Sentences with phrase «needed issue of reform»

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He has been outspoken on a number of issues lately, particularly regarding the gridlock in Congress and the need for less regulation and tax reform.

The 45 - minute meeting with Rep. Duncan touched on a number of issues: softwood lumber, labor shortages and the need for a guest worker program, the long - term renewal of the National Flood Insurance Program, housing finance reform, and local growth and development.

Recently, the Bank of International Settlements (BIS), the principal bank to the world's central banks, hinted at the need for microeconomic reform when it warned that central banks were «overburdened» and called for policies other than monetary stimulus and low interest rates to tackle the issue of slow global growth.

A tax reform commission would need to address a wide range of critical issues.

The first phase of the Reformation focused on issues relating to personal salvation and the need for reform in the life of the church.

Unless, that is, our essentially middle - class life style is challenged by the poverty and oppression which is the lot of most of humankind, and we confront the hard truth that the issue is not reform of the welfare system, no matter how much that is needed, but the end of a capitalist economic order which increasingly divides the world into those who have and those who have not.

In his statement yesterday, Roberts said he's «very disappointed that the bipartisan, bicameral Child Nutrition Reauthorization negotiations have come to an end for the 114th Congress» and he accused his colleagues in the House and minority members of the Senate of putting «certain parochial interests and the desire for issues rather than solutions... ahead of the wellbeing of vulnerable and at - risk populations and the need for reform.»

But now many powerful forces are aligned against school food reform: the processed food industry, which has a huge financial stake in the program and powerful lobbyists on Capitol Hill; the need of school districts to make their meal programs break even; First Lady Michelle Obama's vocal support of school food reform, which has politicized the issue for some conservatives hoping to score political points; and conservatives» general distrust of «big government.»

Cuomo highlighted the issue in his campaign policy book on government reform, wrting, «Like New York City, New York State needs a system of public campaign financing to set limits on campaign spending and to increase participation by qualified candidates who lack the means or the connections to raise significant campaign funds.»

«New Yorkers are barely hanging on after years of economic turmoil,» Mermel said, «We need a new team to tackle economic issues head on without conflicts of interest or ethical baggage that would hinder or prevent real reform.»

If leave time were limited to grievances and labor / managment issues (both of which are unquestionably state business), it would be a major reform, without hurting legitimate representation needs.

Susan Lerner, Executive Director of Common Cause / NY, noted that «Hydraulic fracturing has been one of the most polarizing issues in recent history, with no shortage of political money invested by pro-fracking interests to achieve a favorable outcome... New York State needs comprehensive campaign finance and lobbying reform to assure New Yorkers that public policy is based on their interest, not the special interests.»

She says one of the biggest issues is economic development reform that helps people that really need it.

Some members of the state Legislature acknowledged these issues and the dire need for reform.

The continued need for major reform whether it's at the ballot box, on criminal justice issues, or reproductive health, reflects a failure of leadership at all levels.

He needs to focus on bread and butter issues like jobs and mortgages and public services and, above all, to develop a clear route map to growth, and stop fixating on the agenda of a liberal clique around him and barmy policies such as Lords reform and gay marriage, which people either don't like or don't care about.

Outside from the different Labour cliques the bigger picture is that for the sake of our democracy the issue of party funding needs reforming.

«Independent of the passage of additional criminal justice reforms, the issue before the city is a different one: it still needs to close Rikers and build new, acceptable facilities quickly,» he continued.

«I will continue to fight for the issues I brought up during the campaign, particularly the need to reform our property tax structure, the need for transit, and address the increasing rates of homelessness and mental illness in our community,» said Malliotakis.

Instead of using immigration reform as a wedge issue, like many leaders in Washington, Utah passed legislation to help manage immigration based on our real economic needs.

All three of these issues need concerted EU action and our government should be seeking reform in these areas.

We didn't need «Rep. Darrell Issa's House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform to issue a report saying we're wasting billions of dollars in Medicaid money in NYS.

Otumfuo Osei Tutu said it was time the Minister took the issue of reforms at the AG's department seriously since the Special Prosecutor, Mr. Martin Amidu, would need the support of the department to be successful in the work he has been appointed to do.

«So there was need to do an audit to find out how we got to the situation where there were more senior than junior level civil servants; it was lopsided, the issues necessitated the civil service reform which is part of the five cardinal programmes of the government,» He said.

The new coalition points to a number of potential changes to the constitution that they would like to see, including the creation of a public financing system for campaigns, election reforms like same - day registration, court reforms to make it easier to navigate the judicial system and the ability for local municipalities to exercise greater control over issues they traditionally need state authority to manage.

That is why, through personal budgets, we are pursuing the reform of our care services; we will be consulting on a green paper on the long - term funding issues for care and for carers; and in the coming months I will say more about the reforms needed in both the NHS and our social care system in order to meet this challenge.

«All of the people that work on this issue, the good government groups and watchdogs, think at this point you need dramatic reform given what has happened in Albany.

«Senator Diegnan will lead the Transportation Committee at a time of pressing needs for transportation reforms and improvements, Senator Singleton will assume responsibility for issues of importance to the veterans who have served our country with courage and sacrifice, and Senator Gopal will help manage the flow of bills and the work of the Senate Democratic Caucus and lead the efforts of the Manufacturing Caucus at a time when we are addressing so many demanding priorities.

Speaking mostly about citywide issues, he said of Staten Island, specifically, «We need to look at tax reform and we have a major opiates issue that we need to tackle and we need to create an economy that's vibrant and creating jobs.»

If this campaign is not to become the most depressing in modern times the central issues, apart from sovereign debt, should be these: urgent reform of the City; the need to build a more balanced economy; youth unemployment; poverty in an era of spending cuts and pay freezes; electoral reform and a new constitutional settlement; the European Union and Britain's place within it; withdrawal from Afghanistan and a multilateral foreign policy.

The recent release of these two reports and the ongoing corruption trials of two legislative leaders have put the spotlight on New York's dire need for state action on ethics reform, yet as Bob Hardt wrote in a recent NY1 column on the issue, «Never aggressively pushing campaign finance reform or transparency, Governor Cuomo seems content to play the master of Albany's current political game rather than rewriting its rules.

Jeffries noted that Gov. Cuomo's backing will be crucial to the success of the Fair Elections Act: «We need his leadership on this issue, and I'm convinced if he decides to lead and move this forward, we can get meaningful campaign finance reform in New York State.»

Early voting as allowed by 37 other states, reform of New York's archaic election laws, allowing victims of sexual abuse cases to reopen their cases and sue their abusers, common sense reforms to New York's gun laws, so many issues on the table that need to be addressed.

But, one Hudson Valley district attorney does see a need for bail reform and takes issue with some of the proposals being discussed.

In a statement issued on 12 October, the U.S. Department of State cited three reasons for its decision: UNESCO has an «anti-Israel bias,» needs «fundamental reform,» and the United States has a mounting financial debt to the organization that, under U.S. law, it can not pay.

With the labor market in the doldrums, America's technical supremacy under challenge from abroad, and the political issue of immigration reform heating up, many argue that immigrants have a special propensity for innovation and entrepreneurship that can help spark badly needed economic growth.

They need to tackle difficult policy issues, such as development of water markets and pricing, expansion of water efficiency and productivity programs, elimination of government subsidies that encourage inefficient or unproductive water use by cities and farms, and agricultural reform.

A 15 - year veteran of film and television, her credits include directing and producing for HBO, A&E, MTV, and the PBS series Need to Know, which focused on issues of prison reform and juvenile justice.

School reformers need to understand that on the issue of pension reform, labor and management are likely to be on the same side of the bargaining table.

In CFE v. New York, Judge Leland DeGrasse ruled that an adequate education included the «foundational skills that students need to become productive citizens capable of civic engagement and sustaining competitive employment,» the «intellectual tools to evaluate complex issues, such as campaign finance reform, tax policy, and global warming,» the ability to «determine questions of fact concerning DNA evidence, statistical analyses, and convoluted financial fraud.»

While voicing support for the President's proposals on issues from Head Start to child - welfare reform, the group's executive director, David S. Liederman, said a more concerted effort is needed to stem the incidence of «tragedy involving children.»

Charter and merit - pay supporters outnumbered opponents by 2:1, but a near plurality of the public refused to take a position on either issue, revealing just how much further into the public consciousness reform ideas need to penetrate.

In addition, we need to think more about how to integrate online learning into the broader issues of school reform.

Our Commonwealth and state or territory politicians and political parties generally lack the policies needed to deal successfully with this issue: policies that place teacher quality at the centre of school reform in this country.

Marking three years since the review into school funding was released Haythorpe said that needs - based funding for schools is the most important issue in the education sector and the Gonski reforms are the best chance it has had in a generation of getting real change and equity.

Although Al was never able — on this issue as on many other reforms that he knew were needed — to get the AFT's state and local affiliates to embrace his visionary thinking, his restlessness with the status quo, his boundless creativity, and his statesman - stature in the education field cause him legitimately to be viewed today as one of the parents of charter schooling in the U.S.

Several studies have shown that reforms have failed because we have ignored the nonacademic needs of children, because we have ignored school culture, because we have not evaluated reforms and insisted upon accountability, and because we have been too quick to pursue fads and gimmicks (small schools, technology, testing) while ignoring more substantive issues that support teaching and learning.

The attempt to blame the shooting on the discipline reforms advocated in the Obama - era guidance is another in a long line of attempted distractions from the real issue: the need to strengthen our nation's gun laws to help reduce the epidemic of gun violence in this country.

Measurement researchers, as we might expect, are most interested in the assessment components of reform and are particularly concerned with validity issues and with the psychometric qualities of new assessments that are needed for accountability and policy purposes.

The Center for Education Reform issued a statement sharply critical of the three groups» report, saying it «exemplifies precisely why the education reform movement is at risk — its conclusions endanger the ideals of opportunity and innovation that are so desperately needed in education today.&Reform issued a statement sharply critical of the three groups» report, saying it «exemplifies precisely why the education reform movement is at risk — its conclusions endanger the ideals of opportunity and innovation that are so desperately needed in education today.&reform movement is at risk — its conclusions endanger the ideals of opportunity and innovation that are so desperately needed in education today.»