WASHINGTON — As he faced a banquet hall full of HVACR distributors, wholesalers, manufacturers and reps at the Liaison Capitol Hill DC, Jon Melchi, vice president of government affairs and business development for Heating, Air-conditioning, and Refrigeration Distributors International (HARDI), had a simple request for attendees of HARDI’s 2015 Congressional Fly-In.
“Please, do me a favor,” he implored. “I want zero ‘House of Cards’ references on Capitol Hill tomorrow — zero.”