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How to use the word Legislation in a Sentence?

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We believe that any legislation addressing harm on social media should put the onus on companies to make their platforms safer, instead of preventing kids and teens from being on platforms at all.

– Zamaan Qureshi

Found on CNN
1 year ago

The reality of abortion being banned in all or most scenarios is a growing reality for many, although there was already significant variation in reproductive health policies across states, [ Roe v. Wade ] provided a ‘ floor ’ to legislation, meaning that abortion generally could n’t be banned before viability.

– Brandon Crawford

Found on CNN
1 year ago

Governor DeSantis is a proven champion of our Constitutional right to bear arms and took action as governor to strengthen and affirm the Second Amendment, including signing constitutional carry legislation into law this month, donald Trump made promises to NRA members when he ran for office, but then as president, he caved to pressure from the Washington establishment, liberal media, and gun-grabbing Democrats and attacked the NRA, siding with liberal Democrat Senators like Chris Murphy and Dianne Feinstein in support of their gun control legislation.

– Erin Perrine

Found on CNN
1 year ago

Donald Trump made promises to NRA members when he ran for office, but then as president, he caved to pressure from the Washington establishment, liberal media, and gun-grabbing Democrats and attacked the NRA, siding with liberal Democrat Senators like Chris Murphy and Dianne Feinstein in support of their gun control legislation.

– Erin Perrine

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1 year ago

The first thing I do when I walk into this building as a representative is to continue that call for common sense gun legislation.

– State Rep. Justin Jones

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1 year ago

Nobody ever said it was going to be easy, you’re dealing with a whole bunch of people with a whole bunch of personalities, different points of view. (The amendment process) is an exciting process when members are able to come to the floor with an idea to impact a piece of legislation. … It’s always a challenge though.

– Tom Emmer

Found on CNN
1 year ago

This new age of AI can’t be held in the hands of a few massive companies getting rich off of these tools, we need to democratize this technology, at the same time, there are also very real and legitimate concerns of having a radical open approach where you just open source a tool or have very minimal restrictions on its use is going to lead to a massive scaling of harm … and I think legislation will probably play a role in reigning in some of the more radically open models.

– Henry Ajder

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1 year ago

This is one of the most extreme anti-transgender bills we’ve witnessed – even amid the historic wave of anti-LGBTQ legislation we’ve been fighting in states across the country over the last several years.

– Troy Stevenson

Found on CNN
1 year ago

But this legislation does not address the fundamental production and supply shortage in California markets, the high energy prices this bill purports to address are a function of an under-supplied, isolated market for specialized gasoline blends. The state’s own regulators have found time and again that California’s high gas prices are caused by regulation, policy and geography.

– Ross Allen

Found on CNN
1 year ago

Backtracking on a piece of legislation is potentially really undermining the credibility of what we’ve achieved over the past years, it’s not just about cars. It’s about the political signals that that [dispute] sends.

– Elisa Giannelli

Found on CNN
1 year ago

We can assume more methods like the Utah bill could find their way into other states’ plans, especially if actions are not taken at the federal level, eventually, if enough states implement similar or related legislation, we could see a more concerted effort at the federal level to codify these (likely) disparate state laws under a US-wide policy.

– Michael Inouye

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1 year ago

What some legislation is doing here in Frankfort is tearing that away and saying, ‘No, big government is going to tell you what is medically best for your children.’ As a parent, I think that’s wrong, when it comes to this issue polling doesn’t matter to me because I believe it’s the right thing to do.

– Andy Beshear

Found on CNN
1 year ago

It is appalling to see Kentucky lawmakers work so hastily on dangerous legislation that will only put young LGBTQ Kentuckians in harm’s way, in the last year, nearly half of LGBTQ youth in Kentucky seriously considered suicide – alarmingly, nearly 1 in 4 transgender and nonbinary youth in the state made a suicide attempt. Our leaders are pushing political wedge issues and sidestepping the real challenges like addressing the youth mental health crisis.

– Troy Stevenson

Found on CNN
1 year ago

New Mexicans in every corner of our state deserve protections for their bodily autonomy and right to health care, i’m grateful for the hard work of the Legislature and community partners in getting this critical legislation across the finish line.

– Lujan Grisham

Found on CNN
1 year ago

If states passed laws that say things like, and many of them are currently contemplating these, ‘ whatever the NCAA rules are in NIL, they do n’t apply in our state, ’ that creates an issue where you put schools and conferences, many of which involve multiple states, in an impossible position, i think John Jones/Icon Sportswire/Getty Images Adidas’s incumbent on us to come up with a proposal that works in the absence of that [ legislation ], but I do think it will be harder to apply John Jones/Icon Sportswire/Getty Images Adidas to all 50 states if states passed laws that put schools in positions where they have to make a call.

– John Jones/Icon

Found on CNN
1 year ago

The irony is not lost on law enforcement, the very politicians who say they support the police and are against crime are the same politicians who deny us responsible gun reform legislation or any means to get this weaponry off the streets.

– Juliette Kayyem

Found on CNN
1 year ago

This legislation is about protecting our children from those who would seek to profit from their gender confusion, as a state, we must not be partner to irreversible health practices that permanently change the bodies of our children before they are of an age where they can fully understand the consequences of their decisions.

– Kevin West

Found on CNN
1 year ago

That means we’re going to lose doctors, we’re going to lose pediatricians, all who treat all children, not just children who are transgender. And in a state like Oklahoma, where we already have a really fractured health care system, adults and kids of all genders are going to suffer because of this legislation.

– Nicole McAfee

Found on CNN
1 year ago

We don’t have an official application from Snowden, he just left a letter requesting asylum at the Finnish Embassy in Moscow. According to Finnish legislation, it is not possible to leave an asylum application outside the Finnish territory.

– Jorma Vuorio

Found on CNN
1 year ago

This is simple: the District of Columbia must be allowed to govern itself. Democrats’ commitment to home rule should apply regardless of the substance of the local legislation, this is why the Congressional Progressive Caucus and its members have endorsed D.C. statehood, with every CPC member cosponsoring D.C. Delegate Eleanor Holmes Norton’s bill in the 117th Congress. Statehood is the only way to protect the 700,000 residents of the District from this kind of interference, we will continue to champion this cause.

– Pramila Jayapal

Found on CNN
1 year ago

I am carrying the legislation to protect children from being exposed to sexually explicit drag shows that are inappropriate for minor audiences. It is similar to laws that prohibit children from going to a strip club.

– Jack Johnson

Found on CNN
1 year ago

This legislation is part of our work to bring down the number of fatal overdoses and tackle the challenges driven by fentanyl head on, we will continue to work with our non-profits partners who are trying to open overdose prevention sites, fully implement our health strategies to help those struggling with addiction in our streets, and work with law enforcement to close the open-air drug markets.

– London Breed

Found on CNN
1 year ago

We want to start with a clean slate, coming at this from maybe a new fresh perspective, looking at what’s been done in the past. What legislation currently in place isn’t working? And figuring out either do we expand on that or do we pull back and look at a new policy that would actually be much more effective?

– Stephanie Bice

Found on CNN
1 year ago

Churchill's 2,054 page book Second World War makes no mention of genocide or the murder of Jews. Coincidentally, Churchill was a strong proponent of eugenic legislation prior to the outbreak of WWII.

– A.E. Samaan

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1 year ago

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