Mandates Quotes

You can be very cynical and say we don't have a choice. We don't do anything, the state will come in and issue mandates or take it over. - Jim Powell

Word is getting around about wind. Up and down the Great Plains are states like Oklahoma, Kansas, Nebraska, and the Dakotas, where there's no special incentives or mandates. But hundreds of megawatts of wind are being developed there because it pays. - Randall Swisher

Without comprehensive federal legislation, it is possible that something of a vacuum will be created and states may enter, not always with consistent proposals, to protect the privacy of their citizens... There may soon come a point when the business community will have to decide whether it prefers a single comprehensive federal rule, or a situation in which a variety of state rules create difficult to follow mandates. - Robert Pitofsky

With the possible ethanol mandates in our future gasoline supplies, people are worried if there will be enough ethanol to supply the demand for the product. - Ralph Bombardiere

While the ideals espoused in No Child Left Behind (NCLB) are admirable, the realities of the Bush plan are not... NCLB imposes rigid and expensive mandates on public schools. It judges adequate yearly progress using a one-size-fits-all formula, a measure that gives schools an incentive to lower testing standards in order to meet federal requirements and, sadly, to push out students that may bring down a school's average score. - Howard Dean

We're making sure we meet these mandates. - Superintendent Shari Brannock