Attorney General Announces Sentences for Sisters Who Stole Identities to Obtain Over $300,000 in Financial Aid to Spend on Personal Items Chicago —(ENEWSPF)—October 20, 2015. Attorney General Lisa Madigan today announced that two Chicago area sisters were sentenced to 10 years in prison in an identity theft scheme to obtain[Read More…]
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Remarks by Secretary of State Kerry at the Opening Session of the Climate and Clean Energy Investment Forum
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–October 20, 2015 SECRETARY KERRY: Drew, thank you very, very much. Good morning everybody. Welcome to the State Department. And Drew, thanks so much for not just great leadership, but for years of friendship. Drew was really the surrogate senator for the state of Massachusetts for a period of[Read More…]
Department of Defense Press Briefing by Pentagon Press Secretary Peter Cook, Oct. 20, 2015
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—October 20, 2015 PETER COOK: Afternoon, everybody. Got a quick announcement off the top before I turn to your questions. Today, senior officials from the Department of Defense and the Russian Ministry of Defence signed a memorandum of understanding regarding measures to minimize the risk of in-flight incidents between[Read More…]
Statement from Pentagon Press Secretary on Memorandum of Understanding with Russia Regarding Safety Over Syrian Air Space
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–October 20, 2015. Today senior officials from the Department of Defense and the Russian Ministry of Defense signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) regarding measures to minimize the risk of inflight incidents among coalition and Russian aircraft operating in Syrian air space. With today’s signatures the MOU is now[Read More…]
Senator Kirk: Divided Families in Illinois Deserve to be Reunited With Their Korean Relatives
WASHINGTON –-(ENEWSPF)–October 20, 2015. U.S. Senator Mark Kirk (R-Ill.) today released the following statement after hundreds of Korean families were reunited more than 60 years after being separated during the Korean War: “Though hundreds of Korean families were reunited this week in North Korea, the fact remains that more than[Read More…]
Senator Bernie Sanders Calls for Probe into Exxon Mobil Claims on Climate Change
WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–October 20, 2015 – Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) today asked the Department of Justice to investigate potential fraud by Exxon Mobil Corp. over conflicts in what it knew and what it told the public and shareholders about the cause of climate change. In a letter to Attorney General Loretta Lynch,[Read More…]
Senators Blumenthal, Durbin, Warren, Brown Demand Education Department Stop Unrestrained Flow of Federal Funds to Potentially Fraudulent For-Profit Schools
WASHINGTON, D.C. –(ENEWSPF)–October 20, 2015. Today, U.S. Senators Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.), Dick Durbin (D-Ill.), Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), and Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio) demanded the U.S. Department of Education (ED) immediately take action to stop millions in federal funds from being provided to potentially fraudulent for-profit institutions, as uncovered by a recent[Read More…]
Rep. Gutiérrez Tells NBC To Dump Trump
“If SNL is allowed to proceed, it would be a huge corporate blunder.” Washington, DC –(ENEWSPF)–October 20, 2015. Today, Rep. Luis V. Gutiérrez (D-IL) wrote to the Presidents of Comcast and NBC Universal asking them to “disinvite” Donald Trump from hosting the November 7 broadcast of Saturday Night Live (SNL) on[Read More…]
Congresswoman Duckworth Statement on Recent Attacks in Israel and the West Bank
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–October 20, 2015. Congresswoman Tammy Duckworth (IL-08) issued the following statement condemning recent attacks on Israeli civilians: “I am sickened by the tragic attacks in Israel and the West Bank over the past several days. My thoughts and prayers are with the victims, their families and the entire Israeli[Read More…]
FDA Approves First Factor X Concentrate to Treat Patients with Rare Hereditary Bleeding Disorder
Silver Spring, Maryland–(ENEWSPF)–October 20, 2015. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today approved Coagadex, Coagulation Factor X (Human), for hereditary Factor X (10) deficiency. Until today’s orphan drug approval, no specific coagulation factor replacement therapy was available for patients with hereditary Factor X deficiency. In healthy individuals, the Factor X[Read More…]
