Sentences with phrase «speeches of federal officials»

«When you look at the press releases and public speeches of federal officials, they are quick to claim, «Look at how successful we are because we've got a lot of policy changes,»» said Paul Manna, an associate professor at the College of William and Mary who has written about Race to the Top.

Not exact matches

Minutes of meetings from the Federal Open Market Committee and speeches by Fed officials suggest that the Federal Reserve has been itching to «normalize» policy for some time now.

To further increase the possibility that all borrowers have a fair opportunity to request a foreclosure review, the Comptroller of the Currency and the Chairman of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System should require that servicers include a range of potential remediation amounts or categories in communication materials and other outreach, such as direct mailings to borrowers, public service announcements, the independent foreclosure review website, regulators» websites, and officials» testimonies and speeches.

«Even though this journey is an official visit which will reinforce the good relations existing between the Federal Republic of Germany and the Holy See, I have not come here primarily to pursue particular political or economic goals, but rather to meet people and to speak about God,» the pope said during a speech at Bellevue Castle.

The governor's speech comes shortly after Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver was arrested by federal law enforcement officials and accused of taking millions in bribes and kickbacks as part of his work with two outside law firms.

In a speech that was equal parts wish list, progressive victory lap and ominous critique of the federal landscape, the governor issued an ambitious list of 30 - or - so proposals, including implementing a uniform sexual harassment policy for state and local officials, tightening up efforts to combat election meddling, ending homelessness and expanding access to food at school to combat child hunger.

On the eve of President Barack Obama's first State of the Union speech last week, officials in a South Carolina town announced funding for a crumbling school the president had cited in a speech nearly a year earlier as an example of how the federal government should help with school construction.

But the trend of federal courts since the 1980s has been to give school officials more authority in judging what would cause a substantial disruption, as well as allowing them to punish and censor vulgar speech, school - sponsored speech, and pro-drug speech.