Category Archives: White House

YDA praises White House decision on contraception and womens’ health

Posted by rsnyder on January 20, 2012 Comments Off

Today, the White House issued a decisive ruling from the Department of Health & Human Services that would allow millions of women to have access to birth control through their insurance without co-pays. This decision will also now extend toward women who work at religiously affiliated hospitals and attend religiously affiliated universities.

In previous decades, insurance companies refused to cover the services women needed, restricting which kinds of birth control they can afford, refusing to cover contraception altogether and charging women unfair premiums because of their gender.

Between stopping insurance companies from discriminating based on gender, making sure women can get mammograms and other preventive services at no cost, President Obama continues to make strides on women’s health.

“We thank President Obama for standing up for women’s health. The majority of American women use birth control and this ruling had made it easier for more women to have truly affordable access,” said Atima Omara-Alwala, Vice President of the Young Democrats of America.

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White House youth conference call with President Obama on Friday

Posted by rsnyder on June 29, 2011 Comments Off

This Friday, July 1 at 12:00 noon (EDT), President Obama and several key administration officials will host a conference call with young Americans to debrief the President’s “100 Youth Roundtables” initiative, outline his “How to Make Change” youth summer series, and discuss ongoing events on youth employment and entrepreneurship.

Click here to RSVP for the call by Thursday, June 30.

Please note, this is not a YDA sponsored conference call.  This opportunity is being offered by the White House to all interested young people.  We hope you will take a few minutes on Friday to hear President Obama speak directly on issues affecting our generation.

Thanks,

Rod Snyder
President
Young Democrats of America

YDA Rural Caucus Applauds New White House Rural Council

Posted by rsnyder on June 13, 2011 Comments Off

Statement from Cassi Peters, Chair of the YDA Rural Caucus, on President Obama’s recent Executive Order establishing a White House Rural Council:

Last week, President Obama signed an Executive Order establishing the White House Rural Council. This council will focus on policy initiatives for Rural Americans.

As Chair of the YDA Rural Caucus, I am pleased to hear about the establishment of this council. Rural Americans, especially rural youth, face unique challenges day in and day out. Whether it is access to quality health care, jobs, or educational opportunities, it can be challenging to live in rural America.

We applaud the President and his administration for making strides in improving rural life. In the past few years, we have seen more access to broadband, the improvement of our health care system, and emphasis on alternative energy production. We are eager to see the policy initiatives that come as a result of this council.

Secretary of Agriculture, Tom Vilsack, will be chairing the council. He stated:

“In the end, millions of Americans are counting on us to ensure that young people growing up in rural places have a bright future ahead – that they can envision a tomorrow that includes a job, and a vibrant rural community that they can call home. Ensuring that tomorrow begins with the actions we take today.”

This council comes at a crucial time in rural America where many of our small towns are slowly losing population and jobs are leaving our communities. I hope this council seeks a solution to these and many of the other problems we face in rural America. As a young mother living in a rural area, I hope that my 4-month-old daughter will someday have the pleasure of raising her family in a small town. My upbringing in small town Oklahoma has made me the person I am and I am very proud of where I am from. We must find solutions for a better tomorrow so that future generations will get the pleasure of living a rich life in our rural communities.