NEMWI Co-Hosts Congressional Breakfast in Celebration of the Great Lakes
The Northeast-Midwest Institute (NEMWI), along with the Great Lakes Commission, co-hosted the annual Congressional Great Lakes Breakfast Reception last Thursday in celebration of Great Lakes Day in Washington. Great Lakes Day is an annual event that brings together regional leaders and members of Congress who play a critical role in shaping Great Lakes policies.
The event drew more than 200 Great Lakes stakeholders and promoted high-level discussion about critical Great Lakes priorities at the federal level. The program included an introduction by Ms. Erika Jensen, the Executive Director of the Great Lakes Commission, and was moderated by both Matt McKenna, the Director of the Great Lakes Program at NEMWI, and Eric Brown, the Senior Advisor for External Relations at the Great Lakes Commission.
Speakers at the breakfast included Senate Great Lakes Task Force Co-Chairs Debbie Stabenow (D-MI) and J.D. Vance (R-OH); House Great Lakes Co-Chair Debbie Dingell (D-MI); Senate Great Lakes Task Force Members Tammy Baldwin (D-WI), Amy Klobuchar (D-MN), and Gary Peters (D-MI); and House Great Lakes Task Force Member Frank Mrvan (D-IN). In addition to the Congressional remarks, Member of the Canadian Parliament Vance Badewey provided perspectives from across the border.
Additionally, in coordination with Great Lakes Day, a binational coalition of regional agencies, Indigenous nations, legislators, local communities, and business, maritime and environmental groups released shared priorities for restoring the Great Lakes and supporting the region’s economy. The shared priorities can be found here.
NEMWI Tracks Bills on Manufacturing in the 118th Congress
As the new 118th Congress proceeds, an increasing number of bills are being introduced relating to manufacturing policy. Overall a total of 11 bills are newly introduced, including eight bills in the U.S. House and three bills in the U.S. Senate.
Among the newly introduced bills in the House is H.R.346NOTAM Improvement Act 0f 2023, which is a bill that directs the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to establish the FAA Task Force on NOTAM Improvement (notice to airmen required by international or domestic law) that has passed the House. In the Senate, S.36Agility in Manufacturing Preparedness Act of 2023, which is a bill that requires the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to seek to contract with the National Institute for Innovation in Manufacturing Biopharmaceuticals to assess and make recommendations concerning U.S. capabilities for biopharmaceutical manufacturing and related matters, that is newly introduced. In the Senate, there is also a S.66 NOTAM Improvement Act of 2023 which is important to monitor based on the bill within the House.
NEMWI will continue to monitor legislation relating to manufacturing policy in its Manufacturing Legislative Tracker which is available here.
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