Lawmakers Reject Expanding Offshore Drilling, Keystone XL Approval and Clean Air Rollbacks WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–March 8, 2012 – Reason prevailed today as the Senate rejected three major anti-environmental amendments. Lawmakers defeated efforts to expand offshore oil drilling, roll back Clean Air Act protections on pollution from boilers, and force approval of the[Read More…]
Day: March 8, 2012
Senate Rejects Stowaway Amendment That Would Cause Thousands of Deaths
Americans remain protected from nation’s second worst toxic polluters Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–March 8, 2012. Today, the U.S. Senate rejected an amendment that would have exempted industrial power plants (a.k.a. boilers) from the Clean Air Act, thereby leading to the deaths of up to 8,100 people every year. There are approximately 1,750[Read More…]
Durbin: Bipartisan Senate Transportation Bill Best Route for Illinois Jobs, National Economy
WASHINGTON, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–March 8, 2012. With Senate Democrats and Republicans having reached an agreement to advance a national transportation funding bill that would protect public transit, highways, and jobs in Illinois and across the country, U.S. Senator Dick Durbin (D-IL) today pressed House Republican leaders to take up the Senate’s bipartisan[Read More…]
Senators Durbin, Blumenthal Question Potentially Deceptive Marketing at Rite Aid
Concerned that “wellness ambassadors” recommending dietary supplements are mistaken for pharmacists and medical professionals WASHINGTON, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–March 8, 2012. U.S. Senators Dick Durbin (D-IL) and Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) today questioned potentially deceptive marketing practices at the drugstore chain Rite Aid which has GNC dietary supplement stores in more than 2,000 Rite[Read More…]
Senators Kirk, Roberts, Burr, Isakson Request Hearing on the Department of Labor’s Proposed Rules for Youth Agriculture Workers
WASHINGTON, DC –(ENEWSPF)—March 8, 2012. United States Senators Mark Kirk (R-IL), Pat Roberts (R-KS), Richard Burr (R-NC) and Johnny Isakson (R-GA) today sent a letter to Senator Tom Harkin (D-IA), Chairman of the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP), requesting a hearing on the United States Department[Read More…]
White House Press Briefing by Jay Carney, March 8, 2012
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–March 8, 2012 – 1:00 P.M. EST MR. CARNEY: Good afternoon, ladies and gentlemen. Thanks for being here on this magnificently beautiful winter’s day. I’m just sorry we’re not in the Rose Garden. That would be — maybe in the spring. (Laughter.) Q There is still time. Q Did it[Read More…]
Remarks by Secretary of State Clinton at the International Women of Courage Awards Ceremony
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–March 8, 2012. SECRETARY CLINTON: Thank you all. Thank you very much. Thank you. Good morning and welcome to the State Department once again. I am so grateful that all of you have joined us here today for what has become, in our view, one of the most important[Read More…]
DOD Identifies Army Casualty, March 8, 2012
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–March 8, 2012. The Department of Defense announced today the death of a soldier who was supporting Operation Enduring Freedom. Spc. Edward J. Acosta, 21, of Hesperia, Calif., died March 5, in La Jolla, Calif., of injuries sustained Dec. 3, 2011, when his vehicle was struck by an improvised-explosive[Read More…]
Governor Quinn Announces $1 Million to Support Expansion of Chicago Rockford Airport
Illinois Jobs Now! Capital Funding to Help Create Jobs ROCKFORD–(ENEWSPF)–March 8, 2012. Governor Pat Quinn today continued his efforts to support economic growth and the aviation industry by announcing $1 million to help expand parking capabilities at the Chicago Rockford International Airport (RFD). RFD is a United States Customs Port[Read More…]
ACLU in Appeals Court Arguing on Friday for Release of CIA’s Waterboarding Descriptions
CIA Argues That Despite Illegality, Torture is an “Intelligence Method” Exempted from FOIA Law NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–March 8 – The American Civil Liberties Union will appear in federal appeals court Friday to argue that the CIA must release cables describing its use of waterboarding. The CIA has argued that even though[Read More…]