Washington –-(ENEWSPF)–October 5, 2015. U.S. Senators Mark Kirk (R-Ill.) and Pat Toomey (R-Pa.) have placed a friendly bet on the MLB National League Wild Card game on Wednesday, October 7th. The game will feature a matchup between the Pittsburgh Pirates and the Chicago Cubs – both teams vying for a[Read More…]
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Senator Merkley Statement On Trans Pacific Partnership Deal Reached
WASHINGTON, D.C. –-(ENEWSPF)–October 5, 2015. Oregon’s Senator Jeff Merkley released the following statement upon the finalization of the Trans Pacific Partnership (TPP): “The earlier draft of the TPP would have put American workers in direct competition with people earning a dollar per hour or even less overseas. Such an unbalanced[Read More…]
Rep. DeFazio Statement on Completion of Trans Pacific Partnership Negotiations
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF0–October 5, 2015. Rep. Peter DeFazio (D-OR) released the following statement on the completion of the Trans Pacific Partnership negotiations: “The completion of negotiations on the specifics of the TPP changes very little: it’s still a bad deal that will devastate American manufacturing, cause massive layoffs and prioritize corporate[Read More…]
RNs Call for Congress to Reject Latest Trade Pact
Nurses: Any Concessions on Higher Drug Prices, Provisions to Allow Corporations to Overturn Public Protections Unacceptable Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–October 5, 2015. National Nurses United today urged Congress members to reject the Trans-Pacific Partnership final agreement, warning there remains inadequate guarantees to assure patients and consumers will not be harmed by pharmaceutical[Read More…]
Rep. Gutiérrez on Father Marco Mercado
“I can’t say enough good things about him.” Washington, DC –(ENEWSPF)–October 5, 2015. Today, Rep. Luis V. Gutiérrez (D-IL) issued a statement in reaction to the news that Father Marco Mercado had been removed from his position at the Shrine of Our Lady of Guadalupe. The Father had been Rep.[Read More…]
Statement From the Archdiocese of Chicago Regarding Rev. Marco A. Mercado
CHICAGO—(ENEWSPF)—October 5, 2015. On October 1, 2015, Archbishop Blase J. Cupich removed Rev. Marco A. Mercado, Rector of the Shrine of our Lady of Guadalupe in Des Plaines from ministry because of Fr. Mercado’s inappropriate relationship with an adult man. Archbishop Cupich has withdrawn Fr. Mercado’s faculties, his authority to[Read More…]
Statement by Doctors Without Borders on the Conclusion of TPP Negotiations in Atlanta
NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–October 5, 2015. Statement by Judit Rius Sanjuan, US Manager & Legal Policy Adviser, MSF Access Campaign: “Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) expresses its dismay that TPP countries have agreed to United States government and multinational drug company demands that will raise the price of medicines for millions[Read More…]
Doctors Without Borders Response to Spurious Claims That Kunduz Hospital Was ‘A Taliban Base’
Afghanistan–(ENEWSPF)–5 October 2015. Following an earlier statement Sunday morning reiterating MSF’s call for an independent investigation of the bombing of its hospital in Kunduz, MSF General Director Christopher Stokes released this additional statement on Sunday, in response to claims from Afghan officials that MSF’s hospital in Kunduz was routinely used[Read More…]
Dolores Huerta and EWG React to Lawsuit Against Monsanto over Cancer-Causing Weed Killer
WASHINGTON –(ENEWSPF)–October 5, 2015. A farm worker and a horticultural assistant who both developed cancer after being exposed to Monsanto’s glyphosate weed killer have filed separate lawsuits against the company. In March, the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC), a branch of the World Health Organization, classified glyphosate –[Read More…]
Extremists ‘Terrified of History,’ UNESCO Chief Says, Deploring Destruction of Arch of Triumph in Palmyra
Archaeological site of Palmyra in Syria. Photo: ©UNESCO/F. Bandarin GENEVA–(ENEWSPF)–5 October 2015 – Extremists will “never be able to erase history,” the Director-General of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), Irina Bokova, said today, condemning the destruction of the Arch of Triumph in Palmyra. “This new destruction[Read More…]
