Sentences with phrase «vocal proponents for»

«They've been warned that they can't let down the veterans,» said Aaron Bedard, who was injured while serving in Afghanistan and is now one of the most vocal proponents for bringing back the pensions.

Jentsch eventually moved and hired security guards, but he has continued his research and has become a vocal proponent for the use of lab animals.

Since 1991, when he was diagnosed with Parkinson's disease (a degenerative brain disorder that affects movement), actor Michael J. Fox has been a vocal proponent for stem cell research.

Sure, he could've been more of a vocal proponent for climate change solutions, and he could have spoken up more about the issue.

Sen. Chris Murphy, D - Conn., a vocal proponent for gun restrictions, welcomed the student voices, which he said could help energize the gun - control movement.

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U.S. Senator Dean Heller from Nevada, New York Representative Tom Reed and North Carolina U.S. Senator Richard Burr — all vocal proponents of renewables — together accounted for more than 40 % of the Solar Energy Industries Association PAC's total federal campaign donations.

As one of the most vocal Senate proponents for net neutrality, the consumer protection that compels internet service providers to ensure equal access to all websites, Franken is already on a collision course with the new administration.

Bogle, like Buffett, is a vocal proponent of low - cost index funds and investing for the long - term versus trying to time the market.

Bogle, like Buffett, is a vocal proponent of low - cost index funds and investing for the long - term versus trying to

The NRA, bolstered by Trump, has been a vocal proponent of allowing more guns in public places, including schools, but the exception for the convention has raised eyebrows and prompted skepticism among students and at least one parent who lost his child in the Feb. 14 shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Fla., in which 17 people were killed and others injured.

A vocal proponent of the fiduciary standard for all advisors, the Memphis, Tennessee - born, New Orleans - bred Evensky, a Cornell University grad, started out at Bache & Co. in 1967, moved to Drexel Burnham Lambert and, in 1985, went independent.

In the late 1 960s at Berkeley, for example, Charles Glock had become a vocal proponent of a substantive approach, arguing for the importance of distinguishing between the supernaturalism of religious worldviews and the naturalism of humanistic worldviews, while Robert Bellah was advancing a functional approach that defined religion more in terms of any system of symbolism capable of inducing a sense of personal meaning.4 Elsewhere, J, Milton Yinger, Peter Berger, and Thomas Luckmann were also engaged in defending various definitional approaches to religion.

Even the most vocal vaccine proponents admit the vaccine doesn't eliminate the need for Pap testing — or that most cervical cancer deaths occur in women who haven't been screened in the past five years.

That's what one of today's most vocal «grow the game» proponents acknowledged on Wednesday when he defended Rory McIlroy against critics who bash him and other top male players for skipping the Olympics.

The most vocal proponent was also well known for having kids who were exceptionally physically aggressive (hitting, biting and such).

Corey Johnson, Council District 3, Manhattan (Incumbent)-- Johnson, who's running for his second term, distinguished himself as a vocal proponent of the Times Square pedestrian plaza when an uproar erupted over costumed characters and desnudas in 2015.

Gen. David Petraeus will form a new gun - control group for veterans with retired astronaut Mark Kelly, husband of former Rep. Gabby Giffords, who became a vocal proponent of gun - control efforts after she was shot in the head in 2011.

But Mayor Bill de Blasio, who re-appointed Police Commissioner William Bratton (who'd first served under Mayor Rudolph Giuliani), a vocal proponent of broken windows policing, has insisted that the practice is sound and that it «helped us to address the problem of disorder that was plaguing us for decades.»

Among Long Island districts, according to the analysis, prepared for the New York Public Interest Research Group, a watchdog that has been the plan's most vocal proponent, the cost would increase the Brentwood Union - Free district's bills by up to $ 139,254, the Sachem Central district's by $ 114,996, the Longwood Central School District's by up to $ 88,904 and the Smithtown Central district's bills by up to $ 87,904 a year.

«He has been a vocal champion for pre-k funding and for additional state aid for education, and a proponent of Community Schools, which put needed health and community services where they have the most impact — inside city school,» said Mr. Mulgrew.

Most recently, he was a vocal proponent of an enhancement to a tax break for filmmakers who choose to edit and produce their works at Upstate studios.

As head of the Center for the Future of Surgery, Horgan is a vocal proponent of developing new surgeries and tools that are safer for patients, and training surgeons on how to perform the techniques.

A long - time proponent of charter schools, Morgan was vocal in her support for the 2012 amendment to the Georgia State Constitution that expanded school choice and allowed the state to authorize and pay for an increased number of charter schools.

«Congressman Miller has been a pillar of support for children during his long career of public service and a vocal proponent of education reform,» said Wallace.

The NRA, bolstered by Trump, has been a vocal proponent of allowing more guns in public places, including schools, but the exception for the convention has raised eyebrows and prompted skepticism among students and at least one parent who lost his child in the Feb. 14 shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Fla., in which 17 people were killed and others injured.

The harsh reality is that Hillary Clinton has actually been a vocal proponent of the corporate education reform agenda and she has a long way to go before it can be said that she is the best choice for students, parents, public schools or the teachers who make up the American Federation of Teachers.

While the argument rumbles on for some, with Exxon now accepting the existance of man - made climate change, and with the climate skeptic's favorite scientist actually being a vocal climate action proponent, I'm ready to move on until someone shows me convincing evidence of this elaborate hoax I keep hearing about.

Amplify, which sells schools an Android tablet packaged with content for K - 12 classrooms, has been a vocal proponent of Google's platform.

It has only been because of the vocal proponents here on REM that CREA has now changed that yet, it is as though they are deaf, dump and blind for they continue to chant the same mantra.