SPRINGFIELD –-(ENEWSPF)–June 2, 2015. House Speaker Mike Madigan, Senate President John Cullerton and their caucuses passed a budget for the 2016 fiscal year beginning July 1 that is nearly $4 billion in the hole. This latest broken Madigan-Cullerton budget comes on the heels of a Fiscal Year 2015 Madigan-Cullerton budget[Read More…]
Author: Gary Kopycinski
Report On Secretary Kerry’s Surgery from Dr. Dennis Burke, June 2, 2015
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–June 2, 2015. The following is attributable to Dr. Dennis Burke, Orthopedic Surgeon, Massachusetts General Hospital and Clinical Instructor in Orthopedic Surgery, Harvard Medical School: “This morning Secretary Kerry underwent a surgical procedure to repair his broken femur. The procedure was performed under a regional anesthetic and the Secretary[Read More…]
Georgia-Based Millard Refrigerated Services to Pay $3 Million Civil Penalty for Ammonia Release That Sickened Workers Responding to Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—June 2, 2015. The Department of Justice and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) today announced a final settlement with Millard Refrigerated Services that resolves alleged violations of the Clean Air Act, Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act and Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act violations for an[Read More…]
Alleged Drug Kingpins Charged with Multi-State Operation That Imported 1,000 Kilograms of Heroin from Mexico into the United States
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—June 2, 2015. A 108-count superseding indictment unsealed today charges 37 people (see chart) as participants in a multi-state heroin trafficking organization with ties to Mexico. The charges, which include conducting a continuing criminal enterprise, conspiracy to commit money laundering, 62 counts of money laundering and 43 substantive drug[Read More…]
Statement by the Office of Vice President Biden Re: Services to Honor the Life of Beau Biden
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—June 2, 2015. Later this week, there will be services to honor the life of Beau Biden. These services will be open to the public. On Thursday, June 4, Beau will lie in honor at Legislative Hall in Dover, Delaware between 1:00 PM – 5:00 PM ET. On Friday,[Read More…]
Senator Wyden: USA Freedom Act Biggest Privacy Win in a Decade
Washington, D.C. –(ENEWSPF)—June 2, 2015. Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., today praised the passage of the USA Freedom Act, which ensures the end of mass surveillance of Americans under the Patriot Act and brings new transparency to U.S. intelligence programs. “It is not an exaggeration to say the passage of the[Read More…]
Schakowsky, Durbin and Brown: Tax Credits should go to Companies that Invest in American Workers, Not Ship Jobs Overseas
WASHINGTON, DC –(ENEWSPF)—June 2, 2015. Today Rep. Jan Schakowsky (IL-09), Sen. Dick Durbin (IL) and Sen. Sherrod Brown (OH) introduced the Patriot Employer Tax Credit Act, a bill that would provide a tax credit to companies that provide fair wages and good benefits to workers while closing a tax loophole[Read More…]
Congresswoman Jan Schakowsky Response to Criminal Charges against those responsible for Rana Plaza Collapse in Bangladesh
WASHINGTON, DC –(ENEWSPF)—June 2, 2015. Rep. Jan Schakowsky released the following statement after news broke that 41 individuals in Bangladesh had been charged criminally for their role in the April 2013 Rana Plaza collapse: “Justice has been a long time coming, but I am pleased to see criminal charges filed[Read More…]
Representatives Schakowsky, Pallone, DeGette and Others Highlight Vehicle Safety Improvement Act in Advance of Takata Hearing
Victim of Takata Air Bag Failure, Consumer Advocates Urge Congress to Act WASHINGTON, DC –(ENEWSPF)—June 2, 2015. Today, the House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Commerce, Manufacturing, and Trade will hold a hearing on the Takata airbag recall. While it is important to fully understand the cause of the Takata[Read More…]
Half of Older Households Have No Retirement Savings
Senator Bernie Sanders Cites GAO Study in Push to Expand Social Security WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–June 2, 2015 – A new study prepared for Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) found that more than half of all American households with someone 55 or older have no retirement savings. The Government Accountability Office study was requested[Read More…]
