Senator Jack Reed annually hosts a full day trip for RI business leaders to the National Capitol Region (NCR) with a series of briefings on Capitol Hill. The session includes presentations by high level National decision makers, media and political analysts.
This year's trip is was on September 17and included over 100 RI leaders. Eleven people from SENEDIA-member companies attended.
SENEDIA members Beth Nass, Warren Blakeley and Kathy Pazera (L to R)
Attendees had the privilege of hearing and asking questions of a wide array of important National policy makers
Senator Johnny Isakson (R, GA)
Michele Flourney, President, Center for a New America Security
Judy Woodruff, Senior PBS Correspondent
Senator Chuck Hagel (R, NE)
Senator Hillary Clinton (D, NY)
Senator Richard Durbin (D, IL)
Charlie Cook, Publisher, the Cook Political Report
Senator Chris Dodd (D, CT)
Representative Barney Frank (D, MA)
Senator Jay Rockefeller, (D, WV)
The Honorable Sheila Bair, Chairman, FDIC
The Honorable Steven Preston, Secretary for HUD
Representative Jim Langevin (D, RI)
Representative Patrick Kennedy (D, RI)
Senator Sheldon Whitehouse (D, RI)