Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–January 22, 2015. Statement of Food & Water Watch Executive Director Wenonah Hauter “Today, Auburn University agricultural economics professor C. Robert Taylor released a groundbreaking study that demonstrated that the U.S. Country of Origin Labeling (COOL) law has not undermined Canada and Mexico’s livestock exports to the United States.[Read More…]
Day: January 22, 2015
Rep. Jan Schakowsky Statement Against the Continued Republican War on Women
WASHINGTON, DC –(ENEWSPF)—January 22, 2015. “House Republicans planned to vote on the ‘Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act,’ this week, which proposed a 20-week abortion ban. However, Republican women and their supporters strongly opposed it, so it was not called for a vote. I believe that was a great moment, but[Read More…]
Department of Defense Press Briefing by Secretary Hagel, Jan. 22, 2015
Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel conducts a press briefing at the Pentagon, Jan. 22, 2015. Hagel discussed a range of topics from sequestration to sexual assault prevention. He also thanked service members and said he is proud of them. DoD photo by Casper Manlangit Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—January 22, 2015 SECRETARY OF DEFENSE[Read More…]
ACLU: House Passes Extreme Abortion Coverage Ban
WASHINGTON –(ENEWSPF)–January 22, 2015. The U.S. House of Representatives today passed H.R. 7, a bill designed to take away abortion health coverage from millions of women. If the bill were to become law, it could cause the entire insurance market to drop abortion coverage. “By passing a mean-spirited bill that[Read More…]
Talks to Re-establish Diplomatic Relations, Jan. 22, 2015
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—January 22, 2015. Roberta S. Jacobson, Assistant Secretary, Bureau of Western Hemisphere Affairs released the following statement: Today, January 22, 2015, U.S. and Cuban officials met in Havana to discuss the re-establishment of diplomatic relations between the United States and Cuba. The Cuban delegation was led by the Foreign Ministry’s[Read More…]
Joint Press Availability with Secretary of State Kerry, UK Foreign Secretary Hammond and Iraqi Prime Minister Abadi, Jan. 22, 2015
London, England–(ENEWSPF)–January 22, 2015. FOREIGN SECRETARY HAMMOND: Good afternoon. The recent terrible events in Paris have reminded us that the battle against ISIL is not confined within the borders of Iraq and Syria and that this poisonous ideology threatens our own citizens and the citizens of our allies. Today, 21[Read More…]
Two Mexican Nationals Sentenced for Sex Trafficking Offenses
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—January 22, 2015. The Department of Justice today announced that Judge Amy Totenberg of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Georgia sentenced two defendants, Arturo Rojas-Coyotl, 28, and Odilon Martinez-Rojas, 43, both of Tenancingo, Tlaxcala, Mexico, to 192 months and 262 months in prison, respectively,[Read More…]
California Charter Bus Company Bookkeeper Sentenced to Prison for Tax Fraud and Bank Home Mortgage Fraud
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—January 22, 2015. A San Jose, California, woman was sentenced to serve 22 months in prison to be followed by three years of supervised release for committing tax fraud and bank fraud, Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General Caroline D. Ciraolo for the Justice Department’s Tax Division and U.S. Attorney[Read More…]
Statement by President Obama on the UN General Assembly Meeting on the Rise of Anti-Semitism
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—January 22, 2015 Earlier this week in my State of the Union address, I affirmed our commitment and responsibility as Americans to speak out against the deplorable resurgence of anti-Semitism in certain parts of the world. Today, the United States is joining partners from around the world in doing[Read More…]
Statement by President Obama on the 42nd Anniversary of Roe v. Wade
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—January 22, 2015 Forty-two years ago today, the U.S. Supreme Court issued its ruling in Roe v. Wade, a decision that protects a woman’s freedom to make her own choices about her body and her health, and reaffirms a fundamental American value: that government should not intrude in our[Read More…]
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