SANA’A, YEMEN–(ENEWSPF)–January 10, 2016 – A hospital in northern Yemen supported by the international medical humanitarian organization Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) was hit by a projectile this morning, killing four people, wounding 10 and causing the collapse of several buildings of the medical facility. Three of the injured are[Read More…]

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–January 9, 2016 Hi everybody.  Seven years ago, the American auto industry was on the brink of collapse.  Plants were closing.  Hundreds of thousands of workers were getting laid off from jobs that had been their ticket to a middle-class life.  And as the pain spread across the country,[Read More…]

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–January 8, 2015.  Today, Attorney General Loretta E. Lynch released the following statement on the capture of Joaquin ‘Chapo’ Guzman Loera: “Today’s capture of Joaquin ‘Chapo’ Guzman Loera by Mexican authorities is a blow to the international drug-trafficking syndicate he is alleged to have led, a victory for the[Read More…]

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–January 8, 2016 TO THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES: I am returning herewith without my approval H.R. 3762, which provides for reconciliation pursuant to section 2002 of the concurrent resolution on the budget for fiscal year 2016, herein referred to as the Reconciliation Act.  This legislation would not only repeal[Read More…]

WASHINGTON –(ENEWSPF)–January 8, 2016.  U.S. Secretary of Labor Thomas E. Perez issued the following statement about the December 2015 Employment Situation report released today: “2015 ended with still more robust job creation: 292,000 jobs, making December the second best month of the year and bringing total 2015 job growth to[Read More…]

NEW YORK —(ENEWSPF)–January 8,  2016.  In a landmark settlement announced yesterday, the New York City Police Department has agreed to reforms designed to protect New York Muslims and others from discriminatory and unjustified surveillance. As a further safeguard, the settlement installs a civilian representative within the NYPD to act as[Read More…]

Fairfax, Virginia–(ENEWSPF)–January 7, 2016 – 8:00 P.M. EST MR. COOPER: Good evening from George Mason University here in Fairfax, Virginia.  We are here tonight to talk about one of the most divisive issues in America today — guns.  Their protection is enshrined in the Constitution, in the Second Amendment, and[Read More…]

WASHINGTON, DC–(ENEWSPF)–January 7, 2016 – As armed militants continue to occupy the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge in eastern Oregon, today on the House floor, Representative Earl Blumenauer (OR-03) rallied support for public lands. To follow is an excerpt of Representative Blumenauer’s remarks. Click here to watch the full remarks. “With[Read More…]

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–January 7, 2016 – Today, Representatives Earl Blumenauer (D-OR) and Vern Buchanan (R-FL), co-chairs of the Congressional Bike Caucus, introduced the Bikeshare Transit Act (H.R. 4343),bipartisan legislation that will provide local communitiesadditional flexibility to use federal funds for bikeshare programs. The introduction coincides with the City of Portland and[Read More…]

Senators Wyden, Whitehouse Lead Call to Bring Greater Transparency to Political Spending Washington, D.C. –(ENEWSPF)–January 7, 2016.  U.S. Senators Ron Wyden, D-Ore., and Sheldon Whitehouse, D-R.I., were joined by 27 other senators today in urging the president limit anonymous political spending in elections by requiring new transparency for previously secret campaign[Read More…]