Bullied Teachers: 145,100 Public-School Teachers Physically Attacked by Students; 276,700 Threatened With Injury
(CNSNews.com) – President Barack Obama joined First Lady Michelle Obama at a White House conference Thursday to discuss prevention of bullying in the nations schools. What was not discussed at the White House conference, however, was the massive number of American public school teachers who, according to government data, reported being physically attacked or threatened with injury by their students.
Pelosi: ‘Biblical Power to Cure’ Would Be Hurt By Proposed GOP Spending Cut
(CNSNews.com) – House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi said the House Republicans proposed cut to the National Institutes of Health budget would hurt biomedical researchs “biblical power to cure.”
Sen. Boxer: Opponents of EPA Climate Regulations ‘Hurting the American People’ (Even in light of it being proven false)
(CNSNews.com) Anyone who tries to stop the EPA from enforcing the Clean Air Act a bipartisan landmark piece of legislation is hurting the American people, Senate Environment and Public Works Committee Chairwoman Barbara Boxer (D-Calif.) said at a news conference on Thursday. Carbon [dioxide] pollution is dangerous. The co-contaminants that go along with it are very dangerous, she said. Boxer described climate regulations as a life and death issue, not a political one.
‘Weve Surrendered the Constitution to the Jihadists,’ Muslim Witness Says at Hearing on Radicalization of U.S. Muslims
(CNSNews.com) – The radicalization of American Muslims is driven not by the religion of Islam but by a political Islam that promotes theocracy and rallies against the United States and its secular democracy, a self-described devout Muslim, said at a congressional hearing on Thursday.
Expert Warns of Health Risks Associated With New Light Bulbs
(CNSNews.com) A lighting expert told a Senate panel this week that parts of the 2007 Energy Independence and Security Act serve as a de-facto ban on traditional incandescent light bulbs and that compact florescent light bulbs pose a risk to public health and safety. This 2007 light bulb standard brings a deadly poison into every residence in our nation,” he said.
Obama ‘Stands Firmly Behind’ Medicare Chief Who Insists Health Systems Must Redistibute Wealth
Washington (CNSNews.com) The president stands firmly behind the nomination of Don Berwick because hes far and away the best person for the job, and hes already doing stellar work at (the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services), saving taxpayer dollars by cracking down on fraud, and implementing delivery system reforms that will save billions in excess costs and save millions of lives, White House Press Secretary Jay Carney said Thursday. Berwick has said that in order to be just, a health-care system “must redistribute wealth.”
High Energy Prices Are Obamas ‘Explicit Policy Goal,’ Inhofe Says
(CNSNews.com) Higher gas prices – indeed, higher prices for the energy we use – are an explicit policy goal of the Obama administration, said Sen. James Inhofe (R-Okla), ranking member of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee. Let me put it another way: the Obama administration is attacking affordable energy.
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