“We have a whole laundry list of things that we want to see Congress take action on,” acknowledged Todd Washam, ACCA’s vice president for public policy and industry relations. “But we also have to deal with the reality of a hyperpartisan congressional and presidential election year.”
Months of political ads and campaign rhetoric do indeed loom on the horizon to test the sanity of the average citizen. However, Washam and his government affairs counterparts at AHRI identify a few legislative items that might make a difference for the better for contractors and manufacturers this year.