Famous Quotes & Sayings

Because the purpose of these mandates is not to expose the myth of racial profiling, but is instead to serve the aims of anti-police advocates who want to undermine law-enforcement agencies from being able to do their jobs, I can't see where this can have a positive impact.

Dennis C. Blair

Before 9/11 there were weak procedures, willingness, and mechanisms for communicating among agencies for foreign intelligence and the FBI with its focus on law enforcement. The domestic-vs.-foreign barrier has been solved by the reforms after 9/11 that established the DNI.

I haven't been to a place in this country where agencies aren't concerned about the number and quality of their officers.

I'm very grateful to the community and agencies for their support throughout the year.

Individual states, international agencies including the United Nations and its programs, civil society and the private sector, must redouble efforts towards the realization of human rights worldwide, including rights to disaster-preparedness and disaster response.

In emergency situations, you have a variety of public agencies involved, and they have incompatible radio systems.

In the first days after the hurricane, several regulations were streamlined to remove barriers to the quick delivery of needed, life-saving aid. As the recovery has advanced, we do not envision that agencies will need to utilize the higher thresholds.

Pierre Pettigrew

In the face of so much devastation, Canada is continuing to work closely with local authorities and international agencies to see what more Canada can do to assist as part of a broader international effort,

I really think the biggest reason has got to be people seeing government agencies not doing the right thing, ... and that drove them to support a private response and do it quickly by sending it online.

I look back and realize I am not happy with what the local agencies are doing, but the state did worse.

John Williams

I know other estate agencies who used to go round with a vase of fake flowers in the back of the car. But it got a bit obvious when the same flowers kept turning up in all the details.

Care night is our premiere fund-raiser for the winter, which will help us raise the funds that we need to support the 19 agencies that benefit from the Crawford County United Way.

This is a demonstration of cooperation between law enforcement agencies and the security protocols we have in place.

Al Gore

This happened in the previous administration and the law enforcement agencies have pressed it and pursued it aggressively with our full support, ... Late Edition Primetime.

Jim Bishop

They should not clean out their kitchens or the medicine cabinet. Very few agencies are interested in recycled clothes from the attic.

Elizabeth Warren

They turned the bankruptcy courts into collection agencies for credit card companies. That means there's less protection for victims of Katrina.

They tend to beat to their own drum. And that's stupid when other resources and agencies are willing to help. We want people to get what they're really entitled to.

Emergency service agencies can request that information from us. We will provide a list of the top 25 hazardous materials we transport so they can be better prepared to respond to emergencies.

Environmental agencies in China are hamstrung by local officials who put economic growth ahead of environmental protection; even the courts are beholden to local officials, and they are not open to environmental litigation.

Drug enforcement is one of the tribe's top priorities. We have a zero tolerance here. We want to work with all police agencies to do our part.

Charles Schumer

Dr. Rice's speech suggests that at the very least there was a disconnect between the public security message and the policy prescriptions top White House officials were pushing and the private warnings federal agencies were issuing about imminent threats to our homeland,

Mark Russell

European debt purchasing and receivables management market leaders will generate strong interest in 2006 due to the expected growth potential of those markets over the next several years. In the U.S., small and mid-sized agencies that are specialized in fast-growing niche markets, such as the government, healthcare and commercial industries, will also be considered attractive acquisition targets by larger players that are in need of diversifying their service offerings and market focus.

Federal agencies shouldn't be able to dodge their obligations to protect endangered species by delegating important decision to the states. The state doesn't have the authority to protect endangered species the way the feds do.

Federal agencies generate a wealth of useful consumer information. But consumers have to guess where the information is. With consumer.gov, the information will be in one place.

FEMA went from being a laughingstock to one of the most effective federal agencies we had, ... A lot of that was due to the quality of the personnel.

Every time there is a humanitarian catastrophe, you hear the same promise: There will be a seamless transition from humanitarian assistance to developmental assistance. In the end it never happens, because these agencies have to go on to put out the next fire, and there is simply not enough funding.

There's other law enforcement agencies that are looking into any similarities with these cases. We know there was a home invasion in Chesterfield and they have been charged with that one.

As such, this unprecedented approach not only prevents impacted state agencies of the Commonwealth from using many critical and well-established technologies but also runs afoul of well-established procurement norms without due consideration for the enormous costs and technical challenges that stem from the proposal.

(At the time) it was managed by eight different agencies and no one was protecting it. If that study hadn't been done the city might not have had the creek preserved.

We think that the salmon and the people who depend on them in this region have waited too long for a plan that complies with the law. If the federal agencies want more than a year, they're going to need to show some real leadership. That's what people in this region deserve.

Bob Filner

We are going to go agency by agency and get rid of the Social Security number on everything, ... These agencies keep telling us how difficult it is, but we are going to keep pushing it.

Robert Torricelli

We do not meet our responsibilities to the American people if we do not take an honest look at the federal government and all of its agencies and let the country know what went wrong.

Both collected intelligence for spy agencies in Taiwan, causing a serious threat to China's national security.