New Orleans, LA–(ENEWSPF)–April 20, 2011.  One year after the largest oil spill in American history, Big Oil continues to rake in record profits, Congress has still not acted to hold BP accountable and thousands of working families and small business owners in the Gulf are still struggling to recover. Statement[Read More…]

Commentary By Gary Kopycinski So, about that water issue in Park Forest… It’s about the pipes. All 72 miles of them. I was at a meeting tonight with some Park Forest residents. At the very end of the meeting, someone mentioned the quality of water in her residence. She said[Read More…]

New York NY–(ENEWSPF)–April 19, 2011.  A year after the Gulf oil disaster, Sue Galliano doesn’t want our pity. She just wants us to act like grown-ups. Especially Congress, which still hasn’t allocated a dime to restoring the Southeast’s natural storm buffers. Those wetland barriers protect places, but they also cradle[Read More…]

Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–April 14, 2011.  The op-ed below by President Barack Obama, Prime Minister David Cameron and President Nicolas Sarkozy will appear in tomorrow’s International Herald Tribune, Le Figaro, and Times of London.  Libya’s Pathway to Peace Joint Op-ed by Barack Obama, David Cameron and Nicolas Sarkozy Together with our NATO[Read More…]

WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–April 14, 2011.  AARP today announced its endorsement of the Improving Access to Medicare Coverage Act, a bipartisan bill in the House and Senate to help confront the large out-of-pocket costs people in Medicare can face as the result of a hospital observation stay. The legislation, sponsored by Sens. John[Read More…]

Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–April 14, 2011.  The following statement is attributed to Common Cause President Bob Edgar. The “tough choices ahead” for state and local governments that are the focus of a hearing today in the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee deserve the best thinking of our smartest economists, administrators and[Read More…]

NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–April 14, 2011.  The American Civil Liberties Union today condemned a statement by the Department of Justice (DOJ) indicating that it will not prosecute two lawyers who helped develop the Bush-era torture program. In a letter to Spanish Judge Eloy Velasco Nuñez dated March 1 but made public yesterday,[Read More…]

Washington, D.C.—(ENEWSPF)—April 13 2011. By: Ron Pollack, Executive Director for Families USA   In a speech today, President Obama today offered his vision for reducing the federal deficit. The following is the statement of Ron Pollack, Executive Director of the health consumer organization Families USA, about the President’s speech:   “The[Read More…]

Washington, D.C.—(ENEWSPF)—April 13, 2011. By: Richard Trumka, AFL-CIO President   Today, President Obama gave a promise to America’s working people that he wouldn’t follow the path of the radical Republican fiscal agenda that leads to lost jobs and a national decline of standards. That commitment is essential at this crucial moment[Read More…]

WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–April 7, 2011.  AARP Executive Vice President Nancy LeaMond yesterday wrote to members of the House Budget Committee to voice the Association’s concerns with the budget proposal released yesterday by Chairman Paul Ryan.  Among its provisions, the proposal would drive up costs for people in Medicare, take away needed coverage[Read More…]