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HIGHLIGHTS
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Job Opening: Congressional
Coalition LD
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Letter: Manufacturing Extension
Partnership
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Briefing: Combined Heat and Power
– Realizing the Promise
Job
Opening: Congressional Coalition LD
The bipartisan Northeast-Midwest Congressional Coalition
is seeking a legislative director. The individual would network with numerous
House offices and work on a variety of issues important to the region,
including economic development, ecosystem restoration, and
agriculture. The LD will work out of the offices of co-chair Rep.
Steven LaTourette. Interested candidates should email resumes to dickmunson@nemw.org.
Letter: Manufacturing Extension
Partnership
Senators Debbie Stabenow (D-MI), Olympia Snowe (R-ME),
George Voinovich (R-OH), Joseph Lieberman (D-CT), and Herbert Kohl (D-WI)
are requesting signatures on a letter to Budget Committee Chairman Gregg
and Ranking Member Conrad supporting $112 million in funds for the
Manufacturing Extension Partnership (MEP) Program in the fiscal 2006 budget
resolution. The president’s fiscal 2006 budget proposes a
57-percent cut to MEP to a funding level of $46.8 million. The
signature deadline is COB Wednesday, February 23. Contact: Kris Sarri at the
Northeast-Midwest Senate Coalition (202/224-0606).
Briefing: Combined Heat and Power
– Realizing the Promise
Combined heat and power technologies use energy lost in
the generation of electricity for heat applications, improving efficiency
dramatically. Greater utilization of these technologies can
significantly lower costs, ease demand, relieve grid constraints, and
enhance security. This briefing will quantify cogeneration’s
potential, review what’s at stake, and outline barriers that need to
be addressed. Presentations will be given by Bruce Hedman, Energy and
Environmental Analysis; Tim Daniels, New York City Economic Development
Corporation; and Catherine Van Way,
Cummins.
The February 23 briefing – sponsored by the
Northeast-Midwest Congressional Coalition and the Environmental and Energy
Study Institute – will run from 10:00
am until 11:00 am in 1116
Longworth House Office Building.
Contact: Diane DeVaul at the
Northeast-Midwest Institute (202/464-4009).
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