WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–November 19, 2009. AARP Senior Vice President David Sloane released the following statement in support of H.R. 3961, the Medicare Physician Payment Reform Act of 2009: “H.R. 3961 will make certain that millions of Americans in Medicare will be able to keep their access to and choice of physicians, and[Read More…]
Opinion
SEIU: Senate’s Health Reform Bill Puts Americans One Step Closer to Reform That Works for American People
WASHINGTON, DC–(ENEWSPF)–November 19, 2009. Service Employees International Union’s (SEIU) President Andy Stern released the following statement regarding the U.S. Senate’s release of its Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. “For close to a century, Presidents and congressional leaders have debated ways to fix our healthcare system. A system that leaves[Read More…]
WWF Comments on US-China Summit
WASHINGTON, DC–(ENEWSPF)–November 18, 2009 – World Wildlife Fund (WWF) issued the following statement from Keya Chatterjee, Acting Director of Climate Change for WWF, in reaction to remarks today by President Obama and President Hu Jintao on prospects for the upcoming climate negotiations in Copenhagen: “Recently it’s become fashionable to downplay[Read More…]
Secretary Sebelius Statement on New Breast Cancer Recommendations
Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–November 18, 2009. HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius issued the following statement today on new breast cancer screening recommendations from the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force: “There is no question that the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force Recommendations have caused a great deal of confusion and worry among women and[Read More…]
Lift the Ban – Let Americans Visit Cuba
MIAMI–(ENEWSPF)–November 17, 2009. The following op-ed was written by Senators Richard G. Lugar, R-Ind and Howard L. Berman, D-Calif. and appeared in today’s edition of the Miami Herald. U.S. law lets American citizens travel to any country on earth, friend or foe — with one exception: Cuba. It’s time for[Read More…]
Senate Health Committee to Consider Food Safety Bill
WASHINGTON, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–November 17, 2009. The Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee will mark up a bill to improve food safety (S. 510) this Wednesday, November 18. The House overwhelmingly approved food safety legislation in July, and Consumers Union (CU), the nonprofit publisher of Consumer Reports magazine, is urging[Read More…]
American Cancer Society Responds to Changes to USPSTF Mammography Guidelines
Atlanta–(ENEWSPF)–November 17, 2009—The United States Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) today announced that it is changing its guidelines for mammography and no longer recommends routine screening for women between the ages of 40 and 49. Below is a statement from Otis W. Brawley, M.D., chief medical officer, American Cancer Society.[Read More…]
Pruden: Obama Lacks ‘Blood Impulse’ for What America ‘Is About’ due to ‘Kenyan Father,’ ‘Mother Attracted to Men of the Third World’
Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)– From Washington Times editor emeritus Wesley Pruden’s November 17 column (emphasis added): So far it’s a memorable trip. He established a new precedent for how American presidents should pay obeisance to kings, emperors, monarchs, sovereigns and assorted other authentic man-made masters of the universe. He stopped just this[Read More…]
Investigating Medill ‘Innocence Project’ Could Chill Students’ Reporting
Commentary Inside the First Amendment By Gene Policinski First Amendment Center vice president/executive director A scene in the 1987 movie “The Untouchables” shows Sean Connery as a Chicago beat cop instructing federal agent Kevin Costner on how to play tough in the Windy City. Connery finishes his bare-knuckles-to-handguns lesson with[Read More…]
In Book Full of Complaints, Palin Writes: ‘I Don’t Like To Hear People Complain’
News Analysis Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)– In her forthcoming memoir, Going Rogue: An American Life, former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin writes, "I don’t like to hear people complain," before stating one "complaint for the record" about the national media. However, Palin’s professed distaste for "complaints" is undercut by the numerous complaints that[Read More…]
