Sentences with phrase «on federal priorities»

As attorney general, Sessions would be responsible for directing U.S. federal prosecutors on federal priorities and overseeing the Drug Enforcement Administration.

All of the roofers» wristbands had the compounds, including 12 on a federal priority list of harmful pollutants.

Not exact matches

Sessions» policy will let U.S. attorneys across the country decide what kinds of federal resources to devote to marijuana enforcement based on what they see as priorities in their districts, the people familiar with the decision said.

The Koch and their allies are particularly focused on re-shaping the federal health - care system and eliminating federal regulations — two priorities in alignment with the new president.

Modelled on the Alternative Federal Budget, the NS Alternative Budget (NSAB) publications forefront how provincial budgets, like other policy documents, are about priorities and government choices.

But Trump and his pro-business GOP allies on Capitol Hill have made rolling back Obama - era regulations a priority, which makes any new federal rules for protecting data and privacy unlikely in the immediate future.

Specifically, the Sessions memorandum directs U.S. Attorneys to «weigh all relevant considerations, including federal law enforcement priorities set by the Attorney General, the seriousness of the crime, the deterrent effect of criminal prosecution, and the cumulative impact of particular crimes on the community.»

Another GAO concern is the fact that federal resources that could be deployed into key priorities like rebuilding the nation's roads and bridges are being diverted to interest on debt.

The Main Estimates consist of three components: Part I, which provides an overview of federal spending for the upcoming fiscal year; Part II which supports the Appropriation Act and provides details of the spending to be included in the Appropriation Act; and Part III which includes Reports on Plans and Priorities (RPPs), which provide details on the spending plans for all departments and agencies.

Appearing before the House Financial Services Committee on Feb. 11 to present the Federal Reserve's semiannual Monetary Policy Report to Congress, Yellen said that Congress should make it a priority to pass -LSB-...]

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Submission to the House of Commons Standing Committee on Finance on priorities for the 2018 federal budget

The federal government released its Report on Plans and Priorities for 2014 - 15 today with departments and agencies identifying spending estimates and work pPriorities for 2014 - 15 today with departments and agencies identifying spending estimates and work prioritiespriorities.

Additionally, in a 2009 letter to the United States Senate, the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops called on the legislative body to «place the needs of poor families and the most vulnerable in our nation and around the world first in setting priorities in the federal budget resolution.»

Christians fleeing the Middle East will not take first priority under an updated version of President Donald Trump's executive order on travel and refugees, which he signed Monday morning after weeks of debate and holdups in federal court.

The ERLC has offered six pro-life priorities for action by President - elect Trump and Congress in 2017, including the nomination and confirmation of a pro-life successor to the late Supreme Court justice Antonin Scalia, a permanent ban on all federal funding of abortion and the defunding of Planned Parenthood, the country's No. 1 abortion provider.

Distributors must also stay on top of federal, state and local regulations as protecting the community is a high priority for Southern Eagle.

Block grants are a favorite tool of conservatives to shrink the role of the federal government and reduce the size of social programs, but as the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities well articulated in a statement hastily released yesterday, block grants in the particular context of school food are very likely to put children's health and wellbeing at risk:

The bill, a priority for the president and first lady Michelle Obama, would boost spending on child nutrition $ 4.5 billion over 10 years and raise federal reimbursements for school lunches more than the inflation rate for the first time since 1973.

«As long as functional ingredients aren't described as preventing or curing disease, no one in the federal government has to approve the claims that are made,» says Zoë Neuberger, a senior policy analyst for the Washington - based Center on Budget and Policy Priorities.

As the New York Times article discusses more fully, the impetus for the price increase was a finding by the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, a research organization in Washington, that by keeping the price of the full meal too low, the paid meals were effectively being subsidized by the federal dollars which are supposed to be allocated to the meals provided to kids who are on free / reduced lunch.

The omnibus spending bill now on the congressional launch pad is a something - for - everyone grab bag that contains a surprising amount of federal money for New York priorities, including rural broadband, the fight against opioidaddiction, and highway, rail and airport improvements.

U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions is making aggressive law enforcement a top priority, directing his federal prosecutors across the country to crack down on illegal immigrants and «use every tool» they have to go after violent criminals and drug traffickers.

My priorities will be to slash wasteful federal spending, set our nation on a path to a balanced budget, end bailouts for bad business decisions, take leftover money from the Obama stimulus package to pay down the deficit, and repeal Obamacare.

After the Presidential election, the Partnership surveyed CEOs to solicit their views on the top federal priorities for 2017.

In his most recent State of the State address, he listed several priorities, including reforming the criminal justice system, holding pharmaceutical distributors responsible for their role in the opioid crisis and fighting the federal government on its tax plan and policies on immigration, abortion, the environment and health care.

The federal priorities document, produced with the help of Oliver Wyman, elaborates on these issues.

At 8 a.m., Queens Rep. Joe Crowley speaks at an Association for a Better New York power breakfast on his legislative priorities, as well as federal issues and policies impacting New York City, Hilton Hotel, Mercury Ballroom, 1335 Sixth Ave., Manhattan.

In a year with no federal or statewide races, both major parties in Nassau made the district attorney's office — the only countywide seat on the ballot — a top priority.

Those federal issues mean that an on - time budget is not Cuomo's highest priority this year, he said.

When I blog about federal bills, I'm usually talking about ENDA - I still think this is our number one priority on the Hill - but there's another big priority that we need to move on now.

«Since taking office, ensuring that this project was fully - funded and on schedule has been one of my top priorities, and I am proud to have worked with our partners at the County, City, State, and Federal levels of government to make this transformational project for Buffalo and Tonawanda a reality.»

Federal economic stimulus aid helped close an estimated $ 162.5 billion in budget gaps among the 50 states in 2010, the report stated, citing a study by the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, a Washington - based policy research group.

The Chairman said that the EU's Support to Democratic Governance in Nigeria (EU - SDGN), aimed at contributing to the reinforcement of democracy in the country through the building of strong, effective and legitimate democratic institutions, is anchored on the priorities of the Federal Government and the recommendations of the EU Election Observation Mission on the 2015 General Elections.

A major priority of the governor's — a workaround for the $ 10,000 federal cap on state and local tax deductions in response to congressional tax reform approved late last year — was also include in the agreement.

Back from the dead, apparently, is the creation of a voluntary payroll tax, meant to act as a work - around for the federal cap on state and local tax deductions — a major priority for Cuomo.

Speaking at the European Union Support to Democratic Governance in Nigeria (EU - SDGN) project launch held in Abuja on 1st February, Karlsen said all objectives of the new initiative were anchored on the federal government's priorities, while also building on the recommendations of the EU Election Observation Mission which visited the country in 2015, followed by another visit led by Mr. Santiago Fisas, a member of the European Parliament last October.

The state Department of Environmental Conservation issued a statement Wednesday commending the EPA for «finally acting» on the request to add the site to the federal National Priorities List of polluted sites.

President Buhari had gone on to say that the good health and well - being of Nigerian children remained a top priority on the Federal Government's agenda for national development.

Marshall's decision to «realign» CSIRO's priorities could see 350 jobs go over the next 2 years and comes on top of cuts of more than $ 15 million to climate and environmental science in the 2014 — 15 federal budget.

Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) Chief Executive Larry «Marshall's decision to «realign» CSIRO's priorities could see 350 jobs go over the next 2 years and comes on top of cuts of more than $ 15 million to climate and environmental science in the 2014 - 15 federal budget.

The president delivered his budget request to Congress on May 23, presenting the sharpest picture yet of his administration's priorities for federal science spending.

«We're at a remarkable moment in biomedical research and its potential for making advances,» said Collins during a March 27 presentation on federal agency priorities on the opening day of the 42nd AAAS Science & Technology Policy Forum held at the Ronald Reagan Building in Washington.

Gary Geernaert, director of DOE's Climate and Environmental Sciences Division, states that «it is critical that federal investments to advance climate science for use by both public and private stakeholders must place significant priority on incorporating uncertainty quantification methodologies into modeling frameworks.

(2) a description of current research, observation, and monitoring activities at the Federal, State, tribal, and local level related to the impacts of climate change and ocean acidification on natural resources, as well as identification of research and data needs and priorities;

Among Freeman's specific recommendations are a «20 percent federal tax credit to electricity and natural gas utilities that gives highest priority to the efficient use of the energy they supply,» and ban on new coal or nuclear plants and retirement of the existing plants within the next 30 years, government - funded demonstration plants for Big Solar and hydrogen, increasing federal fuel economy standards one mile - per - gallon a year over the next 24 years, tax credits for plug - in hybrids or flex - fuel vehicles, and an excess - profits tax on oil to fund the tax credits.

The Science Mission Directorate (SMD) Education and Communications portfolio includes products, events, and programs aligned with priority areas identified by the federal Committee on Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math Education (CoSTEM).

He stays in close contact with his policymakers and sends them regular emails on the importance of federal research funding and other priorities.

Though families of scholarship recipients could earn up to 300 percent of the federal poverty line, NEO gave priority based on financial need.