Sentences with phrase «testify in opposition»

NAR President Thomas M. Stevens has written FDIC Acting Chairman Martin J. Gruenberg objecting to the application as mixing banking and commerce and has asked to testify in opposition to the application.

It's crucial to attend city council or county board meetings to testify in opposition to breed discrimination.

The administration testified in opposition to the measure, and said it would be impossible to carry out, because most restaurants in the city are not chains, and don't have to track their specific caloric and fat content.

In both cases, the local Boards of Education voted against the charter school proposals and testified in opposition to the charter schools before the State Board of Education and the General Assembly's Education Committee.

When I've testified in opposition to breed specific bans (always involving a community or even an entire state seeking to ban Pit Bull - type dogs and sometimes Rottweilers and other breeds),...

Testifying in opposition to the proposed amendment was the vice president and general counsel of the American National Standards Institute.

More than 30 advocates shared their stories and professional expertise while testifying in opposition to harmful legislation at 14 hearings this year in Jefferson City — and they made a difference.

The National Asian Pacific American Women's Forum (NAPAWF) testified in opposition to the bill because bans based on sex - selection are based in racist stereotypes about Asian - American and Pacific Islander women.

Not exact matches

I was testifying a couple weeks ago in opposition of HB 2902 (would mandate insurance reimburse NPs and PAs equal to primary care physicians).

Serious opposition can not simply play up older messages of «fair shares for all» in a policy area and hope the rest will sort itself out, as the result of «NHS first» testifies.

Suspended National Chairman of the opposition New Patriotic Party (NPP), Paul Afoko, is set to testify as a witness in the suit brought by another suspended national executive Sammy Crabbe, who is challenging the decision of the party asking him to step aside as second vice chairman.

Since Dr. Hansen first began to testify about his findings in the 1980s, he has faced pressure, and sometimes outright opposition, from highly placed individuals in the past four administrations to alter his message in one direction or the other.

Our organization, the Texas Institute for Education Reform (www.texaseducationreform.org), is a major opponent of this bill and I testified at the Senate hearing in opposition to it.

Parents interviewed by NJ Advance Media and those who have testified in public have commonly listed teacher opposition as a contributing factor in their own concerns about the tests.

These doctors will prepare an expert report in which they will give their opinion on the extent and severity of your injuries, as well as testify in court for the opposition if your case comes to a trial.

By testifying at the hearing in opposition to the proposal, MAR continues to fight for sound tax policy and protect new and existing homeowners.

On Tuesday, MAR President Annie Blatz testified before the Joint Committee on Revenue in opposition to a proposal that would create a new transfer tax on the sale of real estate in Provincetown.