CHICAGO, Illinois, April 8 (TNSPol) -- The University of Chicago issued the following news: Speaking at the University of Chicago this week, President Barack Obama reminded his audience that we cannot be complacent about the endurance of our institutions and norms. A broad, fact-based consensus, he said, requires work to preserve. "It's not self-executing. It's something that we have to continually nurture, and we have to respond to new circumstances," Obama said April 6 at UChicago's David Ru  more

CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, April 8 (TNSPol) -- Harvard Law School issued the following news on April 7, 2022: Ketanji Brown Jackson, a 1996 graduate of Harvard Law School, was confirmed today as the 116th justice of the U.S. Supreme Court. In a 53-47 vote, the Senate approved Jackson's appointment making her the first Black female justice in the Court's 233-year history. Nominated by President Joseph Biden, Jackson succeeds Associate Justice Stephen Breyer '64, for whom Jackson once worked as a   more

WASHINGTON, April 6 -- The House Small Business Subcommittee on Economic Growth, Tax and Capital Access issued the following testimony by Kerry Doi, president and CEO of the Pacific Asian Consortium in Employment, involving a hybrid hearing on March 29, 2022, entitled "Catalyzing Economic Growth through SBA Community-Based Lending": * * * My name is Kerry Doi, I am the president and founder of PACE - the Pacific Asian Consortium in Employment, based out of Los Angeles. PACE is one of the large  more

WASHINGTON, April 7 -- The National Labor Relations Board issued the following decision (Case No. 12-RC-287944) by Region 12 Director David Cohen: TROPICAL SHIPPING USA, LLC, Employer and INTERNATIONAL LONGSHOREMEN'S ASSOCIATION, LOCAL 1359-1860, AFL-CIO, Petitioner DECISION AND DIRECTION OF ELECTION International Longshoremen's Association, Local 1359-1860, AFL-CIO (the Petitioner) filed a representation petition under Section 9(c) of the National Labor Relations Act (the Act) seeking to rep  more

WASHINGTON, April 6 -- President Biden, Vice President Kamala Harris and President Obama issued the following remarks on April 5, 2022, on the Affordable Care Act: * * * VICE PRESIDENT HARRIS: Good afternoon. Indeed, it is a good afternoon. Good afternoon. Please have a seat, everybody. Please have a seat. Thank you. It feels good, doesn't it? (Laughs.) (Applause.) President Biden, President Obama, members of Congress, and my fellow Americans: On March 23rd, 2010, the Affordable Care Act was  more

JOINT BASE LEWIS-MCCHORD, Washington, April 7 -- The U.S. Army Medicine issued the following news: By Christopher Larsen The Regional Health Command-Pacific command team signed a proclamation declaring April as Sexual Assault Awareness and Prevention Month throughout the command during a ceremony here April 5. Brig. Gen. Edward H. "Ned" Bailey, commanding general of RHC-P, and Sgt. Maj. Ryan Cole, the command's acting command sergeant major, affixed their signatures to the proclamation, part   more

JOINT BASE LEWIS-MCCHORD, Wash, April 8 -- The U.S. Army's Regional Health Command-Pacific issued the following news: By Christopher Larsen The Regional Health Command-Pacific command team signed a proclamation declaring April as Sexual Assault Awareness and Prevention Month throughout the command during a ceremony here April 5. Brig. Gen. Edward H. "Ned" Bailey, commanding general of RHC-P, and Sgt. Maj. Ryan Cole, the command's acting command sergeant major, affixed their signatures to the   more

WASHINGTON, April 6 -- Rep. Colin Allred, D-Texas, issued the following news release: Congressman Colin Allred (TX-32) joined President Joe Biden, and former President Barack Obama at the White House as President Biden signed an executive order to strengthen the Affordable Care Act by fixing the "family glitch" to expand affordable coverage to nearly 1 million Americans and save families hundreds of dollars a month. The administration's proposed rule would also help 200,000 uninsured Americans   more

WASHINGTON, April 6 -- Rep. Bill Huizenga, R-Michigan, issued the following news release: Congressman Bill Huizenga (R-MI), Ranking Member of the Investor Protection, Entrepreneurship, and Capital Markets Subcommittee released the following statement on the 10th Anniversary of the Jumpstart Our Business Startups (JOBS) Act. "The JOBS Act gave renewed hope for America's small businesses, startup companies, and entrepreneurs, by removing red tape and paving the way for new opportunities, said Co  more

WASHINGTON, April 6 -- Sen. Amy Klobuchar, D-Minnesota, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) joined President Joe Biden and former President Barack Obama at a White House event celebrating the 12th anniversary of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) and announcing an executive order to strengthen health care coverage and close the "family glitch" loophole. "Closing coverage loopholes will help more families across our state reliably access affordable, quality health ca  more

BALTIMORE, Maryland, April 2 (TNSconf) -- Johns Hopkins University issued the following news release: Samantha Power, Administrator of the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), former U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations, and Pulitzer Prize-winning author, will address the Class of 2022 at Johns Hopkins University's commencement ceremony on Sunday, May 22. Power, a leading voice internationally for principled American engagement in the world, will receive an honorary doctor of hu  more