Thanks, guys, for your rendition of "I hear that huge, old suckin' sound"
Thanks guys, for another rendition of that same-old/same-old Country favorite, "I hear that huge, old suckin' sound"(the Trans-Pacific- Partnership version). Thanks for all the bribery and corruption enabling our cowardly, venal and crooked members of Congress to vote to blind themselves from what's in the trade agreement. Thanks for all the lies and corporatist "rules" of secrecy. Thanks for helping further close the American mind -- what's left of it -- for your profits. Thanks for shrugging your shoulders about Global Warming. Special thanks in advance for all the jobs this trade "agreement" will cost the US -- surely many entrepreneurs and dues-paying members of the Chamber of Commerce will arise from all that involuntary leisure. Thanks for your treason, all bunted up in the red, white and blue.
Who could imagine the US Chamber of Commerce would ever turn traitor to the nation-- the nation, that is, conceived as All the People, not just CEO's and their pet members of Congress.
Among those members of Congress, we extend a special thanks to San Francisco's own Top Senior, Dianne "The Dowager Senator" Feinstein, who showed authentic Blue Dog fangs on this vote. -- blj
U.S. Chamber Policy Priorities for 2015
The Jobs, Growth, and Opportunity Agenda
The Chamber continues to advance its Jobs, Growth, and Opportunity Agenda, which is detailed throughout this document. The agenda includes expanding trade, producing more domestic energy, improving infrastructure, modernizing the regulatory process, making essential changes to entitlements, fixing the flaws in Obamacare, curbing lawsuit abuse, and advancing American innovation by protecting intellectual property. The agenda also focuses on revitalizing capital markets, passing immigration reform, and improving education and training, which will expand opportunity, address inequality, and create jobs.
With priorities like this, ridiculous contradictions gift wrapped in pure propaganda with candy canes and sugarplum fairies, how could America possibly go wrong? -- blj
Board of Directors US Chamber of Commerce: Standing up for American enterprise against American workers for 100 years
David Adkisson
President & Chief Executive Officer
Kentucky Chamber of Commerce
Frankfort, KY
Robert O. Agbede
President and CEO
Chester Group
Pittsburgh, PA
Harry C. Alford
President & CEO
National Black Chamber of Commerce
Washington, DC
Anthony J. Allott
President & CEO
Silgan Holdings Inc.
Stamford, CT
Stewart Alvarez
Vice President, Commercial Development
and Industry Affairs
Amadeus North America
Miami, FL
Lee R. Anderson, Sr.
Chairman of the Board
APi Group, Inc.
New Brighton, MN
Scott Anderson
General Manager
Great Western Lodging
Jackson, WY
John W. Bachmann
Senior Partner
Edward Jones
St. Louis, MO
Richard Bagger
Senior Vice President, Corporate Affairs & Strategic Market Access
Celgene Corporation
Summit, NJ
Hector Barreto
Chairman
The Latino Coalition
Irvine, CA
Lane Beattie
President and Chief Executive Officer
Salt Lake Chamber
Salt Lake City, UT
Sandra Beaty
Executive Vice President, Corporate Affairs
Zoetis
Florham Park, NJ
Kathy G. Beckett
Member
Steptoe & Johnson PLLC
Charleston, WV
Thomas D. Bell, Jr.
Chairman
Mesa Capital Partners, LLC
Atlanta, GA
Gary C. Bhojwani
Excelsior, MN
John F. Biagas
President & CEO
Bay Electric Co., Inc.
Newport News, VA
Chuck Brymer
President and Chief Executive Officer
DDB Worldwide Communications Group, Inc.
New York, NY
Kane Calamari
Vice President-Retail Operations & New Business
Ace Hardware Corporation
Oak Brook, IL
John Cannon
Executive Vice President & Chief Administrative Officer
Health Care Service Corporation
Chicago, IL
Red Cavaney
Chairman
Gerald R. Ford Presidential Foundation
Alexandria, VA
Norman C. Chambers
Chairman, President and
Chief Executive Officer
NCI Building Systems, Inc.
Houston, TX
James W. Cicconi
Senior Executive Vice President
External and Legislative Affairs
AT&T, Inc.
Washington, DC
Ken W. Cole
Senior Vice President, Government Relations
Pfizer, Inc.
Washington, DC
Adam Cooper
Senior Managing Director and Chief Legal Officer
Citadel LLC
Chicago, IL
Charles Copeland
President
Associates International, Inc.
Wilmington, DE
Joseph W. Craft III
President and Chief Executive Officer
Alliance Resource Partners, L.P.
Tulsa, OK
Nicholas J. DeIuliis
President and CEO
CONSOL Energy, Inc.
Canonsburg, PA
Wayne S. DeVeydt
Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
Anthem, Inc.
Indianapolis, IN
Ralph de la Torre, MD
Chairman and CEO
Steward Health Care System LLC
Boston, MA
Maura W. Donahue
President
DonahueFavret Contractors Holding Company
Mandeville, LA
Thomas J. Donohue
President and Chief Executive Officer
U.S. Chamber of Commerce
Washington, D.C.
Michael L. Ducker
President and CEO
FedEx Freight
Memphis, TN
Fuad El-Hibri
Executive Chairman
Emergent BioSolutions Inc.
Gaithersburg, MD
Patricia Elizondo
Senior Vice President, Global Sales & Marketing,
Transportation, Central & Local Government
Xerox Corporation
Germantown, MD
David R. Emery
Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer
Black Hills Corporation
Rapid City, SD
Daniel F. Evans, Jr.
President & Chief Executive Officer
Indiana University Health
Indianapolis, IN
Robert D. Fatovic
Executive Vice President, Chief Legal Officer
and Corporate Secretary
Ryder System, Inc.
Miami, FL
Patrick M. Finken
President
Odney
Bismarck, ND
Mark D. French
President
Leading Authorities, Inc.
Washington, DC
Lance M. Fritz
President and Chief Executive Officer
Union Pacific Corporation
Omaha, NE
Craig L. Fuller
The Fuller Company
McLean, VA
Walter J. Galvin
Retired Vice Chairman
Emerson
St. Louis, MO
Bruce A. Gates
Senior Vice President, External Affairs
Altria Client Services
Richmond, VA
Michael J. Graff
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
American Air Liquide Holdings, Inc.
Houston, TX
Ernest Green, Jr.
President and CEO
E&E Enterprises Global, Inc.
Hampton, VA
James M. Guyette
President and Chief Executive Officer
Rolls-Royce North America, Inc.
Reston, VA
Bradley M. Halverson
Group President and Chief Financial Officer
Caterpillar Inc.
Peoria, IL
James L. Hebe
Portland, OR
Scott L. Holman, Sr.
Chairman Emeritus
The Bay Cast Companies
Bay City, MI
John L. Hopkins
Chairman and CEO
NuScale Power LLC
Portland, OR
C.A. Howlett
Principal
Indigo Partners, LLC
Phoenix, AZ
Gregory Irace
President and Chief Executive Officer
Sanofi US Services Inc.
Bridgewater, NJ
David Jacobson
Vice Chairman
BMO Financial Group
Chicago, IL
Boland T. Jones
Founder, Chairman and
Chief Executive Officer
PGi
Atlanta, GA
Jan L. Jones Blackhurst
President of Government Relations
and Communications
Caesars Entertainment Corporation
Las Vegas, NV
Paul W. Jones
Retired Chairman and CEO
A.O. Smith Corporation
Milwaukee, WI
Fred Kaiser
Chairman and CEO
Alpha Technologies, Inc.
Bellingham, WA
Charles J. Kalil
Executive Vice President, Law and Government Affairs
General Counsel and Corporate Secretary
The Dow Chemical Company
Midland, MI
Frederick Kempe
President and CEO
Atlantic Council
Washington, DC
Philip D. Kennedy
President
Comanche Lumber Co., Inc.
Lawton, OK
Paul J. Klaassen
Founder
Sunrise Senior Living, Inc.
Arlington, VA
Jessie J. Knight, Jr.
Executive Vice President, External Affairs
Sempra Energy
San Diego, CA
Laura Lane
President
Global Public Affairs
United Parcel Service
Washington, DC
Greg Lebedev
Senior Advisor
The Robertson Foundation
Arlington, VA
Hank Linginfelter
Executive Vice President, Distribution Operations
AGL Resources Inc.
Atlanta, GA
William G. Little
President & CEO
Quam-Nichols Company, Inc.
Chicago, IL
Christopher B. Lofgren, Ph.D.
President and Chief Executive Officer
Schneider National, Inc.
Green Bay, WI
Tamara L. Lundgren
President and Chief Executive Officer
Schnitzer Steel Industries, Inc.
New York, NY
Andrew D. Lundquist
Senior Vice President, Government Affairs
ConocoPhillips
Washington, DC
Ted Mathas
Chairman, President & CEO
New York Life Insurance Company
New York, NY
Thomas V. McKernan
Chairman of the Board
Automobile Club of Southern California
Costa Mesa, CA
Richard L. McNeel
Chairman of the Board
LORD Corporation
Chapel Hill, NC
James W. Mendenhall
President
Mendenhall & Associates
Anchorage, AK
Rance C. Miles
Chief Operating Officer
Chief Financial Officer
Select Milk Producers, Inc.
Artesia, NM
Darlene M. Miller
President and CEO
PERMAC Industries
Burnsville, MN
Robert S. Milligan
Chairman
Wood Stieper Capital Group
Lincoln, NE
Dayton H. Molendorp, CLU
Chairman
OneAmerica Financial Partners, Inc.
Indianapolis, IN
David Muhlendorf
CEO/President
Paper and Chemical Supply Company
Sheffield, AL
Susan K. Neely
President & CEO
American Beverage Association
Washington, DC
Brian O'Hara
Chairman
Front Street Advisors, Ltd.
Paget, Bermuda
Mark Ordan
President and Chief Executive Officer
Washington Prime Group, Inc.
Bethesda, MD
Daniel F. Packer
President & CEO
American Ethane, LLC
New Orleans, LA
Manuel Perez de la Mesa
President and CEO
Pool Corporation
Covington, LA
Wolfgang G. Pordzik
Executive Vice President, Corporate Public Policy
DHL
Washington, DC
James M. Power
Executive Vice President and Chief Products Officer
CUNA Mutual Group
Madison, WI
Randal K. Quarles
Managing Partner
Cynosure Investments LLC
Salt Lake City, UT
Jeffrey K. Rageth
Vice President, Business Affairs
3M
Washington, DC
Joseph M. Rigby
Chairman of the Board, President and CEO
PEPCO Holdings Inc.
Washington, DC
Tchad Robinson
Managing Partner
Clark Robinson Capital
Los Angeles, CA
Stephen J. Rohleder
Chief Executive, North America
Accenture plc
Arlington, VA
Matthew K. Rose
Executive Chairman
BNSF Railway Company
Fort Worth, TX
John Ruan III
Chairman, Ruan Transportation Management Systems
Chairman and CEO, BTC Financial Corporation
Chairman and CEO, Ruan, Incorporated
Des Moines, IA
Kim T. Rumph
President, CHEP North America
Brambles Limited
Atlanta, GA
Edward B. Rust Jr.
Chairman and CEO
State Farm Mutual
Bloomington, IL
David T. Seaton
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
Fluor Corporation
Irving, TX
Gerald L. Shaheen
FORD Motor Company
Scottsdale, AZ
Donald J. Shepard
Chairman (Retired)
AEGON N.V.
Woodlands, TX
Dr. Rajendra Singh
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
Telcom Ventures, L.L.C.
Indian Creek Island, FL
Suzanne Sitherwood
President & CEO
The Laclede Group
St. Louis, MO
Christel Slaughter, Ph.D.
Partner
SSA Consultants
Baton Rouge, LA
Edgar L. Smith, Jr.
Chief Executive Officer
World Pac Paper, LLC
Cincinnati, OH
Paul S. Speranza, Jr., Esq.
Vice Chairman, General Counsel and Secretary
Wegmans Food Markets, Inc.
Rochester, NY
James A. Squires
President
Norfolk Southern Corporation
Norfolk, VA
Charles R. Stamp, Jr.
Vice President - Worldwide Public Affairs
Deere & Company
Moline, IL
James E. Stephenson
President, CEO, and Chairman
Yancey Bros. Co.
Austell, GA
Richard K. Studley, IOM
President & CEO
Michigan Chamber of Commerce
Lansing, MI
Frank Sullivan
Chairman and CEO
RPM International Inc.
Medina, OH
Brandon W. Sweitzer
Senior Advisor
DryStone Capital LLC
New Canaan, CT
Richard J. Tobin
President & CEO
CNH Industrial
Burr Ridge, IL
Mick Truitt
Vice President of Sales
Ludlum Measurements, Inc
Sweetwater, TX
Harold Turner, Jr.
President and CEO
The H.L. Turner Group Inc.
Concord, NH
Joseph Ucuzoglu
Managing Partner, Government, Regulatory and Professional Matters
Deloitte LLP
Washington, DC
Steve Van Andel
Chairman
Amway
Ada, MI
Frank L. VanderSloot
Chief Executive Officer
Melaleuca, Inc.
Idaho Falls, ID
Leroy Walker, Jr.
President and CEO
LTM Enterprises
Jackson, MS
Edward Wanandi
Chairman
International Merchants, LLC
Lincolnshire, IL
Mark E. Watson III
President and Chief Executive Officer
Argo Group International Holdings Ltd
San Antonio, TX
Thomas J. Wilson
Chairman and CEO
Allstate Insurance Company
Northbrook, IL
Christopher C. Womack
Executive Vice President &
President-External Affairs
Southern Company
Atlanta, GA
Joan Woodward
Executive Vice President for Public Policy
The Travelers Companies, Inc.
President, Travelers Institute
Washington, DC
James M. Wordsworth
President
J.R.'s Goodtimes, Inc.
McLean, VA
Elanna S. Yalow, Ph.D., M.B.A.
Chief Executive Officer, KU Early Learning Programs
Knowledge Universe
Portland, OR