February 15, 2017

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Southwest/South Central 
Regional Office Update


Dear Chamber Friends -
    We hope that 2017 is off to a great start for all of you. As you are all well aware, things in Washington D.C. are already moving quickly, and the U.S. Chamber is hard at work making sure the business community's issues are addressed by Congress and President Trump.
    In early January, U.S. Chamber CEO Tom Donohue laid out our agenda for the coming year in his annual State of American Business speech. Among other things, he emphasized the Chamber's Let's Grow agenda, and the importance of enacting policies that will grow our economy at a more robust rate than we've seen over the last seven years. Read his speech here.

    Additionally, the Chamber is already making progress on its regulatory reform agenda with the recent passage of the Regulatory Accountability Act in the House, as well as working to roll back a number of the anti-business regulations finalized in the final days of the Obama administration. These early successes are a direct result of the support many of you have given us in urging Congress to act quickly.

    Finally, we strive to find as many ways as possible for you and your members to get engaged. One new program is the C_TEC Tech Council, which gives you the opportunity to help us track technology-related legislation at the state and local level. The Tech Council will hold its first call this week; see below for how to join in.

    And, it is never too early to begin planning for the next U.S. Chamber Regional Government Affairs Conference. This year's conference will be in Chicago, IL on October 25th - 27th. More information will be coming soon, but mark your calendars now.

Monique and John
Southwest/South Central Region Office
 




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This Week 
Around Louisiana

The Chesapeake Group is hired  by the Houma-Terrebonne Chamber  of Commerce to lobby in Baton Rouge  on behalf of the business community  in our region. 

    The links below are a few of the highlights in news from around Louisiana for the week ending February 10, 2017
By Tyler Bridges | The Advocate

 
By Will Sentell |  The Advocate

By Elizabeth Crisp |  The Advocate
 
By Julie O'Donoghue | NOLA.com

Melinda Deslatte |  The Associated Press
By Richard Burgess |  The Advocate

By Dan Boudreaux

By Jordan Allen |  The TOWN TALK