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Law Offices of James Scott Farrin Vice President and Daughter Work Together to Make a Difference Raleigh, NC (PRWEB) May 17, 2013 On May 8, 2013, Governor McCrory signed Senate Bill 98 into law which expands the newborn screening program to include screening for congenital heart disease utilizing pulse oximetry. Pulse oximetry is a simple, inexpensive, non-invasive test that monitors the amount of oxygen in blood. It’s so simple and effective many institutions refer to it as “the 5th...

Vernon Rowen, Senior Vice President, External & Legal Affairs, URAC, released the following statement regarding Senate confirmation yesterday of CMS Administrator Marilyn Tavenner Washington, DC (PRWEB) May 17, 2013 Vernon Rowen, Senior Vice President, External & Legal Affairs, URAC, released the following statement regarding Senate confirmation yesterday of CMS Administrator Marilyn Tavenner: “URAC applauds the Senate for acting on a bipartisan basis yesterday to confirm...

WASHINGTON, May 16, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- This week, the House and Senate Agriculture Committees each voted to pass their versions of the 2013 Farm Bill and send it to the floor for full consideration. Following the votes, Association of Equipment Manufacturers (AEM) President Dennis Slater issued the following statement: "I applaud both the House and Senate committees for taking swift action to move the 2013 Farm Bill to the floor of their respective chambers. The...

CHICAGO, May 14, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Statement Attributable to Bob Aiken President and CEO of Feeding America: "Feeding America strongly opposes the $4.1 billion cut to SNAP included in the Senate Farm Bill, which would cause an estimated 500,000 low-income households to lose an average $90 in monthly benefits. "The effect of this cut would be concentrated in 15 states and the District of Columbia and would equate to about 36 lost meals per month for impacted...

WASHINGTON, May 8, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E) today expressed appreciation to U.S. Senators Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) and Rob Portman (R-OH) for their leadership in introducing the "Energy Savings and Industrial Competitiveness Act of 2013" and their recognition of the important role energy efficiency plays in the American economy (letter attached). The Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee favorably reported the legislation today, with...

LEHIGH VALLEY, Pa., May 7, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Air Products (NYSE: APD) director of Helium Sourcing and Supply Chain, Walter Nelson, testified today before the United States Senate on pending S. 783, the Helium Stewardship Act of 2013, to reform and reauthorize private helium sales from the federal helium reservoir. Nelson told the Senate that Air Products, the global leader in helium production, supports the proposed bill because it accomplishes the goals of maximizing the return...

Experts at The Heartland Institute, a free-market think tank, comment on the passage in the United States Senate of Marketplace Fairness Act, a bill that would allow states to require businesses – even those headquartered outside their borders – to collect Internet sales taxes from consumers. CHICAGO, IL (PRWEB) May 06, 2013 The United States Senate today passed the Marketplace Fairness Act, a bill that would allow states to require businesses – even those headquartered outside...

Urge Legislators to Adopt Bipartisan Compromise Dairy Policy Alternative WASHINGTON, May 6, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- More than 30 dairy foods manufacturers - including some of the largest food companies in the United States - have sent letters over the past week to members of the House and Senate, including key agriculture committee members, calling on them to oppose government-imposed limits on milk supply. Instead, they urge legislators to adopt the Dairy Freedom Act, a...

Cuts Would Cost San Diego County $17 million SANTEE, Calif., May 3, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Citing the real impact cutting the safety net would have on the most vulnerable residents, San Diego County Supervisors Greg Cox and Dianne Jacob joined with local hospital leaders today to call on the California Legislature and Governor Brown to spare hospital-based skilled-nursing facilities and other health care providers from devastating Medi-Cal cuts. Both Assembly Bill 900 by...

TALLAHASSEE, Fla., May 1, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Florida House of Representatives today passed an amended version of the Senate's bill that attempts to scale back the anti-consumer "early cost recovery" law passed in 2006, which allows the state's big power companies to shift all the financial risk of building new nuclear reactors to its customers. Senate bill 1472 (http://www.myfloridahouse.gov/Sections/Bills/billsdetail.aspx?BillId=50560) as passed by the House...