Company Agrees to Pay $120 Million Criminal Fine Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—November 26, 2013. Osaka, Japan-based Toyo Tire & Rubber Co. Ltd. has agreed to plead guilty and to pay a $120 million criminal fine for its role in two separate conspiracies to fix the prices of automotive components involving anti-vibration rubber[Read More…]
Year: 2013
White House Press Gaggle by Josh Earnest, November 26, 2013
Los Angeles, California–(ENEWSPF)–November 26, 2013 – 9:10 A.M. PST MR. EARNEST: Good morning, everybody. We’ll try and go quickly today. I do want to do a couple of quick things at the top. These are both announcements that were made by the administration today, and I wanted to flag them[Read More…]
Statement by the White House Press Secretary Regarding Sebelius v. Hobby Lobby Stores, Inc.
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–November 26, 2013. The health care law puts women and families in control of their health care by covering vital preventive care, like cancer screenings and birth control, free of charge. Earlier this year, the Obama Administration asked the Supreme Court to consider a legal challenge to the health[Read More…]
Statement by President Obama on the Passing of Civil Rights Leader Rev. T.J. Jemison
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–November 26, 2013. Michelle and I were saddened to hear about the passing of Reverend T. J. Jemison. With visionary spirit and charisma, he led the country’s first boycott of segregated seating on public buses 60 years ago, and he went on to help eradicate legal segregation and improve[Read More…]
Senator Bernie Sanders Applauds Pope Francis’ Call to Reign in the ‘Tyranny’ of Capitalism
BURLINGTON, Vt.–(ENEWSPF)–November 26, 2013 – Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) today applauded Pope Francis’ recent papal pronouncement, which condemns the “new tyranny” of unrestrained capitalism, causing income inequality and poverty, and calling on leaders to curb “the absolute autonomy of the marketplace and financial speculation,” and act “for the common good.”[Read More…]
Center for Biological Diversity: Senator Wyden’s O&C Lands Bill Would Unravel More Than Two Decades of Progress in Managing Northwest Forests
CALIFORNIA–(ENEWSPF)–November 26, 2013. Following is a statement from Randi Spivak, director of the Center for Biological Diversity’s public lands program, on Sen. Ron Wyden’s (D.-Ore.) O&C legislative draft proposal on management of 2.1 million acres of public forests in western Oregon: “Senator Wyden’s draft bill will hurt forests, watersheds and[Read More…]
This Holiday Season: Moms United to End the War on Drugs Launch the ‘The Empty Chair at the Holiday Table’ Campaign
Mothers Speak About the Devastation and Loss Caused by the Preventable Drug Overdose, Mass Incarceration, and Prohibition-Related Violence CALIFORNIA—(ENEWSPF)—November 26, 2013. This holiday season, A New PATH (Parents for Addiction Treatment & Healing) and moms from around the country will share their stories of loss while calling for an end[Read More…]
76 Cities Call for National Action on Climate Change
Communities Unite to Urge Obama, EPA to Make Ambitious Use of Clean Air Act to Curb Greenhouse Gas Pollution GREAT BARRINGTON, Mass.–(ENEWSPF)–November 26, 2013. Great Barrington and Williamstown, Mass., have joined scores of other U.S. cities in calling on President Barack Obama and the Environmental Protection Agency to make full[Read More…]
Gratitude or Guilt? People Spend More When They ‘Pay It Forward’
BERKELEY–(ENEWSPF)–November 26, 2013. As shoppers across the nation prepare to pounce on Black Friday sales, researchers at UC Berkeley are looking at what happens to commerce when there’s no set price tag. In an exhaustive study of consumer behavior, they found that shoppers spend more money when engaged in a[Read More…]
Affordable Care Act helps National Health Service Corps Increase Access to Primary Care
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—November 26, 2013. Over 5 years, the Obama Administration has supported nearly 14,000 health care providers practicing in the communities that need them most. The National Health Service Corps made more than 4,500 loan repayment and scholarship awards to clinicians and students in fiscal year 2013 thanks to an[Read More…]
