Business Leader Statement on President Biden's Day One Executive
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STATEMENT : Q1 2021 BUSINESS LEADER STATEMENT ON PRESIDENT BIDEN’S DAY ONE EXECUTIVE ACTIONS IN SUPPORT OF REVOKING THE MUSLIM TRAVEL BAN, REJOINING THE PARIS CLIMATE ACCORD, AND ESTABLISHING PANDEMIC PRECAUTIONS AND RELIEF INTRODUCTION: Business Forward helps local business leaders make the “business case” for climate action, affordable healthcare, immigration reform, diversity and inclusion, sensible tax laws, criminal justice reform, infrastructure investment, and other pro-growth reforms. These leaders brief policymakers, work with local media, publish op- eds, submit testimony, advocate online, and organize their communities. We also promote their recommendations through issue briefs, survey reports, training manuals, and podcasts. More than 650 mayors, governors, members of Congress, and senior Administration officials have participated in our briefings. We asked business leaders across our network to add their name to a statement in support of President Biden’s day one executive actions, including revoking the Muslim travel ban, rejoining the Paris Climate Accord, and establishing pandemic precautions and relief. More than 1,000 business leaders responded, and their comments are featured in this statement document. 2 STATEMENT: By signing this letter, we demonstrate business leaders’ support for President Biden’s actions that will set the United States on the path to building a more economically competitive, inclusive America, and a cleaner, healthier, more prosperous future. MORE THAN 1,000 BUSINESS LEADERS SIGNED THIS STATEMENT: A. Ollivierre, North Babylon, NY Amelia Jones, Santa Monica, CA Abbas Salim, Monroe Township, NJ Amirtha Naadimuthu, Pennington, NJ Abdul Khan, Folsom, CA Amy Berger, Bend, OR Abdul Khoshafa, Everett, MA Amy Goulston, Folsom, CA Thank you for revoking “ the Muslim ban and Abigail Algiene, Pueblo, CO Anas Lahrim, Chantilly, VA restoring America’s power Abra Shapiro, Barrington, IL Andras Heimann, Loveland, OH of example to the world. Abraham Horstin, Thousand Oaks, CA Andrea Steloff, West Hollywood, CA Thank you for rejoining the Adam Wilczewski, Reston, VA Andrew Mojica, Rancho Cucamonga, CA Paris Climate Accord and “ reestablishing support for Adrian Mitchell, Detroit, MI Andrew Neal, Northbrook, IL both science and truth. Adrianne Todman, Washington, DC Andrew Rosalsky, Gainesville, FL Agapi Kouropoulos, San Leandro, CA Andrew Rose, Lincoln, NE Ahmad al-Ansari, Denver, CO Angela Conner, Atlanta, GA - NANCY LANGER HERNDON, VA Aidan Levinson, Zionsville, PA Angela Mast, Herndon, VA Ajay Joshi, Mc Lean, VA Angela Posillico, Boynton Beach, FL Al Bey, Paramount, CA Angelo Sturino, Harwood Heights, IL Al Carter, Southfield, MI Angie Heide, Portland, OR Al Liebeskind, Millsboro, DE Anita Lock, Oberlin, OH Al Luque, Philadelphia, PA Anita Noennig, Oakland, CA These executive orders [will] “ get this country moving Alan Armstrong, Stone Mountain, GA Ann Hogg, Littleton, CO again, getting business and Alan Fortnoff, Akron, OH Anne Johnson, Rochester, NY opportunities going and allowing Alan N. Connor, Ann Arbor, MI Annemarie Heggenhougen, Ukiah, CA us to see each other in a more unified light... knowing that Alan Teague, Amarillo, TX Annick Richardson, Dayton, OH change is here I am more willing Alex Settles, Gainesville, FL Annie Brown, Las Vegas, NV than ever to get to work and help “ Alice Robinson, Jacksonville, FL Anselma Trizio, Cleveland, OH this change and help others as much as I possibly can. Alicia Greene, Rochester, NY Anthony Daniel, Kernersville, NC Allan Campbell, San Jose, CA Anthony Miller, Buffalo, NY Allen Sessoms, Washington, DC Antoine Thompson, Lanham, MD - PHIL GUILLAUME ARLINGTON, VA Alma Banks Brown, Houston, TX Ara Chakrabarti, Gualala, CA Alvin Bedgood, Brandon, FL Armand de la Pena, Phoenix, AZ Amber Evans, Richmond, IN Armand Pena, Phoenix, AZ 3 SIGNATORIES Arnie Saferstein, Largo, FL Brad Baldia, Philadelphia, PA Arshad Ameen, Memphis, TN Brad Fuhr, Palm Springs, CA Art Bridge, McMinnville, OR Bradley Keller, Mattituck, NY As a proud Muslim, revoking “the Muslim travel ban is a first Art Sadin, Friendswood, TX Brady Deaton, Columbia, MO step to reestablishing our Art Smoker, Mars Hill, NC Brenda Du Charme, Sunol, CA great nation for all Americans. Artillia Cathey, Washington, DC Brenda Lehman, Bridgehampton, NY Establishing pandemic precautions and relief will help Asem Khurshid, South Hadley, MA Brett Dakin, New York, NY “ us all as a nation come back on Ashley Hesse, Oshkosh, WI Brian Colfer, Sterling Heights, MI our feet as a leading nation on Audrey Mross, Dallas, TX Brian Stukes, Bowie, MD the global stage. Audrey Tyson, New Haven, CT Brian Traian Potra Sr., Burbank, CA Audrey Zudick, Bridgewater, NJ Brian Wolf, La Mesa, CA - RAED SBEIT, Austin Crafton, Jasper, AL Brianne Gaultiere, Santa Barbara, CA IRVING, TX Avis Bobb, Chalfont, PA Britt Howell, Minneapolis, MN Barbara A. Fisher, Novi, MI Bruce Benton, Eastsound, WA Barbara Allen Livingston, Denver, CO Bruce Burrow, Jonesboro, AR Barbara Burke, Evergreen, CO Bryce Hansen, Bellevue, WA Thank you for rejoining the Paris Climate Accord, Barbara Levenson, Cedar Grove, NJ Calvin Anderson, Memphis, TN “ addressing climate change, Barbara Reising, Utica, NY Calvin Cooper, Saint Paul, MN and leading our country to Barbara Ruiz, Fulton, NY Carina Boston Pinales, San Marcos, TX a cleaner, more sustainable economic recovery. Looking Barbara Simboli, West Sacramento, CA Carles Capella, Gibbstown, NJ forward to personally being Barbara Turner, Chicago, IL Carlissa Hookfin, McKinney, TX part of the effort to ‘Build “ Back Better’ the nation’s Barbara Vaccaro, Pompano Beach, FL Carlos Nunez, Reseda, CA infrastructure - water, energy, Barry Brown, Sylmar, CA Carmela Thrope, Caldwell, NJ and transportation. Barry Chase, Beverly Hills, CA Carmella Doyle, Sandwich, IL Barry Goodspeed, Jefferson City, TN Carmelo Garcia, Hoboken, NJ - DANA HICKS BC Shelby, Portland, OR Carol Calder, Loon Lake, WA HUNTERSVILLE, NC Beatriz Ramirez, Peoria, IL Carol Golden, New York, NY Belinda Burroughs, Winchester, VA Carol Gordon, Los Angeles, CA Ben Teicher, Bethesda, MD Carol Gramm, Pittsfield, MA Benjamin Bacon, Savannah, GA Carol King, North Las Vegas, NV “These actions are essential Bernard Markstein, Silver Spring, MD Carol Lavine, Portland, OR for moving to better times Bernice Baeumler, Buffalo, NY Carol Smith, Crested Butte, CO in a free, inclusive and well- Bert Barry, Saint Louis, MO Carolyn Fowler, Inglewood, CA functioning nation. Meeting climate change strongly Beth Anz, Palm Bay, FL Carolyn Murray, Reno, NV and quickly is an absolute Betsy King, Lubbock, TX Carter Bates, Arlington, VA necessity to prevent disaster Beverly Davis, Long Beach, MS Catherine Chanel, Hailey, ID and make adaptation to Beverly Garvin, Plymouth, MI Cathy Capper, Novato, CA difficult climate conditions “ possible with minimum harm. Bill Race, Austin, TX Cecilia McGowan, Chattaroy, WA Billy Cardenas, Denver, CO Cesar Cadevilla, Chantilly, VA Bobbye Gordon, Oakland, CA Cesar Javier Camara, Hallandale, FL - STEPHEN SACHS Bonnie Svec, Rockville, MD Chad Frank, Wyckoff, NJ ALBUQUERQUE, NM 4 SIGNATORIES Chadwick Fernandez, Tampa, FL Damu McBride, Baltimore, MD Chala Adema, Minneapolis, MN Dan Curran, Waynesville, NC It brings us back to the Charles Lange, Eugene, OR Dana Colarulli, Alexandria, VA “ world where openness, Charles Lee, Detroit, MI Dana Hicks, Huntersville, NC progress, equality, success, fairness, compassion, and “ Charles McClam, Indian Head, MD Dana Sanchez, Pine, CO working together counts and Charles Miller, Jefferson City, MO Dane Lingel, Doylestown, OH will determine our future. Charles Ray, Port Saint Lucie, FL Daniel Belletieri, Hazleton, PA Charles Threadgill, Tulsa, OK Daniel Gregory, Fort Collins, CO - WALTER MAISEL Cheryl Olseth, Minneapolis, MN Daniel Sayre, Kennebunk, ME TROY, MI Chet Hewitt, Sacramento, CA Daniele Fiori, Asbury Park, NJ Chloe Rafferty, Cohasset, MA Danny Valentine-Shabazz, Wilmington, DE Chris Craft, West Palm Beach, FL Darcy Skarada, Kelseyville, CA Thank you for rejoining the Chris Horwitz, Pittsburgh, PA Darlene Houdashelt, Fort Collins, CO Paris Climate Agreement “ “ Christian Billson, Desert Hot Springs, CA Darlene Thomas, New Orleans, LA and your commitment to aggressively addressing Christian Nelson, Norwalk, CT Darrel Steinshouer, Wichita, KS environmental justice. Christie Simonds, Littleton, CO Darryl Brathwaite, Canyon Country, CA Christina Otto, Warren, MI Darryl Dixon, Southfield, MI - KIMBERLY HILL KNOTT Christine Chin Ryan, Portland, OR Dave Andrews, Battle Creek, MI DETROIT, MI Christine Rowe, Greensboro, NC David Abalos, East Windsor, NJ Christopher Bautista, Trumbull, CT David Balise, Paramus, NJ Christopher Pinkos, Clifton, VA David Baxter, Alexandria, VA Once we move out of the Chuck Chihak, La Crescent, MN David Dalsveen, Sioux Falls, SD pandemic, addressing “climate change is the most Chuck Willis, Waldport, OR David Ferreira, Washington, DC pressing issue impacting CJ Lisa, Ringwood, NJ David Hopkinson, East Lansing, MI numerous facets of our Claudia Cortez-Reinhardt, Dayton, OH David Kunhardt, Corte Madera, CA businesses. Addressing “ this area immediately and Claudia Heath, Tucson, AZ David Leadbeater, Merritt Island, FL rejoining the Paris Climate Claudia Johnson, Philadelphia, PA David Mitchell, Arlington, VA Accord is critical. Claudio Hidalgo, Cedar Rapids, IA David Smith, Columbia, MD Clayola Brown, Washington, DC David Smith, South Lyon, MI - LESLIE KATZ SAN FRANCISCO, CA Cliff Long,