WASHINGTON—(ENEWSPF)—April 29, 2010. A leading, impartial expert on military justice has told Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee Chairman Joe Lieberman, ID-Conn., and Ranking Member Susan Collins, R-Me., that the Committee’s efforts to obtain documents and witnesses on the Fort Hood massacre will pose no problems for the prosecution of[Read More…]
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Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman Kerry Opening Statement At Hearing On The New START Treaty
WASHINGTON, D.C.—(ENEWSPF)—April 29, 2010. Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman John Kerry (D-MA) today released the following statement at a hearing titled, “The Historical and Modern Context for U.S.- Russian Arms Control”: The full text of his statement as prepared is below: Thank you all for coming. This afternoon, we begin[Read More…]
GAO: US Homeland Defense and Civil Support Needs Improvement
Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–April 29, 2010. Today, Rep. Bennie G. Thompson (D-MS), Chairman of the Committee on Homeland Security, announced the release of two Government Accountability Office (GAO) reports on homeland defense and civil support. The reports, Department of Defense Interagency Coordination for Its Homeland Defense and Civil Support Missions (GAO 10-364)[Read More…]
House Committee Seeks Details on Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill
Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–April 29, 2010. Today Chairman of the House Energy and Commerce Committee Henry A. Waxman and Subcommittee Chairman Bart Stupak sent letters to BP America Inc. and Transocean Ltd. regarding recent reports on the failure of the blowout preventer on the Deepwater Horizon rig to shut off the flow[Read More…]
Yamaha Recalls ATVs Due to Crash Hazard
Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–April 29, 2010. The following product safety recall was voluntarily conducted by the firm in cooperation with the CPSC. Consumers should stop using the product immediately unless otherwise instructed. Name of Product: Yamaha All-Terrain Vehicles (ATVs) Units: About 20,000 Manufacturer: Yamaha Motor Corporation U.S.A., of Cypress, Calif. Hazard: The[Read More…]
Senate Democrats Unveil Legislation to Limit Fallout from Supreme Court Ruling that Allows Unlimited Special Interest Spending on Elections
WASHINGTON, DC–(ENEWSPF)–April 29, 2010. U.S. Senators Charles E. Schumer (D-NY), Russ Feingold (D-WI), Ron Wyden (D-OR), Evan Bayh (D-IN) and Al Franken (D-MN) announced new legislation Thursday to blunt the harmful impacts from the Supreme Court’s decision allowing corporations and other special interests to spend unlimited sums to influence elections. The[Read More…]
SEIU: We Need Balanced, Practical Immigration Solutions More Than Ever
WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–April 29 – Today, Senators Charles Schumer, Robert Menendez and Harry Reid will introduce an immigration reform outline. In anticipation, SEIU Executive Vice President Eliseo Medina issued the following statement: “As the eyes of the world focus on Arizona, it is clear that we need balanced, practical immigration solutions more[Read More…]
Proposed Immigration Bill Raises Civil Liberties Concerns, Says ACLU
WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–April 29 – The American Civil Liberties Union has serious reservations about a draft version of a comprehensive immigration reform (CIR) bill summary posted on Politico late Wednesday. Although the ACLU has not seen the full legislative language of the bill, the published draft raises serious civil liberties concerns, including[Read More…]
DOL’s MSHA Notified of Roof Collapse at Dotiki Mine in Hopkins County, Ky.
WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–April 29, 2010. U.S. Department of Labor Mine Safety and Health Administration spokesperson Amy Louviere today issued the following statement regarding a roof collapse at Dotiki Mine in Hopkins County, Ky.: “On April 28, at approximately 10:40 p.m. CDT, MSHA received word of a roof collapse at the Dotiki Mine[Read More…]
Sudan: UN Mission to Remain for Another Year to Support North-South Peace Pact
NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–29 April 2010 – The Security Council today extended for another year the mandate of the United Nations mission supporting the 2005 agreement that ended the decades-long north-south civil war in Sudan, stressing the need to complete all remaining tasks under the peace pact. In a unanimously adopted resolution,[Read More…]
