Mobile Food Markets Will Provide Fresh Produce to Underserved Areas on the City’s South and West Sides CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–July 10, 2015. Mayor Emanuel and Growing Power today announced that Fresh Moves Mobile Markets will begin providing affordable fresh fruits and vegetables in food desert communities on the city’s south and west[Read More…]
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Congresswoman Robin Kelly Statement on Removing the Confederate Flag from U.S. Capitol Grounds
WASHINGTON –(ENEWSPF)–July 10, 2015. Congresswoman Robin Kelly issued the following statement today on House Democratic efforts to have the Confederate flag removed from the U.S. Capitol: “Today, South Carolina took an important step forward in healing America’s racial wounds by removing the Confederate flag from their statehouse grounds. It is[Read More…]
Senators Call on FCC to Probe Cable, Broadband Prices
WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–July 10, 2015 – Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) and three colleagues today asked the Federal Communications Commission to investigate “ridiculous prices” for cable and broadband services. “Consumers in our country have little or no choice in their Internet and cable provider,” Sanders wrote in the letter to FCC Chairman Tom[Read More…]
Senators Ask U.S. Chamber of Commerce Board Member Companies About The Chamber’s Big Tobacco Lobbying
WASHINGTON, DC –(ENEWSPF)–July 10, 2015. Today, United States Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.), Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.), Al Franken (D-Minn.), Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio), and Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.), sent letters to the CEOs of all 108 member companies of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce’s Board of Directors asking about their[Read More…]
Senators DeLauro, Durbin, Levin, Reed, Whitehouse, Warren, Doggett Ask for Investigations into Ingersoll Rand’s Federal Contracts
WASHINGTON, DC–(ENEWSPF)–July 10, 2015. A bicameral group of seven Members of Congress today called for Inspector General (IG) investigations into federal contracts being awarded to Ingersoll Rand, in violation of federal law. Making the call were: Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro (D-CT), Assistant Democratic Leader Dick Durbin (D-IL), Ways and Means Committee[Read More…]
Combining Social Protection with Pro-poor Investments Can Eradicate World Hunger by 2030 — UN
Agriculture workers collect carrots on a farm in Chimaltenango, Guatemala. Photo: World Bank/Maria Fleischmann GENEVA–(ENEWSPF)–10 July 2015 – According to a new joint United Nations agency report, an additional $160 per year for each person living in extreme poverty would end chronic hunger – and additional investments of an estimated[Read More…]
On Fiftieth Anniversary of the Vietnam War, Senator Durbin Honors the Men and Women Who Served
WASHINGTON, D.C. –(ENEWSPF)—July 10, 2015. In recognition of the fiftieth anniversary of U.S. ground forces entering Vietnam, U.S. Senator Dick Durbin (D-IL) made the following statement honoring the service men and women who fought in the Vietnam War, and calling for renewed efforts to provide Vietnam veterans the medical care[Read More…]
Public Citizen: Not the Right Antidote for Patients — The 21st Century Cures Act Is Not a Way Forward
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—July 10, 2015. Note: Today, the U.S. House of Representatives overwhelmingly voted in favor of H.R. 6, the 21st Century Cures Act. Statement of Vijay Das, Health Care Policy Advocate, Public Citizen’s Congress Watch Division: It is disappointing that the House has passed the 21st Century Cures Act. The[Read More…]
GM Recalls 164,993 HummerH3 Vehicles, July 10, 2015
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—July 10, 2015 SUMMARY: General Motors LLC (GM) is recalling certain model year 2006-2010 Hummer H3 vehicles manufactured February 5, 2005, to May 24, 2010, and 2009-2010 Hummer H3T vehicles manufactured May 21, 2008, to May 24, 2010. In the affected vehicles, the connector module that controls the blower[Read More…]
General Motors Recalls 686,287 Vehicles, July 10, 2015
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—July 10, 2015 SUMMARY: General Motors LLC (GM) is recalling certain model year 2008-2012 Buick Enclave vehicles manufactured January 3, 2007, to February 29, 2012, 2009-2012 Chevrolet Traverse vehicles manufactured July 6, 2008, to February 29, 2012, 2007-2012 GMC Acadia vehicles manufactured September 15, 2006, to February 29, 2012,[Read More…]
