Washington, DC - Secretary of State Mike Pompeo: "As a highly connected nation, the United States depends on the open, interoperable, reliable, and secure global Internet. Through its diplomatic efforts, international engagement, and coordination on behalf of the U.S. government, the U.S. Department of State advances U.S. objectives in cyberspace to ensure that the Internet and other connected technologies remain valuable and viable tools for future generations.

Washington, DC - The United States condemns the Nicaraguan government’s violent response to peaceful Mother’s Day marches in Managua and other cities yesterday, including assaults on mothers mourning their children killed since protests began April 18. The United States also condemns the beatings of journalists and attacks against local TV and radio stations.

Washington, DC - Without question, one of the most frustrating challenges that health care providers and patients must contend with is when a drug that’s medically necessary and critical to patient care is unavailable due to a shortage. We know that the uncertainty over how long a drug will be in shortage, how to ration supplies in the meantime, or worse, how to prepare for a sudden event that might place unforeseen demands on a product that’s in short supply, adds burdens and stress on providers and patients.

Davis, California - The American Wild Horse Campaign (AWHC), today harshly criticized the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) for its recently posted round up schedule, which reveals agency plans to round up and remove 6,000 wild horses from public lands this summer and fall. AWHC slammed the agency for continuing the same “business as usual practices” that the National Academy of Sciences has called “expensive and unproductive for the BLM and the public it serves.”

Washington, DC - The U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE’s) Clean Energy Smart Manufacturing Innovation Institute (CESMII) recently announced nearly $10 million for ten projects to help advance its goals and enable U.S. manufacturers to develop and implement innovations that will advance U.S. manufacturing competitiveness, sustainability, and innovation.

Washington, DC - Our system for developing new drugs is based on a careful equilibrium enshrined in legislation by Congress that seeks to balance access with innovation.