WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–May 18, 2015 – Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.)and Rep. Elijah E. Cummings (D-Md.) today introduced legislation to curb skyrocketing prices of generic drugs. Sharp price hikes not only impact consumers, hospitals, and pharmacists, but strain the budgets for Medicaid, Medicare, the Department of Defense and the Department of Veterans Affairs.[Read More…]
Author: Gary Kopycinski
Senators Warren, Heitkamp and Colleagues Introduce Amendment to Stop Allowing Companies to Challenge U.S. Laws Outside U.S. Courts
WASHINGTON, DC –(ENEWSPF)—May 18, 2015. United States Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) and Heidi Heitkamp (D-N.D.) today joined 13 of their colleagues to introduce an amendment that would prevent “Fast Track” authority from being used to pass trade deals that include Investor-State Dispute Settlement (ISDS). ISDS allows foreign companies to challenge[Read More…]
Senator Warren Releases Report Highlighting Decades of Broken Promises and Failures to Enforce Labor Standards in Trade Agreements
WASHINGTON, DC –(ENEWSPF)–May 18, 2015. United States Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) today released a report highlighting more than two decades of failed enforcement by the United States of labor and environmental standards included in past free trade agreements (FTAs), including the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), Central American Free[Read More…]
Citing ‘Defining Moment’ Sparked by Ebola Outbreak, UN Health Agency Chief Pledges Key Reforms
WHO Director-General Margaret Chan (centre), flanked by German Chancellor Angela Merkel (left) and UN Geneva chief Michael Møller at the opening of the sixty-eighth World Health Assembly at the Palais des Nations. UN Photo/Jean-Marc Ferré GENEVA–(ENEWSPF)–18 May 2015 – The head of the United Nations World Health Organization (WHO) today[Read More…]
Progress on Sustainable Energy Improving, But More Needed to Meet Agreed Targets – UN Backed-report
Power lines in Bulgaria. Photo: World Bank/Boris Rumenov Balabanov NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–18 May 2015 – Renewable energy generation and energy efficiency improvements will need to accelerate dramatically if the world is to achieve universal access to sustainable energy by 2030, according to a United Nations-backed report released today as senior leaders[Read More…]
On Heels of President Obama’s Announcement, Tuesday’s House Judiciary Hearing Looks at Police Practices
Chicago, IL –(ENEWSPF)–May 18, 2015. In a truly bipartisan spirit, House Judiciary Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-VA) and Democratic Ranking Member John Conyers (D-MI) announced last week (http://1.usa.gov/1EeWBhb) that the House Judiciary Committee would hold a hearing on “Policing Strategies for the 21st Century” on Tuesday, May 19 at 10:00 a.m. [Read More…]
VA Launches Campaign to Increase Veterans’ Economic Potential
DALLAS —(ENEWSPF)–May 18, 2015. Secretary of Veterans Affairs Robert A. McDonald, with leaders from national and local Veterans service organizations, corporate employers and government agencies, announced the launch of the Veterans Economic Communities Initiative, an effort focused in a total of 50 U.S. cities to promote economic success for Veterans.[Read More…]
Burundi Refugees Exceed 105,000 – Over 70,000 in Tanzania Alone
LONDON–(ENEWSPF)–18 May 2015. The number of refugees arriving in Tanzania has risen exponentially over the past week as people pour over Burundi’s borders, with new arrivals citing fear of violence and intimidation as primary reasons for leaving. Tens of thousands are in urgent need of clean water, health care, food[Read More…]
USDA to Expand Investment in Water Conservation, Resilience across Drought-Stricken States
Targeted drought funding builds on substantial drought relief efforts WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–May 18, 2015 – Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack today announced that the Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) will invest approximately $21 million in additional Farm Bill dollars to help farmers and ranchers apply science-based solutions to mitigate the short and long[Read More…]
Poll: Many Americans Know Someone who Has Abused Prescription Painkillers and Suffered Major Harmful Effects
Webcast featuring Director of National Drug Control Policy and Massachusetts Public Health Commissioner will discuss poll’s implications Boston, MA –(ENEWSPF)—UPDATED 1:43 PM PT – May 18, 2015. A new national poll by The Boston Globe and Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health shows that in an era when concern about drug abuse[Read More…]
