Sentences with phrase «make policy based»

re: James: «I agree with the new tack being taken by many environmental activists, lets deal with the facts we are sure of and make policy based on that.

Why should we believe the CSA's claim to want to make policy based on evidence when it took a decade to collect in order to proceed?

This March, the House passed legislation introduced by Smith, called the Secret Science Reform Act, which would require EPA to make policy based only on publicly available data.

«I don't think we should make policy based on inflicting pain in order to change behavior,» Mr. Lancman told the Observer in an interview.

Ames Simmons of Equality North Carolina says, «When we vote for politicians who choose to make policy based on false stereotypes of marginalized communities instead of actual data rooted in scientific methodology, we threaten to set back progress in our country to dark ages of superstition.»

Likewise the government is not allowed to make policy based on Biblical tenets, but based on law!

If someone wants to practice some crazy belief in the privacy of their own home or in a church with like minded nutjobs thats their right — but do nt force you prayer on me, make policy based on those nutjob beliefs and please keep your blessings to yourself — I do not want them.

I'll tell you why... because governments make policy based on it, people are murdered DAILY because of it, Science is delayed and marginalized because if it, and all of humanity is held back from progress,..

Jared Bernstein writes that «I believe that if we were to make policy based purely on the economics, more stimulus would be at the top of the list.»

Let us all hope that ministers like David Willetts are not just paying lip - service to the social sciences, and he — and his colleagues — are serious about making policies based on evidence not ideology.

Sometimes a government has to make policies based on, for example, societal reasons, says the committee, but it must clearly state the reasons if it rejects scientific advice.

«Twenty years ago, before this body of evidence existed, there was some excuse for making policy based on speculation, anecdotal observation, and intuition.

I know you are not saying it in that way, but if we start making policy based on highly uncertain propositions, we will continually be spending resources to mitigate scenarios that are not really a problem.

Not exact matches

Timely notice is especially crucial with so - called claims - made policies, under which coverage is based on when the claim was made rather than when the event took place, says Jay M. Levin, an insurance litigator at Reed Smith.

For example, a liberal policy might read: «Our credit policy is to make every reasonable effort to extend credit to all customers recommended by sales management, provided a suitable credit basis can be developed.»

«To ignore market trends by impeding progress toward a cleaner energy future, on the basis of ignorance or ideology, makes no sense,» Nathanael Greene, director of renewable policy at the Natural Resources Defense Council, said in a statement.

Other than making vague promises to place more police officers on the streets, encouraging DNA testing for death - row inmates and calling for the need to reduce recidivism by investing in «proven community - based law - enforcement programs,» the Democrats» policy solutions over the past eight years have done little to dismantle the carceral state that they helped create.

Yellen just is making good on her promise to make policy on a meeting - to - meeting basis.

Whether it's starting the process to grant the island statehood (which island residents are now if favor of), or granting the island's government the ability to go through the Chapter 9 bankruptcy process, Congress doesn't seem ready to make policy decisions on Puerto Rico's future based on what is best for Puerto Ricans themselves.

Based on wire headlines from Reuters, Xi made all the right noises when it came to the outlook for Chinese trade policy, helping to calm investor nerves that have been rattled over the past month as trade tensions between the United States and China increased.

And many of the companies without policies said they choose to make appointments based on merit, not gender — despite mounting research that demonstrates a strong business case for more women on boards.

If the original tax base is $ 263 billion and if nothing else changes — the assumption you have to make in assessing the effects of a policy — then this information is enough to put some numbers on the sort of revenues you can expect to generate by an increase in corporate tax revenues.

As president of 2 Hounds Design, a $ 3 million manufacturer of fashionable products for dogs, based in Monroe, North Carolina, she expects to benefit from any made - in - the - USA policies Trump implements.

U.S. - based firms made up a fifth of those in a 2017 «A list» of 159 companies judged to have ambitious policies on limiting climate change and protecting water resources and forests, according to London - based non-profit CDP.

«The emphasis on sports is part of Kim Jong Un's strategy to construct and highlight more of what makes life fun, such as culture and entertainment,» explained Benjamin Katzeff Silberstein, associate scholar at the Philadelphia - based Foreign Policy Research Institute.

In her speech on Friday, she made headlines saying, «Based on my outlook, I expect that it will be appropriate at some point later this year to take the first step to raise the federal funds rate and thus begin normalizing monetary policy.»

Also make sure your deal allows you to take over the seller's existing insurance policies on an interim basis.

«Based on opportunities, based on our partners» interest, if we can make a difference we'll try to do that on the policies we care about,» network co-chair Mark Holden Based on opportunities, based on our partners» interest, if we can make a difference we'll try to do that on the policies we care about,» network co-chair Mark Holden based on our partners» interest, if we can make a difference we'll try to do that on the policies we care about,» network co-chair Mark Holden said.

«As a small - business person, I do not make many of my economic decisions based upon tax policy.

San Francisco - based online payments company Stripe hopes the money will help push policies that make it easier to build more housing.

And while so far nothing Trump has actually done on trade is all that significant in the grand scheme of things, perpetually making policy on the basis of a total misunderstanding of the issue is potentially quite dangerous.

Yahoo does let consumers opt out of ad targeting based on email, and Oath recently updated its privacy policies in a way the company says makes them easier to understand.

No one is going to make any long term investments based on a policy that will certainly get reversed, just like the current relaxation of environmental regulations.

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OTTAWA — Thomas Mulcair got it right a few years back when, commenting on the approach of Stephen Harper's government to the role of science in policy development, he said the Conservatives relied on «decision - based fact - making.»

Permit agents or brokers to make a recommendation only if they have a «reasonable basis to believe that the consumer can meet the financial obligations under the policy.»

It is worth noting that the B.C. government's gimmick of limiting the upper - income tax increase to two years, while perhaps making the move more politically palatable for its base, is bad public policy.

This implies that the company he works for, in addition to making a decision about his base pay, is also, through its pricing policies, making a decision that likely has an even bigger impact on his income.

The Republican Speaker of the House of Representatives, Pennsylvania's Rep. Galusha Grow, managed the Act through Congress and echoed a point made years earlier by former President James Madison that population growth would eventually make obsolete a broad - based property ownership policy limited only to the ownership of land.

Government should base its policies on facts, not make up facts based on policy.

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In the George W. Bush administration, changes in accounting regulations and Federal policies made granting of broad - based stock options and restricted and other stock grants to employees in high technology and other companies less attractive, which led to a huge drop in employee share ownership among the middle class in those companies and industries.

It may be an effective way to put together a winning electoral strategy, but it's not how evidence - based policy - making works.

In addition to making policy recommendations on administration policies affecting faith - based and community programs, the newly - formed office will also inform the administration of «any failures of the executive branch to comply with religious liberty protections under law.»

The Fed's statement following its March meeting suggested to us it was unlikely to be hurried into any further interest - rate hikes by a single piece of inflation or employment data crossing a particular threshold and instead would make a wider judgement on the appropriate setting for monetary policy, based on a range of readings across the economy and financial markets.

This makes it clearer than ever that any system of carbon pricing, whether based on taxes, caps or some combination of the two, can only be one part of a comprehensive set of policies to achieve climate change goals.

This would make it a low - cost competitive economy — as long as it taxes the free lunch of the land's site - value rent that has been freed from debt, as well as natural resource and monopoly rents as a basis for its post-Clean Slate fiscal policy.

This paper also includes an addendum addressing some of the most frequent questions that we received from companies during our meetings, as well as an overview of changes we made to the application of our UK policy based on the feedback we received from issuers, investors and other stakeholders.

Central bank independence, or monetary policy autonomy refers to a central bank's ability to conduct monetary policy without political interference, that monetary policy decisions are made purely based on economic and financial conditions to achieve publicly - stated objective (s) of a central bank.

The Senior Policy Specialist will make that transition possible by supporting policies that ensure that consumers have access to plant - based and clean meat, eggs, and dairy; give investors confidence; and allow innovators to compete in the marketplace.