On March 1, 2017, the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies held a Members’ Day hearing, where Rep. David Price (D-NC) and Rep. Billy Long (R-MO) testified in support of the Corporation for...
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The Republican Case for Saving AmeriCorps
By Stephen Goldsmith - I was dubious when George W. Bush put me in charge of the agency administering AmeriCorps. But I saw the good in it—and we made it better. The administration should spare it.
Read More »2017 Friends of National Service Awards
Voices for National Service honored 19 distinguished leaders in government, business and journalism at the 14th Annual Friends of National Service Awards at Union Station in Washington, DC.
Read More »In Budget Math, Make National Service A Priority
By Eric Tanenblatt - Civilian national service—responding to Hurricanes on the coast and tornadoes in the plains or teaching inner-city youth—transcends partisan divides in the same was as military service. They both make for better citizens and a stronger nation....
Read More »Bipartisan Group of National Service Champions to be Honored
Senators Roy Blunt, John Cornyn and Tammy Duckworth, Representatives Tom Cole and David Price, Spokane Mayor David Condon, and journalist David Brooks among honorees
Read More »National Service, Not Government, Will Make America Great
By Eric Tanenblatt - Service creates opportunities to bridge the divides that separate us, to find common ground in the greatness of our people.
Read More »National, Local Service Never More Evident than in Sevier County
This letter to the editor appeared in The Mountain Press on December 31, 2016. When President-elect Trump takes the oath of office in Washington, D.C. in January, he will officially assume the highest office in the land and with that,...
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