Posts Tagged ‘Washington’
President Barack Obama urged Americans to call Congress about the lack of progress on raising the nation’s debt ceiling. Apparently, people took him up on it.
Congressman Doug Lamborn’s office reports that his website is moving slowly, and that the House of Representatives switchboard is clogged with phone calls.
According to an email from Lamborn’s communications director, [...] [...]
About 70 business and community leaders left the Springs this morning for the nation’s capital for an annual trip designed to focus Washington’s attention on the Pikes Peak region.
Sponsored by the Colorado Springs Chamber of Commerce, this is the 12th annual trip to the D.C. area. The group will be in meetings with elected officials, government staff [...] [...]
As hard economic times continue, and economic development becomes more important, it is time for the Springs to consider hiring a professional Washington, D.C., lobbyist.
Community leaders have been making trips to Washington, D.C., for some time, but, where’s the financial gain for the city?
Howard Marlowe, principal of D.C.-based Marlowe and Co., a lobbying company that [...] [...]
Next week promises to be a busy one. I’ll be in Washington, D.C., from Feb. 26 through March 2 with the Greater Colorado Springs Chamber of Commerce’s Legislative Action Mission.
The group of about 70 people will be broken into five teams: business, defense, homeland security, international affairs and education. [...]
<p>If your phones aren’t ringing as much as usual Monday morning, it could be that many Colorado Springs businesspeople are in windy, cold Washington, D.C. </p>
<p>The Olympic Games in Turino was a compilation of the best winter athletes. We may have the best Colorado Springs business athletes here in D.C.
After an uneventful flight, the delegation representing the Greater Colorado Springs Chamber of Commerce’s Legislative Action Mission landed in Washington and checked into the Hotel Washington, which is in the heart of D.C. and close to everything. </p> [...]
It was a whirlwind Monday here in Washington, D.C. The defense team started its meetings at the Pentagon at 6:30 am. The business team was not far behind, starting at the U.S Chamber of Commerce at 8:30 a.m. [...]
On Tuesday, while we were meeting with the Department of Labor, a loud horn sounded and a message was broadcast over a loud speaker telling us to “shelter in place.”
It was only a drill but it really gives you the feel of how tight security is. We have had to go through metal detectors and show full identification before entering every federal building we have visited. [...]
by admin Published: February 24,2006
Tags: Washington
The international team visited four embassies on Tuesday in an effort to establish more overseas connections for Colorado Springs business and educational institutions. We began with a meeting with the ambassador of Jordan, who discussed the security situation in his country and also provided suggestions to one of our team members about their specific business needs in Jordan. [...]
Tuesday night the Colorado Springs delegation was treated to a reception at the Mexico Cultural Institute. Ambassador Gutierrez, Mexico’s ambassador to the United States, addressed the group.
“We are friends, yes,” Gutierrez said, “friends with challenges, but we are friends.” [...]
by admin Published: February 24,2006
Tags: Washington
The defense team arrived in Washington, D.C. with 25 members, the largest of the chamber’s five teams. The team included representation from our military bases and installations and community and county leaders. We spent two productive days in the Pentagon discussing issues with the Air Force, Army, Missile Defense Agency, the DoD Office of Economic Adjustment and the Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Health Affairs. [...]
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