Defining the Future of Business

Fostering American AI leadership  

• Pursued and won House passage of a 10-year state AI law moratorium in the reconciliation bill. While this version of the bill did not become law, the Chamber successfully advocated for state-level AI regulations to be considered in federal funding decisions, a pillar of the Trump administration’s AI Action plan intended to disincentivize state regulations that could undermine U.S. AI leadership.   
• Released a report proving patchwork AI regulations would negatively impact 77% of small businesses currently using the technology. 

 Defending Free Enterprise  

• Built the Free Enterprise Leadership Network (FELN), a coalition of over 70 business leaders, chamber executives, and policy advocates across 34 states united in advancing free enterprise. The FELN activation portal equips its members with strategic tools, messaging resources, and exclusive briefings to champion economic freedom, innovation, and private-sector solutions.
• Delivered customized language strategy training to 340 organizations across 42 states, including top corporations, industry associations, state and local chambers, small businesses, and media outlets—equipping them with message-tested strategies to defend free enterprise.
• Established the Free Enterprise Exchange, a new speaker series designed to foster thought leadership and strategic dialogue. In the first year, the Exchange featured nine influential guests and partnered with six like-minded organizations to elevate the national conversation around free enterprise. [PHOTO FROM ONE OF THESE IN-PERSON EXCHANGES]
• Launched the first Business Journalism Fellowship in partnership with the National Press Foundation, training 35 journalists from across the country. This four-day intensive program in Washington, D.C., equips journalists with deeper insights into the forces shaping the U.S. economy and strengthens local business reporting.