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NEWS RELEASES
Dear Chairman Rockefeller and Ranking Member Thune:
As President and CEO and on behalf of the National Urban League, it is with great pleasure that I strongly support and urge the confirmation of Mayor Anthony Foxx as the next U.S. Secretary of Transportation. Established in 1910, the National Urban League is the nation's largest historic civil rights and urban advocacy organization serving over 2 million people each year through 95 affiliates in urban communities in 36 states and the District of Columbia.
The Honorable Jay Rockefeller IV
Chairman
U.S. Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation
254 Russell Senate Office Building Washington, DC 20510
The Honorable John Thune
Ranking Member
U.S. Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation
254 Russell Senate Office Building Washington, DC 20510
RE: NATIONAL URBAN LEAGUE STRONGLY SUPPORTS THE CONFIRMATION OF MAYOR ANTHONY FOXX AS THE NEXT SECRETARY OF TRANSPORTATION
Dear Chairman Rockefeller and Ranking Member Thune:
- $100 Million Public-Private-Nonprofit Partnership Effort Aimed at Putting America Back to Work -
- Two-Prong Initiative Focuses on Community Investments and Grassroots Legislative Advocacy -
NEW YORK (May 7, 2013) – The National Urban League, the nation's largest historic civil rights and urban advocacy organization, today announced the launch of its first subsidiary in its 103-year history, the Urban Empowerment Fund (UEF) – a new Community Development Financial Institution (CDFI) and small business loan fund. UEF was created to fill a credit gap which has widened in recent years as a result of the continual fallout from the Great Recession, disproportionately impacting many minority-owned small businesses and those operating in underserved communities.
