Sentences with phrase «lobbying regulations when»
A health care consultant with close ties to Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo did not violate state lobbying regulations when he contacted state officials on behalf of a Queens hospital seeking more Medicaid financing, a confidential investigation by the state ethics commission has determined.
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When parents have the motivation to find out the science behind laws and regulations, they can quickly become as qualified as the experts to lobby for safer practices, she says.
Nestlé has formed the Infant & Pediatric Nutrition Association of the Philippines with formula companies Abbott Laboratories, Fonterra Brands, Mead Johnson Nutrition and Wyeth to lobby against the existing marketing requirements — yet Nestlé and other companies cite anti-trust regulations when called on to mutually agree to stop violations of the international minimum standards adopted by the World Health Assembly.
In practice GAIN representatives lobby to weaken regulations to help its partner companies such as Danone (the world's second largest baby food company), Mars, Pepsi and Coca Cola, to create markets for processed foods in low - income countries.9 When «market led approaches» focus on foods for infants and young children it is troubling.
Amid ongoing concerns being raised over an advisory opinion that would require consultants to inform lobbying regulators when they seek to influence an editorial board's opinion, the Joint Commission on Public Ethics has released a set of frequently asked questions on the regulation.
Perhaps it should come as no surprise that the parties that effectively lobbied over many years for a pervasive federal role in education would not simply walk away when ESSA was enacted, but instead are attempting to achieve through regulation what they were unable to win in the law.
When bans come up for a vote, city leaders get lobbied to reject new regulations by groups like the American Kennel Club, which advocates for breeders, and the Missouri - based Hunte Corporation, the world's largest pet breeder.
«All these little towns have been running into roadblocks when they want to implement locally directed and demanded bike paths, but CDOT regulations get in the way,» said Jenn Dice, whose Boulder - based People for Bikes group lobbies locally and nationally for bike - friendly policies.
The Canadian Wind Energy Association (CanWEA) lobbied the government to remove Infra and Low Frequency Sound regulations and testing when the Green Energy Act was written and this requirement was subsequently removed.
Fred Guttenberg, whose 14 - year - old daughter Jaime was killed at Stoneman Douglas, got loud applause when he told the crowd he would work tirelessly to «break» the gun lobby in the United States and bring about common sense regulations.