#commission

I chaired the 1982 Democratic Party Commission on Presidential Nominations that created certain automatic delegates to the Democratic convention - the 'superdelegates.' It was a good idea then, and it is still a good idea. ↗

— Jim Hunt

#certain #commission #convention #created #delegates

If you are a gun manufacturer, the product you make is not subject to safety regulation by the Consumer Product Safety Commission. Toy guns are subject to safety regulation; water pistols are, but not real guns. ↗

— Michael D. Barnes

#consumer #gun #guns #make #manufacturer

The 9/11 Commission strongly recommends that the National Intelligence Director be fully in control of the budget, from developing it to implementing it, to ensuring that the National Intelligence Director has the clout to make decisions. ↗

— Leonard Boswell

#clout #commission #control #decisions #developing

From the Bush Administration to the 9-11 Commission, there is an urgent and universally recognized need to change the broken formula through which Homeland Security grant money currently is allocated to our first responders. ↗

— Vito Fossella

#allocated #broken #bush #bush administration #change

On the first season of our show, I commissioned a Native American artist to make up, 'cause I'm known for the tomahawk, besides the hair and the leather outfit and the whole thing. ↗

— Joe Lando

#artist #besides #cause #commissioned #first

The world has become one big grassy knoll, crawling with lone gunmen who think they're the Warren Commission. ↗

— Ken MacLeod

#big #commission #crawling #lone #think

All the arts are predominantly national, and therefore the Australian Film Commission should be funding us. The battle gets more and more vicious each year. ↗

— Ann Macbeth

#australian #australian film #battle #commission #each

A lot of the American press at the time was saying 'just watch what happens when Bertelsmann tries to buy EMI, that will be a moment of truth that will show the Commission's true colors.' Well, that deal never happened either. ↗

— Mario Monti

#buy #colors #commission #deal #either

As to the question of elected or not elected, each member of the European Commission has been appointed jointly by the governments of the 15 member states, and undergone individual scrutiny and a vote of confidence from the European Parliament. ↗

— Mario Monti

#been #commission #confidence #each #elected

We can't afford big symphonies but we commission works that sound rich and symphonic because of the nature of the instrumentation and the people we work with. ↗

— Graeme Murphy

#because #big #commission #instrumentation #nature