As well as a trade deal with china. Kicking off todays event is chambers tom doonahue and then well take questions from the floor. Thank you, ladies and gentlemen, thank you for coming. Twice a year the chamber brings together the top state and local Chamber Executives from around the country to talk about our shared priorities and how we can best leverage the power of our whole federation. Its our partnership with these organizations that give the chamber a nationwide reach and businesses all over the country a voice in washington. This meeting comes at an important time for the businesses from arizona to new york and elsewhere in between. There are growing questions about the strength and the direction of our economy. Uncertainty stemming from the u. S. China trade tensions, various International Hot spots, and softening global economy, and warning signs in the bond markets are making people nervous, but when people get nervous, they sit on their money. A lot of companies are sitting
My career at the Trucking Association and you dont ever get it out of your blood i dont think so it is an important topic at the right time. Thank you to the partners and sponsors and the talented team for putting this together. The chamber is a founding sponsor which by the way i meant to ask the team. We are proud to see how this event has grown and reached scope every year. You know more about infrastructure than i will ever learn so i dont need to tell you the problem this is for the country. The nationwide challenge. The next five days businesses around the nation will gather with government officials at some 100 events nation wide, boston, las vegas, la and right here in the nations capital. Through all the activities as you just heard we will send a strong and unified message that its time to build. We have a once in a Generation Opportunity to make progress modernizing the nations infrastructure and we must seize it with urgency. Weve had the need to build for years. Now we hav
My career at the Trucking Association and you dont ever get it out of your blood i dont think so it is an important topic at the right time. Thank you to the partners and sponsors and the talented team for putting this together. The chamber is a founding sponsor which by the way i meant to ask the team. We are proud to see how this event has grown and reached scope every year. You know more about infrastructure than i will ever learn so i dont need to tell you the problem this is for the country. The nationwide challenge. The next five days businesses around the nation will gather with government officials at some 100 events nation wide, boston, las vegas, la and right here in the nations capital. Through all the activities as you just heard we will send a strong and unified message that its time to build. We have a once in a Generation Opportunity to make progress modernizing the nations infrastructure and we must seize it with urgency. Weve had the need to build for years. Now we hav
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