1he Pepuolicon Governors Asociotion Governor Chris Christie, New Jersey Governor Donald L. Carcieri, Rhode Island Governor Jim Douglas, Vermont Governor Bob McDonnell, Virginia* INVITED GOVERNORS *Confirmed Governor Haley Barbour, Mississippi* RGA Chairman Governor Sonny Perdue, Georgia Governor Mitch Daniels, Indiana Governor Bobby Jindal, Louisiana Governor Tim Pawlenty, Minnesota* 0O0DP, SEP1L08LP 2O, 2010 3:00 p.m. 7:00 p.m. Registration & Hospitality 5:00 p.m. 6:30 p.m. RGA Statesmen and Governors Cabinet Private Reception with Governors 9:00 p.m. - 10:30 p.m. Countdown to Victory Reception AGENDA 1UL1DP, SEP1L08LP 21, 2010 8:30 a.m. 3:00 p.m. Registration & Hospitality 8:30 a.m. 10:00 a.m. Breakfast with the Candidates 10:00 a.m. 11:45 a.m. Governors Policy Roundtables: Simultaneous Discussions on Alternative Energy and Independent Energy Americas Alternative Energy Future In the coming decades America will need multiple sources of alternative energy. These methods will need to be efficient, affordable, sustainable, and clean. To accomplish this task America will need to explore every option to develop additional nuclear and hydroelectric plants, as well as wind, solar, bio-mass, hydrogen, and geothermal forms of energy.
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12:00 p.m. 1:30 p.m. Policy Summit Governors Working Luncheon: A Discussion on the Budget and Implications for 2010 Gubernatorial Races
1:45 p.m. 3:00 p.m. RGA 2010 Political Update 3:00 p.m. Program Concludes Paid for by the Republican Governors Association. ACCOMMODATIONS & HOST HOTEL The Westin Cincinnati 21 East Fifth Street Cincinnati, Ohio 45202 Reservations: (800) 937-8461 www.westincincinnati.com The Republican Governors Association is pleased to offer a discounted rate of $166.00 per night (excludes taxes). Please reference Republican Governors Association when making your reservation in order to receive the discounted rate. Please be sure to book a hotel room prior to the room block cut-off date of Thursday, August 19, 2010. TRAVEL INFORMATION Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky Airport (CVG) is the closest major airport and is located 13 miles from The Westin Cincinnati. If renting a car, the Westin offers overnight parking at $24.00 per night. For sedan service, please contact Executive Transportation at: (800) 990-8841. ATTIRE Business Casual RSVP To RSVP, please visit www.myrga.org or contact Heather Jeffreys at hjeffreys@rga.org. Americas Independent Energy Future More than 30 years after President Carter called for energy independence, America continues to rely heavily on foreign sources of oil. There is little debate that America must become less dependent on foreign oil, but this goal will be impossible without a commitment to alternative sources of energy and investment in clean coal technologies, oil shale development, on-shore and off-shore oil and natural gas exploration and drilling, and coal. The United States national debt is now more than $13 trillion with an additional $1 trillion in budget deficits further deepening that debt for the foreseeable future. Americans are once again awakening to the danger chronic deficits pose not only to our national security but the long-term viability of our Republic. The federal governments fiscal mismanagement is no longer just a problem for Washington. Gubernatorial candidates in 2010 will preside over budgets in 2011 and 2012 depleted of stimulus dollars and in need of more revenue or sharp budget cuts. The states are at a crossroads and will have no choice but to take drastic action in the years ahead to stay on firm fiscal ground.