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  • Advocates Press Congress to Renew Community Health Center Funding

    Suzanne Potter California News Service SAN DIEGO, Calif. – If Congress doesn’t act by September 30 – the nation’s nearly 1,300 community health centers will lose 70 percent of their funding. This issue will be front and center for thousands of patients, providers and advocates at the annual Community...
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Pelosi Statement on Women’s History Month

    Washington, D.C. – Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi released the following statement this week in recognition of Women’s History Month:   “Each Women’s History Month, Americans pay tribute to the courageous women who have strengthened our great democracy.  We honor the women whose labor and advocacy, leadership and sacrifice have...
  • Trump Addresses Joint Session of U.S. Congress

    Hilbert Morales EL OBSERVADOR President Donald J. Trump addressed a joint session of U.S. Congress this past Tuesday, 02.28.17. I was impressed by the comprehensive scope of issues presented while staying with policy statements prepared by his advisory staff. Is this not the same individual who categorized us Latinos...
  • Pelosi on Republicans Destroying Office of Congressional Ethics in Rules Package

    Washington, D.C. – Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi released the following statement after the House Republican Conference voted to include the Goodlatte amendment in the House Republicans Rules package which effectively destroys the independent Office of Congressional Ethics, preventing it from reviewing anonymous complaints and moving it under the control...
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