Several Obama Administration Officials to Address NLC Conference

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Mar 15, 2010, 06:17 ET

WASHINGTON, March 15 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- A wide range of officials from the Obama Administration will address local leaders tomorrow during the National League of Cities' (NLC) 2010 Congressional City Conference. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack, Commerce Secretary Gary Locke, White House Office of Urban Affairs Director Adolfo Carrion and Administrator Karen G. Mills of the Small Business Administration will speak during tomorrow's morning general session.

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In the afternoon, Housing and Urban Development Secretary Shaun Donovan will join Ambassador Ron Kirk from the Office of the United States Trade Representative and Administrator Lisa Jackson from the Environmental Protection Agency to give remarks during the conference's closing general session.

Thousands of local officials from across the country are in Washington, DC, this week to hear from Administration and Congressional leaders, discussing topics important to cities and towns, including job creation and economic stability, transportation and infrastructure, energy and sustainability and housing stabilization.

For more information or to download a conference schedule, visit http://www.nlc.org/pressroom/conferencepresspage.aspx.

All general sessions will be webcast live on NLC TV at www.nlctv.org.

The Congressional City Conference is the annual legislative meeting of the National League of Cities, designed to inform municipal leaders about federal policy issues while providing an opportunity for city leaders to bring local concerns to their federal elected officials in Washington, DC.

General Sessions

Tuesday, March 16, 9:00 a.m. - 10:15 a.m.

Adolfo Carrion, Director, White House Office of Urban Affairs
Tom Vilsack, Secretary, Department of Agriculture
Gary Locke, Secretary, Department of Commerce
Karen G. Mills, Administrator, Small Business Administration

Tuesday, March 16, 3:45 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.

Shaun Donovan, Secretary, Department of Housing and Urban Development
Ambassador Ron Kirk, Office of the United States Trade Representative
Administrator Lisa Jackson, Environmental Protection Agency

The National League of Cities is the nation's oldest and largest organization devoted to strengthening and promoting cities as centers of opportunity, leadership and governance. NLC is a resource and advocate for 19,000 cities, towns and villages, representing more than 218 million Americans.

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