#local

In this most powerful nation in the world, lack of access to health care should not force local and state governments, companies and workers into bankruptcy, while causing unnecessary illness and hospitalization. ↗

— John Conyers

#bankruptcy #care #causing #companies #force

When I was young and we got caught pinching apples, we got a smack from the local policeman. Today if that happened he would be sued. There is a tendency to punish the victim, not the criminal. If someone broke into my house or my mum's house, I worry that the burglar has more rights than me. ↗

— Simon Cowell

#broke #burglar #caught #criminal #got

I don't need to be asking for money for local museums and other projects just to make me look good back home. ↗

— Jim DeMint

#back #good #home #i #just

So, the point I'm making is, we are not going to cut spending in Washington if we think it's the job of every congressman and senator is to pave local parking lots and build local sewer plants. These parochial interests are getting in the way of the national interests. ↗

— Jim DeMint

#congressman #cut #every #getting #going

In my neighborhood, everyone had an opinion on the local cantor. You didn't go to a synagogue to listen to the rabbi's sermon. You went to listen to the cantor. It was like a concert. ↗

— Alan Dershowitz

#everyone #go #had #like #listen

However, the sovereignty of the states is constitutionally defined and recognized, while the powers of the local government in Puerto Rico are defined by, and subject to alteration under, federal statutory law. ↗

— Dick Thornburgh

#constitutionally #defined #federal #government #however

Locally produced foods - defined as those harvested within a 100-mile radius of one's home - have a lesser impact on the environment because of the decreased need for transportation from source to consumer. ↗

— Tyler Florence

#consumer #decreased #defined #environment #foods

The concept of being a locavore, or one who chooses whenever possible to incorporate locally grown or locally produced food into one's nutrition plan, is of great importance. ↗

— Tyler Florence

#chooses #concept #food #great #grown

Local and regional food systems are about opportunity. ↗

— Tom Vilsack

#food #local #opportunity #regional #systems

Many young and beginning farmers start out in local markets. Some stay there, and some scale up. ↗

— Tom Vilsack

#farmers #local #many #markets #out