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America's Business: October 6, 2009

Dear Subscribers: Be sure and listen to another great episode of America's Business with Mike Hambrick! We have some great guests this week on some very important issues. Listen in to this episode to find out more on important legislation in Congress right now, such as the poorly named Employee Free Choice Act and the Waxman Markey climate change bill. Also we'll hear from Ford Motorcars as they share their recent breakthroughs in green technology. Be sure and listen to this and many othe ...

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Dear Subscribers: Be sure and listen to another great episode of America's Business with Mike Hambrick! Be sure and listen to another great episode of America's Business with Mike Hambrick! We have some great guests this week on some very important issues. Last episode we heard the first of a three part discussions with journalists Tyler Suites who is the Chief Correspondent for Clean Skies TV, Chris Gadomski who is Managing Editor of Nuclear, New Energy Finance, and Jim Synder from the H ...

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Dear Subscribers: Be sure and listen to another great episode of America's Business with Mike Hambrick! We have some great guests this week on some very important issues. Last episode we spoke with a spokesperson from Areva Corp., a nuclear company based in France about recent developments Areva is making at bringing more nuclear power to America. This week we'll start the first of a three part discussions with journalists Tyler Suites who is the Chief Correspondent for Clean Skies TV, C ...

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Listen to NAM Chairman John Luke (CEO of Mead Westvaco) comment on manufacturing competitiveness

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This week’s radio show features a USDA economist on high energy costs and food prices, NAM Sr. VP and blogger-in-chief Pat Cleary on the value of blogs, American Tort Reform Association President Sherman "Tiger" Joyce on his group's 2005 Judicial Hellholes report and a "factory floor" interview with the makers of Time Square's New Year's Eve crystal ball. Background music by Mel Torme (aka, the "Velvet Fog"), The Beatles, Warren Zevon and Auld Lang Zyne.

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This week, we speak with NAM President John Engler on the Alito hearings and why its more about economic than social issues. Then, ABC News Supreme Court correspondent Manny Medrano also will be along to offer his analysis of the politics swirling around the Alito nomination. Later, our weekly trip to the factory floor will introduce us to a small manufacturer in Connecticut who says product liability lawsuits are a big drag on our economy. Finally, as high energy prices also exert a drag ...

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This week, we speak with Washington Times editorial page editor Tony Blankley on the upcoming congressional agenda and then Commerce Under Secretary Frank Lavin joins us on on the Bush administration’s 2006 trade agenda. Later, we hear from "Lean" manufacturing expert Jamie Flinchbaugh on his new book, “The Hitchhikers’ Guide to Lean,” followed by Chevy rep Cheryl Pilcher (from the Detriot Auto Show) on the new Camaro. All this along with music from Dadon Dawadolma, Creedence Clea ...

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This week, we begin by talking with Under Secretary of State Josette Shiner on trade, immigration and energy security. Then, we "Meet the Press" and talk with Congress Daily energy reporter Darren Goode. Later on, a small manufacturer from Colorado, Ann Brown, talks with us about health care costs. Then, insight and analysis with the NAM's Neil Trautwein and Bob Shepler on health care and pension reforms. All this along with music from Joe Jackson and The Beatles

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This past week, John Engler testified at a Senate Committee on lobbying reform. We’ll discuss that and the rest of Congress’s agenda with Congressional Quarterly's Martin Kady. Then, we speak with Mike Baroody on the upcoming asbestos bill. Later, we talk with an education expert on boys' middle school drop off in literacy skills. All this along with music from R and B guitarist Johnny Rawls, Sam Cooke and that little ditty from the movie theaters that invites to "go to the lobby" f ...

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This week, we begin by talking to two political reporters from The Hill, Josephine Hearn and Elana Schor on asbestos and newly-minted House Majority Leader John Boehner’s ascent. Then, Manufacturing Institute President Jerry Jasinowski joins us on the latest Popkin report talking about how U.S. manufacturing leadership may be at risk. Finally, we talk to NAM Senior Vice president for Policy and Government Relations, Jay Timmons, on the NAM’s 2006 Policy Agenda.

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This week, we speak with Case University Law Professor Andrew Morriss and the NAM’s own Quentin Riegel about the latest installment of legally Insane. Then, in the wake of the recent interest in lobbying reform, we speak with NAM Vice President and Deputy Director for Corporate Affairs Tiffany Adams who provides an informative and spirited defense of NAM plant tour. Finally, a Dueling Economists debate of the trade deficit with Economic Policy Institute Sr. Economist Rob Scott and NAM V ...

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This week, we begin by talking with George Mason University Economics Department Chairman Donald Boudreaux on trade deficits. Then, the President the of Association of Washington Business joins NAM Senior Vice President Pat Cleary for a discussion on Competitiveness and a preview of the the 2006 Competitiveness Redbook. Later, we hear from Commerce Department Undersecretary Frank Lavin on the high cost of sugar and its impact on American jobs and then we speak with Mike Schmid, Managing P ...

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This week, we begin by talking with Interior Department Acting Assistant Secretary Johnnie Burton on oil and gas leasing along the Outer Continental Shelf. Then, Herbert Wamsley of the Intellectual Property Owners Association and top IP attorney Tony Figg speak with us on the BlackBerry case and more. Later, NAM President John Engler is joined by small manufacturers Al Lubrano and Kendig Kneen about a new report on small manufactuers. All this, along with music from The Rolling Stones an ...

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This week, we begin by talking with Gov. Janet Napolitano (D-AZ) and Sen. Jon Kyl (R-AZ). Then, we are joined by Sen. George Allen (R-VA) and NAM President John Engler on the new Senate Economic Competitiveness Caucus announced by Allen at the board meeting. Later, NAM member (Technomic Asia) and author Steve Ganster on his new book The China Ready Company. All this along with music from Mark Lindsay (Arizona), Glen Campbell (By The Time I Get to Phoenix), The Rolling Stones (Sweet Virgi ...

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This week's show is just one topic but two very vocal guests. This week, we feature a debate on tort reform with DaimlerChrysler Corporation’s Assistant General Counsel for Government and Regulation, and chairman of the American Justice Partnership, Steve Hantler verses trial lawyer extrodionaire Dickie Scruggs.

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NAM Member Communications Vice President Doug Kurkul speaks with NAM trade policy expert Bill Primosch and technology policy export David Peyton on the recently enacted law to precent counterfiet goods. In this 13 minute interview you'll learn what impact counterfeit goods have on the American economy and what's being done to stop it

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NAM Member Communications Vice President Doug Kurkul speaks with NAM senior tax policy director Monica M. McGuire on efforts to strengthen and seamlessly extend the research and development tax credit. This interview lasts 4 minutes.

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The Consumer Alliance for Energy Security, which the NAM is a founding member, released this new ad today urging Congress to vote for energy independence. This ad lasts 60 seconds.

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In this segment, NAM President John Engler welcomes listeners to the inaugural edition of America’s Business. He discusses how manufacturing drives the economy and provides a recap of President Bush’s speech along with highlighting the President’ s competitiveness initiative.

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In the first segment of "America's Business," Keith McCoy, Vice President for Energy and Resources Policy at the NAM, reviews what the President said on energy policy and discusses the legislative prospects of passing an Outer Continental Shelf exploration bill in the Senate. Then, Renee Giachino of the American Justice Partnership discusses the need for Tort Reform.

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