The Greater San Antonio Chamber of CommerceJim Goudge

Chairman and CEO, Broadway National Bank2009 Chairman, The Greater San Antonio Chamber of Commerce

Co-chair, SA to DC 2009

The San Antonio Hispanic Chamber of CommerceRamiro Cavazos

President & CEO, The San Antonio Hispanic Chamber of CommerceCo-chair, SA to DC 2009

Issue Team Leaders

Education Blakely Fernandez, Tuggey RosenthalPauerstein Sandoloski Agather, L.L.P

Transportation Vic Boyer, San Antonio Mobility Coalition

Water Keith Kindle, P.E.Military Greg Oveland, Eisenhower BankImmigration Eddie Aldrete, IBC BankHealth Care & Bioscience York Duncan, Texas Research

and Technology FoundationInternational Trade Kyle Burns, Free Trade Alliance

San AntonioSmall Business Rene Dominguez, Community

Development Loan Fund

Thank you to our 2009 SA to DC Sponsors:

- Continue funding the National Trauma Institute (NTI)

- Support the construction of the National Bio- and Agro-Defense Facility (NBAF) in San Antonio

- Maintain or increase funding for National Institutesof Health (NIH) above the FY08 appropriation of $28.9 billion

- Support the bi-partisan Eshoo/Barton Bill from the 110th Congress on Follow-on Biologics and its provisions relating to patent protection, patient safety and continued innovation

- Support the funding requests of the University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio (UTHSCA), including: $1.6 million for the Neurodegeneration and Cognitive Dysfunction Center (NCDC); $2.5 million for the Center for Innovation in Prevention and Treatment of Airway Diseases (CIPTAD); and $2.15 million for the Institute for Cardiovascular Systems Biology (ICSB)

- Support funding to the Department of Health and Human Services for IT standardization and the integration of electronic health care records

- Urge Congress to address issues related to the Centersfor Medicaid and Medicare Services, specifically:

Medicare - Support adjustments to the Geographic Practice Cost Index (GPCI) formula, to allow San Antonio physicians to be more fairly reimbursed by Medicare

Medicaid - Extend the moratorium on Medicaid regulations that would strip an estimated $20 billion over five years from the program

- Support the reauthorization of Section 1011 of the Medicare Modernization Act of 2003

- Support the approval and implementation of

pending free trade agreements with Colombia,

Korea, Panama and reinforce the benefits of NAFTA

- Reauthorize Trade Promotion Authority (TPA) to

allow the United States to negotiate and conclude

new free trade agreements in an efficient and

timely manner

- Support the cross-border trucking provisions of

NAFTA and determine the next actions to ensure the

continuation of the cross-border trucking

demonstration program

- Develop a bilateral approach to facilitate communication and cooperation between the United States and Mexico in creating and implementing new immigration policy with shared responsibility

- Promote circularity and trade cooperation for those with the desire to work in the United States

- Support a Comprehensive Guest Worker Program with Optional Vehicle for Citizenship

- Discourage any enforcement of immigration law not associated and led by the federal government

- Support efforts to adequately fund and protect ourborders from illegal border crossings and facilitate expediting legal border crossings

- Discourage any immigration policy that hinders business, discriminates or poses a threat to human rights

The Greater San Antonio Chamber of Commerce602 E. Commerce | San Antonio, TX 78205

210.229.2100 | www.sachamber.org

The San Antonio Hispanic Chamber of Commerce318 W. Houston St. # 300 | San Antonio, TX 78205

210.225.0462 | www.sahcc.org

GOLD SPONSORS

SILVER SPONSORS

BRONZE SPONSORS

- Prevent the Highway Trust Fund (HTF) from going into deficit by 2011

- Expedite and fully fund access to corridors impacted by Base Realignment and Closure (BRAC), including the 36th Street Extension Project

- Secure reauthorization and appropriations fundingfor VIA to design and build high capacity transit systems to provide improved and efficient public transportation access

- Secure reauthorization and appropriations fundingfor modernization and expansion of VIA's bus fleet and bus facilities

- Secure adequate federal funding to implement the proposed Austin-San Antonio Inter-City Regional Passenger Rail Project and support the exploration ofadditional high speed rail among other metro areas

- Support an economic stimulus package that would provide additional investment in American infrastructure, and particularly support investment in San Antonio infrastructure projects

- Secure approval of Senate version of the FY09

Energy and Water appropriations bill authorizing

$10 million in appropriations and including the required

reimbursement language to keep the SACIP

Mission Reach Ecosystem Restoration and

Recreation Project on the optimum schedule

- Support inclusion of funding for U.S. Army Corps

of Engineers authorized projects in the proposed

economic stimulus bill and encourage the Corps to

prioritize the SACIP Mission Reach Ecosystem

Restoration and Recreation Project to receive stimulus

funding to advance construction thereby creating

jobs and promoting economic development

- Support the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers funding

capability for FY10 necessary to keep the SACIP

Mission Reach Ecosystem Restoration and

Recreation Project on the optimum schedule

- Support $3 million in Energy and Water Development

and Related Agencies Appropriations for

Automated Metering Infrastructure

- Support $1 million in Energy and Water Development

and Related Agencies Appropriations for the Nueces

River and Tributaries Study

- Provide more local discretion to implement No Child Left Behind standards

- Realign NCLB and the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) in order to clarify that IDEA takes precedence with regard to Special Education standards under federal law

- Support the appropriations requests of the University of Texas at San Antonio, including: $ 700,000 for The Mexico Center; $2 million for ICARE; $2 million for the Texas Human Rehabilitation Consortium (THRC); and $2 million for CyberDom: Developing Cyber Security Professionals to Dominate Cyber Space

- Secure current and future Congressional authorizations and appropriations to support implementation of the 2005 Base Realignment and Closure (BRAC) directives and actions

- Support extension of Military Construction (MILCON) Exchange Authority to the end of 2011

- Reauthorize the SBA's Veterans' EntrepreneurialDevelopment Programs

- Support funding for facility improvements at Brooks City-Base for buildings being vacated as a result of BRAC

- Endorse legislation for affordable and reliable

health insurance with wellness benefits for

small business

- Support regulation to encourage access to capital

for small businesses through stronger U.S. Capital

Markets, increased funding for federal programs,

non-profit intermediary lenders and reauthorization

of SBA 7(a) and 504 lending programs

- Support legislation that eliminates barriers of

entry to government contracting and strengthens

initiatives that strive to increase programs that

assist small business through set-asides,

compliance reviews and other advocacy efforts

- Support reform in the areas of procurement that

maximize opportunities for small business in the

federal market by advocating for a fair and

efficient contracting process- Close the $1.1 billion gap in authorized versus appropriated funds for No Child Left Behind (NCLB)

- Increase appropriated Impact Aid funds from $1.24 billion in FY08 to $1.437 billion in FY09

- Oppose legislation that will remove the water and

wastewater utility exemption from the Chemical

Facility Anti-Terrorism (CFATS) program