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September 29, 2009
September 29, 2009Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Majority Leader Steny Hoyer held a press availability this afternoon in the Capitol following a leadership meeting in the Speaker's office. Below are their remarks. Full release.
Regulations on small businesses in California have cost the state an estimated $492 million and 3.8 million jobs, according to a study released last week by Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger's office. Full release.
When it comes to drug and alcohol abuse, the allocation of federal and state health care dollars is just plain backward, asserts Howard Meitiner, President and CEO of Phoenix House, the nation's leading non-profit alcohol and drug abuse treatment and prevention agency. In a thought-provoking opinion piece on the Phoenix House blog, Rising Above Addiction, Mr. Meitiner insists that re-appropriating funds toward treating addiction -- rather than treating the expensive symptoms and consequences of addiction -- would save not only lives, but vast amounts of money. Full release.
Today is a critical day in the health care reform battle as the U.S. Senate Finance Committee considers several pro-life amendments filed by Utah Republican Sen. Orrin Hatch that would prevent government funding for abortion and assisted suicide, and preserve current conscience laws for health care workers and providers. Full release.
A new analysis by economists at University of California, Berkeley finds that the pollution reduction and energy efficiency measures contained in the American Clean Energy and Security Act (ACES) - already passed by the U.S. House of Representatives -- could create between 918,000 and 1.9 million new jobs, increase annual household income by $487-1,175 per year and boost Gross Domestic Product (GDP) by $39 - $111 billion by 2020. Full release.
Hundreds of unionized construction workers from all over Pennsylvania gathered today on the steps of the State Capitol building in support of Project Labor Agreements (PLAs) for use on construction projects funded with tax dollars. Full release.
Republican Governor Bobby Jindal got one thing right yesterday about Bob McDonnell. Jindal, who campaigned last night for Virginia gubernatorial hopeful Bob McDonnell, called the GOP nominee "principled" in a Fox News interview today with Neil Cavuto. Full release.