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Senator Jim Talent of Missouri
Senator Jim Talent of Missouri talks with participants.
Senator Jim Talent has been working for seven years on passing AHP legislation. Jokingly, he said, "Frankly, I've married this bill." Later he explained, "We'll get AHPs out of committee, but the question is what it will look like."
Talent also discussed the death tax, saying, "I think we may have a permanent, very substantial, solution to eliminate the death tax for people like you." He stated that the deal is to increase the amount up to $5 million per person, $10 million for couples. The advantage, he said, is that there isn't a total loss of revenue from the death tax.
After speaking about helping to create a frugal budget, the growth of the economy, and securing American jobs, he closed by saying, "This is going to be the most pro-business Senate you've ever seen."
MCAA Foundation of Freedom Awards
Marian (MJ) Marshall, MCAA's Director of Government Affairs, presents Congressman Charlie Norwood (R-GA), Chairman of the OSHA subcommittee, with the MCAA Foundation of Freedom Award.
During Monday's meetings, two representatives Congressman Charlie Norwood (R-GA) and Pete Sessions were awarded the distinguished MCAA Foundation of Freedom Award.
"The Foundation of Freedom Award is the MCAA leadership award that recognizes members of Congress for their support of issues that are significant to our industry, their sacrifices made in serving the country, and their dedication to preserving our basic freedoms and liberties," explained Marshall. "We decided to give an award so members of Congress would understand just how important our issues are to us and that we appreciate their efforts on our behalf.
"The awards were given to Sessions and Norwood because they have voted with us so consistently, and worked very hard for us on the silica issue, tax reform and OSHA reform, among other things."
White House Briefings
The cou de gras of Marshall's efforts for this year's Legislative Conference was a private meeting with two of the senior executive White House staff. For the majority of the participants, this was the most anticipated session of the Conference. Obviously there were reasons specific to each member, but overall, as Marshall put it, it is not something people get to do very often."
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