Comparing the challenge to one that President Dwight D. Eisenhower met half a century ago by authorizing construction of an Interstate highway system, the association's chairman, Gov. Dirk Kempthorne of Idaho, told two dozen energy experts and government officials at a meeting here, "We need the same level of commitment for this".
In 1937 President Roosevelt authorized construction of a new airport, and it was built as a joint effort of New York City and the W.P.A., in time for the opening of the 1939 World's Fair.
As governor she built up high bipartisan approval ratings–one poll had her at over 90% by working with Democrats in the legislature to pass a major ethics bill and authorize construction of a transnational gas pipeline.
He could and subcontracted the building of his design to Maxon, Fish & Co., also of Mystic, on 20 July, the day after a bill to authorize construction of a number of armored ships was introduced in the Senate.
He also authorized construction of a fort north of Northfield, on land he had acquired a few years before in Connecticut's auction of the so-called "equivalent lands" Massachusetts gave to Connecticut as compensation for border issues.
We enrolled all consenting pregnant women permanently residing in the rural parts of the study districts during the period of trial recruitment; women living in employer-provided housing or renting accommodation were excluded because their residence was unlikely to be permanent and they could not authorize construction of a latrine at the household.
In 1914, Congress passed a bill authorizing construction of the Alaska Railroad, which passed the Senate following a two-day speech in support by Walsh.
The House passed the measure authorizing construction of the pipeline on Feb. 11, two weeks after the Senate approved the same legislation.
