Presumably this harsh disclaimer is meant to imply that as far as Trygve Lie and his colleagues are concerned, the package we left in the Hunter cafeteria some weeks ago and the umbrella we inadvertently abandoned in a telephone booth there on the morning og Apr. 26 are as lost as the Atlantis, and we have little chance of making the agenda.
Vancouver Centre MP Hedy Fry found little humor in the stunt, however, telling the Vancouver Sun she was concerned the package could land in the hands of youth, and that mailing it violates regulations for transporting marijuana in Canada.
British concerns about the package were acknowledged with the replacement of a proposed ban of oxo-biodegradable plastic bags with a commission study into their environmental impacts.
"Now that the bill has passed, I want it to work the best way it can," said Patrick McCrory, a Republican and the mayor of Charlotte, N.C., who said he had concerns about the package before it passed.
To allay Democrats' environmental concerns, meanwhile, the package contains extensions of subsidies for wind and solar power projects, which will act as bridge policies until the EPA's emissions-cutting Clean Power Plan kicks in a few years down the road.
Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine), one of few moderates, told The Huffington Post her concerns with the package "center" on the Planned Parenthood provisions.
One concerns the stimulus package, which despite the president's desire for bipartisan backing did not win a single Republican vote in the House.
Companies are also concerned about the integrity of the product, and many are concerned that the package might biodegrade before the end of the product's useful life.
The federation said in its letter that it was "extremely concerned" that the package of economic stimulus measures passed by the House last week was not enough to jump-start consumer spending.
