Mike Bromelkamp (left), Olsen Thielen & Co., Ltd., and Tom Hesse, Minnesota Chamber vice president of government affairs, testify at the Legislature in support of a bill to convert the sales tax refund program for capital equipment to an up-front exemption. Environmental and energy policies were center stage at this Insiders' Issue breakfast: (from left) Deputy Commissioner Bill Grant, Department of Commerce Energy Division; Commissioner Paul Aasen, Pollution Control Agency; Senator John Carlson, R-Bemidji; Senator Julie Rosen, R-Fairmont. Leadership Minnesota participants received a private audience with Governor Mark Dayton during their wrap-up session for this program year. Leadership Minnesota is exclusive to the Minnesota Chamber and provides insight into the state's changing economy and the issues that will shape its future. An industry panel addressed workforce issues at the recent Grow Minnesota! Partnership Meeting held on February 22nd in Owatonna. Pictured are Beth Dienst, Human Resources Director, Viracon, Inc.-Owatonna., Rodney Gramse, Director of Operations, MRG Tool and Die Corp. -Faribault, and Tim Wenzel, President, Winegar, Inc.-Waseca. Legislative leaders shared their views at Session Priorities: (from left) Senate Majority Leader David Senjem, House Speaker Kurt Zellers, moderator Tom Hauser of KSTP-TV, House Minority Leader Paul Thissen, Senate Minority Leader Tom Bakk. Joe Swedberg (from left), Hormel Foods Corporation, moderated an exchange between Pat Shortridge (center) and Ken Martin during Minnesota Business Day at the Capitol. They are the respective chairs of the state Republican and Democratic parties.


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111th Congress - Senate Committee Chairs and Ranking Minority Members

Committee

Chairman

Ranking Minority Member
Agriculture Blanche Lincoln, AR Saxby Chambliss, GA
Appropriations Daniel K. Inouye, HI Thad Cochran, MS
Armed Services Carl Levin, MI John McCain, AZ
Banking, Housing, & Urban Affairs Christopher Dodd, CT Richard Shelby, AL
Budget Kent Conrad, ND Judd Gregg, NH
Commerce, Science & Transportation Jay Rockefeller, WV Kay Bailey Hutchison, TX
Energy and Natural Resources Jeff Bingaman, NM Lisa Murkowski, AK
Environment and Public Works Barbara Boxer, CA James Inhofe, OK
Finance Max Baucus, MT Charles Grassley, IA
Foreign Relations John F. Kerry, MA Richard Lugar, IN
Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Tom Harkin, IA Mike Enzi, WY
Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Joseph Lieberman, CT Susan Collins, ME
Indian Affairs Byron Dorgan, ND John Barrasso, WY
Intelligence Dianne Feinstein, CA Chris Bond, MO
Judiciary Patrick J. Leahy, VT Jeff Sessions, AL
Rules and Administration Charles Schumer, NY Robert Bennett, UT
Small Business and Entrepreneurship Mary Landrieu, LA Olympia Snowe, ME
Veteran's Affairs Daniel Akaka, HI Richard Burr, NC
Special Committee on Aging Herb Kohl, WI Bob Corker, TN
Select Committee on Ethics Barbara Boxer, CA Johnny Isakson, GA

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