Hirono Introduces Legislation to Protect Medicare and Medicaid from Partisan Attacks
Source: United States Senator for Hawaii Mazie Hirono August 03, 2018Bill Would Require Supermajority to Make Major Changes to Critical Health Care Programs After Promising to Protect Medicare and Medicaid During Campaign, Donald Trump has Proposed Nearly $2 Trillion in Cuts to both programs in his FY 19 BudgetWASHINGTON, D.C. – Senator Mazie K. Hirono […]
Read More →MIL-OSI USA: Noem Joins Trump in Announcing New Market Opportunity for US Soybeans
Source: United States House of Representatives – Representative Kristi Noem (South Dakota) Rep. Kristi Noem today joined President Donald Trump in announcing that the European Union has agreed to import more U.S. soybeans. In a Rose Garden address, President Trump announced a “new phase” of the US-EU trade relationship, one in which the two economies […]
Read More →MIL-OSI USA: The Trump Economy Continues Full Steam Ahead
Source: United States White House . MARKETWATCH: U.S. Gains 157,000 Jobs in July; Unemployment Falls to 3.9% “The U.S. added 157,000 new jobs in July to nudge the unemployment rate below 4% again in another solid showing for a surging economy.” WASHINGTON EXAMINER: Jobless Claims Linger Near Lowest Levels in Decades “New applications for unemployment […]
Read More →Whitehouse Condemns Trump Administration’s Escalating Attacks on the Media
Source: United States Senator for Rhode Island Sheldon Whitehouse 08.03.18 Washington, DC – Following the Trump administration’s decision to ban CNN reporter Kaitlan Collins from a press event after she questioned President Trump on his relationship with his former attorney Michael Cohen, U.S. Senator Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) joined Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) and eight other senators to […]
Read More →MIL-OSI USA: Congressman Panetta Condemns Trump Administration’s Rollback of Fuel Economy Standards
Source: United States House of Representatives – Congressman Jimmy Panetta (D-Calif) SALINAS, CA – Today, immediately following the Trump Administration’s announcement that it will seek to roll back current fuel economy and emissions standards and nullify California’s waiver, Congressman Jimmy Panetta (CA-20) joined a coalition of 60 Democratic Members of Congress in announcing a resolution […]
Read More →MIL-OSI USA: Austin American-Statesman: 3D-printer gun plans proliferate despite court action
Source: United States House of Representatives – Congressman Lloyd Doggett (D-TX) Instructions for making guns on a 3D printer are no longer available on an Austin company’s website, but the plans have been copied and republished on other parts of the internet, raising questions about the effectiveness of a federal judge’s order that blocked access […]
Read More →MIL-OSI USA: Op-Ed: I See What Heroin Does. Let People Shoot Up Safely
Source: US State of Connecticut I am a paramedic in Hartford. I respond to overdoses in alleyways, on park benches, in public restrooms, and in cars in parking lots or on the side of the road. Some patients are blue and barely breathing when we arrive. Others are in cardiac arrest with the needle still […]
Read More →MIL-OSI Europe: Written question – US sanctions on European aluminium and steel – E-004008/2018
Source: European Parliament In March 2018, US President Donald Trump announced the introduction of tariffs on imported steel and aluminium. The EU, Canada and Mexico were granted temporary exemptions, which lasted until 1 June. Since that date, additional tariffs apply — of 25% on steel and 10% on aluminium — to imports from the EU. 1. Given that the EU […]
Read More →MIL-OSI USA: Nadler & Lofgren Demand Answers After DOJ Announcement Reveals Trump Appears to Have Lied Before Joint Session of Congress About Immigration Claims Behind First Muslim Travel Ban
Source: United States House of Representatives – Congressman Jerrold Nadler (10th District of New York) WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, House Judiciary Committee Ranking Member Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) and Subcommittee on Immigration and Border Security Ranking Member Zoe Lofgren (D-CA), sent a letter to President Donald Trump, demanding answers regarding statements he made during a 2017 […]
Read More →MIL-OSI USA: Senator Murray Cosponsors Resolution Condemning President Trump’s Escalating Attacks on the Media
Source: United States Senator for Washington State Patty Murray Senator Murray: “…restricting media access will never be acceptable in a free and fair society” (Washington, D.C.) – Following the Trump Administration’s decision to ban CNN reporter Kaitlan Collins from a press event after she questioned President Trump on his relationship with his former attorney Michael […]
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