National Heart Valve Disease Awareness Day – 11 Million Americans are Affected by Heart Valve Disease

AUDIO: Sue Peschin, President and CEO, Alliance for Aging Research
(Washington D.C., Friday, February 22, 2019) – National Heart Valve Disease Awareness Day—recognized every February 22, is a campaign to increase recognition of the specific risks and symptoms of heart valve disease, improve detection and treatment,...

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America’s D+ Infrastructure Report Card Provides Opportunity for Congress & President Trump to Work Together

AUDIO: Tom Smith, Executive Director, American Society of Civil Engineers
(Reston, VA, Friday, February 15, 2019) – Recent polling from POLITICO and Harvard’s T.H. Chan School of Public Health said that increasing infrastructure spending is one of the top priorities for Americans for the new Congress....

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Nation’s First Facility to Integrate Large-Scale Wind Generation, Solar Generation and Battery Storage to Create an Improved Zero-Emissions Resource

AUDIO: Maria Pope, CEO, Portland General Electric
(Portland, OR, Wednesday, February 13, 2019) – Portland General Electric announced an agreement with NextEra Energy Resources to build a first-of-its-scale facility in North America, which will integrate wind generation, solar generation and battery storage...

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New Data from Bread for the World Shows Hunger and Poverty Rates in the African-American Community Are Not Increasing Fast Enough

AUDIO: Marlysa D. Gamblin, Domestic Advisor for Policy and Programs, Bread for the World Institute
(Washington, D.C., Tuesday, February 12, 2019) – February is Black History Month, and while hunger and poverty declined among African Americans in 2017, food insecurity has still not dropped enough this past year to match the...

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Eighty-Three Percent of the Estimated 50 Million Low To Moderate Income People Over the Age of 50 in America Are Struggling With Some or All of the Components of Their Financial Lives

AUDIO: Lisa Marsh Ryerson, President, AARP Foundation
(Washington D.C., Tuesday, February 12, 2019) – Eighty-three percent (42 million) of the estimated 50 million low- to moderate-income people over the age of 50 in America are struggling with some or all of the components...

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