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FCC chairman says agency will open spectrum for fifth-generation wireless
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) plans to vote on a proposal next month that will open up a large swath of spectrum for fifth-generation wireless, or 5G, FCC Chairman Thomas Wheeler told a National Press Club Luncheon June 20. Wheeler plans to circulate his “Spectrum Frontiers” proposal to his fellow commissioners on June 23, he said. It is common for the FCC chairman to distribute items a few weeks before a meeting to allow the members of the commission to negotiate before the vote, which is scheduled for July 14. Even though the proposal is widely seen as creating rules for 5G…
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Girl Scouts plan to lobby for investment in girls
Girl Scouts from around the country plan to go to Capitol Hill June 14 to advocate on behalf of investing in girls. “People give more to animal causes today than to girl causes,” Anna Maria Chávez, chief executive of Girl Scouts of the USA, said at a June 13 National Press Club luncheon. “I have a brand new puppy …. He is a wonderful dog but he will not be the president of the United States one day, a Girl Scout will be.” Only 7 cents of every dollar contributed to charity goes to those focusing on women and girls, Chávez said. She leads an organization that has 59 million living alums. A…
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CDC Director Tom Frieden: Zika crisis demands urgent action
Halting the spread of the Zika virus worldwide requires urgent action by governments and public health officials, CDC Director Tom Frieden said at a National Press Club luncheon May 26. Speaking at his fourth Press Club luncheon, Frieden admitted the lack of knowledge about the behavior of the Zika virus, which is transmitted by the Aedes aegypti mosquito, makes an efficient response challenging. “This is not only unexpected, it’s completely unprecedented,” Frieden said, explaining that never before has a mosquito bite been found to cause an infection resulting in birth defects. It has also…
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Congressmen urge Muslim community to build political influence, voting power
Muslim-Americans are not regarded as an influential voting bloc in the U.S., and the community must step up its engagement efforts to be better represented in the political process, two Muslim Congressmen told a National Press Club Newsmaker crowd on May 24. Rep. Keith Ellison, D-Minn., and Rep. Andre Carson, D-Ind., said Muslims must be the ones to stand up to anti-Muslim legislation proposed in state legislatures and city councils, which requires Muslims to establish a political presence. “We live in very serious times,” Carson said, referring to what he called the rhetoric of “bigotry”…
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W. Va. AG Patrick Morrisey: EPA oversteps on coal, clean energy
West Virginia Attorney General Patrick Morrisey joined energy industry representatives at a May 23 Newsmaker to rally against against what Morrisey characterized as EPA overreach on clean energy. Morrisey charged the Environmental Protection Agency with acting as a central planning authority by overstepping it boundaries and attempting to regulate beyond its scope. Morrisey also said the EPA attempts to double regulate coal-fired power plants under separate sections of the Clean Power Plan. The plan itself, Morrisey said, is unlawful. Morrisey and attorneys general from 29 other states have…
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New President Burr: 'The Press Club means the world to me'
When Tommy Burr moved to Washington, he joined the National Press Club before he found an apartment. A decade later, he is leading the organization. A Washington correspondent for The Salt Lake Tribune, Burr was elected Club president on Dec. 11 in an election that also saw the most votes ever cast for in an election for communicator members of the Board of Governors. "The Press Club means the world to me," Burr, 36, said at the Reliable Source after the results were announced. "The Club has been my second home, and it is my goal this next year to make sure that every journalist can see the…
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Burr of The Salt Lake Tribune Elected President of The National Press Club
Thomas Burr of The Salt Lake Tribune was elected Friday as president of the National Press Club, the world's leading professional organization for journalists. Burr, a Utahn who has served as a Washington correspondent for the Salt Lake City newspaper since 2005, will assume the presidency Jan. 15. He is a former president of the Regional Reporters Association and a past chairman of the Congressional Standing Committee of Correspondents. A Jan. 23 inaugural gala is planned for the new president of the club, which was founded in 1908 and includes thousands of members worldwide. Burr, 36, has…
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New Smithsonian head urges emphasis on arts and humanities, but not at expense of science
David Skorton, the new secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, made it clear Tuesday that he sees his organization’s mission in broad terms. In a National Press Club luncheon address, Skorton talked about the need for a community to agree on values in order to solve society’s problems. “One way,” he said, “is to reverse our nation’s seeming disinterest and disinvestment in the arts and humanities, but to do so in a way that does not sacrifice our investment in science. ... The arts and humanities complement science, and together they make us better thinkers, better decision makers and…
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Club strengthens social-media presence with live Tweeting of events
The National Press Club has increased its number of Twitter followers from 9,000 to more than 12,000 over the last seven months, making substantial progress on one of the Club's highest priorities in 2015 -- strengthening its social-media presence. Live Tweeting of events has enabled the Club to become more prominent in the Twittersphere. “Social media has exploded,” said Club President John Hughes. “It’s where the action is in terms of communicating with the world.” When he began his presidential term last January, Hughes enlisted the help of some social media-savvy Club members, such as…
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Former Club presidents grill Abraham Lincoln at press conference
President Lincoln never held a press conference in life, but on Dec. 3 Old Abe — in the form of Lincoln impersonator George Buss -- sat down with two former National Press Club presidents for a grilling as though it were April 11, 1865. It was all part of a program that the Club co-sponsored with the Abraham Lincoln Association, the Illinois State Society of Washington, D.C., the Lincoln Academy of Illinois, the Lincoln Group of the District of Columbia and the U.S. Capitol Historical Society. Past Club presidents Gil Klein, chairman of the Club’s History and Heritage Committee, and Larry…
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