The freedom of Alabamans to do business with people around the world is increasingly important to the state’s economic well-being. Jobs created by exports and foreign investment account for nearly 10 percent of Alabama’s private-sector employment, an amount that is likely to grow as global barriers to trade and investment fall.
Two bills authored by U.S. Senators Tommy Tuberville (R-AL) and Richard Shelby (R-AL) were signed into law today as a part of the National Heritage Area Act.
U.S. Sen. Richard Shelby (R-Ala.) released a statement Friday after meeting with Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson, President Biden's Supreme Court nominee, on Thursday.