Carolyn Maloney: “The Joint Economic Committee, which I chair, has just launched a nonpartisan outreach looking for new and creative ideas…”

“The Joint Economic Committee, which I chair, has just launched a nonpartisan outreach looking for new and creative ideas to accelerate job creation in our struggling economy. The JEC is looking for ideas that come from outside the bubble of the Beltway and that may be outside the box of conventional thinking. We are surveying executives at Fortune 100 companies as well as at leading small businesses across America looking for their ideas and innovations. The administration has already identified some of the things we must do to create jobs, including the passage of health care reform. Under the status quo, the soaring costs of medical care serves as a hidden tax on employers in the form of higher health care premiums. But we are committed to doing more, and we are eager to hear the best ideas from the sharpest minds in the country, looking for innovative new ways to create jobs and produce an economy that is stronger, fairer, and brighter.”