The 2006 General Assembly Session kicks off today. The Chamber’s top priorities for the next 90 days include:

• Sustaining the Governor’s vetoes of the Fair Share Health Care Fund Act and the minimum wage bill.
• Improving the State’s current market-based health insurance system to control costs, increase competition and provide customer choice.
• Keeping Maryland’s state and local regulatory and tax structure competitive to encourage businesses to retain and locate jobs, invest and do business in Maryland.
• Defend the free market against continued assaults by legislation that would substitute the mandate of government for the judgment of the marketplace.

To view the Chamber’s complete Business Agenda, click here.