GENERAL COMMERCE

PA Chamber Joins Gov. Shapiro, Administration Officials in Highlighting New Office for Economic Development in Pennsylvania

January 24, 2023 | Jon Anzur

Testimony to House Majority Policy Committee on Driving Investment, Growth and Combatting Rising Costs

June 20, 2022

Testimony to House Consumer Affairs Committee on Data Privacy

May 25, 2022

Letter to Congressional Delegation Regarding Opposing HR 963 Banning Arbitration in Private Contracts

March 15, 2022

Letter to Congressional Delegation Regarding Consumer Privacy Act – 1/13/22

January 13, 2022

Memo to PA Congressional Delegation to Support of Bicameral Congressional Authority Trade Act – Jan. 5, 2022

January 05, 2022

Barr: Prioritizing Long-Term Economic Growth in the New Year

December 30, 2021 | Delaware Valley Journal

Memo to PA House Liquor Control Committee Supporting Local Grocery Stores, H.B. 2059

December 15, 2021

Pennsylvania Chamber releases statement on 39-year high inflation rate

December 14, 2021 | Pennsylvania Business Report

DelVal Dems Have Holiday Season Headache as Inflation Hits 39-Year High

December 10, 2021 | Delaware Valley Times

Gene Barr: ‘Shop small’ takes on new meaning this year

November 26, 2021 | Tribune-Review

Memo to PA Senate Urging Congress to Oppose President Biden’s Proposal to Access Bank Accounts of Private Citizens – SR 195

November 08, 2021

Memo to Senate Health and Human Services Committee Supporting Provisional Hiring, H.B. 764

October 27, 2021

Memo to Senate Members in Support of Section 179 Expense Deductions, SB 349

October 27, 2021

Congressional Letter Urging Opposition to Proposed Plastics Excise Tax

October 22, 2021

PA Chamber-Led Coalition Urges Congressional Delegation to Reject Federal Tax Hike Proposal

September 30, 2021 | Lindsay Andrews

A letter to Pennsylvania’s Congressional delegation that was spearheaded by the PA Chamber and signed by local chambers and business groups this week has urged a resounding rejection of the Biden administration’s recently unveiled plans to impose anti-business tax hikes on the Commonwealth’s private sector. Most notably contained in the massive $3.5 trillion reconciliation bill […]

PA Chamber Welcomes US-EU Trade and Technology Council Meeting to Pittsburgh

September 28, 2021 | Lindsay Andrews

PA Chamber President and CEO Gene Barr issued the following statement regarding tomorrow’s inaugural meeting in Pittsburgh of the United States and European Union Trade and Technology Council: “On behalf of Pennsylvania’s business community, we welcome European Commission Executive Vice Presidents Margrethe Vestager and Valdis Dombrovski to Pittsburgh to meet with Secretary of State Antony […]

SCOTUS backs PennEast in Critical Infrastructure Permitting Decision

July 12, 2021

On June 29, in one of its final decisions handed down for the term, the U.S. Supreme Court issued its decision in PennEast Pipeline v. New Jersey, a case involving whether New Jersey could deny a right of way on state-owned lands to a federally-permitted pipeline needing construction access. In a win for the project […]

Restaurants and retail will all benefit from allowing cocktails-to-go

June 24, 2021 | PennLive

Memo to House Supporting H.B. 1154 to Benefit Restaurants and Enhance Customer Convenience

June 22, 2021

Coalition Letter to Senate Supporting H.B. 1154

June 15, 2021

Coalition Memo to House Veterans Affairs and Emergency Preparedness Committee Supporting HB 1577, Reforming Pennsylvania’s Price Gouging Statute

June 14, 2021

Local Chamber Letter to Sen. Casey Re: Senate Rules

May 10, 2021

Coalition Letter to Congressional Leaders on Childcare Funding in Budget Reconciliation Bill

February 25, 2021

Memo to Senate In Support of COVID Relief Bill, S.B. 109

February 05, 2021