70 likes | 146 Views
U. S. Chamber of Commerce – Fighting for Your Business. U. S. Chamber of Commerce – Fighting for Your Business. About the U.S. Chamber of Commerce
E N D
U. S. Chamber of Commerce – Fighting for Your Business
U. S. Chamber of Commerce – Fighting for Your Business About the U.S. Chamber of Commerce The U.S. Chamber of Commerce, founded on April 12, 1912, with a group of 700 delegates from various commercial and trade organizations is the world’s largest business federation. • 3 million businesses • Thousands of state and local chambers of commerce • Hundreds of business associations • 104 American Chambers of Commerce in 91 countries
U. S. Chamber of Commerce – Fighting for Your Business Membership and Staff: Members include businesses of all sizes, sectors, and regions. Many of the nation’s largest companies are active Chamber members, and more than 96% of members are small businesses with 100 employees or fewer. The Chamber maintains a professional staff of more than 300 of the nation’s top policy experts, lobbyists, lawyers, and communicators.
U. S. Chamber of Commerce – Fighting for Your Business Our Mission The Chamber’s core mission is to fight for business and free enterprise before Congress, the White House, regulatory agencies, the courts, the court of public opinion, and governments around the world. Mission Statement: "To advance human progress through an economic, political and social system based on individual freedom, incentive, initiative, opportunity, and responsibility
U. S. Chamber of Commerce – Fighting for Your Business Connecting with Members: • Summits, conferences and workshops Annually over 2 million Standard Mail and First Class Mail pieces
U. S. Chamber of Commerce – Fighting for Your Business • Strategy for 2007: • Working for pro-growth legislation • Challenging Anti-Business Proposals • Advancing Competitive Reforms
U. S. Chamber of Commerce – Fighting for Your Business www.uschamber.com