Sentences with phrase «other federal initiatives»

Efforts to undermine the Clean Water Act and other federal initiatives must be strongly opposed, and I have led the charge against legislative proposals to roll back important clean water protections that may benefit some special interests, but risk public health and will damage the broader U.S. economy.

While the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and other federal initiatives have tried to rein in overdraft fees charged to bank customers, the fees remain big business, especially for big banks.

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But for a new version of Trumpcare or any other initiative to succeed, the measure must at least arrest the relentlessly rising costs for hospital stays, MRIs, diagnostic tests and surgical procedures that threaten to swamp the federal budget, shrink take - home pay for families, or pummel both.

His Race to the Top initiative invites states to compete for federal dollars using tests and other methods to measure teachers, a philosophy that would not fly in Finland.

AWEA Wind Power on Capitol Hill is a rare opportunity for AWEA members and others who want to help advance wind energy to participate in advocacy training and then put that training to work to educate legislators and their staff on the wind industry's top policy initiatives at both the state and federal level.

The Office of Investor Education carries out the SEC's investor education program, which includes producing and distributing educational materials, participating in educational seminars and investor - oriented events, and partnering with federal agencies, state regulators, and others on investor literacy initiatives.

Carson's proposals, and other initiatives aimed at low - income Americans receiving federal assistance, amount to a comprehensive effort by the Trump administration and Republicans in Congress to restrict access to the safety net and reduce the levels of assistance for those who do qualify.

Medicare and a bloated defense budget have also added greatly to the problem, as have other large scale Federal initiatives.

This USDA initiative targets «competitive foods,» which are all foods and beverages sold to students on campus during the school day, typically through vending machines, a la carte lunch lines and in student stores, other than those meals reimbursable under federal meal programs.

Federal investigators subpoenaed Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo's «executive chamber,» the term for his office, seeking records and other materials related to the governor's economic - development issues, especially the «Buffalo Billion,» a signature Cuomo initiative to encourage the development of hi - tech firms in the Buffalo area.

Cuomo announced that he has formally requested that New York be excluded from the federal government's expansion of offshore oil and gas drilling access and touted several other initiatives that he's undertaken as governor.

New York and other states are taking action to reach energy - efficiency targets despite shifts away from efficiency initiatives at the federal level.

The governor's prodigious fundraising has returned to the spotlight in recent weeks due to a newly revealed federal probe of the «Buffalo Billion» initiative and other development projects in western New York, including several overseen by SUNY Polytechnic Institute.

Cuomo, New York Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand and members of the New York Congressional Delegation said in a joint statement Tuesday over $ 5 million in federal funding will be distributed to cities, counties and other municipalities across New York to «bolster counter terrorism initiatives and strengthen public safety efforts.»

Percoco and other former Cuomo aides and associates have been accused of federal corruption tied to a number of upstate economic development initiatives.

The initiative would not only increase the cap but also would upgrade geographically specific spill response plans for state and federal officials, establish a state liquid firefighting task force that would be in charge of deploying flammable liquid firefighting foam and other supplies along rail lines across the state and provide more training for local fire crews who would often be first responders to spills.

The comptroller says an ongoing audit is already looking at some aspects of the increasingly controversial project and other Cuomo administration economic development initiatives that are currently under federal investigation.

Changes that lawmakers want to economic development programs were made ripe following allegations by federal prosecutors that the Buffalo Billion and a couple of other big upstate initiatives were part of a massive, alleged pay - to - play, bid - rigging scandal.

The Comptroller says an on going audit is already looking at some aspects of the increasingly controversial project and other Cuomo Administration economic development initiatives that are currently under federal investigation.

Cuomo was also asked about the federal investigation into the Buffalo Billion initiative and other upstate development deals, and whether members of his administration had been contacted.

On Sept. 23 — the day after the state and federal charges were announced — the administration received a memo from private investigator Bart Schwartz, whose company Guidepost Solutions has been tasked by Cuomo with investigating improper lobbying and conflicts of interest in the «Buffalo Billion» initiative, and other projects overseen by SUNY Poly.

When contacted, the state president of Nigeria Union of Local Government Employees, Mr. Bunmi Ajimoko, while commending the Federal Government for the initiative, advised the state government not to divert the money to other use.

Katko said he has already decided to support two other initiatives: A federal ban on bump stocks, devices that enable a semiautomatic rifle to fire faster; and a bill in Congress aimed at strengthening the National Instant Background Check System, or NICS.

The attorney is assigned to look into the Buffalo Billion program and other upstate economic development initiatives that have fallen into the crosshairs of federal prosecutors, according to Schwartz's contract with the Executive Chamber released on Friday.

Bart M. Schwartz, a former federal prosecutor, is to conduct the review; it involves the Buffalo Billion, a signature Cuomo administration program meant to revitalize that long - suffering city, and other elements of the governor's nanotech initiative, on which he has hinged much of his upstate economic policy.

Present at the event were Oyo State Governor «s wife Mrs Florence Ajimobi; her Ondo State counterpart, Mrs. Olukemi Mimiko; wife of the deputy governor Mrs Janet Adeyemo; Mrs Awa Idris, Mrs. Abiodun Arapaja; Iyalode of Ibadanland Alhaja Aminat Abiodun; Alhaja Bose Adedibu, Senior Special Assistant to the President on MDGs, Mrs Precious Gbeneol; Minister of State Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Oloye Jumoke Akinjide; National Coordinator, Women for Change and Development Initiatives, Princess Rabi Ibrahim; wife of former Oyo State Governor Alhaja Mutiat Ladoja and others

The Comptroller says an ongoing audit is already looking at some aspects of the increasingly controversial project and other Cuomo Administration economic development initiatives that are currently under federal investigation.

Other targets of the initiative have focused on instituting ways to build collaboration among academic, nonprofit and private sector efforts, including international groups and to increase federal funding, an effort that spurred Congress to pass in December 2016 the 21st Century Cures Act that authorized $ 1.8 billion for the National Cancer Institute.

But, he said that the new initiative reflects legislators» growing appreciation of the importance of R&D to the state's economic growth, and understanding that supporting UNC researchers will help position them to attract other federal or industry funding.

Right now, in our laboratories, our scientists are looking for ways to create insulin - producing cells in the laboratory, engineer blood vessels for heart bypass surgery and apply our regenerative medicine technologies to battlefield injuries through co-leading a $ 85 million federal grant, as well as many other novel research initiatives.

The hearing scheduled for May 10 will focus on the Department of Education's oversight of the $ 1 billion - a-year initiative to improve reading achievement in disadvantaged schools, and the steps being taken to prevent conflicts of interest in Reading First and other federal programs, according to a letter to Ms. Spellings from Education and Labor...

Policymakers should encourage (or push) districts to create similar options for their students by tying Title I and other federal aid programs to initiatives that promote online learning for the most talented students and that also provide physical locations for these students to do their advanced group work.

But while many in the cash - strapped state cheered the $ 12.5 million for raising reading achievement in the neediest schools, others were scrambling to salvage the state's existing literacy initiative after a federal panel suggested it is not aligned with current research in the...

It wouldn't be totally unreasonable to begin wondering if one of the administration's key initiatives (ESEA flexibility) ultimately undermines a number of its others (large competitive grants advancing federal priorities).

On the right, many Tea Party adherents and others view the initiative as a dangerous or even unconstitutional expansion of federal control of education.

A long - awaited inspection of the federal Reading First program found today that federal education officials may have steered the grant - application process for the $ 1 billion - a-year initiative to ensure that particular reading programs and instructional approaches were widely used by participating schools, and that others were essentially shut out.

In other words, are there simply a couple initiatives you really want to push, or do you intend to prioritize overarching governing principles like subsidiarity, enhanced civil society activity, and incremental change and opposition to federal mandates, technocratic thinking, and sweeping reform?

What causes some federal initiatives to function, at least for a while, as positive game - changers, while so many others almost immediately become duds?

The failure of the federal School Improvement Grant program and countless other «turnaround» initiatives is convincing policymakers that nondistrict alternatives are essential.

The share of funds devoted to Title I dropped as the federal government added new initiatives to wire classrooms to the Internet and reduce class sizes, among other priorities.

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Leaders in the House and Senate education committees are holding oversight hearings with the U.S. Department of Education (USED), state and local leaders, and other stakeholders to discuss how states and districts will tackle adjustments to state accountability systems, educator support initiatives, and implementation of other programs now offered through the largest federal education law.

Funding for college work - study programs would be cut in half, public - service loan forgiveness would end and hundreds of millions of dollars that public schools could use for mental health, advanced coursework and other services would vanish under a Trump administration plan to cut $ 10.6 billion from federal education initiatives, according to budget documents obtained by The Washington Post.

Green Strides - Webinar Series This webinar series, sponsored by the U.S. Department of Education's Green Ribbon Schools initiative, features experts from the Environmental Protection Agency, Department of the Interior, Department of Agriculture, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, and other federal programs.

Like other policies, upper - level (state or federal) policy initiatives may ratify trends already underway rather than start new ones.

In addition, Obama's policies add another layer to the «kludgey» interplay of federal and state responsibilities, pushing states to adopt common standards, which are claimed not to be national standards but wholly the initiative of governors and other state - based actors.

Federal judges who oversee desegregation plans in Louisiana are wrestling with that issue at a time when President Trump wants to spend billions of dollars on charter schools, vouchers and other «school choice» initiatives.

The role is a paid position in which Fellows, in turn, share what they've learned with other teachers in their professional networks, contributing to a larger understanding of federal initiatives and gaining broader input into policy and programs designed to improve education at all levels.

Failing to comply with federal requirements could imperil $ 123 million in federal funds the state receives for programs that assist children experiencing homelessness, live in poverty or whose parents are migrant farmworkers, among other initiatives.

A larger federal role would help with teacher quality, funding for instructional interventions and other worthy initiatives.