State Action: Pennsylvania
The International Affairs Budget is vital to the State of Pennsylvania. International trade supports approximately 20% of all jobs within the state. On February 24, 2010, Sen. Robert Casey highlighted the role the International Affairs budget plays in promoting U.S. exports and businesses abroad during Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s testimony before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, saying “it may not receive a lot of headlines, but I think it is important for American taxpayers to know what their investment in the International Affairs budget means for improving the domestic job market and what benefits they reap from helping to build stable societies and markets overseas (read more on Sen. Casey’s remarks here).”
The USGLC’s Pennsylvania steering committee is very active and helped host and event at the University of Pennsylvania featuring former Secretary of State Henry Kissinger and former Treasury Secretary Robert Rubin leading up to the 2008 Presidential election as a part of our Impact ’08 campaign. Join the USGLC in helping build a more prosperous and safer Pennsylvania.
Read about the impact of the International Affairs Budget on Pennsylvania with our Pennsylvania State Fact Sheet.
View pictures, videos and transcripts from our events in Pennsylvania
For more information on how you can get involved with the USGLC in Pennsylvania, please contact Jess O’Connell.
Pennsylvania Advisory Committee
- Gene Barr
Vice President, Government & Public Affairs, The Pennsylvania Chamber of Business and Industry - Bruce Pansius
Chief Financial Officer, World Trade Center of Greater Philadelphia - Janet Haner
President, Pennsylvania Council for International Education - Michael Delli Carpini
Dean, Annenberg School for Communication, University of Pennsylvania - Rev. Gary L. Harke
Executive Director, Pennsylvania Council of Churches
USGLC in Pennsylvania In Action
Dr. Henry Kissinger and Sec. Robert Rubin talk with Frank Sesno at the University of Pennsylvania
Members of Pennsylvania Delegation that signed onto the FY11 Letter to President Obama
- Sen. Arlen Specter (D)
- Sen. Robert Casey (D)
- Rep. Robert Brady (D-1st)
- Rep. Chaka Fattah (D-2nd)
- Rep. Jim Gerlach (R-6th)
- Rep. Joe Sestak (D-7th)
- Rep. Christopher Carney (D-10th)
- Rep. Allyson Schwartz (D-13th)
- Rep. Todd Platts (R-19th)
Upcoming Foreign Policy Events
- April 15, 2010- Great Decisions China Looks at the World: The World Looks at China, Stephen H. Greer-Pittsburgh
- April 29, 2010- Mexico, Meeting the Challenges of Economic Recovery and Expanded Organized Crime, Dr. Arnulfo Valdivia Machuca-Pittsburgh
- May 06, 2010- Security, Intelligence and Extremism…Connecting the Dots, Ambassador Marc Grossman-Philadelphia
