On the Hill: U.S. Travel emphasizes the need to reform visa process
- April 14, 2011 |
- CEO Update
An occasional series of excerpts highlighting testimony delivered at House and Senate hearings by association leaders. Roger Dow, president and CEO of the U.S. Travel Association, testified April 5 before the Senate Subcommittee on Competitiveness, Innovation and Export Promotion, part of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science & Transportation, about tourism in America and promoting growth. [...] Travel provides good, domestic jobs that cannot be outsourced. [...] In every state and county across America, travel helps pay the salaries of police, firefighters and teachers without creating much new demand for those public services. I am here today to tell you that… Read More