Participants to Call for New Jobs Agenda: Growth Led by New Energy, New Global Strategy for Public Investment
WASHINGTON, Oct. 23 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Leading lawmakers, economists and progressive and labor leaders will gather to discuss how to build a new economy out of the ashes of the old one at a day-long conference on Thursday. The meeting, hosted by the Institute for America's Future and the Alliance for American Manufacturing, will be held at the Washington Court Hotel on Capitol Hill.
The conference will address President Obama's challenge to end the "bubble economy" of speculation and debt and to build a new foundation by calling for an economy that creates jobs that build a 21st Century infrastructure, ushers in a clean energy future and positions America to thrive in the global marketplace.
"BUILDING THE NEW ECONOMY" CONFERENCE
EVENT HIGHLIGHTS
Washington Court Hotel, 525 New Jersey Ave., N.W.
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 29
8:45 a.m.Rep. Rosa DeLauro, D-Conn., U.S. Steel president John Surma and United Steel Workers president Leo Gerard join Institute for America's Future president Robert Borosage for a breakfast news conference to release a new report and brief reporters on how we can build a new economy.
12 p.m.Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, delivers a luncheon keynote address on a vision for the new economy.
2:30 p.m. Gov.Ed Rendell, D-Pa., Rep. Earl Blumenauer, D-Ore., United Steel Workers president Leo Gerard and Alliance for American Manufacturing executive director Scott Paul outline next steps to move toward the new economy.
Full agenda details available at http://www.ourfuture.org/buildingtheneweconomy.
**NOTE: Media representatives who wish to cover the conference should pre-credential by contacting Jenn Ettinger at jettinger@ourfuture.org.**
SOURCE Campaign for America's Future
Campaign for America's Future
