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This Hill letter was sent to the Members of the United States Congress and to the President of the United States, on the unemployment insurance benefit.
This Hill letter was sent to the Members of the U.S. House of Representatives, on Chamber priorities for childcare legislation.
New survey from the U.S. Chamber of Commerce Foundation finds two-thirds of parents have had to change their childcare arrangement since March
This Hill letter was sent to the Members of the United States Congress, on Section 3610 of the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act.
This Hill letter was sent to the President of the United States Donald Trump, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, and Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi.
“The U.S. Chamber is pleased that the Department of Homeland Security rescinded its ill-conceived policy regarding international students today. Our nation’s educators and our economy are better for it.”
The COVID-19 public health crisis has been a wake-up call to the role of the child care industry in our lives. Child care is essential to America’s economic recovery.
This Hill letter was sent to the House Committee on Appropriations, on Fiscal Year 2021 Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations.
"This policy could force tens of thousands of international students to leave the U.S. for reasons outside of their control and needlessly injects an immense of amount of uncertainty into our nation’s higher education system at a time when colleges and universities are grappling with significant logistical and financial challenges..."
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