WASHINGTON —(ENEWSPF)–April 3, 2015. U.S. Secretary of Labor Thomas E. Perez issued the following statement about the March 2015 Employment Situation report released today: “The economy added 126,000 new jobs in March (129,000 in the private sector), extending the longest streak of private sector job growth on record to 61[Read More…]
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Statement of U.S. Labor Secretary Perez on March 2015 Employment Numbers
WASHINGTON —(ENEWSPF)–April 3, 2015. U.S. Secretary of Labor Thomas E. Perez issued the following statement about the March 2015 Employment Situation report released today: “The economy added 126,000 new jobs in March (129,000 in the private sector), extending the longest streak of private sector job growth on record to 61[Read More…]
Representative Blumenauer Statement on Nuclear Framework Agreement with Iran
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)—April 3, 2015. Yesterday, Representative Earl Blumenauer (OR-03) released the following statement on the announcement that a framework agreement has been reached on an Iran nuclear deal. “Despite efforts by many to scuttle diplomacy with Iran, today’s framework agreement is an extension of steady, incremental progress from all sides,[Read More…]
ALCU: Arkansas Gov. Rejects Indiana Copycat Bill, Signs New, Flawed Religious Freedom Restoration Act into Law
New Law Falls Short of Ensuring Religion Cannot be Used to Harm Others LITTLE ROCK, Ark. –(ENEWSPF)–April 2, 2015. Gov. Asa Hutchinson today signed SB 975 into law, a revised bill that sought to improve upon Religious Freedom Restoration Act HB 1228, which closely resembled Indiana’s controversial RFRA. In doing[Read More…]
Secretary of State Kerry’s Press Availability in Lausanne, Switzerland, April 2, 2015
Lausanne, Switzerland–(ENEWSPF)–April 2, 2015. SECRETARY KERRY: Well, good evening and – excuse me – thank you all very, very much for your patience. And I want to start by expressing an enormous thank you, merci, danke, to the people and the Government of Switzerland for their incredible generosity. The way[Read More…]
U.S. Citizens and NGOs Join World Leaders in Call for President Obama to Retract Executive Order Against Venezuela
New York–(ENEWSPF)–April 3, 2015 – In an Open Letter addressed to President Barack Obama, over 121 U.S. academics, activists and NGOs called on their head of state to rescind his Executive Order declaring Venezuela “an unusual and extraordinary threat to U.S. national security”. On March 9, 2015, President Obama invoked[Read More…]
Payroll Employment Increases by 126,000 in March 2015; Unemployment Rate Unchanged at 5.5%
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—April 3, 2015. Total nonfarm payroll employment increased by 126,000 in March, and the unemployment rate was unchanged at 5.5 percent, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Employment continued to trend up in professional and business services, health care, and retail trade, while mining lost jobs. Household[Read More…]
Remarks by President Obama on TechHire Initiative
Louisville, Kentucky–(ENEWSPF)–April 2, 2015 – 6:15 P.M. EDT THE PRESIDENT: Hello, everybody! Hello! (Applause.) Please, please, have a seat. Have a seat. Well, first of all, sorry I’m late. (Laughter.) I had a couple things I had to do. (Laughter.) And obviously, when you’re the President, you’ve got — national[Read More…]
National Iranian American Council Statement on Solutions Found in Iran Talks
Washington, DC –(ENEWSPF)–April 2, 2015. National Iranian American Council (NIAC) President Trita Parsi issued the following statement regarding the announcement that the P5+1 and Iran reached solutions to the key parameters of a nuclear agreement today: Today, the U.S. and its partners secured a commitment from Iran to significantly constrain[Read More…]
Peace Action: Nuclear Weapons Group Praises Historic Iran Agreement
Nuclear Weapons Group Praises Historic Iran Agreement Washington, DC — (ENEWSPF)–April 2, 2015 — The United States, Russia, China, United Kingdom, and France, plus Germany (P5 + 1) and Iran reached an historic framework agreement regarding Iran’s nuclear program in Switzerland today. The “Common Understanding On Principles” claims to take[Read More…]
