Recent Testimony by the U.S. Chamber of Commerce

Feb 08 - Testimony on “Legislative Proposals to Promote Accountability and Transparency at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau”
Feb 02 - Testimony on Contingent Fees and Conflicts of Interest in State AG Enforcement of Federal Law
Jan 31 - Testimony on Extension of Certain Expired and Expiring Tax Provisions
Dec 14 - Testimony on The Trans-Pacific Partnership
Nov 17 - Testimony on International Tax Reform
Oct 26 - Testimony on “The Expanding U.S.-Korea Alliance”
Oct 25 - Testimony on The Eurozone Debt Crisis and Implications for the United States
Oct 04 - Testimony on The President’s New National Ocean Policy
Sep 23 - Testimony on Job Creation Made Easy: The Colombia, Panama, and South Korea Free Trade Agreements
Sep 15 - Testimony on “Fixing the Watchdog: Legislative Proposals to Improve and Enhance the Securities and Exchange Commission”
Sep 14 - Testimony on Tax Reform
Aug 02 - Testimony on "Health Reform and Health Insurance Premiums: Empowering States to Serve Consumers"
Jul 28 - Testimony on “Open for Business: The Impact of the CFPB on Small Business”
Jul 28 - Testimony on Small Businesses and PPACA: If They Like Their Coverage, Can They Keep It?
Jul 26 - Testimony on The Economic Imperative for Enacting Immigration Reform
Jul 14 - Testimony on Regulating Chaos: Finding Legislative Solutions to Benefit Jobs and the Economy
Jun 15 - Data Breach Testimony to the House Subcommittee on Commerce, Manufacturing and Trade
Jun 03 - Testimony on Views of the Administration on Regulatory Reform
Jun 01 - Testimony on Putting America’s Veterans Back to Work
May 24 - Who’s Watching the Watchmen? Oversight of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau
May 12 - Testimony on Need for Comprehensive Tax Reform to Help American Companies Compete in the Global Market and Create Jobs for American Workers
May 03 - Testimony on "Clean Energy Development Administration"
Apr 21 - Testimony on the Need for Comprehensive Tax Reform
Apr 13 - Green Jobs and Red Tape: Assessing Federal Efforts to Encourage Employment
Apr 06 - Testimony on the role of the accounting and auditing profession in preventing another financial crisis
Apr 06 - Testimony on Legislative Proposals to Improve the Structure of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau
Mar 31 - Testimony on Harnessing American Resources to Create Jobs and Address Rising Gasoline Prices: Impacts on Businesses and Families
Mar 30 - Testimony on the House Committee on Energy and Commerce’s Subcommittee on Health
Mar 17 - Testimony on the Pending, Job-Creating Trade Agreements
Mar 16 - Testimony on “Made in America: Increasing Jobs through Exports and Trade”
Mar 10 - Testimony on "The Pressures of Rising Costs on Employer Provided Health Care"
Mar 03 - Testimony on Small Businesses and Tax Reform
Mar 01 - Testimony on “Oversight of the Office of the U.S. Intellectual Property Enforcement Coordinator”
Feb 16 - Testimony on reauthorization of SAFETEA-LU
Feb 15 - Testimony on the Administration’s FY2012 Budget Proposals
Feb 09 - Testimony on "Buried in Paperwork: A 1099 Update"
Jan 26 - Testimony on Health Care Law’s Impact on Jobs, Employers and the Economy
Jan 25 - Testimony on The Pending Free Trade Agreements with Colombia, Panama, and South Korea and the Creation of U.S. Jobs
Jan 20 - Testimony to The House Committee on Ways & Means on Fundamental Tax Reform
Jan 20 - Testimony on Fundamental Tax Reform
Sep 23 - Testimony on H.R. 3149, The Equal Employment For All Act
Sep 16 - Testimony on the Deepwater Drilling Moratorium: A Review of the Obama Administration’s Economic Impact Analysis on U.S. Small Businesses
Aug 05 - Testimony on Transfer Pricing
Jul 22 - Testimony to the House Energy and Commerce Committee on H.R. 5777, THE “BEST PRACTICES ACT”
Jul 13 - Testimony on War on Western Jobs
Jul 13 - Testimony - Hearing on China's AML and its impact on U.S. firms
May 20 - Testimony on Clean Technology Manufacturing Competitiveness: The Role of Tax Incentives
May 20 - Testimony on Clean Technology Manufacturing Competitiveness: The Role of Tax Incentives
May 20 - Testimony on Clean Technology Manufacturing Competitiveness: The Role of Tax Incentives
May 06 - Testimony on Water Resources Development Act of 2010: Jobs and Economic Opportunities
Apr 29 - Testimony on U.S.-Cuba Policy
Apr 28 - Testimony on "Evaluating the Impact of Small Business Trade Policy on Job Creation and Economic Growth"
Apr 20 - Testimony on Nuclear Power's Federal Loan Guarantees: The Next Multi-Billion Dollar Bailout?
Apr 19 - Testimony on Access to Capital for Small Businesses
Apr 14 - Testimony regarding "Energy Tax Incentives Driving the Green Job Economy"
Mar 16 - Testimony on Protecting America's Workers Act: Modernizing Osha Penalties
Mar 10 - Testimony on International Worker Rights, U.S. Foreign Policy and the International Economy
Mar 03 - Testimony on "Domestic and International Trademark Implications of HAVANA CLUB and Section 211 of the Omnibus Appropriations Act of 1999"
Jan 20 - Testimony on the Reauthorization of the America Competes Act
Nov 17 - Testimony on International Climate Change
Oct 06 - Testimony on "A World of Opportunity: Promoting Export Success for Small and Medium-Sized Businesses"
Sep 30 - Testimony on Perspectives on the Consumer Financial Protection Agency
Sep 23 - Testimony on the Proposed Consumer Protection Agency
Sep 09 - Testimony on the Challenges of the 2009-H1N1 Influenza and Its Potential Impact on Small Businesses and Health Care Providers
Jul 30 - Testimony on "Cap and Trade: Impact on Jobs in the West, and the Nation"
Jul 29 - Testimony on "Climate for Innovation: Technology and Intellectual Property in Global Climate Solutions"
Jul 23 - Testimony on E-Verify: Challenges and Opportunities
Jul 23 - Testimony on Funding and Financing Options for SAFETEA-LU Reauthorization
Jul 14 - Testimony on The Economy and Fraud: Protecting Consumers During Downward Economic Times
Jun 24 - Testimony on Health Reform in the 21st Century: Proposals to Reform the Health System
Jun 24 - Tesitmony on "U.S. -- Africa Trade Relations: Creating a Platform for Economic Growth"
Jun 23 - Testimony on Health Reform Overhaul
Jun 11 - Testimony on "H.R. 2339, the Family Income to Respond to Significant Transitions Act, and H.R. 2460, the Healthy Families Act"
Jun 11 - Testimony on Health Care Reform Legislative Options
Jun 04 - Testimony on H.R. 1508, "The Sunshine in Litigation Act of 2009"
Jun 03 - Testimony on "Common Ground: Finding Consensus on Health Reform, the Small Business Perspective"
May 21 - Testimony on "The U.S.-Panama Trade Promotion Agreement"
May 19 - Testimony on "Leveling the Playing Field and Protecting Americans: Holding Foreign Manufacturers Accountable"
May 14 - Testimony on "Investment Protections in U.S. Trade and Investment Agreements"
May 12 - Testimony on Consumer Credit and Debt Protection Act: State Enforcement Authority
May 07 - Testimony on Implementing the Western Hemisphere Travel Initiative at Land and Sea Ports
May 05 - Testimony on Health Care Coverage
Apr 30 - Testimony on Improving OSHA'S Enhanced Enforcement Program
Apr 27 - Testimony on "Examining the Status of U.S. Trade with Cuba and its Impact on Economic Growth"
Apr 24 - Testimony on "The American Clean Energy and Security Act": Carbon Market Assurance, State Roles, Clean Air Act and Adaptation
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Apr 01 - Testimony on H.R. 1788 The False Claims Act Correction Act of 2009
Mar 17 - Testimony on Stimulating the Economy through Trade: Examining the Role of Export Promotion
Mar 04 - Testimony on the Proposed Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement
Feb 25 - Testimony on the Challenges Small Businesses Face Funding and Maintaining Retirement Plans in a Struggling Economy
Feb 25 - Testimony on "Offshore Drilling: Industrial Perspectives on the Outer Continental Shelf"
Feb 12 - Testimony on "New Innovations and Best Practices Under the Workforce Investment Act"
Feb 04 - Testimony on "Roadmap from Poznan to Copenhagen – Preconditions for Success"
Jan 29 - Testimony on "Investing in Small Business: Jump Starting the Engines of our Economy"
Jan 22 - Testimony on "Examining the Stimulative Effects of Infrastructure Investment on the U.S. Economy and the Need for Additional Investment"
Jan 08 - Testimony on Current Energy Security Challenges
Nov 13 - Testimony on "Treatments for an Ailing Economy: Protecting Health Care Coverage and Investing in Biomedical Research"
Sep 24 - Testimony on The Imbalance in U.S.-Korea Automobile Trade
Sep 23 - Testimony on Regulation of Greenhouse Gases Under The Clean Air Act
Sep 18 - Testimony on America's Need for Health Reform
Sep 17 - Testimony on 401(K) Fee Disclosure: Helping Workers Save For Retirement
Sep 17 - Testimony on "Secret Rule: Impact of the Department of Labor's Worker Health Risk Assessment"
Jul 31 - Testimony on Health Benefits in the Tax Code
Jul 24 - Testimony on Small Business Economic Stimulus Hearing
Jul 15 - Testimony on Notice of Proposed Rulemaking, 28CFR Part 36, Non-Discrimination on the Basis of Disability by Public Accommodations and in Commercial Facilities
Jun 24 - Testimony on Business Activity Tax Hearing
Jun 19 - Testimony on The False Claims Act Corrections Act of 2007
Jun 19 - Testimony on Underreporting of Workplace Injuries and Illnesses
Jun 18 - Testimony on S-corps: Recommended Reforms that Promote Parity, Growth and Development for Small Businesses
Jun 12 - Testimony on Electronic Payments Tax Reporting-Another Tax Burden for Small Businesses
May 06 - Testimony on the Eligibility Verification Systems and Potential Impacts on Social Security
Apr 29 - Testimony on the Impact of Implementation of the Western Hemisphere Travel Initiative
Mar 11 - Testimony on the Condition of our Nation's Infrastructure and Proposals for Needed Improvements
Mar 05 - Testimony on "Climate Change: Competitiveness Concerns and Prospects for Engaging Developing Countries"
Feb 06 - Testimony on Surface Transportation Needs and Funding
Dec 12 - Testimony on the Impact of Sarbanes-Oxley Section 404 on Small Businesses
Oct 30 - Testimony on the Appropriateness of Retirement Plan Fees
Oct 25 - Testimony on Surface Transportation Needs and Funding
Oct 04 - Testimony on The ADA Restoration Act of 2007
Sep 27 - SEC Proxy Access Proposals: Implications for Investors
Sep 19 - Testimony on the Current State of Brazil-U.S. Relations
Sep 05 - The Importance Of Transportation Infrastructure To The American Business Community
Jul 11 - Testimony on the Paycheck Fairness Act (H.R. 1338)
Jun 28 - Testimony on Examining Global Warming Issues in the Power Plant Sector
Jun 28 - Testimony on the Impact of Ledbetter v. Goodyear on the Effective Enforcement of Civil Rights Laws
Jun 28 - Reauthorization of the Workforce Investment Ast (WIA)
Jun 20 - Testimony on the U.S.-Korea Free Trade Agreement
Jun 12 - Testimony on "The Implications of the Supreme Court's Ledbetter v. Goodyear Employment Discrimination Decision"
Jun 07 - Testimony on Electronic Employment Verification Systems (EEVS)
Jun 05 - Testimony on "Getting Implementation Right: Sarbanes-Oxley Section 404 and Small Business
Apr 26 - Testimony on Proposals for Improving the Electronic Employment Verification and Worksite Enforcement System
Apr 25 - Testimony on Small Business Health Care Struggles
Apr 18 - Testimony on How Trade is Working for the U.S. Economy
Mar 19 - Testimony on Transportation Infrastructure
Mar 08 - Testimony on Cross-Border Trucking with Mexico
Feb 16 - Testimony on The Reauthorization of the Prescription Drug User Fee Act for Fiscal Years 2008 to 2012
Feb 13 - Testimony on Amending Executive Order 12866
Feb 13 - Testimony on Single-Firm Conduct
Feb 08 - Testimony on Employee Free Choice Act
Jan 30 - Testimony on Trade and Globalization
Jan 23 - Testimony on The State of the U.S. Economy
Nov 15 - Testimony on Transportation Infrastructure
Sep 26 - Testimony on The Small Business Paperwork Amnesty Act of 2006
Sep 26 - Testimony on Health Savings Accounts
Sep 13 - Testimony on Homeland Security and the Safety Act
Sep 12 - The Thompson Memorandum's Effect on the Right to Counsel in Corporate Investigations
Aug 31 - Testimony on Standards-Based Reforms
Jul 19 - Testimony on Guest Worker Programs and the Impact on American Workforce and U.S. Immgration Policy
Jul 19 - Testimony on Guest Worker Programs: Impact on the American Workforce and U.S. Immigration Policy
Jul 13 - An Update on Administration Action to Reduce Unnecessary Regulatory Burdens
Jul 12 - Testimony on Vietnam PNTR
Jul 12 - Implentation of the United States-Peru Trade Promotion Agreement
Jun 29 - Testimony on The U.S.-Peru Trade Promotion Agreement
Jun 28 - Testimony on Health Savings Accounts
Jun 27 - Testimony on Immigrant Employment Verification and Small Business
Jun 13 - Testimony on Net Neutrality
Apr 05 - Testimony on The Future of Port Security
Apr 04 - Testimony Elizabeth Dickson Visa Delays
Mar 29 - Testimony on Accuracy and Transparency in Financial Reporting
Mar 08 - Testimony on Paperwork Reduction Act
Mar 07 - Testimony on Attorney-Client Privilege
Feb 15 - Testimony on "President Bush's Trade Agenda"
Nov 15 - Testimony on Attorney Client Privilege
Nov 10 - Testimony on Workplace Religious Freedom Act of 2005
Nov 09 - Testimony on The Financial Data Protection Act
Sep 21 - Testimony on Reforming the Tax Code to Assist Small Businesses
Jul 28 - Key Vote Letter to Congress Supporting H.R. 3 Conference Report
Jul 20 - Testimony on Improving Information Quality in the Federal Government
Jun 28 - Testimony on Private Sector Helping to Improve High School Education
Jun 23 - Testimony on U.S. - China Economic Relations
Jun 16 - Testimony on U.S. - EU Economic Relationship
Jun 15 - Testimony on the Pension Protection Act of 2005
Jun 14 - Finding and Fighting Fakes: Reviewing the Strategy Targeting Organized Piracy
Jun 08 - Statement for the Record on the Western Hemisphere Travel Initiative
May 26 - The Need for Comprehensive Immigration Reform: Serving our National Economy
May 25 - Transparency and Rule of Law in Latin America
May 10 - OSHA and Small Business: Improving the Relationship for Workers
Apr 28 - "Challenges to Employer Efforts to Preserve Retiree Health Care Benefits"
Apr 28 - The Administration's Program to Reduce Unnecessary Regulatory Burden on Manufacturers - A Promise to be Kept?
Apr 28 - U.S.-Dominican Republic-Central America Free Trade Agreement (DR-CAFTA)
Apr 20 - Implementation of the U.S.-Dominican Republic-Central America Free Trade Agreement (DR-CAFTA)
Apr 20 - Solving the Small Business Health Care Crisis: Lowering Costs and Covering the Uninsured: Association Health Plans
Apr 14 - The United States-China Economic Relations and China's Role in the World Economy
Apr 13 - The U.S.-Andean Free Trade Agreement
Apr 13 - U.S.-Dominican Republic-Central America Free Trade Agreement (DR-CAFTA)
Apr 07 - Removing Obstacles to Job Creation
Mar 08 - The Major Small Business Priorities for 2005
Jul 22 - Genetic Non-Discrimination: Examining the Implications for Workers and Employers
Jul 16 - Testimony on Employee Free Choice Act - Union Certification
Jun 15 - Testimony on the US-VISIT system
Apr 22 - Chamber Testifies on Developments in Labor Law: Examining Trends and Tactics in Labor Organization Campaigns
Apr 21 - Chamber Testimony on Cyber Security Awareness
Apr 07 - Chamber Testifies on Prison Industry Competition
Mar 23 - Donohue Testifies on Counterfeiting and Theft of Tangible Intellectual Property: Challenges and Solutions
Mar 18 - The Benefits of Health Savings Accounts
Mar 04 - U.S. Chamber of Commerce Testimony on US-VISIT Program
Feb 25 - On the Draft 2004 OMB Report to Congress on the Costs and Benefits of Regulations
Jan 06 - "America's Uninsured: Myths, Realities and Solutions"
Nov 20 - Lowering the Cost of Doing Business in the U.S.: How to Keep Our Companies Here
Nov 14 - The U.S. Economy, the Jobless Recovery, and the State of our Manufacturing Sector
Oct 17 - Chamber Support for the SAFETY Act
Oct 16 - U.S.-E.U. Regulatory Affairs
Oct 08 - U.S. Proposal to Initiate Free Trade Negotiations with the Dominican Republic
Sep 16 - Testimony by Elizabeth Dickson on the Importance of the H-1 Visa
Jul 31 - Testimony on Proposed Changes on Overtime Classifications
Jul 24 - Tesimony on Defined Benefit Funding and Discount Rate Issues
Jul 21 - Testimony on Assisting Small Businesses Through Changes In the Tax Code
Jul 10 - Testimony by Randel K. Johnson on the Impact of Visa Delays on Businesses
Jul 09 - Testimony by Michael F. McEneney on H.R. 2622, the "Fair and Accurate Credit Transactions Act of 2003"
Jul 08 - Testimony by Joe Rubin on H.R. 2214, the ?Reduction in Distribution (RID) Spam Act of 2003"
Jun 24 - Testimony by Gary Litman on U.S.-EU Commercial Relations
Jun 17 - Testimony by Arthur G. Sapper on Workforce Protections - Assessing the Impact on Small Business
Jun 17 - Testimony by Christopher P. Reynolds on the Fair Credit Reporting Act
Jun 17 - Testimony by R. Bruce Josten on the Intellectual Property Restoration Act of 2003
Jun 12 - Implementation of U.S. Bilateral Free Trade Agreements with Latin America and Chile
Jun 10 - Testimony by E. Leon Trammell on Implementation of U.S. Bilateral Free Trade Agreements with Chile and Singapore
May 13 - Testimony by AACCLA President James Fendell on the Free Trade Area of the Americas
May 08 - The Importance of the National Credit Reporting System to Consumers and the U.S. Economy
Apr 30 - Statement of Chamber Senior Vice President Rolf Lundberg on Travel and Tourism in America Today
Apr 24 - U.S. Chamber Views on the Impact of the United States-Singapore Free Trade Agreement
Apr 09 - U.S. Chamber Statement on Reduction of Accurals and Allocations Because of Age
Apr 03 - Statement on Small Business Expensing Provisions
Apr 01 - Strengthening the Small Business Office of Advocacy
Mar 18 - Statement by the U.S. Chamber on the President's Economic Growth Proposals for Submission to the House Committee on Ways and Means
Mar 12 - Testimony on H.R. 1119, The Family Time Flexibility Act
Mar 12 - Statement on Border Technology: Keeping Terrorists Out of the United States
Mar 04 - Testimony before the House Subcommittee on 21st Century Competitiveness
Feb 06 - Testimony Before the International Trade Commission in Support of the United States-Australian Free Trade Agreement
Feb 05 - Statement on the Small Business Health Care Crisis: Possible Solutions
Nov 21 - John Palatiello testifies on Federal Prison Industries reform
Oct 24 - Statement by John Palatiello on Federal Prison Industries
Oct 16 - Statement by Martin Regalia, Ph.D., on Corporate Inversions
Sep 19 - Statement of Rolf Lundberg on Comprehensive Reauthorization Proposals before the House Subcommittee on Highways and Transit
Sep 09 - Market Access And Other Issues In The Free Trade Area Of The Americas Negotiations by John Murphy
Jul 31 - Statement on The Class Action Crisis and S. 1712 -- "The Class Action Fairness Act"
Jul 16 - Testimony by Bill Kovacs on the Cabinet Elevation for the EPA
Jun 18 - Statement on "Intermodalism: Moving America's People and Goods" by Douglas L. Whitley
Apr 26 - Statement of the U.S. Chamber's Greg Lebedev on U.S.-Mexico Relations before a Senate Foreign Relations Subcommittee
Apr 25 - Testimony before the House Committee on the Budget by Thomas J. Donohue
Apr 25 - Statement of Bruce Josten on Transportation of Spent Rods to the Proposed Yucca Mountain Storage Facility
Apr 11 - "Paperwork Inflation--The Growing Burden on America" Testimony of James Wordsworth, President, J.R.'s Goodtimes, Inc.
Mar 06 - Testimony on Flexibility in the Workplace by William Kilberg
Mar 04 - Testimony on the New Safe Act of 1999
Dec 31 - 2007 Testimony
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