SILVER SPRING, Maryland, June 6 -- The Association of Zoos and Aquariums issued the following statement by President and CEO Dan Ashe: Just days ahead of World Oceans Day, President Donald Trump signed a proclamation rolling back provisions that would allow commercial fishing in the Northeastern Atlantic Canyon and Seamounts National Marine Monument. * * * "This Marine National Monument is part of our nation's ocean heritage. It is part of the National Wildlife Refuge System and has been set  more PR

ANN ARBOR, Michigan, June 5 -- The Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy issued the following news: Images of heavily-armed police have been one jarring aspect of the scenes on American streets for the past week. For decades, the Department of Defense has run a program that has distributed "everything from bayonets to grenade launchers" to police precincts across the country. In an article in Wired (https://www.wired.com/story/pentagon-hand-me-downs-militarize-police-1033-program/) on June 2, more PR

WASHINGTON, June 4 -- Daren Bakst, senior research fellow in agricultural policy at the Heritage Foundation, has issued a public comment on the Environmental Protection Agency's proposed rule entitled "Strengthening Transparency in Regulatory Science". The comment was written on May 18, 2020, and posted on May 29, 2020: * * * I appreciate this opportunity to provide comments/1 to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) on the supplemental notice of proposed rulemaking (supplemental notice) c more ST

WASHINGTON, June 4 -- The House Financial Services subcommittee on Consumer Protection and Financial Institutions issued the following testimony by Samuel C. Scott III, co-chair of American Business Immigration Coalition and founder and chairman of Black Chicago Tomorrow, for a virtual hearing entitled "Promoting Inclusive Lending During the Pandemic: Community Development Financial Institutions and Minority Depository Institutions" on June 3: I am the retired Chairman and CEO of Corn Products  more PR

BERKELEY, California, June 4 -- The International Marine Mammal Project of Earth Island Institute issued the following news: The regional agency promoting commercial fishing based in Hawaii has asked President Trump and his Administration to allow commercial fishing in several important Marine National Monuments. These include the Pacific Remote Islands Marine National Monument and Rose Atoll Marine National Monument. These Monuments were established to safeguard the abundant and diverse coral, more PR

CHARLOTTE, North Carolina, June 2 -- Johnson C. Smith University issued the following letter by President Clarence D. Armbrister: In the midst of a pandemic that has affected nearly every continent on earth, that has exposed and laid bare the inequalities borne most heavily by the poor and underserved of our community; we now find this country in the midst of facing once again the harsh reality of the legacy of racism, the seeds of which were planted over 400 years ago on this continent. In the more PR

LANSING, Michigan, June 1 -- Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, D-Michigan, issued the following statement on June 1 after President Trump called for governors to "dominate" protestors: "Right now our nation is hurting. Americans are in pain, and desperate for leadership from the White House during one of the darkest periods in our lifetimes. This morning I took a few moments to read a powerful essay written by our former president, Barack Obama, about how we can make this moment a turning point for real c more PR

NEWBERRY, South Carolina, June 2 -- Newberry College issued the following statement by President Maurice Scherrens: This weekend, we saw protests across the country denouncing the killing of George Floyd, which came on the heels of the recent deaths of Breonna Taylor, Tony McDade, and Ahmaud Arbery. These protests mark a culmination of countless acts of racism and brutality endured by black men and women throughout this country. Millions of people across the world have lifted up their voices in more PR

MELBOURNE, Australia, May 31 -- The Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology University issued the following news release: The SpaceX flight carrying two NASA astronauts has successfully docked at the international space station, marking a new era in human space travel, as RMIT aerospace experts explain. Elon Musk's SpaceX Demo-2 mission launched two NASA astronauts for the first time in a capsule called Dragon on the Falcon 9 reusable rocket. A first attempt was halted due to bad weather, de more PR

WASHINGTON, June 5 -- Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, issued the following of an appearance on Fox News: U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas), member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, on Wednesday appeared on Fox News' 'Hannity,' following his questioning of former U.S. Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein, where he condemned the Obama administration's abuse of power in targeting President Trump's campaign and administration. On 'Hannity,' Sen. Cruz argued that both President Obama and Vice President Biden more PR

WASHINGTON, June 6 -- The Center for American Progress issued the following statement by Christy Goldfuss, senior vice president for energy and environment policy: President Donald Trump is expected to announce that his administration is rolling back protections for the Northeast Canyons and Seamounts Marine National Monument off the coast of New England, allowing commercial fishing to take place there. This is an illegal use of authority that will gut 84 percent of protections for oceans in t more PR