Legislation would tighten restrictions on powerful and addictive hydrocodone painkillers like Vicodin and Lortab WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–March 20, 2013. U.S. Senator Mark Kirk (R-Ill.) and Representative Rodney Davis (R-Ill.), along with Senator Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) and Representatives Vern Buchanan (R-Fla.) and Edward Markey (D-Mass.) today introduced bipartisan, bicameral legislation to combat prescription[Read More…]
Year: 2013
Drone Program May Shift From CIA to Military
NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–March 20, 2013. A report in The Daily Beast today said that the Obama administration is considering taking targeted killing responsibilities from the CIA and placing them under the control of the military. “Ending the CIA’s role as a paramilitary killing organization would be an important step in the[Read More…]
Human Rights Organizations From Across the Globe Call on U.N. to Protect Human Rights in the Context of Social Protest
GENEVA–(ENEWSPF)–March 20, 2013. As the United Nation’s Human Rights Council prepares to debate a draft motion on social protest, human rights organizations from around the world have joined their voices to call on the U.N. to provide meaningful protection for this essential democratic right. On March 7, a letter signed[Read More…]
Attorney General Madigan: Bill Requiring Review of Suspicious Vulnerable Adult Deaths Passes Out of Committee
Measure Would Require Review of Suspicious At-Home Deaths of Elderly, Disabled Adults Springfield–(ENEWSPF)–March 20, 2013. Attorney General Lisa Madigan today announced the House Human Services Committee voted out a bill to establish vulnerable adult fatality review teams to investigate suspicious at-home deaths of elderly or disabled Illinois residents. “This legislation[Read More…]
The Obama Administration’s Second Term Priorities for Arms Control and Nonproliferation
Remarks by Rose Gottemoeller, Acting Under Secretary for Arms Control and International Security at the Geneva Centre for Security Policy Geneva, Switzerland–(ENEWSPF)–March 20, 2013. Remarks as Delivered: Thank you, Fred, and thank you to the staff here at the Geneva Centre for Security Policy (GCSP) for hosting me. It is great to[Read More…]
Financial Fraud Enforcement Task Force Executive Director Michael J. Bresnick at the Exchequer Club of Washington, D.C.
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–March 20, 2013. Good afternoon. Thank you for that kind introduction, and thank you all for having me here today. I’d especially like to thank John Ryan, my friend and President and Chief Executive Officer of the Conference of State Bank Supervisors, for inviting me to speak.[Read More…]
Hospice of Arizona and Related Entities Pay $12 Million to Resolve False Claims Act Allegations
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–March 20, 2013. Hospice of Arizona L.C., along with a related entity, American Hospice Management LLC, and their parent corporation, American Hospice Management Holdings LLC, have agreed to pay $12 million to resolve allegations that they violated the False Claims Act by submitting or causing the submission of false[Read More…]
Remarks by President Obama and President Peres After Meeting, March 20, 2013
Jerusalem–(ENEWSPF)–March 20, 2013 – 5:10 P.M. IST PRESIDENT PERES: President Obama, it is a great privilege for me and for the people of Israel to host you here in Jerusalem. It was a real pleasure to sit with a true friend — very knowledgeable, fortunately — and sit candidly and[Read More…]
Statement by Acting Secretary of Labor Seth D. Harris Regarding Bureau of Labor Statistics Report on Employment Among Veterans
WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–March 20, 2013. Acting Secretary of Labor Seth D. Harris issued the following statement on today’s release of 2012 veterans’ employment data by the Bureau of Labor Statistics: “Today’s veterans’ employment report from the Bureau of Labor Statistics shows promising signs that post-9/11 veterans are finding and keeping jobs in[Read More…]
SEIU Welcomes Senator Rand Paul’s Support for Commonsense Immigration Reform
WASHINGTON, DC–(ENEWSPF)–March 20, 2013. As more bipartisan support continues to grow in America for commonsense immigration reform, U.S. Senator Rand Paul (R- KY) today added his voice to the national discussion, urging his party to relent its long-standing opposition to a pathway to citizenship for the 11 million undocumented immigrants[Read More…]
