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Congressman Eliot Engel, a senior member of the House Energy and Commerce Committee and a member of the Subcommittee on Health, says that a report from the Social Security and Medicare Boards of Trustees confirms that the Affordable Care Act has helped buoy Medicare, extending the solvency of Medicare’s hospital insurance by an additional four years.

Chairman, Ranking Member Hatch, and distinguished members of the Committee, thank you for this opportunity to testify on the Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau’s enforcement activities related to tobacco. The Secretary of the Treasury administers these provisions and has delegated this authority to TTB, which collected over $14 billion in tobacco…

Good afternoon Chairman Blumenthal, Ranking Member Blunt, and Members of the Surface Transportation and Merchant Marine Infrastructure, Safety, and Security Subcommittee of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation. Thank you for inviting me to testify before you today. I am Joan Claybrook, Consumer Co-Chair of Advocates for Highway and…

Chairman Young, Congressman Daines and honorable members of the Subcommittee, my name Grant Stafne and I am a member of the Fort Peck Tribal Executive Board. The Cobell settlement, endorsed by Congress, provided a total of $3.1 billion dollars to settle the long-standing Cobell litigation and benefit Indians. DOI Land Buy-Back Program for Tribal Nations.

It is my pleasure to be here today to discuss FEMA’s recent earthquake hazards reduction activities through the National Earthquake Hazards Reduction Program. Of all the natural hazards threatening the United States, earthquakes pose one of the greatest single source risks for casualties and damage in the United States. Although damaging earthquakes…

Chairman Johnson and Other Distinguished Members of the Ways and Means Subcommittee on Social Security,. It is an honor to testify to you today about Social Security. I view Social Security as a fantastic, yet catastrophic success.

In announcing this hearing, Chairman Johnson stated, “Americans want, need, and deserve a Social Security program they can count on and understand.” For a large majority of Americans, Social Security is their major source of retirement income–and the most secure and predictable. My testimony will discuss the importance of Social Security to Americans’…

Chairman and members of the Social Security Committee, thank you for inviting me here to testify before you today regarding the role of Social Security in providing retirement security to U.S. workers and retirees. I began my career working for the Social Security Administration, spent some time as the research director at the Employee Benefit Research…

Chairman, Ranking Member Richmond, and Members of the Subcommittee: My name is J. David Cox, Sr., and I am the National President of the American Federation of Government Employees, AFL-CIO. On behalf of the more than 670,000 federal and District of Columbia workers our union represents, including 45,000 Transportation Security Officers working to provide safe…

Senator Tom Coburn, M.D. said in response to a newly released report from the Government Accountability Office entitled, “Farmers Have Been Eligible for Multiple Programs and Further Efforts Could Help Prevent Duplicative Payments,” which reveals that many of the largest and wealthiest farms in America benefit from multiple, overlapping farm program…

–Elie Williams, 56, 4065 Willard St., Coolidge, was charged Monday with driving with suspended license and child safety restraint violation. –Zester Williams, 52, 4091 Willard St., Coolidge, was charged Monday with driving with suspended license. –Benjamin Wayne Martin, 38, 180 Bonaire Blvd., Miramar, Fla., was charged Monday with driving while license suspended and…

Chandler George, founder of Catchfire Coaching, announced that he’s currently expanding his premier Internet marketing strategies and coaching sessions for all small businesses in the $1 million to $10 million size range. The new business is called Market My Small Business. Search engine marketing, pay-per-click marketing on YouTube and Facebook, blogs…

–Packaging Coordinators, Inc. is pleased to announce it has reached a definitive agreement to acquire Penn Pharmaceutical Services Limited. Penn Pharma is headquartered in Tredegar, Wales in the United Kingdom and operates regional offices in New Hope, Pennsylvania and Tokyo, Japan. Penn Pharma’s drug development, manufacturing, and packaging services…

July 30– Alorah Judith Plont came screaming into the world 12 years ago, her mother likes to say, and kept right on screaming through four months of a very stubborn bout of colic. And then she stopped screaming and started smiling. The active toddler too busy for naps became the active schoolkid, playing on volleyball teams, playing saxophone in the Jefferson Middle…

July 30– SOUTH BEND– South Bend Common Council member Henry Davis Jr. has not submitted any paperwork related to his request for medical leave, the city confirmed. South Bend Common Council attorney Kathy Cekanski-Farrand did not return calls on Tuesday to answer questions about whether Davis will continue collecting pay. But city spokeswoman Kara Kelly said…

IPA Family, LLC, which is a member of The IHC Group, is excited to announce the addition of SureBridge supplemental insurance product solutions* to its expanding marketplace offerings. SureBridge supplemental insurance program is underwritten and administered by Chesapeake Life Insurance Company and currently offer up to 19 different products in 46…