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June 15, 2009
June 15, 2009Seattle Mayor Greg Nickels today was sworn in as the 67th President of the United States Conference of Mayors (USCM) during the final session of the group's 77th Annual Meeting. Local leaders came together for four days at the Rhode Island Convention Center to discuss and debate policy issues that impact urban America and metropolitan areas. Full release.
Speaker Nancy Pelosi issued the following statement today on President Obama's speech in Chicago to the American Medical Association, in which he clearly described the urgent. Full release.
TechNet, the bipartisan political network of CEOs that promotes the growth of the innovation economy, today hailed the nominations of Julius Genachowski and Robert McDowell for seats on the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) and strongly urged the U.S. Senate Commerce Committee to approve their nominations. Mr. Genachowski has been nominated by President Obama for Chairman of the Commission and Mr. McDowell is being re-nominated for a post at the FCC he has held since 2006. Full release.
Sixty-four survivors of medical malpractice from 21 states sent a letter to President Obama today expressing extreme concern that the rights of medical malpractice victims have become a "political bargaining chip" in the President's efforts to sell his health care plan, and that their rights may be stripped away as a result. Reports now indicate that the President supports measures that would drastically limit injured patients' rights to trial by jury by allowing biased medical societies or politicians to make liability decisions. The group of malpractice survivors has requested a meeting with President Obama to express dissatisfaction with the President's willingness to include far-reaching medical malpractice limits in his national health care proposal. Full release.
The Alliance for Climate Protection today released a new national television ad, "Do Right," encouraging Americans to support the path away from foreign oil and toward clean energy now. Full release.
A collaborative white paper, Building A Cyber Supply Chain Assurance Reference Model, released today by Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC) (NYSE: SAI) and the Supply Chain Management Center at the University of Maryland's Robert H. Smith School of Business, tackles the nation's cyber threat -- now elevated to a presidential imperative -- with an outline for an innovative model that applies end-to-end supply chain management to cyber security for the first time. Full release.
Hundreds of economists will declare that a bad economy should not delay overhauling the nation's health care system, and health care experts will release two new reports detailing an essential employer health mandate on a conference call with reporters on Tuesday. Full release.
The following statement is attributable to Nancy H. Nielsen, M.D., President, American Medical Association: "Today, the American Medical Association is honored that President Obama will speak directly to physicians at our annual meeting. Like President Obama, the AMA is committed to health reform this year that provides all Americans with affordable, high-quality health coverage." Full release.