WASHINGTON, D.C.—(ENEWSPF)—November 22, 2011. Yesterday, House Democratic Caucus Seniors Task Force co-chairs Congresswoman Jan Schakowsky (D-IL) and Congresswoman Doris Matsui (D-CA) released the following statement in response to the failure of the Joint Select Committee on Deficit Reduction to reach an agreement to address the country’s debt. “It is unfortunate[Read More…]
Day: November 22, 2011
Canadian Judge Orders Review of Roundup’s Impact on Frogs
MAINE–(ENEWSPF)–Noember 22, 2011. Citing the precautionary principle invoked in the historic Supreme Court Hudson v. Spraytech and ChemLawn decision in 2001 — profiled in the documentary film, A Chemical Reaction — a Canadian federal justice has ordered a full review of the impact of the herbicide Roundup on frogs and[Read More…]
Groups Ask EPA to Strengthen Overdue Pesticide Protections for Farmworkers
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–November 22, 2011. Several farmworker groups filed a petition last week with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), urging the agency to implement stronger protections for farmworkers, with particular regard to health effects of exposure to toxic pesticides on the job. The petition seeks to eliminate the existing dual[Read More…]
Governor Quinn Encourages Consumers to Support Illinois’ Small Businesses this Holiday Season
Proclaims November 26 “Small Business Saturday” CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–November 22, 2011. Governor Pat Quinn today proclaimed Saturday, Nov. 26 as “Small Business Saturday” in Illinois to encourage shoppers to support the more than 500,000 small businesses in our state. Consumers are encouraged to use the Saturday after Thanksgiving, Nov. 26, between “Black[Read More…]
Statement by Secretary of Defense Leon E. Panetta on Supercommittee Negotiations
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–November 21, 2011. The failure of the Congressional Supercommittee to reach an agreement on deficit reduction is a setback for the country’s efforts to achieve fiscal responsibility while protecting our national security. If Congress fails to act over the next year, the Department of Defense will face devastating, automatic,[Read More…]
Jobless Rates Down in 36 States, Up in 5 in Oct.; Payroll Jobs up in 39 States, Down in 11
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—November 22, 2011. Regional and state unemployment rates were generally little changed or slightly lower in October. Thirty-six states and the District of Columbia recorded unemployment rate decreases, five states posted rate increases, and nine states had no rate change, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Forty[Read More…]
Cholesterol Levels Elevated in Toddlers Taking Anti-HIV Drugs
NIH study first to show effect in this age group; long-term significance unknown Bethesda, Maryland–(ENEWSPF)–November 22, 2011. Toddlers receiving anti-HIV drugs have higher cholesterol levels, on average, than do their peers who do not have HIV, according to researchers at the National Institutes of Health and other institutions. The researchers[Read More…]
U.S. Surgeon General Declares Thanksgiving as ‘Family Health History Day’
Washington D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–November 22, 2011. United States Surgeon General Dr. Regina Benjamin today declared Thanksgiving 2011 as the nation’s eighth annual “Family Health History Day,” when families can share information by using the My Family Health Portrait website to gather their family’s health history in one place. “An important first step[Read More…]
Occupy Pittsburgh to Observe Thanksgiving with American Indian Ceremony
Pittsburgh, PA—(ENEWSPF)—November 22, 2011. On Thanksgiving Day (November 24, 2011), Occupy Pittsburgh will observe the national holiday with the help of American Indians. Starting at 3pm, indigenous groups from the Pittsburgh Area visiting the Occupied Encampment downtown will share music, dance and tell stories. Occupy Pittsburgh member Jimmy Blue Thunder,[Read More…]
Statement by President Obama on the Supercommittee
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–November 21, 2011 – 5:44 P.M. EST THE PRESIDENT: Good afternoon. As you all know, last summer I signed a law that will cut nearly $1 trillion of spending over the next 10 years. Part of that law also required Congress to reduce the deficit by an additional $1.2[Read More…]
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