Sentences with phrase «senators stood on the issue»

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I commend New York's Congressional Delegation, especially our Senators, Chuck Schumer and Kirsten Gillibrand, and Representatives Carolyn Maloney and Jerrold Nadler, for their long - standing commitment and leadership on this issue and I look forward to President Obama signing this bill into law.»

State Senator John Bonacic, (R, Mount Hope) as chairman of the Standing Committee on Racing, Gaming and Wagering is more intimate with the issues than most other officials.

«Once again, the flyers and robo calls will point out the issues the Senators have failed to deliver on, including increasing the state's unemployment benefit, failing to stand up to the Governor when he shut down hundreds of construction jobs, and a failure to reform our broken economic development system,» the group said in a press release out this morning.

Where does Wendy stand on the effort to extend the statute of limitation on child molestation — an issue strongly opposed by NYC Archbishop along with Senator John Flanagan, Senator DeFrancisco, and the «law and order» TEAPublican majority conference in the Senate!

«And I am so grateful to Senator Espada for being a stand - up guy on this issue and you know meanwhile we have Senator Sampson who's doing nothing and Senator Aubertine who is holding, holding up this legislation, which would impact the poorest of the poor in our state and I think that's what's important, why we're here today.»

«Constituents have a right to know where their senators stand on women's health issues and this is what the IDC communicated to voters,» Candice Giove said in a statement.

I also strongly believe that both houses have an obligation to take votes on these issues so the public will know where their elected senators and assemblymen stand.

The first to seize it as a campaign issue was Jay Townsend, one of Sen. Chuck Schumer's two GOP challengers, who has virtually no name recognition but who last week put out a release denouncing the sitting senator for not taking a stand on the issue.

«It's really important that voters and the public get a chance to know where senators and candidates stand on the issues they care about,» Scharff said.

«The people of New York are entitled to know where their senators stand on this critical issue right now,» said Senator Michael N. Gianaris of Queens, the deputy minority leader, who led the effort to force a vote on the Senate floor.

«It's important that New Yorkers understand that, while Hillary Clinton has been fighting for us her entire life, Senator Sanders has not only been entirely absent from our community, but has also stood on the wrong side of the issues that matter most to Latinos,» she said.

Preston stood with State Senator Adriano Espaillat on October 22nd in support of his call to institute a one - year moratorium on «on - premise» liquor licenses issued in the area by the State Liquor Authority (SLA).

We thank Chairman Leahy, Ranking Member Grassley, Senator Feinstein, Senator Cornyn, Senator Schumer, Senator Hatch, Senator Lee, Senator Klobuchar, and Senator Blumenthal for their strong and effective leadership on this issue and for taking a powerful stand against patent trolls.