Katie Tubb | CNSNews cnsnews.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from cnsnews.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Press release content from Globe Newswire. The AP news staff was not involved in its creation.
Aspen Economic Strategy Group welcomes seven new members, replacing outgoing Biden-Harris .
The Aspen InstituteFebruary 2, 2021 GMT
Washington, DC, Feb. 02, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) The Aspen Economic Strategy Group (AESG) today announces seven new members to the sixty-five member, invitation-only group made up of distinguished leaders and thinkers who share the goal of promoting evidence-based solutions to the greatest challenges confronting the American economy. Established in 2017, the AESG is co-chaired by Henry M. Paulson, Jr., former secretary of the U.S. Treasury and chairman of Goldman Sachs, and Erskine Bowles, former White House chief of staff to President Bill Clinton and president of the University of North Carolina system.
Toggle open close
Today, Senator Tom
Coburn (R-OK) will offer an amendment to the Senate s appropriation
bill to transfer the $223 million that Congress had previously
approved for a bridge in Ketchikan, Alaska, to fund reconstruction
of a hurricane-damaged bridge in Louisiana. Dubbed the Bridge to
Nowhere, the bridge in Alaska would connect the town of Ketchikan
(population 8,900) with its airport on the Island of Gravina
(population 50) at a cost to federal taxpayers of $320 million, by
way of three separate earmarks in the recent highway bill. At
present, a ferry service runs to the island, but some in the town
complain about its wait (15 to 30 minutes) and fee ($6 per car).
Experts Warn of ‘Devastating’ Economic Impact of Rejoining Paris Climate Accord
Rejoining the Paris climate agreement as it stands now will have devastating economic consequences for the United States, with little actual environmental benefit, according to experts.
President Joe Biden on Jan. 20 signed an executive order to rejoin the global pact, one of his first major moves as president. According to the United Nations, developed countries under the agreement should “take the lead in providing financial assistance to countries that are less endowed and more vulnerable,” while also encouraging voluntary contributions by other countries.
While “well intentioned,” the agreement was flawed economically and environmentally from the get-go, according to Nicolas Loris, deputy director of the Thomas A. Roe Institute for Economic Policy Studies at the Heritage Foundation.