More than 90 Percent of Americans Support the Right to Know What Is In The Foods We Feed Our Families Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–April 25, 2013. U.S. Senator Barbara Boxer (D-CA) and Congressman Peter DeFazio (D-OR) today introduced the Genetically Engineered Food Right-to-Know Act, bipartisan legislation that would require the Food and[Read More…]
Day: April 25, 2013
10 Things to Know About the Employment Non-Discrimination Act
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–April 25, 2013. It currently is perfectly legal in America to fire someone for being lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender, or LGBT. Rather than being evaluated on their skills, qualifications, and ability to contribute to the job, LGBT workers are all too often not hired, not promoted, or, in[Read More…]
ACLU Employment Non-Discrimination Act Statement
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–April 25, 2013. The bipartisan introduction of the Employment Non-Discrimination Act (ENDA) today reflects the strong national consensus that workers should be evaluated on their merits, not sexual orientation or gender identity. As organizations that have, for decades, challenged LGBT workplace discrimination in the courts and worked for passage[Read More…]
Representatives Polis, Petri Introduce Bill to Simplify and Improve Federal Student Loans
Washington–(ENEWSPF)–Aprril 25, 2013. Today, Congressman Jared Polis (D-CO) and Congressman Tom Petri (R-WI), both members of the Education and Workforce Committee, introduced the Earnings Contingent Education Loans (ExCEL) Act of 2013 to simplify and improve student loan repayment for borrowers and save taxpayer dollars. This innovative, bipartisan legislation would improve[Read More…]
Polis, Ros-Lehtinen, Merkley, Kirk, Introduce Bipartisan, Bicameral Legislation to End Workplace Discrimination
As momentum grows for equal treatment of LGBT Americans, Senate prepares first ENDA markup in a decade Washington–(ENEWSPF)–April 25, 2013. Today, bipartisan coalitions in the House and Senate introduced the Employment Non-Discrimination Act (ENDA) to prohibit job discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity. In the House, Congressman Jared Polis[Read More…]
Attorney General Madigan Announces $5 Million Grant for Foreclosure Mediation Programs
Chicago–(ENEWSPF)–April 25, 2013. Attorney General Lisa Madigan today awarded $5 million in grants from the national foreclosure settlement to fund the creation and implementation of new mortgage foreclosure mediation programs in counties with significant needs but without current programs. The funding comes from Madigan’s role in securing a $25 billion[Read More…]
Governor Quinn Breaks Ground on New Supportive Housing for Veterans with Families
Hope Manor II Apartments will Connect Residents with Services Needed to Live Independently CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–April 25, 2013. Governor Quinn today was joined by the Volunteers of America of Illinois to break ground on the Hope Manor II Apartments – one of the first large-scale housing developments in the nation designed to[Read More…]
Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel Statement on Syria, April 25, 2013
Abu Dhabi, U.A.E–(ENEWSPF)–April 25, 2013. This morning, the White House delivered a letter to several members of Congress on the topic of chemical weapons use in Syria. The letter, which will be made available to you here shortly, states that the U.S. intelligence community assesses with some degree of varying[Read More…]
Testimony by Secretary Jacob J. Lew before the House Committee on Appropriations Subcommittee on Financial Services and General Government on the Treasury Budget for Fiscal Year
WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–April 25, 2013. Chairman Crenshaw, Ranking Member Serrano, members of the Subcommittee, thank you for giving me the opportunity to speak about the Treasury Budget. I would like to turn to the current state of economic conditions. The United States economy has made substantial progress toward recovering from[Read More…]
Remarks by President Obama at Dedication of the George W. Bush Presidential Library
Dallas, TX–(ENEWSPF)–April 25, 2013 – 10:42 A.M. CDT PRESIDENT OBAMA: Thank you so much. (Applause.) Thank you. Please be seated. To President Bush and Mrs. Bush; to President Clinton and now-former Secretary Clinton; to President George H.W. Bush and Mrs. Bush; to President and Mrs. Carter; to current and former[Read More…]
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