WASHINGTON—(ENEWSPF)—November 10, 2015. U.S. Senators Chuck Grassley, Chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, and Dick Durbin, Assistant Democratic Leader, today are introducing bipartisan legislation that would reform the H-1B visa program, consistent with Congress’s original intent, by ensuring that qualified American workers are given the first opportunity at high-skilled job[Read More…]

NEW YORK—(ENEWSPF)—November 10, 2015. Following last night’s ruling by a three-judge panel from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit upholding an injunction against President Obama’s executive actions on immigration, Hillary Clinton released the following statement:   “I strongly disagree with the Fifth Circuit’s ruling in this politically[Read More…]

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–November 9, 2015 – 10:34 A.M. EST PRESIDENT OBAMA:  Well, it is very good to welcome once again Prime Minister Bibi Netanyahu to the Oval Office.  There’s no foreign leader who I’ve met with more frequently, and I think that’s a testimony to the extraordinary bond between the United[Read More…]

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–November 9, 2015 – 12:51 P.M. EDT MR. EARNEST:  Good afternoon, everybody.  Happy Monday.  Let me do a couple of — Q    He says, happy Monday.  (Laughter.)   Q    Something we don’t know about? MR. EARNEST:  Let me do two things at the top, and then we’ll[Read More…]

Samuel DeWitt Proctor Conference, Interdenominational Network of African American Congregations and Clergy to Mobilize in Support of Decriminalization Leading up to 2016 UN Meeting NEW YORK—(ENEWSPF)—November 9, 2015. The Samuel DeWitt Proctor Conference, Inc. (SDPC) is urging the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime to stand by their call[Read More…]

SOUTH CAROLINA—(ENEWSPF)—November 7, 2015. In a keynote address to SC Equality, Hillary Clinton spoke about her support for the LGBT community and her plan to continue to fight for equality for LGBT families and young people in the across the nation.  Please see the full remarks below: “Thank you.  Wow. [Read More…]

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–November 7, 2015 Hi, everybody. For decades, too many working Americans went without the security of health insurance — and their financial well-being suffered because of it. We’ve begun to change that. As the Affordable Care Act has taken effect, we’ve covered 17.6 million Americans. Since 2010, the uninsured[Read More…]

WASHINGTON, DC—(ENEWSPF)–November 6, 2015.  Representative Eliot L. Engel (NY), Ranking Member of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs; Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (FL); Chair of the Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on the Middle East; and Rep. Jan Schakowsky (IL) today introduced a resolution in the House of Representative commemorating the 20th anniversary[Read More…]

WASHINGTON —(ENEWSPF)–November 6, 2015.  U.S. Secretary of Labor Thomas E. Perez issued the following statement about the October 2015 Employment Situation report released today: “The nation continues to bounce back from our worst economic crisis in generations. October was the most robust month of job growth in 2015, with total[Read More…]

NEW YORK—(ENEWSPF)—November 6, 2015. Adding to her call this spring to “end the era of mass incarceration,” today Hillary Clinton outlined specific reforms to tackle mandatory minimum sentences, which disproportionately hurt African Americans and other minority communities. These proposals build on her criminal justice reform agenda, which also includes measures[Read More…]