U.S. Representative Bobby L. Rush (D-IL) will lead a congressional delegation to Africa next week on a four-nation tour aimed at increasing trade, commerce and investment in Africa and strengthening U.S.- Africa business relationships with American exporters and minority- and women-owned enterprises.
Rush, chairman of the Subcommittee on Commerce, Trade and Consumer Protection of Energy and Commerce and co-chairman of the Africa Partnership for Economic Growth Caucus (APGc), will begin his trip on Aug. 15 in Liberia. The seven-member congressional delegation includes U.S. Representatives G.K. Butterfield (D-NC), Steve Cohen (D-TN), William Lacy Clay (D-MO), Gwen Moore (D-WI), and Sheila Jackson-Lee (D-TX). The group will depart from Washington, D.C., and will return to the United States on August 24. In addition to Liberia, they will visit Ghana, Angola and South Africa.
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