Contact: Elizabeth Fairchild efairchild@businessfwd.org 202-861-1270 Washington, DC — Last Friday, President Biden announced Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson as his nominee to fill the vacant seat on the Supreme Court. In response, more than 450 small business leaders signed a statement urging the Senate to move forward swiftly. More than 130…
Contact: Elizabeth Fairchild efairchild@businessfwd.org 202-861-1270 Washington, DC — Last night, President Biden delivered his State of the Union address to the American people. Liz Fairchild, Executive Director of Business Forward, issued the following statement in response: “Since President Biden took office last year, America’s 32.5 million small businesses have made…
Contact: Elizabeth Fairchild efairchild@businessfwd.org (202) 861-1270 Washington, D.C. — By the end of the month, President Biden is expected to announce his nominee to fill the Supreme Court seat vacated by Justice Stephen Breyer. The President has promised to name a Black woman for the position, but Senator Ted Cruz…
Contact: Elizabeth Fairchild efairchild@businessfwd.org (202) 861-1270 Washington, D.C. — Yesterday, the Senate held a hearing for three of President Biden’s nominees to the Federal Reserve: Sarah Bloom Raskin, Lisa Cook, and Philip Jefferson. Raskin was nominated to be vice chair for supervision, a key regulator for the banking industry, while…
Contact: Elizabeth Fairchild efairchild@businessfwd.org (202) 861-1270 Washington, D.C. — Yesterday, the House of Representatives voted to advance the Freedom to Vote: John R. Lewis Act, which packages together key provisions from the Freedom to Vote Act and the John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act. Now, the legislation moves to the…
Contact: Elizabeth Fairchild efairchild@businessfwd.org (202) 861-1270 Washington, D.C. — Today, one year since the January 6 insurrection, Business Forward released a new report highlighting what some of America’s most respected companies had to say in response to the insurrection at the Capitol. Business Leaders on January 6 and the Rule…
Contact: Elizabeth Fairchild efairchild@businessfwd.org (202) 861-1270 Washington, D.C. — Business Forward Foundation issued a new report on how educators, business leaders, and community officials can use the future of work as a road map for approaching education reform. High School & the Future of Work explains how our schools are…
Contact: Elizabeth Fairchild efairchild@businessfwd.org (202) 861-1270 Washington, D.C. — Today, Business Forward Foundation released an updated issue brief in its Answering America series, which helps local business leaders answer the questions their neighbors are asking about critical issues. The new report, Will Automation Steal Our Jobs?, explains how technological innovations…
Contact: Elizabeth Fairchild efairchild@businessfwd.org 202-861-1270 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Washington D.C. — Ahead of today’s vote on the Freedom to Vote Act, more than 1,500 small business leaders around the country are demanding their senators support the pro-democracy bill, which would ensure that federal and state governments reflect their vision to…
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