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A Bank That Won’t Need A Bailout: Why America Needs a National Infrastructure Bank
From the construction of the Hoover Dam, the birth of the federal interstate highway system and Neil Armstrong’s historic walk on the moon—many of the greatest milestones of American achievement have been intimately linked with strategic public investments in infrastructure. But the last great era of national investment ended more than 40 years ago, and it is time again for a new national strategy for infrastructure investment that can renew America’s promise. Please join Third Way and Building America's Future for a discussion on how the creation of a National Infrastructure Bank can help America “get there first” in the global race toward innovation, new jobs and American middle class success.
Date:
Wednesday, June 24th, 2009
Time:
9:30am – 11:00am (Continental breakfast will be served)
Location:
101 Constitution Ave, NW, 9th Floor
Participants:
Governor Edward Rendell (D-PA) (keynote)
Lisa Caruso, National Journal (moderator)
Rep. Rosa DeLauro (D-CT)
Rep. Steve Israel (D-NY)
Rep. Keith Ellison (D-MN)
Bernard L. Schwartz, Chairman and CEO of BLS Investments
Beth Osborne, Deputy Assistant Secretary of Transportation Policy, U.S. Department of Transportation
Stanton Hazelroth, Executive Director of the California Infrastructure Bank
David Seltzer, Mercator Advisors
RSVP REQUIRED: Please RSVP to rsvp@thirdway.org.