WASHINGTON, July 1 (TNSPer) -- The Center for American Progress issued the following news release on June 30, 2021: Patrick Gaspard has been named president and CEO of the Center for American Progress and CEO of the Center for American Progress Action Fund (CAP Action), the organizations announced today. Gaspard will be the third president and CEO of CAP since the organization was founded in 2003, succeeding Neera Tanden and John Podesta. "Patrick Gaspard has dedicated his career to the furthe more PR

WORCESTER, Massachusetts, July 2 (TNSPer) -- Clark University issued the following news: Over a 45-year Clark career, Jack Foley accrued enough trophies, citations, framed photos, books, and binders -- jammed with everything from Board of Trustees meeting minutes to Clark's strategy for battling COVID-19 -- to flatten the tires on a moving van. But on Wednesday, his last day on campus before retirement, it was a napkin that he most wished he could take with him. It was the fall of 1994 when Fo more PR

WASHINGTON, July 1 -- The National Republican Senatorial Committee issued the following news release: The Biden Administration has nominated some pretty radical people to serve in its ranks, but the nominee for the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) - Tracy Stone-Manning - takes the cake. Tracy Stone-Manning's past is marked by eco-terrorism, corruption, and even support for China-style population control measures. She's even too radical for President Obama's former BLM director. Despite all of th more PR

WASHINGTON, July 1 -- The National Transportation Safety Board issued the following news release: National Transportation Safety Board Chairman Robert L. Sumwalt ended his nearly 15 years at the NTSB, as he retired from government service Wednesday. Vice Chairman Bruce Landsberg will serve as the acting chairman until a new chair is confirmed by the Senate. President Biden nominated NTSB Member Jennifer Homendy May 20 to become the 15th chair of the NTSB. Sumwalt's tenure as the 14th chairman more PR

WASHINGTON, July 1 -- The Federal Labor Relations Authority issued the following news release: President Joseph R. Biden, Jr. has announced his intent to nominate Ernest DuBester to be Chair of the Federal Labor Relations Authority (FLRA). Initially appointed and renominated by President Barack Obama, renominated again by President Donald Trump, and unanimously confirmed by the U.S. Senate to all three previous terms, Chairman DuBester has served as an FLRA Member since August 2009. DuBester cu more PR

WASHINGTON, July 2 -- Rep. Val Demings, D-Florida, issued the following news release on July 1, 2021: Rep. Val Demings (FL-10) today voted to pass the INVEST in America Act, which will fund transformational investments in our roads, bridges, transit, rail, and wastewater and drinking water infrastructure. This legislation includes $20 million for five projects within Rep. Demings' district. Said Rep. Demings, "The Invest in America Act is about jobs--good-paying, union, blue collar jobs. When  more PR

WASHINGTON, June 30 -- Rep. Kaiali'i Kahele, D-Hawaii, issued the following news release: On the latest episode of his show, Conversations with Kai, Congressman Kaiali'i Kahele (HI-02) sat down with U.S. Secretary of Veterans Affairs (VA) Denis McDonough to discuss issues important to veterans and their families in Hawaii and throughout the country. Congressman Kahele and Secretary McDonough discussed the Secretary's priorities and vision for the VA as well as addressed some of the longstandin more PR

WASHINGTON, June 29 -- Sen. John Barrasso, R-Wyoming, ranking member of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, issued the following commentary to Newsweek: * * * As Rahm Emanuel, President Barack Obama's chief of staff, famously quipped, "You never want a serious crisis to go to waste." President Joe Biden has taken that advice to heart. He's used the COVID-19 crisis as an excuse to spend trillions of dollars while weakening the intellectual property of U.S. pharmaceutical compan more PR

PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania, June 30 (TNSOps) -- The University of Pennsylvania issued the following news on June 29, 2021: Dozens of former world leaders, scholars, and experts gathered at a virtual forum co-sponsored by Penn's Think Tanks and Civil Societies Program last week to share insights and proposals on the priorities of the G20 ahead of the group's meeting in Rome this fall. The Global Policy Forum "People, Planet, and Prosperity" brought together more than 1,000 attendees from more t more PR