PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti–(ENEWSPF)–23 February 2010 – Sanitation is among the most urgent concerns in Haiti following January’s earthquake. UNICEF estimates that overall, 1.1 million displaced people require emergency latrines. The agency and its partners plan to install over 10,000 latrines in the short term and another 20,000-plus within six months. To[Read More…]
Author: Gary Kopycinski
America’s Nurses Committed to Advancing Healthcare Reform
Silver Spring, MD–(ENEWSPF)–February 23, 2010. The American Nurses Association (ANA), the largest nursing organization in the U.S. and a long-standing fierce advocate for guaranteed, affordable, high-quality health care for all, applaud President Obama for reinvigorating the health care debate with his $950 billion health reform proposal and for convening the[Read More…]
Agriculture Secretary Vilsack Presents Obama Administration’s Priorities to Improve National School Lunch and Breakfast Programs
WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–Feb. 23, 2010 – Today, Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack spoke at a National Press Club Luncheon to highlight the Obama Administration’s priorities for the reauthorization of the Child Nutrition Act and to advocate for the rapid passage of a strong reauthorization bill to reduce hunger and improve the health and[Read More…]
Bristol Model and Martha Stewart Collection® Enameled Steel Tea Kettles Recalled Due to Burn Hazard
WASHINGTON, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–February 23, 2010. The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, in cooperation with the firm named below, today announced a voluntary recall of the following consumer product. Consumers should stop using recalled products immediately unless otherwise instructed. Name of Product: Copco and Wild Leaf Tea Co. Bristol model and Martha[Read More…]
Arctic Cat Recalls Snowmobiles Due to Fire Hazard
Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–February 23, 2010. The following product safety recall was voluntarily conducted by the firm in cooperation with the CPSC. Consumers should stop using the product immediately unless otherwise instructed. Name of Product: Arctic Cat Snowmobiles Units: About 1,300 Manufacturer: Arctic Cat Inc. of Thief River Falls, Minn. Hazard: Fuel[Read More…]
Limbaugh Criticizes Health Care Reform As ‘A Civil Rights Bill’ And ‘Reparations’ (Video)
Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)– The above video is from the February 22 edition of Premiere Radio Networks’ The Rush Limbaugh Show, courtesy Media Matters.
Americans 50+ Demand Protections From Financial Abuse
WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–February 22, 2010. As the Senate continues negotiations for a comprehensive and meaningful financial reform bill, AARP today releases a survey of Americans 50 and older showing overwhelming support for financial reforms and consumer protections among Republicans, Democrats and Independents. “Older Americans, whose retirement nest eggs were decimated by the[Read More…]
SEIU Statement on President Obama’s Health Care Reform Proposal
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–February 22, 2010. Service Employees International Union (SEIU) President Andy Stern released the following statement after the release of President Obama’s proposal for health reform: “This Thursday, Congress has an opportunity to break the gridlock that has denied American families the health insurance reform they are so desperately calling[Read More…]
Representatives Rangel, Miller, Waxman Statement on President Obama’s Health Reform Proposal
WASHINGTON, D.C.—(ENEWSPF)—February 22, 2010. The chairmen of the three House committees with jurisdiction over health policy, U.S. Reps. Charles B. Rangel (D-NY), George Miller (D-CA), and Henry A. Waxman (D-CA), today responded to President Obama’s health insurance reform proposal released this morning. The chairmen will be attending the White House’s[Read More…]
President Obama Calls for New Steps to Prepare America’s Children for Success in College and Careers
Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–February 22, 2010. Today at a meeting with our nation’s governors, President Obama outlined new steps to better prepare America’s children for college and the workplace. The President is calling for a redesigned Elementary and Secondary Education Act that includes a comprehensive, new vision to help states successfully transition[Read More…]
