Washington, D.C. —(ENEWSPF)–September 3, 2105. Center for American Progress Executive Vice President for External Affairs Winnie Stachelberg issued the following statement today in support of proposed regulations released by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services under Section 1557 of the Affordable Care Act, or ACA. Among other critical[Read More…]
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Reaction to Hillary Clinton’s Plan to Combat Drug and Alcohol Abuse
NEW YORK—(ENEWSPF)—September 3, 2015. Hillary Clinton announced her Initiative to Combat America’s Deadly Epidemic of Drug and Alcohol Addiction yesterday. You can read her op-ed and check out the full factsheet for Clinton’s comprehensive plan HERE. See below for some reaction… Tim Kaine — Senator from Virginia and Former Chairman[Read More…]
Closing Schools Is Just Another Form of Killing – BYP100 Stands with Dyett Hunger Strikers
CHICAGO—(ENEWSPF)—August 30, 2015. Black Youth Project 100 (BYP100) stands in support of the Coalition to Revitalize Dyett, a group of outraged community members, teachers and parents who have been on hunger strike for education justice since August 17th. The hunger strike is in response to Chicago Public Schools’ failure to[Read More…]
Sierra Club Statement on TVA’s Plan to Address Closure of Coal Ash Impoundments
KNOXVILLE, TENN. –(ENEWSPF)–August 27, 2015. The Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) issued its notice for a programmatic Environmental Impact Statement to address the closure of coal combustion residual impoundments at its coal-fired power plants. In response, Jonathan Levenshus, Senior Campaign Representative for the Sierra Club Beyond Coal Campaign in Tennessee, released[Read More…]
Former Governor Tom Vilsack: Why I’m Supporting Hillary Clinton
IOWA—(ENEWSPF)—August 26, 2015. On Feb. 1, 2016 I intend to proudly caucus for Hillary Clinton — plain and simple. Hillary Clinton is not new to the fight for middle class families. Throughout her public life she has consistently fought to expand and strengthen the middle class. I have no doubt[Read More…]
The System Works: D.C. Regulators Showed Courage in Rejecting Exelon’s Proposed Takeover of Pepco
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–August 25, 2015. Statement of Allison Fisher, Outreach Director, Public Citizen’s Energy Program: Congratulations to the D.C. Public Service Commission for showing courage today in rejecting Chicago-based Exelon’s acquisition of Pepco. The deal would have been bad for D.C. consumers, and the Commission was right to reject it –[Read More…]
NRDC: New Jersey Court Approves Bad Deal Between Christie Administration & ExxonMobil Over Decades of Oil Refinery Pollution
MOUNT HOLLY, N.J. –(ENEWSPF)–August 25, 2015 – A New Jersey court today approved a settlement between ExxonMobil and Governor Chris Christie’s administration over damages due for decades of toxic soil and water contamination in the northern part of the state. The settlement gives the oil giant a more than 98 percent[Read More…]
NRDC: White House Initiative on Energy Efficiency Huge Step Forward
WASHINGTON—(ENEWSPF)–August 24, 2015 – The public-private initiative announced today by the Obama Administration will ease some of the worst impacts of climate change being felt in America’s low-income communities, where parents struggle to pay high energy bills and their children suffer from intensified cases of asthma and other respiratory diseases.[Read More…]
Statement from Lorella Praeli on Jeb Bush’s ‘Anchor Babies’ Comment
NEW YORK—(ENEWSPF)—August 20, 2015. In response to Jeb Bush doubling down on his hateful rhetoric regarding the U.S. born children of immigrants, Hillary For America Latino Outreach Director, Lorella Praeli, released the following statement: “During a press conference today, Jeb Bush tried to outdo Donald Trump and other Republican presidential[Read More…]
FDA’s Big Mistake: Expect Flibanserin to Be Pulled From the Market in a Few Years
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–August 20, 2015. Statement of Dr. Sidney Wolfe, Founder and Senior Adviser, Public Citizen’s Health Research Group: Note: Dr. Sidney Wolfe, founder and senior adviser of Public Citizen’s Health Research Group, testified on June 4 before two U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) advisory committees urging the agency to[Read More…]
