On November 17, 2011 CSPC President Dr. David Abshire appeared on C-SPAN's Washington Journal where he described the history of Executive Orders.

CSPC President Dr. David Abshire spoke on the role of the Presidency at the National Defense University's National Security Symposium entitled "Forging an American Grand Strategy: Securing a Path Through a Complex Future."

To read his address, please click here.

 

(http://www.ambwashingtondc.esteri.it/)

The Embassy of Italy in Washington, in collaboration with the Center for the Study of the Presidency and Congress, is convening the conference, “Global Obesity: Scientific, Lifestyle and Policy Approaches”which will be held at the Embassy in Washington, D.C. on October 25, 2011. The Conference will address the epidemic using a “Health in All Policies” approach that mobilizes all sectors of society, including health, transportation, agriculture, finance, the military, the media and private industry.

For more information about the event, please click here.

On October 13, 2011, CSPC President Dr. David M. Abshire spoke on the importance of heroic leadership in American History as part of the Phi Beta Kappa lecture series. The lecture was held at George Washington University.

 

In an off the record session on Capitol Hill, CSPC gathered more than a dozen financial services industry groups, firm representatives, and other economic experts together with six key members of the House Financial Services and Ways and Means committees to discuss financial regulation and the economic crises occurring at both ends of the Atlantic. This session is the first of a series that will examine this subject and how regulatory policy can contribute to the broader effort to create jobs and get the economy moving again.

For more information please contact This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it , Director of Programs.

The sequencing of the Human Genome in 2003 has ushered in a new era of personalized medicine in which health care providers are using diagnostic tests to tailor preventive and therapeutic interventions to an individual’s unique molecular profile. Personalized medicine is already transforming the field of oncology where, for example, tests are predicting the chance of cancer recurrence and determining a particular individual’s likelihood to respond to specific chemotherapies. By helping to target expensive treatments that have significant side effects such as chemotherapy to those specific patients who will actually benefit from them, personalized medicine can promote value in the health system by improving patient outcomes as well as lowering healthcare costs.

However, policymakers must address a wide variety of challenges before personalized medicine can be widely put into practice. The briefing will feature a diverse panel of experts who will discuss regulatory and reimbursement issues surrounding the use of molecular diagnostics as well as some of the ethical dilemmas facing genomic testing. Significant opportunities for advancing personalized medicine to benefit patients will also be addressed. Panelists will include NIH experts, FDA health officials, academic researchers, and industry leaders. A cancer advocate and survivor will share the impact of personalized medicine on her care and treatment. This Capitol Hill Briefing will also provide a roadmap for the actions needed to move scientific breakthroughs of the 21st century from the lab bench to fully benefit patients in America and worldwide.

To RSVP for the briefing, contact Elena Hoffnagle, at 202-872-9801 ext 233 or email: This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it .

On Wednesday, July 27, the CSPC STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics) Education Issue Team held its third meeting in the historic Senate Russell Caucus room on Capitol Hill in Washington.  With comments made by Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) and Representative Jim Langevin (D-RI), along with valuable input from senior Capitol Hill staff from both sides of the aisle, the team discussed ways to spotlight the need for a greater emphasis on STEM Education, framing it as a competitivness, national and economic security issue.  For a full team list, please click here.  For more information, please contact This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it , Director of Programs.

Click here to look at CSPC's comparison of the President's and Paul Ryan's budget and deficit reduction plans.

CSPC has issued a statement of support for Congressional "profiles in courage" who have taken on meaningful fiscal reform.

To read the statement, please click here .

On September 16, 2010, CSPC's new Executive Vice President, Ambassador Kurt Volker, testified before the Subcommittee on International Organizations, Human Rights, and Oversight about human rights, peace, and reconciliation in Northern Ireland and Bosnia. He discussed the lessons that we can learn from Northern Ireland and how the international community can best assist Bosnia as it strives for peace and stability.

To download the written testimony, click here.