President’s Budget includes new mandatory funding to help ensure that all Americans who want treatment can get the help they need Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–February 2, 2016.  Prescription drug abuse and heroin use have taken a heartbreaking toll on too many Americans and their families, while straining resources of law enforcement and[Read More…]

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–February 2, 2016 – Today, Representative Earl Blumenauer (OR-03) introduced the Commercial UAS Modernization Act, legislation to create an interim framework that will promote American innovation in the rapidly growing field of unmanned aircraft systems (UAS), commonly referred to as drones, and the safe integration of UAS into the National[Read More…]

WASHINGTON –(ENEWSPF)–February 2, 2016.  U.S. Senators Mark Kirk (R-Ill.), Richard Shelby (R-Ala.), Barbara Mikulski (D-Md.), and U.S. Congressman Chris Smith (R-N.J.-04) today applauded House passage of H.R. 515, introduced by Congressman Chris Smith, which puts International Megan’s Law on the President’s desk for signature. H.R. 515 passed the Senate in[Read More…]

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–February 2, 2016.  Today, Congressman Peter DeFazio spoke at the White House Earthquake Resilience Summit on the need for earthquake early warning systems and earthquake-resilient technologies. Organized by the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy and the National Security Council, the summit featured local government officials and[Read More…]

Council Creates Taskforce to Explore Creation of Designated Spaces for Marijuana Use Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–February 2, 2016.  Today the Council of the District of Columbia voted to halt consideration of legislation that would permanently ban adult consumption of marijuana outside the home, and instead moved forward with the creation of a[Read More…]

  Displaced Syrians receive UNICEF winter clothing kits. Photo: UNICEF/Aho Yousef GENEVA–(ENEWSPF)–2 February 2016 – With four million Syrian and host community children in need of education and no let-up in sight in the fighting tearing the country apart, the United Nations and its partners are seeking $1.4 billion at[Read More…]

Rome, Italy–(ENEWSPF)–February 2, 2016. FOREIGN MINISTER GENTILONI: (In progress) we are now beginning this third ministerial meeting of the so-called Small Group of the international anti-Daesh coalition, and I think that one of the issues that we could discuss and deliver today is to have even more frequent meetings of[Read More…]

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–February 1, 2016 – 12:52 P.M. EST MR. EARNEST:  Good Monday afternoon, everybody.  Happy Caucus Day.  Nice to see you all.  I see you all are avoiding the snows of Iowa to join me here today, and I appreciate that. I do not have any announcements to make at[Read More…]

WASHINGTON –(ENEWSPF)–February 1, 2016.   Today, Ranking Member Robert C. “Bobby” Scott (VA-03), Ranking Member of the Committee on Education and the Workforce, Representative Rubén Hinojosa (TX-15), Ranking Member of the Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training, Representative Suzanne Bonamici (OR-1), Member of the Committee on Education and the[Read More…]