Several lawmakers were at pains to praise the goals of the program.
Yet many other goals of the program are incomplete and, in some cases, not even begun.
The goals of the program are social and recreational, she said, adding: "It has also served a very therapeutic function.
"Communities in some states are openly hostile or suspicious of the overall aims and goals of the program and do not see it as their own," it concluded.
I have so many students I have to beat them back with a stick, and I'm left with a burning desire to accomplish the goals of the program".
But it is not clear to what extent, if at all, the proposals -- which are aimed at sport utility vehicles, pickup trucks and minivans -- would reduce gasoline consumption or save lives, two of the main stated goals of the program.
Among the goals of the program is to help homeowners with low to middle incomes to maintain their homes without falling victim to predatory lenders or contractors and, in some cases, to lower their insurance premiums.
The goals of the program, he said, are to create a national center for preservation of sperm, eggs and embryos in Fort Collins, Colo.; to study the genetic differences between breeds; and to compile a data bank of livestock breeds.
The goals of the program, the most ambitious of its kind, will be demanding but concrete, said the Rev. George W. Waddles Sr., the president of the convention's Congress of Christian Education.
These policies should be detailed and not simply encourage people or companies to recycle more, but instead should describe how this recycling will come about, how plastics will be collected and transferred to a recycling station, who will finance the cost, who will benefit, what target goals of the program will be, how the program will be evaluated, etc.
At a broad level, this requires facilitators to understand the overarching goals of the program.
