US Chamber of Commerce to do Bi-Partisan "Road Show" on Regulatory Reform
The U.S. Chamber of Commerce is going to launch a bi-partisan "road show" with an unlikely pair - former Indiana Democratic Senator Evan Bayh and former George W. Bush Chief of Staff Andy Card. The duo will be giving speeches, events and media appearances across the country, Chamber President Tom Donohue announced to the board on Tuesday in a memo.
Donohue also noted that the Chamber is in the fight over reform for the "long-haul." He added that the goal is to bring "common sense to America's regulatory process."
The Bayh and Card initiative is part of a larger communications strategy that Donohue said is "aggressive" that includes a media campaign and ground work with local chambers and partners.
The Chamber president also specifically mentioned the health care law in the memo. "The massive health care law creates 159 new agenceis, commissions, panels and other bodies." And he said the Environmental Protection Agency and the Department of Labor are also big offenders.
Donohue is urging Congress to pass regulatory reform and for the president to sign it.
President Obama took steps to ease some regulations by announcing in January a review process to get rid of some regulations considered "out-of-date, unnecessary, excessively burdensome, or in conflict with other rules." In late May, details of the review came out that the White House said would save millions of dollars.
However, despite those steps, the issue has been a contention with the White House , the Chamber and the business community.
Reaction to the review from the Chamber was positive, but measured.
"This is progress. This is also not nearly enough," wrote Bill Kovacs, Vice President for the Environment, Technology & Regulatory Affairs Division, U.S. Chamber of Commerce in a blog post.
The White House and the administration were at odds during the first couple years of the president's in office. It got even more heated in the fall, when the administration questioned if foreign money was being funneled into ad purchases by the Cahmber for the mid-term elections. They somewhat patched things up when the president addressed the group earlier this year.
More details on the "road show" are expected the week of June 20th.
NOTE: Evan Bayh is also a Fox News contributor.
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I recently got my copy the Louisiana Fact Book 2011, published by the Council for A Better Louisiana (CABL). CABL is a non-profit organization that works to improve the quality of life for Louisiana citizens.
The “Fact Book” is only 20 pages, but it is cram-packed with good information. There is a lot of doom and gloom contained within the pages, considering the state of the budget, higher education, health care and the economy.
However, I am choosing not to talk about the doom and gloom. I want to talk about a few facts pointed out in the book that sets Louisiana (and the Houma-Thibodaux MSA) above the rest.
Did you know that our region has the third highest per capita income in the state and that we are number one in job growth in the state?
How about the ports in our state? Louisiana has five of the busiest ports in the United States, with number one being the Port of South Louisiana located along the Mississippi River. It is also the largest tonnage port in the Western Hemisphere!
Although Louisiana generally has a high crime rate (number one in murders), Houma-Thibodaux has the lowest rate of crime in the state.
It pays to have some fun every once in a while. Did you know that recreational fishing produces a $1.7 billion impact on the state? Who would have thought?!
Louisiana’s citizens are also a generous bunch of folks. We rate 7 in the nation in supporting charitable organizations (there are 20,000 of them in the state).
There’s a lot of talent to be found here. Twelve writers with connections to Louisiana have won the Pulitzer Prize for literature. Additionally 52 performing artists have won Grammys, with most of those representing Louisiana’s culture including jazz, blues, rhythm and blues, Cajun and Zydeco music. Sixteen performers have been inducted into the rock and Roll Hall of Fame!
I didn’t need CABL to tell me this, but they confirmed what I already knew – we like to eat! We spend $5 billion each year eating at restaurants! (That doesn’t even begin to count what we spend in our kitchens!)
90% of the crawfish harvested in the U.S. comes from Louisiana, (and I suspect most of that is from south of I-10) and 89 million pounds of shrimp are caught each year in the state.
Besides our love of eating, Louisiana folks love to pass a good time! There are over 400 festivals in the state each year (that’s where we eat all of the crawfish and shrimp!).
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