Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)–March 13, 2014. SEASONALLY ADJUSTED DATA In the week ending March 8, the advance figure for seasonally adjusted initial claims was 315,000, a decrease of 9,000 from the previous week’s revised figure of 324,000. The 4-week moving average was 330,500, a decrease of 6,250 from the previous week’s revised[Read More…]

In Testimony to Sentencing Commission, Holder Endorses Proposal That Would Reduce the Average Sentence for Low-level Drug Offenders by Nearly a Year Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—March 13, 2014. In testimony delivered before the U.S. Sentencing Commission Thursday, Attorney General Eric Holder endorsed a proposed change to the Federal Sentencing Guidelines that would[Read More…]

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–March 12, 2014 – 4:17 P.M. EDT THE PRESIDENT:  Well, it’s an honor for me to welcome these outstanding women members of Congress.  And I think that over the last several weeks and months, what the American people have seen is my single-most important priority domestically is to make[Read More…]

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–March 12, 2014 – 1:09 P.M. EDT MR. CARNEY:  Good afternoon, ladies and gentlemen.  Thank you for being here.  I wanted to let you know that we have a special guest today, and she is — I don’t have my paper — but it is Betsey Stevenson, a member[Read More…]

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–March 12, 2014. Ukraine is facing a moment of historic challenge and historic opportunity. In the coming months, the Government of Ukraine will need to take steps to restore economic stability and to conduct free, fair, and inclusive presidential elections to allow the Ukrainian people to choose their own[Read More…]

Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—March 12, 2014 – 3:30 P.M. EDT PRESIDENT OBAMA:  It is a pleasure to welcome Prime Minister Yatsenyuk to the Oval Office, to the White House.  I think all of us have seen the courage of the Ukrainian people in standing up on behalf of democracy and on the[Read More…]

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–March 12, 2014. We, the leaders of Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the United Kingdom, the United States, the President of the European Council and the President of the European Commission, call on the Russian Federation to cease all efforts to change the status of Crimea contrary to Ukrainian[Read More…]

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–March 11, 2014 – 12:47 P.M. EDT MR. CARNEY:  Good afternoon, ladies and gentlemen.  Welcome to the White House.  I don’t have any announcements at the top, so I’ll go straight to the Associated Press.  Julie. Q    Thanks, Jay.  Does the White House believe, as Senator Feinstein said this[Read More…]

Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–March 11, 2014.  Sen. Ron Wyden, D- Ore., today stood up for whistleblowers and expressed his ongoing concerns about the culture of secrecy at the Hanford Nuclear Reservation site in a roundtable discussion before the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Subcommittee on Financial and Contracting Oversight. The subcommittee[Read More…]

Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–March 11, 2014.  U.S. Senator Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) released the following statement in response to Senate Intelligence Committee Chairman Dianne Feinstein’s floor speech on the CIA’s searching of computers used by the Senate Intelligence Committee: “I commend Chairman Feinstein for shining a light on the unprecedented invasion by the[Read More…]