Chamber of Commerce elevates first woman to CEO role
Tom Hamburger, The Washington Post
Feb. 9, 2021
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Thomas J. Donohue, President and CEO, U.S. Chamber of Commerce and Suzanne Clark, Senior Executive Vice President, U.S. Chamber of Commerce are photographed on Thursday, April 18, 2019, in Washington, D.C.Washington Post photo by Salwan Georges
The U.S. Chamber of Commerce announced late Tuesday that Suzanne Clark will become the next chief executive officer of the country s largest business lobbying organization, the first woman to hold the position in the business lobby s 109-year history.
Clark replaces Thomas J. Donohue, 83, who led the organization for 24 years and built up the chamber financially and politically during the decades he controlled the organization.
Luxembourg, February 9, 2021 –
Millicom, a leading provider of cable and mobile services operating under the TIGO brand in Latin America, is elated to congratulate
appointment as Chair of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce’s U.S.-Colombia Business Council (USCBC).
The U.S.-Colombia Business Council (USCBC) is the premier business organization dedicated to strengthening the economic and commercial relationship between the United States and Colombia, while removing barriers to trade, job creation, growth, and prosperity in both countries.
“On behalf of the entire Millicom Board of Directors, I am thrilled to extend my warmest congratulations to Mauricio on his well-deserved appointment as Chair of the U.S.-Colombia Business Council,” said José Antonio Ríos, Chairman of the Board at Millicom. “Mauricio’s extraordinary leadership in his role as CEO of Millicom (TIGO) has allowed us to pioneer the creation of the digital landscape for hundreds of communities across Lati
Fact check: Texas official says Paris Climate Accord will cost US 6.5 million jobs
Brandon Mulder, PolitiFact Texas
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Flaring on a site near Orla, Texas on Wednesday, April 29, 2020.Elizabeth Conley, Houston Chronicle / Staff photographer
The claim: “The cost of the Paris climate accord to the American economy is steep. The agreement will cost American workers 6.5 million jobs and $3 trillion in economic growth by 2040.” Texas Railroad Commissioner Wayne Christian.
The Republican oil and gas regulator, one of three commissioners of the Texas Railroad Commission, wrote an open letter in late January that he is fed up with environmentalists and what he described as the “woke” liberal policies threatening to disrupt the smooth recovery of Texas’ energy sector from pandemic blows.
U.S. Chamber of Commerce, one of the top spending lobbying groups, sent an open letter to President Joe Biden and all members of Congress Tuesday, urging Biden to consider Republican’s proposals and not to get the legislation approved through a simple partisan majority.