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Make Your Voice Heard in Washington Make Your Voice Heard in Washington Prepare for NADO on the Hill 2019 NADO & DDAA Washington Conference Sunday March 17 –Wednesday March 20 NADO on the Hill: Tuesday, March 19 Mary Martha Henson Mirielle Burgoyne • Deputy Director, Jackson County Economic • Director of Government Relations and Development Foundation (Mississippi) Federal Affairs, National Association of Development Organizations • Former Legislative Director, Former Senator Thad Cochran NADO on the Hill Provides an Opportunity to: ▪ Tell your community’s story ▪ Explain how federal programs and resources are positively impacting your region ▪ Advocate for funding sources that your region depends on ▪ Strengthen and grow your relationships with Senators and Representatives who have jurisdiction over your region, and their staffers ▪ Emphasize the importance of regional development organizations and their role in connecting other players (local and state elected officials; economic development practitioners; educational institutions; non-profits; etc.) 2019 Conference Schedule at a Glance Tuesday, March 19, 2019 Sunday, March 17, 2019 7:00 – 8:30 a.m. DDAA Breakfast 10:00 a.m. – 5:30 p.m. Registration 8:00 – 10:00 a.m. Registration 10:30 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. NADO Research Foundation Advisory Committee Meeting 11:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m. DDAA Board Meeting and Luncheon 8:45 – 9:45 a.m. Plenary Session (all attendees) 1:00 – 3:00 p.m. NADO Executive Committee Meeting • The Federal Economic Development Agenda in 2019 3:30 – 5:30 p.m. NADO Board of Directors Meeting 10:00 – 5:00 p.m. Hill Visits (NADO focus track – all attendees welcome to 5:30 – 6:30 p.m. Opening Reception (all attendees) participate) 6:30 – 8:00 p.m. DDAA Dinner Banquet 10:00 – 11:15 a.m. DDAA Concurrent Technical and Program Sessions • DDAA Focus Track - Developing a Multi-County Workforce Partnership • DDAA Focus Track - Agricultural Innovation in Appalachia: Value Chains to Monday, March 18, 2019 Grow Entrepreneurs and Economies 11:45 a.m. – 1:30 p.m. Lunch on your own 7:30 a.m. – 6:00 p.m. Registration 1:45 – 3:00 p.m. DDAA Concurrent Sessions 8:00 – 9:00 a.m. DDAA Breakfast and Annual Business Meeting 9:15 – 10:30 a.m. Opening Plenary Session (all attendees) • DDAA Focus Track - Oh The Places You'll Go...Regional Career Exploration • The Impacts of Substance Abuse Disorder on Labor Force Participation Experiences 10:45 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. Concurrent Sessions (all attendees) • DDAA Focus Track - Entrepreneurial Ecosystems: What's Going On? • NADO Focus Track – Lifting Up Communities Through Economic Diversification 4:30 – 6:00 p.m. Hill Reception (all attendees) • DDAA Focus Track – Supporting Rural Broadband 12:15 – 1:30 p.m. Luncheon (all attendees) • Simone Pathé, Senior Political Reporter, Roll Call Wednesday, March 20, 2019 1:45 – 3:00 p.m. Concurrent Sessions (all attendees) 8:00 – 11:00 a.m. Registration • DDAA Focus Track - Responses to the Substance Abuse Epidemic: Promising 8:30 – 9:30 a.m. Breakfast and Plenary Session (all attendees) Practices • The Future of Rural Economies: Opportunities for Innovation • NADO Focus Track - Looking Ahead: Opportunities on the Horizon in 2019 9:45 – 11:00 a.m. Closing Plenary Session (all attendees) 3:30 – 4:30 p.m. NADO Regional Caucus Meetings • Federal Agency Panel 4:30 – 6:00 p.m. Federal Agency Networking Event 12:00 – 5:00 p.m. Post-conference Training • An Afternoon with the CEDS Meeting with Congressional Staff ▪ Although the House and Senate are not in session during the week of the Washington Conference, this presents a great opportunity to meet with staff ▪ Don’t underestimate the importance of staffers. They have major influence – and the responsibility for following up on requests you make will fall to them 2018 Midterm Elections: Meet the New Freshmen in Congress Source: https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2018/11/28/us/politics/congress-freshman-class.html U.S. Senate Leadership REPUBLICANS Majority Leader: Mitch McConnell (R-KY) Majority Whip: John Thune (R-SD) Republican Conference Chair: John Barrasso (R-WY) OVERVIEW: U.S. SENATE DEMOCRATS Minority Leader: Charles Schumer (D-NY) Minority Whip: Dick Durbin (D-IL) Assistant Democratic Leader: Patty Murray (D-WA) U.S. House Leadership DEMOCRATS Speaker of the House: Nancy Pelosi (D-CA-12) Majority Leader: Steny Hoyer (D-MD-5) Majority Whip: Jim Clyburn (D-SC-6) OVERVIEW: U.S. SENATE REPUBLICANS Minority Leader: Kevin McCarthy (R-CA-23) Minority Whip: Steve Scalise (R-LA-1) Republican Conference Chair: Liz Cheney (R-WY-At-Large) Review of Key Committees Source: https://www.wsj.com/articles/meet-the-new-agenda-setters-in-the-house-1541586602 Senate Appropriations Committee Senator Richard Shelby (R-AL) Senator Pat Leahy (D-VT) Chairman Vice Chairman Republican Committee Members Democratic Committee Members (red banner = subcommittee chair) (blue banner = subcommittee ranking member) Patty Murray, WA – [Labor-H] Mitch McConnell, KY Dianne Feinstein, CA – [E&W] Lamar Alexander, TN – [E&W] Dick Durbin, IL Susan Collins, ME – [T-HUD] Jack Reed, RI – [T-HUD] Lisa Murkowski, AK – [Int./Env.] Jon Tester, MT Lindsey Graham, SC Tom Udall, NM [Int./Env.] Roy Blunt, MO – [Labor-H] Jerry Moran, KS – [CJS] Jeanne Shaheen, NH – [CJS] John Hoeven, ND – [Ag] Jeff Merkley, OR – [Ag.] John Boozman, AR Chris Coons, DE Shelley Capito, WV Brian Schatz, HI John Kennedy, LA Tammy Baldwin, WI Cindy Hyde-Smith, MS Chris Murphy, CT Steve Daines, MT Joe Manchin, WV Marco Rubio, FL Chris Van Hollen, MD James Lankford, OK Source – Content and Images: https://subscriber.politicopro.com/f/DataPoint_graphic:_The_Senate_.pdf?&id=00000168-be6a-d377-a5ef-bf6a91b00001 House Appropriations Committee (Slide 1 of 3) Rep. Nita Lowey (D) NY-17 Rep. Kay Granger (R) TX-12 Chairwoman Ranking Member Democratic Committee Members Republican Committee Members (blue banner= subcommittee chair) (red banner = subcommittee ranking member) Marcy Kaptur (OH-9) – [E&W] Peter Visclosky (IN-01) Jose Serrano (NY-15) – [CJS] Rosa DeLauro (CT-03) – [Labor-H] Harold Rogers (KY-05) Robert Aderholt (AL-04) – [CJS] Michael Simpson (ID-02) – [E&W] David Price (NC-04) – [T-HUD] Lucille Roybal-Allard (CA-40) Sanford Bishop (GA-02) – [Ag] Barbara Lee (CA-13) John Carter (TX-31) Ken Calvert (CA-42) Tom Cole (OK-04) – [Labor-H] Betty McCollum (MN-4) – [Int./Env.] Tim Ryan (OH-13) Dutch Ruppersberger (MD-02) Debbie Wasserman-Schultz (FL-23) Source – Content and Images: https://subscriber.politicopro.com/f/DataPoint_graphic:_The_Senate_.pdf?&id=00000168-be6a-d377-a5ef-bf6a91b00001 House Appropriations Committee (Slide 2 of 3) Rep. Nita Lowey (D) NY-17 Rep. Kay Granger (R) TX-12 Chairwoman Ranking Member Democratic Committee Members Republican Committee Members (blue banner= subcommittee chair) (blue banner = subcommittee ranking member) Mario Diaz-Balart (FL-25) – [T-HUD] Tom Graves (GA-14) Steve Womack (AR-03) Henry Cuellar (TX-28) Chellie Pingree (ME-01) Mike Quigley (IL-05) Derek Kilmer (WA-06) Jeff Fortenberry (NB-01) – [Ag] Charles Fleischmann (TN-03) Jaime Herrera Beutler (WA-03) Matt Cartwright (PA-08) Grace Meng (NY-06) Mark Pocan (WI-02) Katherine Clark (MA-05) David Joyce (OH-14) – [Int./Env.] Andy Harris (MD-01) Martha Roby (AL-02) Source – Content and Images: https://subscriber.politicopro.com/f/DataPoint_graphic:_The_Senate_.pdf?&id=00000168-be6a-d377-a5ef-bf6a91b00001 House Appropriations Committee (Slide 3 of 3) Rep. Nita Lowey (D) NY-17 Rep. Kay Granger (R) TX-12 Chairwoman Ranking Member Democratic Committee Members Republican Committee Members (blue banner= subcommittee chair) (red banner = subcommittee ranking member) Pete Aguilar (CA-31) Mark Amodei (NV-02) Lois Frankel (FL-21) Chris Stewart (UT-02) Cheri Bustos (IL-17) Steven Palazzo (MS-04) Bonnie Watson Coleman (NJ-12) Brenda Lawrence (MI-14) Norma Torres (CA-35) Dan Newhouse (WA-04) John Moolenaar (MI-04) John Rutherford (FL-04) Charlie Crist (FL-13) Ann Kirkpatrick (AZ-02) Ed Case (HI-01) Will Hurd (TX-23) Will Hurd (TX-23) Source – Content and Images: https://subscriber.politicopro.com/f/DataPoint_graphic:_The_Senate_.pdf?&id=00000168-be6a-d377-a5ef-bf6a91b00001 Committee Jurisdiction Senate and House Appropriations Committee Subcommittee on:Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Senate House Sen. Jerry Moran (KS) Sen. Jeanne Shaheen (NH) Rep. Jose Serrano (NY-15) Rep. Robert Aderholt (AL-4) Chairman (R) Ranking Member (D) Chairman (D) Ranking Member (R) The Commerce/Justice/Science Appropriations Subcommittee’s jurisdiction includes (but is not limited to): The Department of Commerce Related Agencies • Economic Development Administration • Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) • International Trade Administration • Office of the U.S. Trade Representative (OSTR) • Minority Business Development Agency • National Science Foundation • National Telecommunications and Information A complete list of the programs/agencies within this Administration subcommittees’ jurisdiction can be found HERE • Public Telecommunications Facilities Fund Source: https://www.appropriations.senate.gov/subcommittees/commerce-justice-science-and-related-agencies Committee Jurisdiction Senate and House Appropriations Committee Subcommittee on:Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Senate House Sen. John Hoeven (ND) Sen. Jeff Merkley (OR) Rep. Sanford Bishop (GA-2) Rep. Jeff Fortenberry (NE-1) Chairman (R) Ranking Member (D) Chairman (D) Ranking Member (R) The Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations
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