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Chattanooga Mayor Joins Over 250 U S Mayors in the Nation’s Capital
 1/20/2010
78th Winter Meeting of the United States Conference of Mayors The nation’s mayors will meet with the Obama Administration and Congress to advocate for a national bipartisan political agenda that confronts the unemployment that still exists on main street America, the need for a federal/city partnership on climate protection and energy with block grants to cities producing green jobs, and a more balanced transportation bill next year that recognizes the necessity to modernize the current transportation system in order to daily move goods, services and people in our metro areas of the nation. Mayors will visit the White House to meet with President Obama and his Economic Advisory Team on Thursday, January 21; and First Lady Michelle Obama will address the mayors Wednesday afternoon. Confirmed Speakers for the Meeting Include: House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, Energy Secretary Steven Chu, Housing and Urban Development Secretary Shaun Donovan, Education Secretary Arne Duncan, Attorney General Eric Holder, Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Lisa Jackson, Transportation Secretary LaHood, Drug Czar Gil Kerlikowske, U.S. Trade Representative Ron Kirk, Labor Secretary Hilda Solis, Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack, AK Senator Mark Begich, WA Senator Patty Murray, FL Congressman Debbie Wasserman Schultz, White House Urban Affairs Director Aldofo Carrion, Oregon Governor Ted Kulongoski, Hiroshima, Japan Mayor Tadatoshia Akiba, Florence, Italy Mayor Matteo Renzi, Mexico City Mayor Marcelo Ebrard, National Urban League President and CEO Marc Morial, NEA Chairman Rocco Landesman, Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. and more. For additional information, please contact: Elena Temple Carlos Vogel |
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