TO THE MEMBERS OF THE UNITED STATES CONGRESS: On behalf of the undersigned chambers of commerce and trade associations from across the United States, we urge you to support including all nonprofit organizations within emergency assistance legislation considered by Congress to combat the coronavirus pandemic. Thousands of nonprofit organizations are left out of the relief law and bills and will be hard hit by the coronavirus pandemic. Nonprofit organizations, including chambers of
Friday, March 6, 2020 - 1:45pm WASHINGTON, D.C. —Today the U.S. Chamber of Commerce is launching four new task forces to prepare business for any potential long-term economic impacts of the coronavirus. “The Chamber is making sure the business community is ready for any scenario because it’s essential to be prudent and prepared, but not overreact,” said Chamber President Suzanne Clark. “As we continue to monitor the virus situation, we are working on a long-term strategy to coordinate the business
Download the full letter with appendix of additional recommendations Dear Mr. President, Speaker Pelosi, and Majority Leader McConnell: The U.S. Chamber of Commerce and its members applaud the Administration and Congress for their recent actions to protect the American people from the spread of the Coronavirus and mitigate its direct and indirect economic effects. The national emergency declaration and the strong, bipartisan relief legislation providing targeted relief will deliver needed support for
Monday, March 16, 2020 - 8:30am The U.S. Chamber of Commerce today called for additional swift, aggressive action to ensure American businesses of all sizes can mitigate the potentially devastating economic effects from the spread of the Coronavirus, starting with three key steps. Taken together these three steps, in addition to other actions recommended by the U.S. Chamber and those already initiated by the federal government, will ensure that businesses have increased liquidity, access to financing, and
Steady education funding, investment in infrastructure vital to economy Provo, UT - March 10, 2020 - The Utah Valley Chamber released the following statement regarding the state legislative proposal to change the way education is funded in Utah: The Utah Valley Chamber supports the legislative effort to stabilize education funding and address the structural imbalance in state revenues. Steady education funding that accommodates growth in enrollment and inflation regardless of economic circumstances
Provo, UT – January 13, 2020- The Utah Valley Chamber of Commerce announces the departure of Andy Pierucci and the hiring of Nic Dunn as the new Director of Public Policy and Business Development. Pierucci is taking a job with aerospace and defense company Northrop Grumman. His last day at the Chamber is January 15th. “Andy has positively facilitated the Utah Valley Chamber's arrival on the Utah policy scene; I wish him the very best and am excited to have Nic Dunn join our team. Nic is an outstanding
