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NPC Newsmaker: Sen. Amy Klobuchar
Democratic presidential candidate and Minnesota Sen. Amy Klobuchar participated in a National Press Club Newsmaker event on July 16, 2019.
Type: Media
NPC Newsmaker with UMWA President Cecil Roberts
The International President of the United Mine Workers of America (UMWA) Cecil Roberts discussed the future of the coal industry and what effect he believes proposed climate change legislation and initiatives will have on the jobs outlook for coal producing regions at a National Press Club Headliners Newsmaker on September 4, 2019.
Type: Media
NPC Newsmaker: Veterans Affairs Secretary Robert Wilkie
Following President Trump’s 2020 State of the Union Address, Secretary of Veterans Affairs Robert Wilkie spoke at a National Press Club Newsmaker on February 5 to discuss the Trump Administration’s plan to prevent veteran suicide, and outlined how the VA will implement the kinds of sweeping organizational changes needed to optimize new technologies and innovations and provide veterans with modern services.
Type: Media
NPC Newsmaker: Sen. Elizabeth Warren
Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) gave a major policy speech on ending corruption in Washington at a National Press Club Headliners Newsmaker on August 21, 2018.
Type: Media
NPC Newsmaker with Ohio Governor John Kasich
On the heels of this week’s NATO Summit in Brussels, Governor John Kasich (R-OH), a presumed primary challenger to President Trump in 2020, discussed how Trump’s foreign trade policies and relationship with Russian President Vladimir Putin have affected America’s relations with NATO allies at a National Press Club Headliners Newsmaker on July 12, 2018.
Type: Media
NPC Newsmaker: California Attorney General Xavier Becerra
California Attorney General Xavier Becerra has filed roughly two dozen lawsuits challenging the Trump Administration’s efforts to make changes that affect immigrant rights, civil rights, environmental standards and consumer protections. Becerra discussed these legal actions and other issues at a National Press Club Headliners Newsmaker news conference on Dec. 6, 2017.
Type: Media
NPC Newsmaker: National Academies Releases 2017 Affordable Drugs Report
The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine released and discussed the findings of their 2017 affordable drugs report at a National Press Club Headliners Newsmaker on November 30, 2017.
Type: Media
NPC Newsmaker: Mental Health & The Opioid Crisis
At a September 25, 2017 National Press Club Newsmaker event Rep. Tim Ryan (D-OH), Co-Chair of the House’s Addiction Treatment and Recovery Caucus, joined three frontline healthcare workers to discuss the opioid crisis, what they see as the lack of parity between mental health and physical healthcare and their call for action by the Congress and the Trump Administration. Speaking at the news conference: Rep. Tim Ryan (D-OH) Jackie Schalit Kenneth Rogers PsyD. Cuyler Costanzo
Type: Media
NPC Newsmaker: Civil Rights & DOJ - Then & Now
White supremacists march through a southern city. The federal courts are hearing cases involving issues of voting rights and discrimination. Is it 1965 or 2017? Former assistant attorneys general from both Republican and Democratic administrations appeared at a National Press Club Headliners Newsmaker event on Sept. 7, 2017 to discuss the federal government’s role in protecting civil rights. This was the 60th anniversary of the creation of the Department of Justice’s Civil Rights Division. The four panelists who each led the division looked at what progress has been made since 1957 and what…
Type: Media
NPC Newsmaker: Misty Copeland
Misty Copeland, the first African-American Female Principal Dancer with the American Ballet Theatre, discussed her first health and fitness book, Ballerina Body: Dancing and Eating Your Way to a Leaner, Stronger, and More Graceful You, as well as her roles as ballerina and activist in a discussion at the National Press Club on Apr. 17, 2017.
Type: Media