BRUSSELS, Belgium, May 17 -- Education International issued the following news: Bob Hawke, former Prime Minister of Australia and former Chair of Education International's Committee of Experts, died on 16 May at the age of 89 in his home in Sydney. Hawke was the first Chair of EI's Committee of Experts, a position he held from 1993 until 2011. In that period he undertook numerous EI missions for the purpose of investigating whether teachers' organisations that had applied for EI membership, we  more

WASHINGTON, May 15 -- The House Judiciary Committee issued the following testimony by Kate Shaw, professor of law at Cardozo Law School, at a hearing entitled "Executive Privilege and Congressional Oversight": "My name is Kate Shaw, and I am a Professor of Law at Cardozo Law School, where my work focuses, among other things, on executive power and questions of constitutionalism outside the courts. Before I began teaching, I worked as an Associate Counsel in the Obama White House Counsel's Offic  more

WASHINGTON, May 15 -- The House Judiciary Committee issued the following testimony by Paul Rosenzweig, senior fellow at the R Street Institute, at a hearing entitled "Executive Privilege and Congressional Oversight": "My name is Paul Rosenzweig and I am a Senior Fellow at the R Street Institute.1 I am also the Principal and founder of a small consulting company, Red Branch Consulting, PLLC, which specializes in, among other things, cybersecurity policy and legal advice; and a Professorial Lectu  more

WASHINGTON, May 13 -- Rep. Eliot Engel, D-New York, issued the following news release: Representatives Eliot L. Engel (NY-16) and Pete Olson (TX-22) co-lead a bipartisan letter to Congressional leaders requesting a delay to Medicaid Disproportionate Share Hospital (DSH) cuts. The letter, signed by 300 Members of Congress, calls for a delay to cuts for Medicaid DSH payments for at least two years, or until a more sustainable, permanent solution is reached. The delay must be implemented before t  more

WASHINGTON, May 16 -- Rep. Pete Olson, R-Texas, issued the following news release: Representatives Eliot L. Engel (NY-16) and Pete Olson (TX-22) co-lead a bipartisan letter to Congressional leaders requesting a delay to Medicaid Disproportionate Share Hospital (DSH) cuts. The letter, signed by 300 Members of Congress, calls for a delay to cuts for Medicaid DSH payments for at least two years, or until a more sustainable, permanent solution is reached. The delay must be implemented before the s  more