Shays
Launches the One Coast One Future Health
Care Cluster Initiative
Shays launched the One Coast, One Future
Health Care Initiative at Norwalk Hospital
with Chris Bruhl, President and CEO of the
Business Council of Fairfield County; Mary
Franco, Vice President of Public Affairs
at Norwalk Hospital and President of the
Norwalk Hospital Foundation; Paul Milton,
Vice President and Chief Operating Officer
of Norwalk Hospital; Norwalk Mayor Dick
Moccia; Dr. Michael Marks, Chief of the
Medical Staff at Norwalk Hospital; and Paul
Timpanelli, President and CEO of the Bridgeport
Regional Business Council.
Congressman Christopher Shays recently launched
the One Coast One Future Health Care Cluster
Initiative, which will assess the region’s
current and future healthcare needs and
identify the resulting entrepreneurial and
job creation opportunities within the healthcare
industry. The Health Care Cluster Initiative
is one of six components of the One Coast,
One Future consortium which is funded by
a nearly $1 million federal grant procured
by Shays.
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to read more about One Coast, One Future.
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Assistant
Secretary of Labor, Emily DeRocco Announces
a $1.5 Million Grant for
The WorkPlace, Inc.
Congressman Christopher Shays visits
CTWorks' One Stop Mobile Career Coach Lab.
He is pictured here with (left to right)
Joe Carbone of The WorkPlace, Connecticut
Commissioner for Department of Labor Pat
Mayfield, Assistant Secretary of Labor Emily
DeRocco, Bob Flynn of the Connecticut Insurance
& Financial Services Cluster and Dr.
David Levinson of Norwalk Community College.
Emily DeRocco, Assistant Secretary of Labor
for Employment and Training Administration
at the U.S. Department of Labor, visited
the Fourth Congressional District recently
to highlight Congressman Shays' One Coast,
One Future initiative. With $1 million in
federal funding, which Shays helped secure,
One Coast, One Future seeks to enhance economic
links between Bridgeport, Norwalk and Stamford
to encourage job, housing and development
opportunities in the region
While in Connecticut, DeRocco also announced
a $1.5 million grant for The WorkPlace,
Inc. to provide on-the-job experience and
training to low-income workers aged 55 and
older. She toured CTWorks' One Stop Mobile
Career Coach Lab, The WorkPlace's Innovation
Lab and spoke to students, community and
business leaders at Norwalk Community College
about regional economic development.
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Shays,
Meehan Work for Tougher Ethics, Fair Campaign
Finance Laws
Congressmen Christopher Shays
and Marty Meehan (D-MA) are continuing their
fight to reform the campaign finance and
ethics rules on Capitol Hill. Recently,
Judge Emmett Sullivan found in favor of
Shays and Meehan in their lawsuit against
the Federal Election Commission (FEC) for
the FEC’s failure to bring 527 groups
under campaign finance law and their 527
Reform Act is scheduled for a vote on the
House floor Wednesday, April 5. The legislators
also testified before the House Rules Committee
recently, advocating for an Office of Public
Integrity and more transparency surrounding
lobbying activities.
Click
here to learn more about the lawsuit and
Shays' and Meehan's testimony on ethics
reform
Click
here to learn more about the Shays/Meehan
527 Reform Act
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Shays,
Hinchey Introduce Legislation to Decrease
Dependence on Foreign Oil, Build Market
for Renewables
Representatives Christopher Shays (R-CT)
and Maurice Hinchey (D-NY) introduced comprehensive
energy legislation today to address our
nation’s growing energy needs. The
bill, the Energy for Our Future Act, seeks
to decrease U.S. dependence on foreign oil,
protect the environment, build a market
for renewable energy, and promote energy
conservation.
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Here to Read More
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Transportation
Bill Delivers $93 Million to Fourth
District for Key Projects
State's roads and transit system to
benefit from nearly $3 billion in
federal funds
The nation's highway bill passed
Congress last week, bringing $2.477
billion for Connecticut's highways
and $485 million for the state's transit
activities through 2009 -- a 19% increase
over the previous transportation bill.
The legislation includes $93 million
for key transportation infrastructure
projects in the Fourth District, including
the Intermodal Centers in Stamford
and Bridgeport.
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here to learn more
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