the Trump administration intends to be «more focused in the coming year on countering China» — unlike last year, when it sparred with a broad range of allies in North America, Europe and Asia.

Last week, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration raised its tropical storm and hurricane forecast, noting this year could be «extremely active.»

Last year, Flirtey made the first Federal Aviation Administration - approved drone delivery in a rural area by dropping off emergency supplies to a health clinic in Virginia.

«I think the Obama administration should have done a lot more when it became clear that not only was Russia intervening, but it was being directed at the highest levels of the Kremlin,» Democratic Rep. Adam Schiff said last year.

Late last year, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration rejected Sprout Pharmaceuticals» treatment for hyposexual desire disorder (HSDD) in women — in simple terms, a lack of sexual desire — because it wasn't convinced of the benefits.

The Obama administration's move last year to integrate women into front - line combat roles may get reversed by the next Pentagon head selected by President - elect Donald Trump.

According to the latest data from the the U.S. Energy Information Administration, U.S. imports of Canadian crude were up 10 % in September compared to the same period last year.

Aluminum prices have risen more than 20 percent in the last three years — and seem likely to increase further after the Trump administration's vowed to impose tariffs of 10 percent on aluminum and 25 percent on steel.

«I hope that's not where it's going,» he said, noting that the administration's decision last year to forego another agreement — the Trans - Pacific Partnership — is «not good» for his business.

He added that he was «relieved» the administration was complying with its legal obligation to the sanctions bill that Congress passed last year.

According to the Small Business Administration, only about half of all businesses last beyond five years, but Minnihan feels confident that Bespoke Post will stay in the «win» column.

During the last eight years, the Obama administration pursued aggressive food labeling policies to the chagrin of much of big food and big agriculture.

Richard Painter, the former chief White House ethics lawyer under Bush, tweeted last Friday that Bolton «was by far the most dangerous man we had in the entire eight years of the Bush Administration.»

Trump administration officials have railed against what they call «catch - and - release» policies that allow people requesting asylum to be released from custody into the US while their claims make their way through the courts in a process that can last a year.

«Next year's Commission should consider acting quickly to reverse any damaging policies put into place over the last eight years and in the last few weeks of this Administration,» O'Rielly said in a speech last month.

The companies have begun to market their «biosimilar» (a generic version of expensive biologic drugs) of Remicade — a copycat of J&J's best - selling rheumatoid arthritis and immunology treatment (which garnered more than $ 5 billion in U.S. sales last year) and was approved by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in April — at a striking 35 % discount to its list price.

Last year, Walmart sought U.S. Federal Aviation Administration permission to test drones for home delivery and grocery pickup to match archrival Amazon, which is testing the devices to better fill and deliver online orders.

Asian markets have had a good run this year, shrugging off jitters faced at the end of last year over the potential trade and foreign policy implications the new administration of U.S. President Donald Trump would have on the region.

One of the key drivers has been the dollar, which has lost 3.2 % against a basket of major currencies so far this year, a decline that was exacerbated last week when U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin suggested President Donald Trump's administration favored a weaker currency.

«We sold $ 0 of beer into China last year because of the impact of that election, and the rhetoric the administration had laid down,» Wilson tells Inc..

Government officials, while not as actively hostile to business as their fellow Greek - speakers in Athens, is not accelerating the country towards a cutting - edge future (in fact, the current administration managed to accidently blow up the country's main power plant in a massive and deadly accident last year).

The Trump administration, for instance, is currently weighing whether to disallow spouses of H - 1B visa holders from remaining in the U.S., and it may move to limit the length of the visas, which currently last for three years and are subject to renewal.

A source at a law firm told the South China Morning Post that the State Administration of Taxation issued a consultation draft on the proposal at the end of last year, specifying that multinationals would have to disclose affiliated businesses and how intangible assets, labor and other internal cost transfers were made.»

The current version of the TPP was salvaged after the Trump administration pulled the U.S. out of it last year.

Last month, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration told CNBC it would review the standards for model year vehicles 2022 - 2025.

A coalition of conservative states historically opposed to the Affordable Care Act is suing the Trump administration in a move to end the nearly - decade old health law following last year's repeal of Obamacare's individual insurance mandate.

Last year, solar only provided 0.39 % of the energy used in the US, according to the US Energy Information Administration.

He pushed back strongly against fresh Republican criticism of the administration's handling of last year's deadly Benghazi attacks, calling it a political «sideshow.»

Last year, the Beijing Food Safety Administration accused the U.S. retailer of food safety violations, and in 2011, its China CEO stepped down after another food - related scandal.

Last year The Washington Post, in a report on the NTCT's disposition matrix, noted that Obama administration officials believe that U.S. global kill / capture operations «are likely to be extended at least another decade.

In April of last year, the US Food and Drug Administration told 23andMe it could start providing reports revealing whether you have certain risk factors for developing diseases including Parkinson's disease and Alzheimer's disease.

As seven former IRS commissioners from both Republican and Democratic administrations have written: «Over the last fifty years, none of us has ever witnessed anything like what has happened to the IRS appropriations over the last five years and the impact these appropriations reductions are having on our tax system.»