Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–January 29, 2013. America’s immigration system is broken. Too many employers game the system by hiring undocumented workers and there are 11 million people living in the shadows. Neither is good for the economy or the country. It is time to act to fix the broken immigration system in[Read More…]
Year: 2013
Statement by President Obama Announcing $155 Million in Additional Humanitarian Assistance for the Syrian People
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–January 29, 2013. This morning, President Obama released a video announcing $155 million in additional humanitarian assistance for the Syrian people. Click here to view the video of the President’s statement with Arabic subtitles. Statement by President Obama For nearly two years, the Assad regime has waged a brutal[Read More…]
Statement by President Obama on the Passage of the Supplemental Budget for Hurricane Sandy
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–January 28, 2013. I am pleased that Congress took bipartisan action to provide funding for the communities in New York, New Jersey, and Connecticut, and other eastern states devastated by Hurricane Sandy. For the families working to put their lives back together, every day without relief is one day[Read More…]
White House Press Gaggle by Jay Carney Aboard Air Force One, January 29, 2013
Enroute Las Vegas, Nevada–(ENEWSPF)–January 29, 2013 – 10:07 A.M. EST MR. CARNEY: Good morning, everyone. Thanks for being here aboard Air Force One as we make our first trip of the second term. I think you probably saw that the President today announced the approval of an additional $155 million[Read More…]
NOAA, USGS: Climate Change Impacts to U.S. Coasts Threaten Public Health, Safety and Economy
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–January 29, 2013. The report, Coastal Impacts, Adaptation, and Vulnerabilities: A Technical Input to the 2013 National Climate Assessment, is available for download. Download PDF. According to a new technical report, the effects of climate change will continue to threaten the health and vitality of U.S. coastal communities’ social,[Read More…]
A Safer Way to Vaccinate
Polymer film that gradually releases DNA coding for viral proteins could offer a better alternative to traditional vaccines. CAMBRIDGE, Mass.–(ENEWSPF)–January 29, 2013. Vaccines usually consist of inactivated viruses that prompt the immune system to remember the invader and launch a strong defense if it later encounters the real thing. However,[Read More…]
Congresswoman Duckworth’s Statement on the Anniversary of the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–January 29, 2013. Four years ago today, the enactment of the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act restored a woman’s ability to fight unfair pay. Lilly Ledbetter sued the company she worked with for nearly 20 years after learning that she was earning less than her male counterparts. Ledbetter filed[Read More…]
North Dakota Legislature to Consider Five Extreme Anti-Choice Bills, All Designed to Ban Safe and Legal Abortion
One measure, SB 2305, copies Mississippi’s legislative efforts to shut down last remaining clinic NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–January 29, 2013. Committees in both houses of the North Dakota State Legislature will hold hearings this week on five different extreme anti-choice bills aimed at banning safe and legal abortion in the state. On[Read More…]
Federal Housing Finance Agency Reports Mortgage Interest Rates, Jan. 29, 2013
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–January 29, 2013. The Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) today reported that the National Average Contract Mortgage Rate for the Purchase of Previously Occupied Homesby Combined Lenders, used as an index in some adjustable-rate mortgage (ARM)contracts, was 3.29 percent based on loans closed in December. There was a decrease[Read More…]
Heart Health: What Every Woman Needs to Know
Northwestern’s Bluhm Cardiovascular Institute hosts educational symposium for women CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–January 29, 2013. The Sixth Annual Women’s Heart Health Symposium hosted by Northwestern Medicine’s Bluhm Cardiovascular Institute and the Alberto Culver Health Learning Center will be held on Friday, February 1. This special symposium, taking place on National Wear Red Day,[Read More…]
