Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—September 30, 2015. Statement of NOW President Terry O’Neill on House Oversight Committee’s Hearing on Planned Parenthood: “Bullies throwing a lot of bull.” That’s how Planned Parenthood Vice President Dawn Laguens described the hours-long ordeal endured by her boss, Cecile Richards today. And it’s entirely accurate. Shame on those[Read More…]

NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–September 29, 2015. Below is a statement Hillary for America Chair John Podesta on Jeb Bush’s energy proposals: “Today, Jeb Bush is proposing an energy plan that reads like a Big Oil wishlist, while apparently omitting clean energy and renewables entirely. Given Bush’s long record of climate defeatism and[Read More…]

WASHINGTON, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–September 29, 2015 – The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, yesterday called on the Republican National Committee (RNC) to repudiate GOP presidential candidate Ben Carson’s stated willingness to consider religion as probable cause for searches. Appearing Sunday on ABC’s “This[Read More…]

Senate HELP Committee Prepares to Release Its FDA Overhaul Proposal; Beware of Talk of Bipartisanship Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–September 29, 2015. The U.S. Senate’s Health Education Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee is expected to release its version of the 21st Century Cures Act soon. If the bill resembles the version approved in[Read More…]

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–September 29, 2015.  In response to the upcoming Planned Parenthood hearing this morning, NARAL Pro-Choice America released a statement from Sasha Bruce, Senior Vice President of Campaigns and Strategy:  “Today, the witch hunt against Planned Parenthood continues, demonstrating just how far anti-choice and extremist politicians are willing to go[Read More…]

  WASHINGTON, D.C. –(ENEWSPF)—September 29, 2015. Today, Jeb Bush is releasing his national energy plan. According to early advanced reporting, elements of the plan include lifting the crude oil export ban, eliminating essential clean air and climate safeguards, building the dirty Keystone XL pipeline, drilling off Alaska’s pristine coast and[Read More…]

Washington, D.C. —(ENEWSPF)–September 29, 2015.  New legislation was introduced in Congress yesterday that would rebalance the Social Security trust funds and ensure that all promised benefits can be paid for the next nearly two decades. Rebecca Vallas, Director of Policy for the Poverty to Prosperity Program at the Center for[Read More…]

WASHINGTON—(ENEWSPF)–September 28, 2015 — Royal Dutch Shell’s decision to halt oil drilling in the Arctic, after its exploratory well failed to yield enough oil and gas to make its mission worth the tremendous risk and cost, is a watershed moment. The following is a statement from Franz Matzner, director of[Read More…]

Washington, D.C. –(ENEWSPF)–September 28, 2015.  Late Sunday evening, Shell Oil announced that it was ending its oil exploration program in the Arctic Ocean, and would cease further exploratory activity off Alaska’s coast for the foreseeable future. In response, Sierra Club Executive Director Michael Brune released the following statement: “Shell’s abandonment[Read More…]

Washington, D.C. —(ENEWSPF)–September 28, 2015.  Royal Dutch Shell announced today that in light of disappointing discoveries after its second season of drilling an exploratory well in the Chukchi Sea off the North Slope of Alaska, it would be suspending all future operations in Arctic waters. Center for American Progress Director[Read More…]