COLUMBUS, Ohio — Karen Madonia, chief financial officer of Illco Inc., Aurora Ill., recently spoke at a Capitol Hill press conference to announce the introduction of legislation to repeal the estate tax.

Madonia, co-chair of Heating, Air-conditioning, and Refrigeration Distributors International’s (HARDI) government and trade relations committee, approved of the legislation introduced by Sen. John Thune, R-S.D., and Rep. Kevin Brady, R-Texas, which would fully repeal the estate tax.