Author: The National Center

Black Activist Says Drug Smuggler’s Guilty Plea Reason to Revisit Presidential Pardon for Ramos and Compean

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Washington, D.C. - A Mexican drug smuggler whose testimony under a grant of immunity helped American prosecutors convict and jail two U.S. Border Patrol agents has now pleaded guilty to charges that he conspired to smuggle marijuana into the United ...
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EPA Sludge Tests a “Modern-Day Tuskegee Experiment”; Children in Poor Black Neighborhoods Potentially Imperiled by EPA Studies

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Washington, D.C. - Revelations that the federal government conducted potentially dangerous sludge-related experiments on children in Baltimore is condemned by Project 21 black leadership network fellow Deneen Borelli, who is demanding more answers about the origins of the experiment and ...
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Americans Reject Proposed Expansion of Clean Water Act, Poll Shows

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Washington, D.C.: A majority of Americans oppose the Oberstar/Feingold Clean Water Restoration Act (CWRA), according to a nationwide survey by Wilson Research Strategies for the National Center for Public Policy Research. CWRA will receive a hearing of the full House ...
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Sportsmen Should Beware the Clean Water Restoration Act

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Conservationists, Boaters, Fishermen, Hunters, Users of All-Terrain Vehicles and Others Could See Activities Restricted by Oberstar/Feingold Measure Washington, D.C.: The Oberstar/Feingold Clean Water Restoration Act, scheduled for a hearing in the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee Wednesday, would do more ...
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Coalition Letter: Letter to Congress on the Clean Water Restoration Act

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Representatives of 53 Organizations Warn Congress, Public about Oberstar/Feingold Clean Water Restoration Act

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Farm Bureaus, Manufacturers, Sportsmen, Taxpayer Advocates, Think-Tanks and Others Express Concern About Expansion of Federal Power Washington, D.C.: A letter signed by representatives of over 53 organizations expressing grave concerns about the Oberstar/Feingold Clean Water Restoration Act, or CWRA, is ...
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Black Churches to Participate in Day of Prayer for Jailed Border Patrol Agents

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Washington, D.C. - Project 21, the black leadership network, has recruited the support of black churches across the United States to participate in a special day of prayer declared by a member of Congress to call attention to the plight ...
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How Trial Lawyers Threaten Patients’ Health

Husband David has an op-ed on excessive lawsuits and our health care system in Investor's Business Daily today. Check it out here. _____ Labels: Business, Health Care, Legal Reform, Retirement ...
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Sportsmen: Beware the Clean Water Restoration Act, by Peyton Knight

National Policy Analysis #567 /
Introduction and Summary Congress is currently considering legislation that would substantially broaden the federal government's authority under the Clean Water Act.  However, like many misnamed bills before it, the Clean Water Restoration Act is a lesson in false advertising.  The ...
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Black Activists Speak Out on King Assassination Anniversary and a Re-Commitment to Black Empowerment

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Washington, D.C. - Today the world commemorates the 40th anniversary of the death of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. On April 4, 1968, Dr. King's storied civil rights career was cut short by an assassin's bullet at the Lorraine Motel ...
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