WASHINGTON — What do the World War II-era Burma Road, the 30,000-mile-long Pan-American Highway linking Alaska to Argentina, a $120 million aluminum smelter in Ghana, and a $3 billion liquefied natural gas project in Papua New Guinea have in common?
Puerto Rico Resident Commissioner in Washington, Pedro Pierluisi, on Thursday praised the Senate Finance Committee’s decision to extend, for 2014 and 2015, a package of expired tax provisions known as “tax extenders.”
This isn’t like the competition we see on today’s popular entertainment television shows. No, it’s far more serious competition and recognition of small businesses that create jobs, produce revenue, lift local economies, support the local infrastructure and give back charitably to the communities where they live and work. It’s about the business of America.