U.S. Rep. Mike Kelly (R-PA) announced Tuesday his new “Business & Economic Roundtable,” which seeks to help local business leaders work together and navigate his economic policy.
The panel consists of 17 members from all five counties that make up Kelly’s Congressional district. The members also represent the district’s key industries, including healthcare, agriculture, manufacturing, grocery and retail, and more.
“This roundtable brings together some of the best and brightest business minds in Northwest Pennsylvania,” Kelly said. “Whether it’s soaring inflation or the struggle to find and retain employees, local businesses have been hit hard over the last year. By creating this roundtable, we hope to develop commonsense solutions that will help local companies and can shape our economic policy in Washington.”
Kelly’s roundtable plans to meet quarterly through 2022, with its first meeting scheduled for Feb. 22 in Sharon, Pa.
The development of the roundtable comes after months of rising and historic inflation, a bottlenecked supply chain, labor shortages, and other problems plaguing companies of all sizes and industries, according to a statement from Kelly’s office.