WASHINGTON —(ENEWSPF)–May 8, 2015.  With the release of the April 2015 Employment Situation Report today, U.S. Secretary of Labor Thomas E. Perez says there are five things you should know about the numbers: With 223,000 jobs added in April, private-sector employment has grown for 62 consecutive months — the longest[Read More…]

Portland, OR–(ENEWSPF)—May 8, 2015. Representative Earl Blumenauer (OR-03) released the following statement on President Barack Obama’s visit to Portland. “I am pleased the President is coming to visit as we are entering into perhaps the final stages of the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) negotiations. Trade is critically important to Oregon. We[Read More…]

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–May 8, 2015.  Attorney General Loretta E. Lynch announced today that the Justice Department has opened a civil pattern or practice investigation into Baltimore Police Department (BPD), pursuant to the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994.  The department’s investigation of BPD will seek to determine whether there[Read More…]

Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—May 8, 2015. Total nonfarm payroll employment increased by 223,000 in April, and the unemployment rate was essentially unchanged at 5.4 percent, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Job gains occurred in professional and business services, health care, and construction. Mining employment continued to decline. Household Survey[Read More…]

Aboard Air Force One En Route Portland, Oregon–(ENEWSPF)–May 7, 2015 – 3:56 P.M. EDT MR. SCHULTZ:  Welcome aboard Air Force One this afternoon en route to Beaverton.  I just have one announcement at the top that’s personnel related. This trip is the last trip for Hannah Hankins, a wrangler who[Read More…]

Riyadh, Saudi Arabia–(ENEWSPF)–May 7, 2015. FOREIGN MINISTER AL-JUBEIR: (In progress) (Via interpreter) – and he met with the king, King Salman bin Abdulaziz. And he met His Royal Highness Prince Mohammed bin Nayef, the crown prince, the first deputy premier and minister of interior. He met His Royal Highness Prince[Read More…]

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–May 7, 2015.   The U.S. Department of State warns U.S. citizens of the risks of travel to Mali. We especially warn against travel to the northern parts of the country and along the border with Mauritania because of ongoing military operations and threats of attacks and kidnappings targeting westerners. Mali[Read More…]

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–May 7, 2015 – 2:06 P.M. EDT THE PRESIDENT:  Hello, everybody.  Welcome to the White House.  Please have a seat.  And congratulations to this year’s winners of the Commander-in-Chief’s Trophy, the Air Force Fighting Falcons.  (Applause.)    So this is the Falcons’ third trip to the White House in the[Read More…]

Amendment Would Fully Guarantee Women Equal Protections Under the Law; Expired in 1982 Without Full 38-State Ratification WASHINGTON –-(ENEWSPF)–May 7, 2015.  U.S. Senators Mark Kirk (R-Ill.) and Ben Cardin (D-Md.) today introduced S.J. Res 15, a bipartisan joint resolution to remove the deadline for the states’ ratification of the Equal Rights[Read More…]

Smart Grid Act Promotes Low-Cost Renewable Energy for American Consumers Washington, D.C. –-(ENEWSPF)–May 7, 2015.  Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., introduced legislation to update America’s aging power grid and provide more reliable, low-cost, renewable energy to consumers in the Pacific Northwest and across the country. The Smart Grid Act of 2015 establishes[Read More…]