Sentence examples for take up representative from inspiring English sources

After commenting that the House had passed a bill to fund veterans' programs that the Senate had yet to take up, Representative Tim Huelskamp, Republican of Kansas, asked Mr. Shinseki, "Do you think Harry Reid doesn't like the V.A. or our veterans?" Mr. Reid is the Senate majority leader.

Tomorrow the U.S. House is expected to take up Representative Boccieri's "The Protecting Gun Owners in Bankruptcy Act of 2010," a bill that would guarantee that the guns of individuals facing bankruptcy would be exempt from the claims of creditors.

I can't take up the slack". Representatives of Cacique Cheese Co. in the City of Industry, the largest producer of Mexican-style cheese in the Los Angeles area, had no comment other than that they had received preliminary notification from the county Health Services Department that an investigation had shown its products to be safe.

The possibility that plant roots may take up phenanthrene (PHE), a representative of PAHs, via active process was investigated using intact wheat (Triticum acstivnm L). seedlings in a series of hydroponic experiments.

Mr. Rich had not applied formally to the Justice Department but had representatives take up the matter directly with the White House.

New UNICEF Representative arrives to take up post [PDF] LILONGWE, 12 February 2009 – Newly-appointed UNICEF Representative to Malawi.

Ahtisaari said: "Kofi was forced to take up the assignment as special representative.

One of the first things Congress can do is to take up a bill proposed by Representative Carolyn McCarthy, a Democrat of Long Island, that would ban the extended ammunition clip used by the Arizona shooter, Jared Loughner.

The announcement last week that Mr. Vale de Almeida — until recently the closest aide to José Manuel Barroso, president of the European Commission — will take up the job of E.U. representative in Washington was seen by some as a pre-emptive strike by the commission.

In 1996, for the first time in his life, Mr. Paganini left his wife and children behind to take up a post as UNICEF Representative in Somalia.

I have requested that President Schulz and High Representative Catherine Ashton take up the issue with the Israeli authorities and that we continue with the mission.