Macon, Missouri–(ENEWSPF)–April 28, 2010 – 1:06 P.M. CDT THE PRESIDENT: Hello, everybody! Hello, POET! Thank you so much. (Applause.) Thank you, everybody. Please have a seat. It is wonderful to be here. It is wonderful to be in Missouri. It is wonderful to be this close to my house. (Laughter.)[Read More…]
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State Department Briefing by Phillip J. Crowley, April 28, 2010
Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–April 28, 2010. INDEX: DEPARTMENT Secretary will meet with Foreign Minister Morjane of Tunisia Secretary will meet with Foreign Minister Canahuati of Honduras Secretary meets with the families of three hikers in detention in Iran Secretary will provide remarks at the memorial service for Dr. Dorothy Height Assistant Secretary[Read More…]
Statement by President Obama on House Passage of the Improper Payments Elimination and Recovery Act
Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–April 28, 2010. “Today, the House took another critical step toward increased fiscal responsibility by passing the Improper Payments Elimination and Recovery Act. This bipartisan legislation will help save taxpayer dollars by reining in wasteful overpayments from the federal government to individuals, organizations and contractors – the kind of[Read More…]
White House Press Gaggle by Deputy Press Secretary Bill Burton, April 28, 2010
Aboard Air Force Once, En Route Quincy, Illinois–(ENEWSPF)–April 28, 2010 – 9:46 A.M. CDT MR. BURTON: Good morning. Thank you for joining us. We’re going to have some long drives today, but we’ll see some beautiful parts of the country. So, at 12:20 p.m., the President is going to tour[Read More…]
Audubon Fears Imperiled Birds Will be Next Victims of Gulf Oil Disaster
New York, NY–(ENEWSPF)–April 28, 2010 – Audubon experts across the Gulf Coast are monitoring the spread of thousands of gallons of oil that threaten to turn last week’s drilling platform explosion into a growing environmental disaster. “The terrible loss of 11 workers may be just the beginning of this tragedy[Read More…]
WellPoint’s Decides to Ban Rescissions in Advance of the Affordable Care Act’s Requirement
Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–April 28, 2010. U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Kathleen Sebelius released the following statement yesterday on WellPoint’s announcement that it intends to end the practice of rescinding patients’ coverage in advance of the Affordable Care Act’s requirement that insurers stop this practice starting this fall.[Read More…]
Momentum Building on Sebelius’ Challenge to Insurers to Ban Rescission Before Law Takes Effect in September
Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–April 28, 2010. More insurers are heeding Secretary Sebelius’ call to voluntarily implement key provisions of the Affordable Care Act before the law requires them to do so. Today, UnitedHealthcare announced they will join with other insurers and stop using rescissions – the practice of dropping patients’ health coverage.[Read More…]
U.S. and Australia Sign Landmark Emergency Management Coordination Agreement
Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–April 28, 2010. U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano and Australian Attorney-General Robert McClelland today signed a landmark Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to strengthen emergency management cooperation in response to major storms and other disasters of all kinds. “This agreement is an important step forward in bolstering collaboration[Read More…]
Drivers, Governments Waste Billions Due to Misguided Highway Policies
WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–April 28 – Special interestlobbying, policies that favor new construction over repairs, and the appeal of ribbon-cuttings push America to build new highways and bridges faster than it keeps up older ones. The result? A crumbling infrastructure, with 45 percent of the nation’s roads – 80 percent in metropolitan areas[Read More…]
Senators Baucus, Levin, Grassley, Camp, Rangel Introduce Bill to Speed Haiti’s Earthquake Recovery
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–April 28, 2010. Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus (D-Mont.) and House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Sander Levin (D-Mich.), along with Finance Ranking Member Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), Ways and Means Ranking Member Dave Camp (R-Mich.) and Rep. Charles B. Rangel (D-N.Y.) introduced legislation today to help speed Haiti’s[Read More…]
