Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–May 10, 2013. Index for Today’s Briefing LIBYA Benghazi Talking Points / FBI Investigation / Documentation SYRIA Chemical Weapons / Investigation Ambassador Ford / Czech Protecting Power DEPARTMENT Export Controls SYRIA Iranian Role PHILIPPINES Philippine Vessel and Taiwan Fishing Boat Incident CYPRUS Secretary Kerry’s Meeting with Cypriot Foreign Minister[Read More…]
Day: May 10, 2013
Remarks by President Obama on the Affordable Care Act, May 10, 2013
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–May 10, 2013 – 2:49 P.M. EDT THE PRESIDENT: Thank you. (Applause.) Thank you so much, everybody, and welcome to the White House. I want to thank Carol for the wonderful introduction. And let me just start off with a public service announcement to dads, partners, kids of America[Read More…]
Alliance for Retired Americans Friday Alert, May 10, 2013
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–May 10, 2013. Seniors Join Pro-Retiree Members of Congress to Protest Benefit Cuts On Wednesday, over a hundred Alliance activists joined with several leading members of the U.S. Senate and House for an energetic press event on Capitol Hill. The event was headlined by Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT), and[Read More…]
HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius on National Women’s Health Week
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–May 10, 2013. Starting with Mother’s Day, next week we celebrate National Women’s Health Week. As a nation, we honor the women in our lives – our mothers, grandmothers, aunts, sisters, cousins, friends, and colleagues – by encouraging them to make their health a priority and to take steps[Read More…]
Planned Parenthood Calls for Increased Funding to Federal Teen Pregnancy Prevention Initiative to Bring Comprehensive Sex Education to More Teens and Lower Teen Pregnancy Rates
Congressional Briefing Highlights New Data and Teen Pregnancy Prevention Strategies WASHINGTON, DC–(ENEWSPF)–May 10, 2013. At a Congressional Briefing sponsored by Sen. Frank Lautenberg (D-NJ), Rep. Barbara Lee (D-CA), and Rep. Lucille Roybal-Allard (D-CA), experts from Planned Parenthood and the Guttmacher Institute highlighted the need for increased federal funding of comprehensive[Read More…]
City of Chicago to Host Latino Small Business Expo at West Side Technical Institute
More than 30 government and nonprofit agencies will offer resources and networking opportunities to entrepreneurs and established businesses CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–May 10, 2013. Mayor Rahm Emanuel, the City of Chicago’s Department of Business Affairs and Consumer Protection (BACP) and the Office of New Americans (ONA) will host the second annual Latino Small[Read More…]
Mayor Emanuel Announces Expansion of School-Based Vision Program to Give 30,000 CPS Students Free Vision Exams and Glasses
Program Is a Direct Result of The Mayor’s Budget Commitment CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–May 10, 2013. Today Mayor Emanuel was joined by Chicago Department of Public Health (CDPH) Commissioner Dr. Bechara Choucair to announce the expansion of a school-based vision program in CPS starting next week thanks to a $1 million investment made[Read More…]
Mayor Emanuel Supports Stamp Out Hunger Food Drive in Chicago
Mayor Rallies Residents to Donate More Than 634,000 Pounds of Food to Beat Last Year’s Donations Mayor Emanuel Donates Food In Support of the Stamp Out Hunger food drive. Photo Credit: Patrick Pyszka // City of Chicago CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–May 10, 2013. Mayor Rahm Emanuel today donated food to the Stamp Out[Read More…]
Study: No Association Between The Cumulative Consumption Of Cannabis Smoke And The Risk Of Lung Cancer
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–May 10, 2013. by Paul Armentano, NORML Deputy Director In a recent presentation given at the annual meeting of the American Association of Cancer Research, investigators from the university of California, Los Angeles provided the latest data reaffirming that cannabis consumption is not associated with an elevated risk of[Read More…]
Statement from the U.S. Department of Transportation on the Reducing Flight Delays Act of 2013
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—May 10, 2013. U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood announced today that USDOT has determined that the recently enacted Reducing Flight Delays Act of 2013 will allow the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to transfer sufficient funds to end employee furloughs and keep the 149 low activity contract towers originally slated[Read More…]