Sentences with phrase «urge federal legislators»

When 250 scientists descended on Washington, D.C., last month to urge federal legislators to boost funding for the physical sciences and engineering, they also made a pitch for training more scientists.

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Mårtin Mickos, CEO of HackerOne, a bug bounty startup, urged legislators to revise laws used to prosecute hackers and to standardize data breach notification requirements at the federal level.

Several months ago our newspaper, through this column, successfully lobbied our Republican County Executive, Ed Day, as well as our Democratic State Legislators, Ken Zebrowski and Ellen Jaffee, to write letters to President Donald Trump, urging him to supply the 50 percent federal backing needed for the $ 24 billion Gateway project (with New York and New Jersey splitting the remaining 50 %).

Meanwhile, black and Latino legislators and activists are protesting today around the state to urge Cuomo to forge a legislative solution that would disregard the congressional lines drawn by a federal judge (after the legislature failed to agree on a proposal for them), saying the map won't help the chances of electing more minority members of Congress.

You might send an e-mail to your local and federal legislators, urging them to fund infrastructure improvements including highways.

The resolution passed by the mayors highlights the importance of women's health and reproductive rights, urges legislators to pursue a positive women's health agenda and strongly supports continued federal funding for Planned Parenthood health centers to provide preventive health services to nearly three million people a year.