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Absolutely, when an incident like this happens, it brings all the issues to light, how unsafe the rail industry truly is. I didn’t think we had any chance before this. The railroads and AAR do a very good job of lobbying in DC. So generally it’s difficult to get people to vote for something like this rule. But sometimes it takes a disaster to drive home the point. Any time you turn the TV on, there’s still an issue. It’s not going away. – Jeremy Ferguson	Found on CNN 1 year ago
It is, as a whole, a very powerful system of lobbying, of capturing scientists, of capturing health care providers and, at the end of the day, capturing families themselves with their products by really exploiting the fears of families and parents during a very vulnerable psychoemotional time. – Rafael Perez-Escamilla	Found on CNN 1 year ago
Iraq is a football-mad country that has been lobbying for years for the right to host competitive international games. – Patrick Osgood	Found on CNN 1 year ago
Saudi Arabia has a history of surreptitious and at times malign behavior in Saudi Arabia attempts to influence American public policy and freedom of speech in our own country, in 2016, the Saudi government used shell nonprofits to trick several American veterans into lobbying on its behalf against the Justice Against State Sponsors of Terrorism Act( P.L. 114 – 222). In 2018, Saudi Arabian operatives murdered U.S.-based journalist Jamal Khashoggi inside its own consulate. In this 2014 file photo, Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi speaks during a news conference in Manama, Bahrain. ( AP). – John Cornyn	Found on FOX News 1 year ago
We would say we are not lobbying for this at all, it is just a consideration we make. We want to be respectful of every first lady's role, and our role is to be supportive of White House on behalf of the American people. – Stewart McLaurin	Found on CNN 1 year ago
These and all of our diverse stories are our corporate statements — and they are more powerful than any tweet or lobbying effort. – Bob Chapek	Found on CNN 2 years ago
The only thing that's really, obviously problematic about these migrant advocacy groups, these nonprofits – they’re out there lobbying for money, for the migrants and for policies that increase the number of migrants, so when you say ‘ We're doing this out of the goodness of our hearts and all in the service of the Lord.' It's also in the service of their bottom lines. – Todd Bensman	Found on FOX News 2 years ago
It is really the sovereign right of every government to accredit every representative as part of its delegations, persons it deems appropriate, we do not allow open lobbying or open promotion of oil and gas, of course, that would be against the objectives of the Paris Agreement and the convention. – Patricia Espinosa	Found on CNN 2 years ago
I think they’re going to be telling members of Congress that they like this agreement and they can live with it, when you have businesses supportive, rather than lobbying against something, I think that will be helpful. – Janet Yellen	Found on Reuters 2 years ago
Haven't we had enough of nepotists in presidential administrations? it may be legal if Ricchetti wasn't directly involved in the hiring, but this is no way to send a message that ethics matters to the administration. It feels like the taxpayers are funding a career-building charity for the Ricchetti family. Add to that the fact that you've got Ricchetti'sbrother lobbying the administration, and this feels like a very special episode of the Partridge Family where they all pile in the van and go visit Washington — only they should call this show the Patronage Family. – Walt Shaub	Found on FOX News 2 years ago
I want to talk about the political influence in this country that says it is OK for people to push for allegiance to a foreign country, i want to ask why is it OK for me to talk about the influence of the NRA, of fossil fuel industries, or big pharma, and not talk about a powerful lobbying movement that is influencing policy. – Israel Omar	Found on FOX News 2 years ago
The UK's real problem is that whilst we do have procedures in place to regulate lobbying and post-government appointments, they are just woefully inadequate. – Daniel Bruce	Found on CNN 3 years ago
I’ve been focused on lobbying on anti-trans bills for six years and this has already proven to be the worst session we’ve seen in terms of volume and content of the bills. – Chase Strangio	Found on Reuters 3 years ago
If the plan is as currently being reported, this policy goes further than we have ever seen in a presidential ethics plan, it will crackdown on shadow lobbying jobs, end golden parachutes intended to seat corporate insiders in government, and halt the rapidly spinning revolving door. – Lisa Gilbert	Found on CNN 3 years ago
The ones who are pro-China or pro-trade, they will facilitate and enhance their candidacies for a long time, that's basic lobbying by a foreign government, which is standard. – Security Center Director Bill Evanina	Found on FOX News 3 years ago
The ones who are pro-China or pro-trade, they will facilitate and enhance their candidacies for a long time, that’s basic lobbying by a foreign government, which is standard. – Security Center Bill Evanina	Found on FOX News 3 years ago
He has dozens of young women and men perfectly capable of carrying on his investigative work. Maybe they are less charismatic than he, but they are proof that the Russian opposition is not only virtual and cannot be silenced with the poisoning of its leader. POISONED KREMLIN CRITIC ALEXEI NAVALNY OUT OF COMA AND RESPONSIVE: GERMAN HOSPITAL Navalnys spokeswoman Kira Yarmysh and fellow team member Georgi Alburov front the Tatarstan film, and said they were followed and harassed while shooting by men who blocked their paths with quad bikes or lurked nearby. Some dramatic images along those lines appear in the film.Yarmysh talks about how Tatarstan was supposed to be one of Navalnys stops on his late summer swing through Russian regions ahead of elections. Navalny was lobbying forSmart Voting. He argued that ifhe and people like him couldnt run in elections in Russia, the next best thing wasto simply vote for a candidate who is not from the same party as President Vladimir Putin, United Russia. Navalnyfamously called it the party of crooks and thieves and wantedto chip away at its monopoly on power howeverpossible.He believes Smart Voting can eventually dislodge it from power. GERMANY SUGGESTS HALT TO RUSSIA PIPELINE PROJECT, SEEKS COOPERATION WITH NAVALNY POISONING INVESTIGATION In the documentary from Kazan, the capital of Tatarstan, Navalnys team keeps up his stylistic pace with drone video of what itidentifiesas the palatial homes of the regional president and his family, punctuated withvideoof the vast collection of fancy watches from Patek Phillipe to Breguet worn byleaderRustam Minnikhanov. Even if you dont understand Russian, it is compelling TV, Zafesova said. Navalnys investigations have evolved over the years from merely facts and analysis on his blog to full-scale movies.He invented a whole new way to oppose power, a mix of media and politics which is very important in a censored media environment like Russia and fills the void of free media as well as free debate and an independent judicial system.Navalnys videos are funny, clever, precise and shocking, not just angry denunciations of the wrongdoings of government. – Anna Zafesova	Found on FOX News 3 years ago
Not only because its one of very few sources of free information about corruption and the abuse of power in Putins Russia, but also because its a sign that Navalny is not just a famous media person, he has dozens of young women and men perfectly capable of carrying on his investigative work. Maybe they are less charismatic than he, but they are proof that the Russian opposition is not only virtual and cannot be silenced with the poisoning of its leader. POISONED KREMLIN CRITIC ALEXEI NAVALNY OUT OF COMA AND RESPONSIVE: GERMAN HOSPITAL Navalnys spokeswoman Kira Yarmysh and fellow team member Georgi Alburov front the Tatarstan film, and said they were followed and harassed while shooting by men who blocked their paths with quad bikes or lurked nearby. Some dramatic images along those lines appear in the film.Yarmysh talks about how Tatarstan was supposed to be one of Navalnys stops on his late summer swing through Russian regions ahead of elections. Navalny was lobbying forSmart Voting. He argued that ifhe and people like him couldnt run in elections in Russia, the next best thing wasto simply vote for a candidate who is not from the same party as President Vladimir Putin, United Russia. Navalnyfamously called it the party of crooks and thieves and wantedto chip away at its monopoly on power howeverpossible.He believes Smart Voting can eventually dislodge it from power. GERMANY SUGGESTS HALT TO RUSSIA PIPELINE PROJECT, SEEKS COOPERATION WITH NAVALNY POISONING INVESTIGATION In the documentary from Kazan, the capital of Tatarstan, Navalnys team keeps up his stylistic pace with drone video of what itidentifiesas the palatial homes of the regional president and his family, punctuated withvideoof the vast collection of fancy watches from Patek Phillipe to Breguet worn byleaderRustam Minnikhanov. Even if you dont understand Russian, it is compelling TV, Zafesova said. Navalnys investigations have evolved over the years from merely facts and analysis on his blog to full-scale movies.He invented a whole new way to oppose power, a mix of media and politics which is very important in a censored media environment like Russia and fills the void of free media as well as free debate and an independent judicial system.Navalnys videos are funny, clever, precise and shocking, not just angry denunciations of the wrongdoings of government. – Anna Zafesova	Found on FOX News 3 years ago
There are real privacy and cyber concerns with Chinese companies using apps, but this is not what's going on. If Paul Triolo wanted to deal with that, Paul Triolo'd have a much broader and more technical approach, i could see intense lobbying on the part of Paul Triolo businesses. People are going to push back on this and the administration has a history of delaying and modifying. – Graham Webster	Found on CNN 3 years ago
The company has been a laggard on financial performance, climate risk management and lobbying disclosure for quite some time now, its peers in Europe, many of whom have independent board chairs, are outperforming Exxon on all these. – Thomas DiNapoli	Found on Reuters 3 years ago
Parts of the plastic industry have worked really hard to exploit fears around Covid, it's disappointing that lobbying groups are taking advantage of this climate of fear and uncertainty. – John Hocevar	Found on CNN 3 years ago
Instead of coming to Madrid to argue for more global action to address climate change, Australia is lobbying to do less. – Richie Merzian	Found on Reuters 4 years ago
There's bushfires that are ravaging Australia right now that are clearly linked to climate change and that are choking Australia's largest cities with all the smoke, instead of coming to Madrid to argue for more global action to address climate change, Australia is lobbying to do less. – Richie Merzian	Found on Reuters 4 years ago
It is essential that lobbying be used as a constructive force and not one designed to delay, divert and disrupt the long-term interests of the company and its shareholders. – Adam Matthews	Found on Reuters 4 years ago

Absolutely, when an incident like this happens, it brings all the issues to light, how unsafe the rail industry truly is. I didn’t think we had any chance before this. The railroads and AAR do a very good job of lobbying in DC. So generally it’s difficult to get people to vote for something like this rule. But sometimes it takes a disaster to drive home the point. Any time you turn the TV on, there’s still an issue. It’s not going away.

– Jeremy Ferguson

Found on CNN
1 year ago

It is, as a whole, a very powerful system of lobbying, of capturing scientists, of capturing health care providers and, at the end of the day, capturing families themselves with their products by really exploiting the fears of families and parents during a very vulnerable psychoemotional time.

– Rafael Perez-Escamilla

Found on CNN
1 year ago

Iraq is a football-mad country that has been lobbying for years for the right to host competitive international games.

– Patrick Osgood

Found on CNN
1 year ago

Saudi Arabia has a history of surreptitious and at times malign behavior in Saudi Arabia attempts to influence American public policy and freedom of speech in our own country, in 2016, the Saudi government used shell nonprofits to trick several American veterans into lobbying on its behalf against the Justice Against State Sponsors of Terrorism Act( P.L. 114 – 222). In 2018, Saudi Arabian operatives murdered U.S.-based journalist Jamal Khashoggi inside its own consulate. In this 2014 file photo, Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi speaks during a news conference in Manama, Bahrain. ( AP).

– John Cornyn

Found on FOX News
1 year ago

We would say we are not lobbying for this at all, it is just a consideration we make. We want to be respectful of every first lady's role, and our role is to be supportive of White House on behalf of the American people.

– Stewart McLaurin

Found on CNN
1 year ago

These and all of our diverse stories are our corporate statements — and they are more powerful than any tweet or lobbying effort.

– Bob Chapek

Found on CNN
2 years ago

The only thing that's really, obviously problematic about these migrant advocacy groups, these nonprofits – they’re out there lobbying for money, for the migrants and for policies that increase the number of migrants, so when you say ‘ We're doing this out of the goodness of our hearts and all in the service of the Lord.' It's also in the service of their bottom lines.

– Todd Bensman

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

It is really the sovereign right of every government to accredit every representative as part of its delegations, persons it deems appropriate, we do not allow open lobbying or open promotion of oil and gas, of course, that would be against the objectives of the Paris Agreement and the convention.

– Patricia Espinosa

Found on CNN
2 years ago

I think they’re going to be telling members of Congress that they like this agreement and they can live with it, when you have businesses supportive, rather than lobbying against something, I think that will be helpful.

– Janet Yellen

Found on Reuters
2 years ago

Haven't we had enough of nepotists in presidential administrations? it may be legal if Ricchetti wasn't directly involved in the hiring, but this is no way to send a message that ethics matters to the administration. It feels like the taxpayers are funding a career-building charity for the Ricchetti family. Add to that the fact that you've got Ricchetti'sbrother lobbying the administration, and this feels like a very special episode of the Partridge Family where they all pile in the van and go visit Washington — only they should call this show the Patronage Family.

– Walt Shaub

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

I want to talk about the political influence in this country that says it is OK for people to push for allegiance to a foreign country, i want to ask why is it OK for me to talk about the influence of the NRA, of fossil fuel industries, or big pharma, and not talk about a powerful lobbying movement that is influencing policy.

– Israel Omar

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

The UK's real problem is that whilst we do have procedures in place to regulate lobbying and post-government appointments, they are just woefully inadequate.

– Daniel Bruce

Found on CNN
3 years ago

I’ve been focused on lobbying on anti-trans bills for six years and this has already proven to be the worst session we’ve seen in terms of volume and content of the bills.

– Chase Strangio

Found on Reuters
3 years ago

If the plan is as currently being reported, this policy goes further than we have ever seen in a presidential ethics plan, it will crackdown on shadow lobbying jobs, end golden parachutes intended to seat corporate insiders in government, and halt the rapidly spinning revolving door.

– Lisa Gilbert

Found on CNN
3 years ago

The ones who are pro-China or pro-trade, they will facilitate and enhance their candidacies for a long time, that's basic lobbying by a foreign government, which is standard.

– Security Center Director Bill Evanina

Found on FOX News
3 years ago

The ones who are pro-China or pro-trade, they will facilitate and enhance their candidacies for a long time, that’s basic lobbying by a foreign government, which is standard.

– Security Center Bill Evanina

Found on FOX News
3 years ago

He has dozens of young women and men perfectly capable of carrying on his investigative work. Maybe they are less charismatic than he, but they are proof that the Russian opposition is not only virtual and cannot be silenced with the poisoning of its leader. POISONED KREMLIN CRITIC ALEXEI NAVALNY OUT OF COMA AND RESPONSIVE: GERMAN HOSPITAL Navalnys spokeswoman Kira Yarmysh and fellow team member Georgi Alburov front the Tatarstan film, and said they were followed and harassed while shooting by men who blocked their paths with quad bikes or lurked nearby. Some dramatic images along those lines appear in the film.Yarmysh talks about how Tatarstan was supposed to be one of Navalnys stops on his late summer swing through Russian regions ahead of elections. Navalny was lobbying forSmart Voting. He argued that ifhe and people like him couldnt run in elections in Russia, the next best thing wasto simply vote for a candidate who is not from the same party as President Vladimir Putin, United Russia. Navalnyfamously called it the party of crooks and thieves and wantedto chip away at its monopoly on power howeverpossible.He believes Smart Voting can eventually dislodge it from power. GERMANY SUGGESTS HALT TO RUSSIA PIPELINE PROJECT, SEEKS COOPERATION WITH NAVALNY POISONING INVESTIGATION In the documentary from Kazan, the capital of Tatarstan, Navalnys team keeps up his stylistic pace with drone video of what itidentifiesas the palatial homes of the regional president and his family, punctuated withvideoof the vast collection of fancy watches from Patek Phillipe to Breguet worn byleaderRustam Minnikhanov. Even if you dont understand Russian, it is compelling TV, Zafesova said. Navalnys investigations have evolved over the years from merely facts and analysis on his blog to full-scale movies.He invented a whole new way to oppose power, a mix of media and politics which is very important in a censored media environment like Russia and fills the void of free media as well as free debate and an independent judicial system.Navalnys videos are funny, clever, precise and shocking, not just angry denunciations of the wrongdoings of government.

– Anna Zafesova

Found on FOX News
3 years ago

Not only because its one of very few sources of free information about corruption and the abuse of power in Putins Russia, but also because its a sign that Navalny is not just a famous media person, he has dozens of young women and men perfectly capable of carrying on his investigative work. Maybe they are less charismatic than he, but they are proof that the Russian opposition is not only virtual and cannot be silenced with the poisoning of its leader. POISONED KREMLIN CRITIC ALEXEI NAVALNY OUT OF COMA AND RESPONSIVE: GERMAN HOSPITAL Navalnys spokeswoman Kira Yarmysh and fellow team member Georgi Alburov front the Tatarstan film, and said they were followed and harassed while shooting by men who blocked their paths with quad bikes or lurked nearby. Some dramatic images along those lines appear in the film.Yarmysh talks about how Tatarstan was supposed to be one of Navalnys stops on his late summer swing through Russian regions ahead of elections. Navalny was lobbying forSmart Voting. He argued that ifhe and people like him couldnt run in elections in Russia, the next best thing wasto simply vote for a candidate who is not from the same party as President Vladimir Putin, United Russia. Navalnyfamously called it the party of crooks and thieves and wantedto chip away at its monopoly on power howeverpossible.He believes Smart Voting can eventually dislodge it from power. GERMANY SUGGESTS HALT TO RUSSIA PIPELINE PROJECT, SEEKS COOPERATION WITH NAVALNY POISONING INVESTIGATION In the documentary from Kazan, the capital of Tatarstan, Navalnys team keeps up his stylistic pace with drone video of what itidentifiesas the palatial homes of the regional president and his family, punctuated withvideoof the vast collection of fancy watches from Patek Phillipe to Breguet worn byleaderRustam Minnikhanov. Even if you dont understand Russian, it is compelling TV, Zafesova said. Navalnys investigations have evolved over the years from merely facts and analysis on his blog to full-scale movies.He invented a whole new way to oppose power, a mix of media and politics which is very important in a censored media environment like Russia and fills the void of free media as well as free debate and an independent judicial system.Navalnys videos are funny, clever, precise and shocking, not just angry denunciations of the wrongdoings of government.

– Anna Zafesova

Found on FOX News
3 years ago

There are real privacy and cyber concerns with Chinese companies using apps, but this is not what's going on. If Paul Triolo wanted to deal with that, Paul Triolo'd have a much broader and more technical approach, i could see intense lobbying on the part of Paul Triolo businesses. People are going to push back on this and the administration has a history of delaying and modifying.

– Graham Webster

Found on CNN
3 years ago

The company has been a laggard on financial performance, climate risk management and lobbying disclosure for quite some time now, its peers in Europe, many of whom have independent board chairs, are outperforming Exxon on all these.

– Thomas DiNapoli

Found on Reuters
3 years ago

Parts of the plastic industry have worked really hard to exploit fears around Covid, it's disappointing that lobbying groups are taking advantage of this climate of fear and uncertainty.

– John Hocevar

Found on CNN
3 years ago

Instead of coming to Madrid to argue for more global action to address climate change, Australia is lobbying to do less.

– Richie Merzian

Found on Reuters
4 years ago

There's bushfires that are ravaging Australia right now that are clearly linked to climate change and that are choking Australia's largest cities with all the smoke, instead of coming to Madrid to argue for more global action to address climate change, Australia is lobbying to do less.

– Richie Merzian

Found on Reuters
4 years ago

It is essential that lobbying be used as a constructive force and not one designed to delay, divert and disrupt the long-term interests of the company and its shareholders.

– Adam Matthews

Found on Reuters
4 years ago

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