Sentences with phrase «on public priorities»

The Green New Deal will rekindle a vital sense of purpose, restoring public trust and refocusing the use of capital on public priorities and sustainability.

Our mainstream press needs to make addressing AGW, not to mention the ocean acid catastrophe, a high priority — it's place on the public priority list will mirror it's place in the media consciousness.

Not exact matches

The government, however, notes that more detailed spending plans and data are released later in the budget year, through department reports on plans and priorities, supplementary estimates and the annual public accounts.

Public sector banks have underperformed on the total priority sector target of 40 % since 2012.

«We've got enormous gravel demand on the horizon for the Gateway Project and other public building priorities moving forward,» said Mike Proudfoot, spokesman for the Ministry of Transport, who expects the Pitt River Bridge / South Perimeter Road to enter Environmental Assessment as soon as this summer.

My goal would be to both ensure that those who depend on the program are protected, while also balancing the growing cost of Social Security with other pressing priorities — from programs for children, the vulnerable, public investments, and shoring up our education and worker retraining systems.

When TV focuses on an issue, the public's priorities are altered, and then altered again as TV news moves on to something new.

«Our biggest priority is to continue providing high - quality, probiotic ingredients with continued research, while also educating the public on probiotics.»

Remember from the beginning of the Obama administration the very public mantra was «our number one priority is to make Obama a one term president» and the Greedy Obstructionist Politicians made good on their promise with record numbers of filibusters and anonymous objections with the sole purpose of making government as non-functional as possible.

I can only hope that this attempt is taken more seriously than the largely muted and clearly unsuccessful protests of late last season... although the plane writing escapade brought some much - needed attention to the matter, it failed to resonate with fence - sitters and those who had just recently fell off the Wenger truck... without a big enough showing of support the whole endeavor appeared relatively weak and poorly organized, especially to the major media outlets, whose involvement could have significantly changed what was to follow... but I get it, few wanted to turn on their club, let alone make a public display of their discord... problem is, they are preying on that vulnerability, in fact, their counting on you to keep your thoughts to yourself... who are you to tell these fat cats how to steal your money... they have worked long and hard to pull the wool over your eyes... they even went so far as to pay enormous sums of cash to your once beloved professor to be their corporate spokesmodel so that the whole thing would be more palatable... eventually the club made it appear as if this was simply a relatively small fringe group of highly radicalized supporters, which allowed the pro-Wenger element inside the club hierarchy to claim victory following the FA Cup win... unfortunately what has happened to this club can't be solved by FA Cups or a few players coming in, the very culture of this club needs to be changed and that starts at the top... in order to change the unhealthy and dysfunctional narrative that has absorbed this club we need to remove everyone who presently occupies a position of power... only then can we get back to the business of playing championship caliber football, which should always be the number one priority of this organization... on an important side note, one of the most devastating mistakes made in the final days of this hectic and poorly planned transfer window didn't have to do with the big name players like Sanchez or Lemar, but the fact that they failed to secure Jadon Sancho, who might even start for Dortmund this season... I think they might seriously regret this oversight... instead of spending so much time, energy and manpower pretending that they were desperately trying to make big moves, they once again lost the plot due to their all too familiar tunnel vision

On the back of a strong campaign, PSG will be looking to invest in quality wingers and even though it is public knowledge that Angel di Maria remains the priority, having missed out on the Argentine player last season, Sterling's name has been thrown around after they came close to signing Memphis DepaOn the back of a strong campaign, PSG will be looking to invest in quality wingers and even though it is public knowledge that Angel di Maria remains the priority, having missed out on the Argentine player last season, Sterling's name has been thrown around after they came close to signing Memphis Depaon the Argentine player last season, Sterling's name has been thrown around after they came close to signing Memphis Depay.

Shaping a city is typically a matter of striking a balance between competing priorities — cars versus people on foot, privately owned buildings versus public space.

Sadly, despite being provided evidence on the high rates of complications from Baby - Friendly practices, we were disappointed that the WHO had not identified informing the public of the dangers of infant starvation and the importance of supplementation to protect an infant's brain and life as «a top priority.»

on the high rates of complications from Baby - Friendly practices, we were disappointed that the WHO had not identified informing the public of the dangers of infant starvation and the importance of supplementation to protect an infant's brain and life as «a top priority.»

Enabling women to breastfeed is also a public health priority because, on a population level, interruption of lactation is associated with adverse health outcomes for the woman and her child, including higher maternal risks of breast cancer, ovarian cancer, diabetes, hypertension, and heart disease, and greater infant risks of infectious disease, sudden infant death syndrome, and metabolic disease (2, 4).

The Center on Budget & Policy Priorities is a nonprofit research organization focused on the impact of public policy on low and moderate - income Americans.

So yesterday the SNA went to Capitol Hill for a «national day of action» to protest the block grant proposal, and it was joined by a number of prominent congressional Democrats, the Food Research & Action Center, the Center for Science in the Public Interest, the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities and other advocacy groups.

So at a time when the public services that pensioners and others rely on are under strain, it can no longer be a priority to continue paying the winter fuel allowance to the wealthiest pensioners.

«I am not prepared to comment on details of individuals» contingency plans, but the government's priority is to protect public safety and national security.

The public is also well aware that, in a time of austerity, maintaining a large and active armed forces costs money — and people always prefer to spend money on domestic priorities where a choice has to be made.

It would give the prime minister useful extra guidance on people's public spending priorities.

And while most congressmembers aren't going to change their minds on climate change, women's reproductive rights, guns or immigration (the issues listed as priorities in Carson's email), rallies or meetings to put pressure on them can get local public and media attention.

The recommendations were in relation to HIV and drug injection, but you can see how the priority is being placed on public health rather than criminal justice.

But Lipton also said there is «more to do,» like restoring «progressivity» to the state's tax code, closing the carried interest tax loophole, and investing in a new «social contract» on public education that ensures full funding for schools — including universal pre-K (an early de Blasio priority)-- and restoration to the public university system to pre-recession levels.

We are proud that the final agreement not only includes these longstanding priorities of our conference but also makes significant investments in our public education system, community schools, and struggling schools while holding the line on tuition increases at our SUNY and CUNY institutions.

But no bill will pass without the public support of Gov. Cuomo; the article finds that public campaign finance presents the governor with the opportunity «to step into the leadership vacuum and provide a rare glimpse of hope on a mission - critical progressive priority.»

Above all, the priority for Labour must remain setting out its own agenda focussed on raising living standards, solving the housing shortage and improving public services.

As Public Advocate, Bill de Blasio strongly pushed for voting reform in New York, but as Mayor, it has not been high on his list of priorities.

Since the passage of the same - sex marriage bill two years ago, GENDA, which prohibits discrimination on the basis of gender identity and expression in employment, housing, public accommodations and credit, has become a top priority for the LGBT community in New York.

Mr. Donovan, rather than expending the severely limited resources of the State on partisan, politically motivated litigation against the law of the land which, however flawed, did address some notorious abuses by the insurance industry, why don't you tell us what your priority is with respect to corruption and misuse of public funbds and resources by politicians right here in New York State?

According to President Buhari, in spite of sustained economic growth on the continent for the past two decades, «public confidence has been eroded by a focus on short - term priorities and payoffs, propelled by corruption, which too often leaves projects uncompleted and promises unfulfilled.»

«These two priorities are important to the overall operations, budget efficiency, new initiatives, community policing and many of the programs currently in progress to keep crime low in our City and focus on building partnerships in our communities,» Public Safety Chair Vanessa Gibson (D - Bronx) said in a statement.

Heastie said the higher taxes on millionaires would generate sufficient revenue for the state to increase funding for schools, the aging, infrastructure and other public priorities.

The release, explaining the decision was reached unanimously by the group's two component boards of directors, stated, «The Boards» decision comes on the heels of securing the Pride Agenda's top remaining policy priority ---- protecting transgender New Yorkers from discrimination in housing, employment, credit, education, and public accommodations ---- in the form of new regulations announced in partnership with Governor Andrew M. Cuomo at the organization's Fall Dinner on October 22, 2015.»

There is a crucial caveat though — Survation also asked what the top priority should be for the government — 31 % said immigration, 20 % the economy, 9 % jobs, 9 % public services, 6 % combating terrorism and down on 5 % constitutional reform.

There would be no consensus, which ought to be on a major change in the nation's constitution, and the public sees the issue as low among its priorities.

But the IEA's new priorities — aggressively paying down public debt, cutting taxes on the better - off, leaving the EU, relaxing planning laws to promote housebuilding, paving over the railways and tackling the «cost of living crisis» through lower excise duties — can expect a more lukewarm response from the re-installed treasury team.

Matthew Rhodes, strategy director at the thinktank, said: «Restoring public trust on immigration has to be a priority for all the main parties ahead of the general election.

«Local 282 members have been strong supporters of mine throughout my public service because they know that I fight for, and deliver on, the priorities that are important for all of our families; tax relief, economic development and public safety.

When the new state budget for fiscal year 2019 passed early Saturday morning in Albany, Governor Andrew Cuomo had successfully implemented several of his top policy priorities on issues like workplace sexual harassment, taxes, gun control, and public housing in New York City.

Come 2015 or whenever the next election is, Labour isn't going to go into the election pledging to spend # 1 billion on giving cash handouts to the richest 15 % of families, and in a fortnight there are # 12 billion in welfare cuts plus untold billions more in cutting public services which will be higher priorities to oppose and pledge to reverse.

Senate Republicans are laying into Stewart - Cousins, elected the Senate Democratic conference leader on Monday, for her comments on Fred Dicker's Talk - 1300 show this morning in which she endorsed the public financing of political campaigns, listing it as a top priority for her in the coming legislative session.

The committee also recommended a focus on working strategically across «departmental silos» and a more public discussion about how public spending is divided between what its report called «entitlement and investment priorities».

In Albany, where a number of New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio's policy priorities have succumbed to resistance from Gov. Andrew Cuomo and state Senate Republicans, documents suggest that de Blasio has turned to the real estate industry's chief lobbying group in New York as an intermediary to press politicians on a matter beyond its traditional scope: the city's public school system.

Millions of pounds could be saved by scrapping new road building projects around the country to increase spending on road safety, cycle routes and ensuring decent, affordable public transport - but the government is not getting its priorities right.

The new government choose as their priority the bankary rescue with public money, also with their control of around than three quarters of the congress could dictate a lot of legal measures on the edge between the legal and the attack to the universal human rights.

Governor Andrew Cuomo has long been on record in support of GENDA, but has not made the bill a public priority in his legislative agenda.

Governor Andrew Cuomo has long been on record in support of GENDA, but never made the bill a public priority in his legislative agenda.

Kim says he no longer thinks it's the right priority, and that there needs to be more focus on fully funding public schools first.

But, Mandelson said: «What it is right for the government to do is to set out how we will back our key frontline public service priorities and be explicit about the different priorities, where some things that we would otherwise have wanted to spend more on will now no longer be the case, where there are things that we wanted to do which we will now have to do more slowly or put on the back burner.