By Sujit CanagaRetna
A delegation of presiding officers from The Council of State Governments Southern Legislative Conference is on its way to China at the invitation of the Chinese government.
Members of the delegation are Tennessee Senate Majority Leader Mark S. Norris, the SLC chair-elect, Alabama Speaker Seth Hammett, Arkansas Speaker Robbie Wills, Missouri Speaker Ron Richard, Louisiana Speaker Jim Tucker, Virginia Senate Pro Tempore Charles J. Colgan and Arkansas House Majority Leader Steve Harrelson. Colleen Cousineau, the SLC executive director, and Sujit CanagaRetna, SLC senior fiscal analyst, are staffing the delegation.
While in China, the delegation will visit Beijing and Shaghai.
The delegation will also attend the 60th anniversary celebrations of the Chinese revolution in Beijing; discussions with a number of high-level Chinese government officials on trade and related issues; a briefing at the U.S. Embassy in Beijing; and touring the Maglev train system in Shanghai, an important element in the high-speed rail discussions surfacing in the U.S.
Stay tuned to Capitol Comments, the CSG blog, for more on the group’s travels.
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