Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–November 3, 2015. The Department of Health and Human Services today announced a public forum to explore pharmaceutical innovation, access, affordability and better health. Below is the text of the invitation: Modern medicine, including new pharmaceuticals that cure or help combat life threatening diseases, continues to deliver significant benefits[Read More…]
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Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Recovers $107 Million in Relief for More Than 238,000 Consumers Through Supervisory Actions
Examiners Uncover Illegal Practices in Student Loan Servicing, Mortgage Origination and Servicing, Consumer Reporting, and Debt Collection Markets WASHINGTON, D.C. –-(ENEWSPF)–November 3, 2015. Today the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) released its latest supervision report outlining the illegal practices uncovered by the Bureau’s examiners from May 2015 to August 2015.[Read More…]
Environmental Groups Warn Oklahoma Fracking Operators of Potential Legal Action
Sierra Club & Public Justice Say Industry is Responsible for Increased Seismic Activity Oklahoma City, OK –-(ENEWSPF)–November 3, 2015. Public Justice and Sierra Club filed a ‘Notice of Intent to Sue’ Friday with four energy companies engaged in hydraulic fracturing, also known as fracking, in the state of Oklahoma. The groups have[Read More…]
To Help Teachers Adapt to a Changing America, Center for American Progress Offers a Progressive Agenda to Transform and Elevate the Teaching Profession
This new CAP report outlines a vision for how to elevate and modernize the teaching profession so that every student is taught by great teachers. Washington, D.C. —(ENEWSPF)–November 3, 2015. In a new report released today, the Center for American Progress offers a progressive agenda to transform and elevate the teaching[Read More…]
New Strategies Are Required to Confront Modern Terrorist Financing, Center for American Progress Report Argues
An oil field under control of Kurdish militias is seen near the town of Deriq, in a Kurdish area of Syria, near the border with Iraq in March 2003. Source: AP/Manu Brabo Washington, D.C. —(ENEWSPF)–November 2, 2015. In the years following the 9/11 terrorist attacks, the United States developed very[Read More…]
In New Ad, Hillary Clinton Calls For Action To Confront ‘Epidemic of Gun Violence’
NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–November 3, 2015. In her newest TV ad, “Together,” Hillary Clinton expresses her commitment to confronting what she calls an “epidemic of gun violence.” The ad, drawn from footage of Clinton speaking at a recent town hall in New Hampshire, notes that between 88-92 Americans die each day from gun violence.[Read More…]
TransCanada Asks U.S. State Department to Pause Keystone XL Review
CALGARY, ALBERTA–(ENEWSPF)–November 2, 2015 – TransCanada Corporation (TSX:TRP) (NYSE:TRP) (TransCanada) today announced it has sent a letter to Secretary John Kerry of the U.S. State Department asking the Department to pause its review of the Presidential Permit application for the Keystone XL pipeline. The company believes there is sound precedent[Read More…]
Remarks by President Obama on Criminal Justice Reform, Nov. 2, 2015
Newark, New Jersey–(ENEWSPF)–November 2, 2015 – 4:15 P.M. EST THE PRESIDENT: Well, good afternoon, everybody. It is good to be in Newark. (Applause.) Let me, first of all, thank your chancellor, Nancy Cantor, for hosting us here today. Where’s Nancy? (Applause.) There she is. Your Mayor, Ras Baraka, is[Read More…]
White House Press Gaggle by Josh Earnest Aboard Air Force One, Nov. 2, 2015
En Route Newark, New Jersey—(ENEWSPF)—November 2, 2015 – 12:51 P.M. EST MR. EARNEST: Welcome aboard Air Force One as we make our way to Newark, New Jersey, where the President will visit with leaders in this community who are working to rehabilitate and reintegrate formerly incarcerated individuals. The potential benefits[Read More…]
The Justice Department and U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development Announce New Juvenile Re-Entry Assistance Program
New Re-Entry Program Aims to Reduce Barriers to Public Housing, Employment and Educational Opportunities Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–November 2, 2015. In an effort to reduce barriers for justice-involved youth, the U.S. Department of Justice and the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) today announced a new Juvenile Re-Entry Assistance Program:[Read More…]
