Sentences with phrase «say federal efforts»

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Marino was under fire after reports emerged that he'd boosted a law that eventually made it harder for the Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) to freeze certain suspicious shipments, which critics say made federal efforts to fight opioid abuse more difficult.

March 9 (Reuters)- New York Governor Andrew Cuomo on Friday said he had formally asked for the state to be excluded from a federal offshore drilling program that he said would threaten its ocean resources and endanger efforts toward a cleaner energy economy.

Earlier this year, Ottawa launched a five - year, $ 250 - million program geared at supporting the auto industry — Ford just received a $ 72 - million cash injection — but DesRosiers and other analysts say the federal government's efforts need to be less targeted at the assembly plants.

Icahn's efforts last year to overhaul the biofuels program - while acting as an adviser to Trump on regulatory issues - drew scrutiny from federal investigators after lawmakers said it raised ethical concerns.

After Trump won the presidency, Nicole Hockley, another founder of Sandy Hook Promise, said that the group would continue its efforts at the state and local level - and argued that, no matter who is in the White House, «I still don't think our country is ready yet for federal change.»

Mired in a world of low growth, low inflation and low interest rates, officials from the Federal Reserve, Bank of Japan and the European Central Bank said their efforts to bolster the economy through monetary policy may falter unless elected leaders stepped forward with bold measures.

Two years ago, the Berkshire CEO said he was worried about the Federal Reserve's efforts to stimulate the economy.

«Any federal effort to construct a nationalized 5 G network would be a costly and counterproductive distraction from the policies we need to help the United States win the 5 G future,» FCC Chairman Ajit Pai said in a statement.

CEO Alain Bellemare said he believes the efforts to cut costs will help revive Bombardier, which has appealed for federal aid as it struggles to sell its signature CSeries passenger jet.

WASHINGTON (AP)-- In an abrupt reversal, the US military on Tuesday said it made a mistake when it ordered an independent federal auditor to stop providing the public with information about US war efforts in Afghanistan that help to measure how the 16 - year - old stalemated war is going.

At the Wednesday event, he said Apple «was absolutely in the wrong» for resisting the federal effort to break the encryption on one of the attackers» devices.

U.S. President Donald Trump approved emergency declarations for Florida, Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands, mobilizing federal disaster relief efforts, the White House said.

«While discussions are ongoing and revisions are being considered, the President is supportive of efforts to improve the federal background check system,» Shah said.

After staying largely mum in the last few days about the massacre and the escalating debate about weapons, Mr. Trump said Monday that he was supportive of a bipartisan effort to strengthen federal background checks for gun purchases.

«Chairman Nunes» decision, supported by House Speaker Ryan and Republican Members of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, to publicly release misleading allegations against the Department of Justice and Federal Bureau of Investigation is a shameful effort to discredit these institutions, undermine the Special Counsel's ongoing investigation, and undercut congressional probes,» the committee's Democrats said in a statement.

Meanwhile, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, which is overseeing the federal power restoration efforts, said they hope to have the entire island fully energized by May.

The White House has said that it does not plan on seeking a federal ban on conversion or «reparative» therapy, but, according to The New York Times, the President will «throw his support behind the efforts to ban the practice at the state level»...

The Sikh Coalition, United Sikhs and the Sikh American Legal Defense and Education Fund are lobbying members of Congress in an effort to pressure federal transportation authorities to re-examine a policy they say unfairly scrutinizes members of the Sikh community.

Chairman of the committee, Johnson Agbonnayinman, (Ikpoba / Okha federal constituency), said the need to invite the contractors was important, but lamented that efforts to reach them had so far proven fruitless.

Silver said he believes there will be changes in the way redistricting takes place after the 2010 Census numbers come in, but he stressed this reform effort might be easier said than done, adding: «There are a whole bunch of things that are recognized either by law, federal law or the Supreme Court that go into this.»

The governor says legislators should reveal their outside income even further in an effort to avoid federal investigations like the one that ended Leibell's 28 - year - career, along with so many others in both political parties.

The press release sent by Gillibrand's office notes she is the first New York senator to serve on the Agriculture Committee in nearly 40 years, and says she and Hanna will be announcing a new effort to change the federal school lunch guidelines to make Greek yogurt — New York's hottest dairy commodity these days — more affordable for schools.

Republican Senate Majority Leader John Flanagan in a statement to Capital Tonight said he has «grave concern» over the federal proposal to eliminate state and local tax deductions as part of a broader effort to cut taxes.

«After careful deliberation, given the totality of the circumstances here and absent additional evidence, we do not intend to bring federal criminal charges against the Mayor or those acting on his behalf relating to the fundraising efforts in question,» said Joon Kim, the acting U.S. attorney.

De Blasio said he's «beyond frustration» with his debt of at least $ 250,000 to defense lawyers associated with state and federal investigations into his fundraising efforts.

«We strongly oppose any efforts by the federal government to pull back previously promised funding to New York for this case,» he said.

DES MOINES — Former New York governor George Pataki brought his effort to repeal the newly passed federal health care reforms to Iowa Tuesday, saying politicians did not listen to Americans who did not want those reforms.

As a supporter of Planned Parenthood, Doran said she will fight against federal efforts to limit women's access to health care.

Federal prosecutors say this was part of de Blasio's and his aides» effort to help Singh in exchange for campaign contributions.

Federal prosecutors asked a judge Wednesday to imprison a Turkish banker for over 15 years for helping Iran evade economic sanctions, saying he was a key player in undermining efforts to curb Iran's nuclear ambitions.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo on Wednesday said he would review a bill that would prohibit New York state and local police from participating in immigration enforcement efforts with federal law enforcement, a measure that passed the Democratic - led Assembly this week.

Don't expect cuts to the federal program that funded the cleanup of the Buffalo River, sturgeon restoration in the Niagara River, beach forecasting programs on Lake Erie and Lake Ontario and other research and rehabilitation efforts in the Great Lakes, Rep. Chris Collins said.

U.S. Sen. Charles Schumer, a survivor of Lyme disease, says the federal government is falling behind in its effort to battle the tick - borne disease, despite a move by Congress to boost research into a vaccine.

Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus Vance Jr. joined the ongoing federal investigation into de Blasio's fundraising tactics last January after the Board of Elections» chief investigative officer sent a «criminal referral» to Vance's office alleging the efforts of the mayor's nonprofit to unseat the Republicans violated campaign finance laws, Vance has said.

Farley, a partner at the equity firm Mistral Capital, launched her effort with a video that borrowed an argument recently deployed by Democratic Gov. Andrew Cuomo: New York State pays roughly more in federal taxes ($ 40 billion in 2016, she noted) than it gets back in federal aid — money, Farley said, that could be used to rebuild state infrastructure and boost education, among other things.

Legislators and business leaders said they will require days to analyze the proposals and many question whether the Internal Revenue Service, Congress or the White House would allow the effort to avoid the provision of the new federal tax law.

He said he is seeking a deal with the IRS to settle his tax debt for less than the full amount and that he plans to work with the state to settle his debt if the federal effort is successful.

Sen. Chuck Schumer yesterday said at an unrelated news conference that the state Senate had blocked the minimum wage increase measure, disagreeing with the premise of my question that Gov. Andrew Cuomo didn't exert much effort to get the measure through the Legislature (Schumer is the sponsor of a federal measure to raise the national minimum wage).

Cuomo traveled to Puerto Rico on Thursday to assist in the recovery effort, which he said has been too slow on the federal government's end.

He said the commission was still making effort to ensure that all the remaining debts were recovered from the marketers and remitted into the Federal Government's Consolidated Account.

«Voting assistance for our absentee military and overseas citizen voters has never been better,» said Pam Mitchell, the acting director of the Federal Voting Assistance Program, which oversees the effort.

«I just want to tell you that right from the beginning this governor was not playing politics,» Trump said as he huddled with local and federal officials on the island for a briefing on recovery efforts.

But Clinton has taken a more nuanced position, saying that although she supports local efforts to reach $ 15, she wouldn't commit to that nationally, aligning herself instead with legislation establishing a $ 12 hourly federal rate.

A summary of the call from de Blasio's offices said the president praised the efforts of the first - responders and offered federal assistance in the investigation, while the mayor thanked Trump for the help from homeland security officials.

ALBANY — Gov. Andrew Cuomo says that if Rep. John Faso truly opposed the federal tax reform effort that passed the House on Thursday, he would have resigned in protest.

He was stripped of his badge and gun in April as a result of the federal probe, and on May 24, he filed for retirement, in an effort, some sources say, to protect his pension.

MIDTOWN — Mayor Bill de Blasio said he is being «singled out» by a federal probe into his efforts to raise money for upstate senate candidates in 2014 and that a «double standard» was being applied around election laws he's accused of violating.

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.»

Gov. Rick Scott said federal lawmakers need to keep their word, and continue their efforts to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act.

Mayor de Blasio's work to push forward national policies through the U.S. Conference of Mayors and other partnerships is vital to our efforts to secure key federal funding for priorities like infrastructure and homeland security, and move forward an agenda that will lift up New Yorkers around the five boroughs,» Spitalnick said in an emailed statement.