Sentences with phrase «made federal efforts»

Marino was under fire after reports emerged that he'd boosted a law that eventually made it harder for the Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) to freeze certain suspicious shipments, which critics say made federal efforts to fight opioid abuse more difficult.

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Over the past few years, the Obama administration has made an effort to address the issue by proposing to raise the federal minimum to $ 10.10 an hour.

The federal governments has been making efforts to boost entrepreneurial outcomes, with a new startup visa for foreign - born entrepreneurs and $ 400 million in funding to create venture - capital funds led by the private sector.

BC's provincial government has made a concerted effort to make it easy for U.S. tech companies to open offices in Canada, providing financial incentives and working with the federal government to expedite visas for skilled foreign workers.

The Senate confirmation hearing of Sen. Jeff Sessions, President - elect Donald Trump's pick for attorney general, is likely to rehash racially charged allegations that derailed his efforts to become a federal judge and made him a symbol of black - voter intimidation under the Reagan administration.

WASHINGTON (AP)-- In an abrupt reversal, the US military on Tuesday said it made a mistake when it ordered an independent federal auditor to stop providing the public with information about US war efforts in Afghanistan that help to measure how the 16 - year - old stalemated war is going.

With respect to distributed ledger technology (DLT), Powell explained that the Federal Reserve has been making an effort to address the issue as to whether a centralized entity obtaining exclusive rights to permissioned systems undermines the «spirit of DLT.»

The federal government made a huge stride in our effort to bring more franchisees into the Harvest program with the passing of the PATH Act in December 2015.

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The legislation approval furthers California and federal law that already requires employers to make their best efforts to provide nursing mothers with lactation breaks.

Getting the kids enrolled is a «downstream» problem; other barriers occur upstream that make feeding kids in the summer even harder than it is during the school year: federal regulations, nutritional standards, finding and keeping trained staff and a host of other requirements that make coordinating the effort difficult.

Has any conceited effort been made by the federal government to curb the menace of the Fulani herdsmen?

The press release sent by Gillibrand's office notes she is the first New York senator to serve on the Agriculture Committee in nearly 40 years, and says she and Hanna will be announcing a new effort to change the federal school lunch guidelines to make Greek yogurt — New York's hottest dairy commodity these days — more affordable for schools.

«Also some of our members have been sacked for an unjust cause and several times we have made efforts to dialogue with the Federal Ministry of Health but maybe due to their selfish reason or incompetence, we have not been able to actualise that.

Senate Democrats are making a final push to gather support needed for U.S. Sen. Edward Markey's effort to undo the Federal Communications Commission's repeal of Obama - era internet net neutrality rules.

Both the state and federal government in recent years have made an effort to ease the student debt burden.

At 1 p.m., de Blasio and NYC First Lady Charlane McCray will make an announcement about healthcare in Queens and discuss federal efforts to roll back healthcare at the Charles B. Wang Community Health Center, 136 - 26 37th Ave., Flushing.

He said the commission was still making effort to ensure that all the remaining debts were recovered from the marketers and remitted into the Federal Government's Consolidated Account.

Federal authorities arrested Smith last April in connection with a plot to pay off Republican elected officials in Queens and the Bronx in return for their support for his effort to make a mayoral run as a Republican.

His Senate has blocked Cuomo's attempts to expand abortion rights to protect late - term abortions, as well as efforts to make sure federal protections would continue if the U.S. Supreme Court strikes down the Roe v. Wade decision that made abortion legal nationwide.

BOSTON (AP)- Senate Democrats are making a final push to gather support needed for U.S. Sen. Edward Markey's effort to undo the Federal Communications Commission's repeal of Obama - era internet net neutrality rules.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo made a return trip to Puerto Rico to check on rebuilding efforts and lashed out at the federal government for not doing enough for residents there.

Continuing his efforts to make sure that «oil trains» passing through Buffalo and other New York communities do not derail and explode, US Sen. Chuck Schumer called on the federal government to require the oil in those tanker cars be made less volatile before it is shipped.

Environmental groups that vowed to fight President Donald Trump's efforts to roll back his predecessor's plans to curb global warming made good on their promise, teaming up with an American Indian tribe to ask a federal court to block an order that lifts restrictions on coal sales from federal lands.

Trump and Gov. Andrew Cuomo met at Trump Tower, where Cuomo made his pitch for the state to receive federal infrastructure dollars for state projects and voiced concerns about Republican - led efforts to repeal the Affordable Care Act.

In the Federal Government's efforts to improve productivity in the non-oil sector, diversify the economy and create employment, the Minister of Mines and Steel Development, Dr Kayode Fayemi, has urged Nigerians to join the government in championing the campaign for patronage of Made - in - Nigeria goods.

In addition, the bill establishes a working group to make recommendations on existing programs and research and to prepare a report summarizing these recommendations as well as current federal research efforts related to Lyme disease and other tick - borne diseases.

Ogbeh said while the Federal Government understood the need for domestic producers to operate and compete favourably with their counterparts from other countries, efforts were being made to improve the country's business environment for both local and foreign investors.

Gillibrand, a national leader in the push to elect more women, praised the efforts of 21 in» 21, making the point that in order for more women to get elected on the federal level it is imperative for there to be a pipeline of women elected officials at the local level.

«It will be recalled that following relentless media attack on my person by the EFCC acting in concert with some powerful families with known ties to the government which culminated in the filing of phantom money laundering and corruption charges against me, I made spirited efforts to engage with relevant officials of government including the EFCC, the Office of the Attorney General of the Federation and the Presidency to furnish them with all the information in respect of the OPL 245 Settlement Agreement between the Federal Government of Nigeria and Malabu Oil & Gas Limited which was brokered by the administration of President Olusegun Obasanjo, GCFR.

In an effort to cut waste and improve outcomes, the Cuomo administration is petitioning the federal government to allow the state to make changes, including to the rates providers are paid.

President - elect Donald Trump and Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo met at Trump Tower Wednesday morning, where Cuomo made his pitch for the state to receive federal infrastructure dollars for state projects and voiced concerns about Republican - led efforts to repeal the Affordable Care Act.

Stymied in his efforts to repeal the Affordable Care Act, Trump is poised to issue an order that could ease some federal rules governing health insurance and make it easier for people to band together and buy coverage on their own, administration officials said.

m. However, as at the time of filing this report, officers of the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) are currently at the scene making frantic efforts to move the truck from the road.

A federal court - ordered report has highlighted numerous shortcomings in NYC's efforts to install and maintain curb ramps to make every corner accessible to people with disabilities.

But reports say that more likely the reasoning for the timing lay in Spitzer's efforts to make a deal with federal officials who may raise criminal charges against him.

(FCT Police Press Release) In its renewed effort to fight crime and make the Federal Capital Territory safe and secured for FCT residents, the...

In making the declaration on behalf of the Federal Government, the Honourable Minister of Interior, Lt Gen. (Rtd) Abdulrahman Bello Dambazau, urged Nigerians to use this period of sober reflections to ensure harmony, unity and peaceful co-existence, while giving full support to the administration of President Muhammadu Buhari in his sustained effort to pursue socio - economic and political growth of the nation.

Speaking at the Government House, Port Harcourt when the leadership of Non-Indigenes Without Borders, chaired by Emeka Onowu visited him, he asserted that deliberate efforts being made by agents of the federal government to stagnate development in Rivers State will not succeed.

The legislative leaders, however, responded that Cuomo was making demands he knew were unacceptable in a politically motivated effort to appear as a reformer because he's under federal investigation for dismantling his anti-corruption Moreland Commission panel.

While commending the Federal Government for towing the line of Lagos State in making efforts to increase its Internally Generated Revenue, Ambode emphasised that the most important lesson that must be learnt from the fallen oil prices is the need to diversify our economy by looking inward.

Leader of the House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila, on Tuesday stressed that retaliation would be the last resort in the efforts being made by the Federal...

Strict air quality regulations set by federal, state and regional agencies protect residents» health, she said, and the company has made significant efforts to cut its emissions.

Guided by AAAS Peer - Review, States Make the Most of Their R&D Programs As federal spending remains tight, many states are stepping up their own R&D funding efforts.

The absence of a coordinated federal supercomputing effort had made it more difficult for agencies like the Department of Energy (DOE) to make their case with the Office of Management and Budget that they needed to boost supercomputing budgets, Simon says.

[And] rather than an opportunity to truly help people make difficult decisions, it mostly operates on institutional efforts to comply with federal regulations.»

It's part of an ongoing effort to persuade federal policymakers that making a bigger investment in graduate education will create more jobs and strengthen the economy.

The government is making strenuous efforts to clean up and redevelop the region, and researchers at the Federal Environmental Agency will be managing research projects associated with this.

The Federal Agency for Scientific Organizations (FASO), set up in 2013 to manage RAS's property and most of its budget, has recently stepped up efforts to make the academy leaner and meaner by merging institutes; several dozen mergers are planned.

Major achievements have been made in the domestic HIV / AIDS response as a result of increased realignment and coordination of efforts at the federal level.