NEW YORK—(ENEWSPF)—October 3, 2015. Hillary Clinton released the following statement after the National Education Association (NEA) endorsed her campaign for President. With nearly 3 million members, the NEA joins the American Federation of Teachers and unions representing over 6 million workers in endorsing Clinton. “As a lifelong fighter for children[Read More…]
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White House Weekly Address: Congress Should Do its Job and Pass a Serious Budget
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–October 3, 2015. Hi, everybody. Yesterday, we learned that our businesses created another 118,000 new jobs in September. That makes 67 straight months of job creation, and 13.2 million new jobs in all. But we would be doing even better if we didn’t have to keep dealing with crises[Read More…]
White House Press Conference by President Obama, Oct. 2, 2015
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–October 2, 2015 – 3:55 P.M. EDT THE PRESIDENT: I’m going to take a couple of questions from the press. But first, a few additional pieces of business. First of all, we learned today that our businesses created another 118,000 new jobs in September, which means that we now[Read More…]
Remarks by Secretary of State Kerry at the High-Level Ministerial on Libya
NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–October 2, 2015. SECRETARY KERRY: Mr. Secretary-General and distinguished ministers and friends, Libyan political leaders, Bernardino Leon, thank you for your terrific efforts and those of everybody who’s been negotiating away. This is a very important meeting. This is a very important moment. And we’re here because we have[Read More…]
Justice Department Announces New Strategy to Combat Intellectual Property Crimes and $3.2 Million in Grant Funding to State and Local Law Enforcement Agencies
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–October 2, 2015. Attorney General Loretta E. Lynch announced today that the Justice Department will launch a new collaborative strategy to more closely partner with businesses in intellectual property enforcement efforts and will award over $3.2 million to ten jurisdictions to support state and local task forces in the[Read More…]
Statement by the Director of the Holy See Press Office Re: Pope Francis Meeting with Kim Davis
Vatican City—(ENEWSPF)–2 October 2015 – The director of the Holy See Press Office, Fr. Federico Lombardi, S.J., today issued the following statement regarding the Pope’s meeting with Kim Davis, an American public official who spent five days in prison for refusing to issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples. “The brief[Read More…]
Statement of US Labor Secretary Perez on September, 2015 Employment Numbers
WASHINGTON —(ENEWSPF)–October 2, 2015. U.S. Secretary of Labor Thomas E. Perez issued the following statement about the September 2015 Employment Situation report released today: “The recovery continued in September, with the economy adding 142,000 new jobs. It was the 67th consecutive month of private-sector job growth, with 13.2 million private[Read More…]
Statement by Hillary Clinton on Alabama License Office Measure Disenfranchising Voters
NEW YORK—(ENEWSPF)—October 2, 2015. Hillary Clinton released the following statement on potential voter disenfranchisement, after Alabama announced plans to close 31 driver’s license offices state-wide, including in seven counties that are more than two-thirds African American. In 2011, Alabama announced that it would require photo ID to vote. A comprehensive[Read More…]
Payroll Employment Rises by 142,000 in September, 2015; Unemployment Rate Remains at 5.1%
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—October 2, 2015. Total nonfarm payroll employment increased by 142,000 in September, and the unemployment rate was unchanged at 5.1 percent, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Job gains occurred in health care and information, while mining employment fell. Household Survey Data In September, the unemployment rate[Read More…]
Statement by President Obama on the Shootings at Umpqua Community College, Roseburg, Oregon
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–October 1, 2015 – 6:22 P.M. EDT THE PRESIDENT: There’s been another mass shooting in America — this time, in a community college in Oregon. That means there are more American families — moms, dads, children — whose lives have been changed forever. That means there’s another community stunned[Read More…]
