Ellen Brown, Esq., Author and Founder Public Banking Institute, Illinois Senator David Koehler, and Massachusetts Representative Danillo Sena were joined by other elected officials for a national Zoom Town Hall: “National Infrastructure Bank: Addressing the Federal Budget Crisis! On March 14, Congress must pass a new budget or a new Continuing Resolution (CR) to maintain government funding at 2024 levels. If they fail....

Public Banking Institute Founder Ellen Brown, Esq., Manufacturing Renaissance Federation leader David Robinson, and New Jersey Assemblywoman Carol Murphy were joined by other elected officials on January 23, 2025, for a Zoom Town Hall, entitled “No to Austerity! Yes to the National Infrastructure Bank!” This timely event was sponsored by the Coalition for a National Infrastructure Bank. The event was timed with policy initiatives swirling...

Dr. Nomi Prins, Ph.D., former Managing Director Goldman Sachs, New York Assembly member Joanne Simon, and Alphecca Muttardy, former Senior Economist International Monetary Fund, were joined by housing experts in a National Zoom, on December 19, 2024, titled “National Infrastructure Bank Forum: Tackling the Affordable Housing Crisis.” Solving the severe shortage of truly affordable housing is at the...

On December 19, 2024, the New York City Council Finance Committee sponsored a hearing on Resolution 11 in support of H.R.4052, the National Infrastructure Bank Act. Resolution 11 passed the committee, and then, passed the entire city council later that day. H.R.4052 ended the 118th U.S. Congress with 48 sponsors. Watch hearing here . Speakers at the hearing included Dr. Nomi Prins, author, and former Managing Director Goldman Sachs; Assemblywoman Jo Anne Simon, 52nd Legislative District NY; Alphecca Muttardy, former Senior Economist International Monetary Fund; Stanley Forczek, Infrastructure Consultant, 30-year Executive Amtrak Corporation; and Gene Binder, Executive Board New York Progressive Action Network (NYPAN), Bronx, NY. The resolution was sponsored by Crystal Hudson, Brooklyn’s Council District 35 (Crown Heights, Fort Greene). The hearing was chaired by Justin Brannan, Brooklyn’s District 47 (Bay Ridge, Coney Island). Both council members penned an OpEd published by Empire Report on December 21, 2024. Read OpEd here .

The November 21 NIB Zoom Town Hall provided an exciting platform to lay out a positive way forward for the country. Ellen Brown, Founder Public Banking Institute; Andy Kunz, President and CEO US High-Speed Rail Association, were joined by elected officials, to discuss “High Speed Rail, Jobs, and the National Infrastructure Bank.” This exciting forum outlined a bold .....

With no new federal taxes or debt, President Franklin Roosevelt’s Reconstruction Finance Corporation (RFC) spread electricity throughout the nation; built highways, bridges, tunnels and municipal water systems; financed the development of high-speed trains; helped people rebuild their lives destroyed by ...

On September 26, 2024, the Coalition for a National Infrastructure Bank (NIB) hosted a Zoom Town Hall, one month after our successful intervention at the Democratic National Convention. The Town Hall proved to be the perfect venue to further promote the urgent...

On September 4, 2024, U.S. Army Retired Colonel Dr. Damon T. Arnold hosted macroeconomist Alphecca Muttardy, Chief Economic Adviser for the Coalition for a National Infrastructure Bank, on American Heroes Group Radio. In this episode, host Arnold dives deep into the critical....

Dr. Nomi Prins, Ph.D., author and former Managing Director Goldman Sachs, Ellen Brown, Founder Public Banking Institute, and Alphecca Muttardy, former Senior Economist, International Monetary Fund were joined by elected officials for a Zoom forum, “August 15, 1971, Nixon Deregulates Dollar: The National Infrastructure Bank Will Reverse the 50-Year Economic Decline,” on August 15, 2024. Economic blunders can have disastrous consequences!! On August 15, 1971, President Richard Nixon.....