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Cord Blood: What you need to know


 


07/30/2014 09:45 AM EDT

July is National Cord Blood Awareness Month and is the perfect time to start learning about cord blood—a biological product regulated by the Food and Drug Administration.

“Because cord blood is typically collected after the baby is delivered and the cord is cut, the procedure is generally safe for the mother and baby,” explains Keith Wonnacott, Ph.D., Chief of the Cellular Therapies Branch in FDA’s Office of Cellular, Tissue, and Gene Therapies.

Cord blood contains blood-forming stem cells that can treat patients with blood cancers such as leukemias and lymphomas, as well as certain disorders of the blood and immune systems.

That said, cord blood isn’t a cure-all.

Read the Consumer Update to learn more.


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A Nearly Impossible Task


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8 Challenges People Faced Trying To Live On a Minimum Wage Budget For A Week

Members of Congress and thousands of paycheck fairness advocates across the country wrapped up the “Live The Wage” challenge yesterday, after working to live on a minimum wage budget for a week. On just $77, these leaders hoped to gain just a small understanding of the challenges and decisions faced by minimum wage workers every day. Earning just $7.25 an hour, the average full time minimum wage worker struggles to survive on only $77 a week after paying taxes and housing expenses.

We’ve rounded up 8 examples of the challenges they faced. While they pale in comparison to the challenges that low-wage workers face every day, they provide a glimpse of why we need to raise the minimum wage so that hardworking Americans can make ends meet.

1. Everything needs to be planned. There’s absolutely no room for spontaneity on a minimum wage budget.

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2. Transportation really cuts into a budget. The price of gas and even public transportation quickly adds up.

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3. Medical costs can easily destroy a budget.

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4. There’s little to no room for any other expenses. Standard expenses like home costs and school supplies just don’t fit in.

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5. It’s pretty much impossible to save on just $77 per week. And the understanding that having savings is key in case of an emergency.

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6. It’s hard to eat healthy on a minimum wage budget. The fast food dollar menu is sometimes a more affordable alternative to fresh fruits and vegetables.

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7. This is a reality everyday for millions of people. Women and families have it especially hard.

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8. An appreciation for the challenges low-wage workers face. And, accompanying that, a desire to see more elected officials share the experience and vote to raise the minimum wage.

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BOTTOM LINE: If some elected officials do not believe hardworking Americans deserve a raise, then we challenge them to do what leaders and advocates around the country did last week and live the wage. American need leaders who take the side of working people, not just the wealthy. A higher minimum wage would help working families and help the economy.

the Senate ~~ CONGRESS 8/1 ~~ the do NOTHING House, led by Republicans goes home?


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So, will the do NOTHING House, led by Republicans go home without doing SOMETHING good for Americans?

The Senate stands adjourned until 11:00am on Friday, August 1, 2014.

Following any Leader remarks, the Senate will be in a period of morning business until 2:00pm.

There will be no roll call votes during Friday’s session of the Senate. The next roll call vote will occur at 5:30pm on Monday, September 8, 2014.

The Senate passed J.R.Res.76, as amended with th e Reid-McConnell-Mikulski amendment making emergency supplemental appropriations to provide funding for the Israeli Iron Dome defense.

 

Reid: I ask unanimous consent that the Senate proceed to the consideration of Calendar #220, H.J.Res.76; that a Reid-McConnell-Mikulski substitute amendment at the desk providing emergency appropriations for the Iron Dome defense system in Israel be agreed to; that the joint resolution, as amended, be read a third time and passed; the Reid-McConnell-Mikulski amendment to the title be agreed to; and the motions to reconsider be considered made and laid upon the table with no intervening action or debate.

 

H.J.Res.76, making continuing appropriations for the National Nuclear Security Administration.

The Senate passed J.R.Res.76, as amended with the Reid-McConnell-Mikulski amendment making emergency supplemental appropriations to provide funding for the Israeli Iron Dome defense.

 

Reid: I ask unanimous consent that the Senate proceed to the consideration of Calendar #220, H.J.Res.76; that a Reid-McConnell-Mikulski substitute amendment at the desk providing emergency appropriations for the Iron Dome defense system in Israel be agreed to; that the joint resolution, as amended, be read a third time and passed; the Reid-McConnell-Mikulski amendment to the title be agreed to; and the motions to reconsider be considered made and laid upon the table with no intervening action or debate.

 

H.J.Res.76, making continuing appropriations for the National Nuclear Security Administration.

Reid-McConnell-Mikulski substitute amendment making emergency supplemental appropriations to provide funding for the Israeli Iron Dome defense.

 

Senator Reid moved to proceed to S.J.Res.19, a joint resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States relating to contributions and expenditures intended to affect elections. The Senate is in a period of morning business until 2:00pm, with senators permitted to speak therein for up to 10 minutes each. There will be no roll call votes during today’s sessions of the Senate.

 

Reid-McConnell-Mikulski substitute amendment making emergency supplemental appropriations to provide funding for the Israeli Iron Dome defense.

 

Senator Boxer asked unanimous consent the Senate take up and pass Calendar #492, S.2673, a bill to enhance the strategic partnership between the United States and Israel.

Senator Sessions objected.

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Roll Call Votes

No roll call votes were conducted during Friday’s session of the Senate.

Legislative Business

Passed H.J.Res.76, as amended with the Reid-McConnell-Mikulski amendment, making emergency supplemental appropriations to provide funding for the Israeli Iron Dome defense

Passed the following Post Office Naming bills, en bloc:

  1. H.R.606 would designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 815 County Road 23 in Tyrone, New York, as the “Specialist Christopher Scott Post Office Building”.
  2. H.R.1671 designates the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 815 County Road 23 in Tyrone, New York, as the “Specialist Christopher Scott Post Office Building.”
  3. H.R.2291 would designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 450 Lexington Avenue in New York, New York, as the “Vincent R. Sombrotto Post Office”.
  4. H.R.3472 would designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 13127 Broadway Street in Alden, New York, as the “Sergeant Brett E. Gornewicz Memorial Post Office”.
  5. H.R.3765 would designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 198 Baker Street in Corning, New York, as the “Specialist Ryan P. Jayne Post Office Building”.

Passed H.R.4386, Money Remittances

Passed H.R.5195, Afghan Special Immigrant Visas

Adopted S.Res.536, National Ovarian Cancer Awareness Month

Completed the Rule 14 process to place on the Legislative Calendar of Business S.2772, Supplemental Appropriations for FY2014 (Flake)

Completed the Rule 14 process to place on the Legislative Calendar of Business S.2773, Supplemental Appropriations for FY2014 (Cornyn-Grassley-McConnell)

Executive Business

No Executive Business conducted.

 

 

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Last Floor Action:
11:56:03 A.M. -H. Res. 700
On agreeing to the resolution Roll Call 475 – Recorded vote pending.

Last Floor Action:
6:23:08 P.M. – The House adjourned pursuant to a previous special order.

The next meeting is scheduled for 10:00 a.m. on August 1, 2014.

 

 

 

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a message from Petra Falcon, Promise Arizona


In the last few months we have witnessed an unprecedented number of unaccompanied refugee children arriving at our southern border from El Salvador, Nicaragua, and Honduras.

Call a key Democrat and tell them to protect the children from deportation!

My name is Petra. I am an immigrant rights activist in Arizona, as well as a mom, a grandmother and a human being. A few weeks ago I visited a border patrol holding facility in Nogales, Arizona, that housed 800 unaccompanied children under 18-years-old, including some children as young as five or six, without an adult family member. What I saw that day will stay with me forever.

It was disturbing. I saw the faces of children with fear and desperation in their eyes. Children locked behind cages with barbed wire that reminded me of dog kennels. I will never forget the pain in their eyes. Something must be done to help them.

In the last few months we have witnessed an unprecedented number of unaccompanied refugee children arriving at our southern border from El Salvador, Nicaragua, and Honduras. Thousands of children have made the perilous journey in order to escape crime, gang violence, sexual abuse, and other dangers in their home countries. How we respond to these children in the coming weeks will define us as a nation and our legacy for years to come.

Will you stand on the right side of history and take action on behalf of these children? Click here to take action now.

We have seen the response from House and Senate Republicans, who want the children to be stripped of their rights and immediately deported. Deporting children back to the countries they are fleeing from puts their lives at risk and is unacceptable. This kind of response is shameful! Even from a party with a long history of callousness towards vulnerable populations, this is a new low.

We need real leadership from Congressional Democrats to stop Republican’s shameful attacks. We need Democrats to stand up now for the rights of refugee children at the border. Take action now to tell Democrats in Congress to stand up and protect the rights of the children!

Right now members of Congress are hearing from both sides. As we speak, anti-immigration groups are organizing and calling on Congress to speed up deportations and strip refugee children of some of their most basic legal rights, which exist to ensure that they get a fair hearing and to protect them from being sent back to violence in their home country. We need to make sure that our message is louder. With your help we can drown out messages of hate and replace them with messages of compassion and tolerance.

Which message do you want to send? Take action now by making a call!

In solidarity,

Petra Falcon
Executive Director, Promise Arizona