State Legislative Leaders to Meet with Federal Counterparts 2/10/2004
From: Bill Wyatt, 202-624-8667 or Gene Rose, 303-856-1518; both of the National Conference of State Legislatures News Advisory: Top state legislative leaders will meet with authorities from inside the beltway at the National Conference of State Legislatures' Leader to Leader meeting March 10 - 12, 2004 in Washington, D.C. Confirmed speakers for the 2004 Leader to Leader meeting include U.S. Representatives Nancy Pelosi (CA), William Delahunt (MA) and Ernest Istook (OK) as well as Newt Gingrich, Alice Rivlin and CNN's Bill Schneider. In addition to the confirmed speakers, NCSL will present its prestigious Restoring the Balance award to several U. S. senators for their leadership in the enactment of the states' $20 billion fiscal relief package last year. Those senators include Susan Collins (ME), Ben Nelson (NE), Jay Rockefeller (WV), Gordon Smith (OR) and Olympia Snowe (ME). All sessions will be open to members of the media. However, in years past the White House program has been held at the White House. Should that be the case this year, the White House program will be closed to the press. For more information or to register for the meeting please contact Bill Wyatt at 202-624- 8667 or press-room@ncsl.org. Leader to Leader Agenda (subject to change): All sessions will be held at the Washington Court Hotel, 525 New Jersey Avenue NW, unless otherwise noted. -- Wednesday, March 10 -- 4:30 - 6 p.m. -- Fiscal Relief for the States: Enactment of the Streamlined Sales and Use Tax Act -- U.S. Representative William Delahunt, Massachussetts -- U.S. Representative Ernest Istook, Oklahoma -- Thursday, March 11 -- 8 - 9:30 a.m. -- Leaders Plenary Breakfast 9:45 - 11 a.m. -- Unfunded Mandates -- State Representative David Steil, Pennsylvania 11 a.m. - 12:15 p.m. -- State and Federal Fiscal Picture -- Corina Eckl, NCSL 12:30 - 2 p.m. -- Leaders Luncheon -- U.S. House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, California 2:15 - 4 p.m. -- Health Care Reform -- Newt Gingrich, Former Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives 6 p.m. -- National Press Club Restoring the Balance Awards Dinner -- U.S. Senator Susan Collins, Maine -- U.S. Senator Ben Nelson, Nebraska -- U.S. Senator Gordon Smith, Oregon -- Friday, March 12 -- 8 - 9:15 a.m. -- The State of the Federal Budget -- Alice Rivlin, Brookings Greater Washington Research Program 10 a.m. - Noon -- White House Program MAY BE CLOSED TO PRESS -- Administrator Mike Leavitt, Environmental Protection Agency 12:30 - 2 p.m. -- Closing Luncheon -- Bill Schneider, CNN |