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Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Considers Proposal to Overhaul Debt Collection Market

New Protections Would Limit Collector Contact and Help Ensure the Correct Debt is Collected Washington, D.C. –(ENEWSPF)–July 28, 2016.   Today the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) outlined proposals under consideration that would overhaul the debt collection market by capping collector contact attempts and by helping to ensure that companies[Read More…]

New Video “Voices of Flint” Debuts at Democratic National Convention

Philadelphia, PA –(ENEWSPF)–July 28, 2016.   Under pressure to cut costs in April 2014, the city of Flint, Michigan, switched its water source from Lake Huron to the Flint River—a move that contaminated the city’s drinking water with lead, costing residents’ health and quality of life. Tonight, the Democratic National[Read More…]

New Democratic National Convention Video on Sandy Hook “My Mother”

Philadelphia, PA –(ENEWSPF)–July 28, 2016.  On December 14, 2012, Erica Smegielski’s world was turned upside down when her mother and best friend, Dawn, was killed in the horrific shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School. Since then, she has turned her tears into anger—and her anger into action—to help spare other families[Read More…]

Congresswoman Kelly Statement on the Presidential Library in Jackson Park

CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–July 27, 2016.  Congresswoman Robin Kelly issued the following statement regarding the decision to locate the Obama Presidential Center in historic Jackson Park, located within the Second Congressional District. “I’m thrilled that President Obama and first lady Michelle Obama have selected Jackson Park as the site for the Presidential library[Read More…]

President Barack Obama’s Full Speech at the 2016 Democratic National Convention (Video and Transcript)

  TRANSCRIPT Philadelphia, PA–(ENEWSPF)–July 27, 2016 – 10:57 P.M. EDT THE PRESIDENT:  Thank you.  (Applause.)  Thank you so much.  Thank you, everybody.  (Applause.)  Thank you.  (Applause.) AUDIENCE:  Obama!  Obama!  Obama! AUDIENCE MEMBER:  We love you! THE PRESIDENT:  I love you back!  (Applause.) Hello, America!  Hello, Democrats!  (Applause.) So 12 years[Read More…]

No Wonder Donald Trump Wants Bill Gates to ‘Turn Off the Internet’

OREGON—(ENEWSPF)—July 27, 2016. Shortly before the start of the 2016 Democratic National Convention, it was reported that the Democratic National Committee’s (DNC) email server had been hacked.  The FBI was brought in to investigate this security breach. When questioned about the matter, President Obama said that “experts have attributed this[Read More…]

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