Sentences with phrase «said federal response»
He also said federal response to Puerto Rico has been less than was done in Texas and Florida after Hurricanes Harvey and Irma.
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TORONTO — The Liberal government will not «act in an impulsive way» in response to U.S. corporate tax cuts that economists say pose a threat to Canada's competitiveness, the federal finance minister said after a pre-budget meeting Friday.
«They're keeping the rates down so that everything else doesn't go down,» Trump said in response to a reporter's request to address a potential rate hike by the Federal Reserve in September.
He said the federal policy response to the demographic crunch of more retired and few working - age Canadians can't be merely incremental.
Recent federal lease sales have generated a tepid response, said Imran Khan, who leads Wood Mackenzie's commercial valuation team for oil and gas projects in the Gulf of Mexico.
The Federal Reserve said Friday that it is restricting Wells Fargo's size in response to «widespread consumer abuses.»
While a White House petition has reached the requisite 100,000 signatures to force a response, President Obama issued a statement, noting that the federal government could not overturn Avery's state conviction (and, Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker has said he has no plans to issue a pardon).
Mr. Cohen said that he had given a similar statement to the Federal Election Commission in response to a complaint filed by the government watchdog group Common Cause, which contended that the payment, made through a limited liability company that Mr. Cohen established, was an in - kind contribution to the Trump campaign.
Lawyers say that the federal justice minister's response to recommendations by a Commons committee on how to improve legal aid in Canada is disappointing.
Needless to say, another catastrophic storm in a two - week period would add salt to a wound and further strain the disaster relief resources of the federal government and groups like the Red Cross already stretched thin with the response to Harvey.
Pat Schramm, executive director of the Workforce Development Board of South Central Wisconsin, a nonprofit that uses federal funds to help employees get training and jobs, said a Rapid Response Team will execute a plan right away.
Trump met with his Cabinet and other senior administration officials to discuss the federal response to the damage and flooding, the White House said Saturday in a statement.
March 14: The Federal Election Commission said it would start writing new disclosure rules for online ads in response to revelations Russian interests bought content on Facebook and other platforms in an attempt to meddle with the 2016 election.
Pruitt's trip to Australia was ultimately scuttled — the EPA said Pruitt needed to handle the agency's response to Hurricane Harvey — but not before EPA officials spent $ 45,000 in federal funds on a planning mission to Australia, according to Reuters.
In response to his deficit - elimination obsessed critics, the Finance Minister is absolutely right when he says the federal government's finances are in good shape.
Some American companies offer a Canadian data storage option in response to market demand and governments should continue to have freedom to protect citizens» information and privacy rights as they see fit, Gogolek says in the submission, part of federal consultations on the NAFTA renegotiation.
With a wave of anti-immigrant, anti-free trade sentiment sweeping through Europe, and uncertainty in the U.S. with regard to its H - 1B visa program, Hussen said the federal government's response is simply business as usual — carrying on with policies already implemented or in progress that are designed to make it easier for Canadian companies to get the skilled people they need to grow.
Sotomayor said the two groups were exempted from the mandates until at least Friday, when the federal government faces a deadline to file a legal response in the case.
Fayose said he had written a letter to the Federal Ministry of Finance, while the state Commissioner for Finance, Toyin Ojo, had also gone there and to the Central Bank of Nigeria, but there was no response.
«I look forward to a response from you as well as receiving continued updates as to the status of negotiations between your department and the federal government,» Griffo said.
Cuomo said that there was a «human toll» that made Katrina a different story, especially after the federal, state and city government's botched response to the aftermath.
Gov. Andrew Cuomo last week said he is eyeing an overhaul of the state's tax code in response to the federal tax legislation.
Cuomo says he's also looking at changes to the state tax code in response to the federal overhaul.
«We are communicating with our federal and local partners to track the storm and to plan a coordinated response, and we will deploy resources as needed to the areas expected to be hit the hardest,» said Cuomo
Trump said that Mexico will pay «through reimbursement / other» for his promised border wall, relaying the message amid tweets touting the federal government's response to Harvey's destruction.
The state's Department of Environmental Conservation issued a statement citing its own «ongoing and aggressive response» to the Hoosick Falls water, and saying that the E.P.A. was «finally acting» on a January response for federal Superfund consideration.
«It is absurd to suggest that the City Comptroller should register a contract that is discriminatory and in violation of federal civil rights law,» Deputy Comptroller Valerie Budzik said in response.
The island was hurt twice — once by the storm, and then again by a federal response that has failed to deliver adequate resources,» said Stringer.
«We're going to look at the state tax code both in substance and in form,» Cuomo said last month, «and look for ways to both redesign our state code in response to this federal assault, and we're in the process of that now.»
«We're going to look at the state tax code both in substance and in form,» Cuomo said, «and look for ways to both redesign our state code in response to this federal assault, and we're in the process of that now.»
In response to questions about the scope of the federal investigation, Spota's office released a statement late Friday afternoon, saying: «District Attorney Spota and the men and woman employed at the Suffolk County District Attorney's Office endeavor to discharge their duties faithfully, ethically and professionally.»
Katko said he is heartened that Trump consulted with his cabinet and issued a far more measured response than the travel ban ordered in January, which was blocked by federal judges.
Borge, in a written response late Wednesday, said he had contact with state and federal officials.
The town filed papers late Wednesday night in federal court in Central Islip in response to a motion by federal prosecutors, who said they are entitled to see the complete documents.
The IDC, (minus Sen. Tony Avella, who's testifying), issued a statement in response to questions about a wiretapped conversation played yesterday at the federal corruption trial of former Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos and his son, Adam, saying (in part): «We can not speculate on the motives of Sen. Skelos.»
Cuomo said New York state was not, and his full response makes little mention of the federal position.
In August 2016, in response to a request by the Times Union, the executive director of the state Committee on Open Government, Robert Freeman, said in an advisory opinion that Cuomo's office and the state department of Housing and Community Renewal should not hold back from release otherwise public documents based merely on the contention that they might relate to the federal probe of upstate development deals.
New York's first - in - the - nation response to the new federal tax package and its cap on the deductibility of state and local taxes is now law, but the impact of the measure remains uncertain, experts say.
Cuomo also criticized the slow federal response to devastation in Puerto Rico, saying the U.S. could have done much more, much sooner.
Hein is an interesting one to watch, given that he's calling on the state to pick up the local share of costs from damage, a move that's received a lukewarm from response so far from the governor (Cuomo has said he's doing everything he can to get federal aid, but everyone's going to have to pitch in on the effort).
The Trump administration should appoint an experienced emergency «CEO of Response and Recovery» to manage the federal response to deliver assistance to storm - ravaged Puerto Rico, U.S. Senate Minority Leader Chuck SchumResponse and Recovery» to manage the federal response to deliver assistance to storm - ravaged Puerto Rico, U.S. Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumresponse to deliver assistance to storm - ravaged Puerto Rico, U.S. Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer said.
Shortly after Gillibrand spoke, state Sen. Kathy Marchione, who represents the area and has been under mounting pressure to call for hearings, said the state Senate would conduct hearings in August on the state, local and federal response to the crisis.
A federal control board overseeing Puerto Rico's finances authorized up to $ 1 billion in local funds to be used for hurricane response, but the governor said he would ask for more.
«This budget also has the first ever Federal Funding Response Plan,» Cuomo said at a press conference at the state Capitol, explaining that if there are major federal funding cuts, his Division of Budget «will come up with a plan that corrects the state budget for that shortfall.Federal Funding Response Plan,» Cuomo said at a press conference at the state Capitol, explaining that if there are major federal funding cuts, his Division of Budget «will come up with a plan that corrects the state budget for that shortfall.federal funding cuts, his Division of Budget «will come up with a plan that corrects the state budget for that shortfall.»
Sen. Chuck Schumer, D - N.Y., said in response to Brady's pledge that Republicans should fully restore what is referred to as the SALT deduction, or millions of middle - class families would end up paying higher federal income taxes, not less.
«I had done the federal response when I was HUD secretary, and I can tell you that the federal government in similar circumstances was more active, was more generous, provided more support,» he said.
«It would not be acceptable if any of the 50 states went through this,» Cuomo said about the federal response during a joint press conference with Puerto Rico Gov. Ricardo Rosselló.
The Federal Road Safety Corps, in an emailed response to questions from our correspondent, said 11,931 tankers and trailers were involved in road crashes from 2007 to 2016, leading to 10,409 deaths and 32,922 injuries.
Cuomo said the final hurdle to a full budget was a «federal funding response plan» that he sought in order to have flexibility in the event of cuts from the Republican - controlled capital.
State Senator Gustavo Rivera said grassroots efforts like UptownUNIDOS were essential, as he considered the federal government's response to be «an utter failure.»