These include Raymond James Stadium in Tampa, Fla.; Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis; Indiana Convention Center in Indianapolis; Hyatt hotel locations around the world; and more. Lake Highland Preparatory School, the largest private school in Orlando, Fla., is the second private school and the first on the East Coast to earn accreditation. Raymond James Stadium…
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President Joe Biden issued the following remarks on Jan. 28, 2021, at the signing of executive orders strengthening Americans' access to quality and affordable healthcare:. THE PRESIDENT: Since we are socially distanced, I think I can take my mask off to make this very brief announcement. I know that you've been briefed by the healthcare team about what this is…
Dianne Feinstein, D- California, issued the following statement on Jan. 28, 2021:. Senator Dianne Feinstein today released the following statement on President Biden's executive order rescinding the global gag rule. Also known as the Mexico City Policy, the global gag rule bans international nonprofits from receiving any U.S. funding if they provide abortion…
—A World Health Organization team on Friday visited a hospital where China says the first COVID-19 patients were treated more than a year ago as part of the experts' long-awaited fact-finding mission on the origins of the coronavirus. The WHO team members and Chinese officials earlier had their first in-person meetings at a hotel, which WHO has said were to be…
Richard E. Neal, D- Massachusetts, chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee, issued the following statement on Jan. 28, 2021:. Ways and Means Chairman Richard E. Neal released the following statement applauding President Biden for signing an executive order to initiate a new open enrollment period under the Affordable Care Act:. “In the midst of this historic…
NARAL Pro-Choice America issued the following statement on Jan. 28, 2021:. President Joe Biden took executive action to end the global gag rule, roll back the domestic gag rule, restore funding for the United Nations Population Fund, and withdraw the United States from the anti-choice, anti-LGBTQ Geneva Consensus Declaration. NARAL Pro-Choice America…
The National Organization for Women issued the following news release:. The National Organization for Women joins a diverse coalition of organizations to applaud President Biden for taking the first steps to undo the harms of the previous administration's dangerous and restrictive policies that robbed countless people of the right to control their own…
Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. released the following statement today after President Biden signed two executive orders this afternoon strengthening access to quality, affordable health care for the American people:. “After four years of constant attempts by the Trump Administration to make it harder to sign up for health care and…
Margaret A. Murray, Chief Executive Officer of the Association for Community Affiliated Plans, released the following statement on executive orders signed today by President Biden to reexamine regulations issued by the previous administration and implement changes meant to strengthen the Medicaid program and the Affordable Care Act.
America's Health Insurance Plans issued the following statement:. Matt Eyles, president and CEO of America's Health Insurance Plans, issued this statement following President Biden's Executive Order designed to ensure that more Americans can obtain coverage as the nation continues to work to overcome the COVID-19 crisis:. We applaud President Biden for…
The United Nations issued the following remarks on Jan. 28, 2021, by Secretary-General Antonio Guterres to the General Assembly's informal briefing to member states on priorities for 2021:. 2020 was a global annus horribilis– a year of death, disaster and despair. We lost 2 million lives, including many dear members of our United Nations family.
Tom Carper, D- Delaware, top Democrat on the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, issued the following news release on Jan. 27, 2021:. U.S. Senator Tom Carper, top Democrat on the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, and Congressman Frank Pallone, Jr., Chairman of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, filed an amicus brief today in the case of…
Jeanne Shaheen, D- New Hampshire, issued the following news release on Jan. 28, 2021:. U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen today joined Senators Bill Cassidy, M.D., Tim Scott and Mark Kelly to introduce bipartisan legislation to lower the cost of health care and expand patients' access to their primary care providers. “As communities in New Hampshire and across the country…
Diana DeGette, D- Colorado, issued the following news release:. Diana DeGette and Barbara Lee, co-chairs of the Congressional Pro-Choice Caucus, released the following statement marking the 48th anniversary of the Supreme Court's landmark Roe v. “The Pro-Choice Caucus will fight with everything we have to expand reproductive rights and ensure Roe v.
Phil Murphy, D- New Jersey, issued the following news release on Jan. 28, 2021:. Governor Phil Murphy today, joined by Department of Banking and Insurance Commissioner Marlene Caride, Office of Health Care Affordability and Transparency Director Shabnam Salih, Hackensack Meridian Health CEO Robert Garrett, and health care advocates, signed Executive Order No….
Congressman Chris Pappas, who serves on the House Veterans' Affairs Committee, introduced the Emergency Care for Veterans During COVID Act to protect New Hampshire veterans in the face of an unprecedented public health emergency. Among other things, this proposal ensures that VA payment will not be contingent upon whether community providers notified VA…
The Virginia Poverty Law Center issued the following news release:. More than 90,000 of those individuals are from Virginia, according to a Families USA report from late last year. “This new Open Enrollment period gives individuals and families in Virginia a second chance to enroll in affordable and high-quality health coverage through the ACA,” said Jill…
According to news reporting originating from Wuhan, People’ s Republic of China, by NewsRx correspondents, research stated,“ Flood control of the Yangtze River is an important part of China’ s national water security. In July 2020, due to continuous heavy rainfall, the water levels along the middle-lower reaches of the Yangtze River and major lakes constantly…
Robinhood, a no-fee investment app, prevented its users on Thursday from purchasing new stock in certain publicly traded companies, including GameStop, AMC Entertainment, and BlackBerry, among others. GameStop’ s stock, for example, began the month below $20 per share, but was north of $300 per share at Wednesday’ s market close. More than half of Robinhood’ s…
