NACD Washington Fly-In

On April 8-9, 2008, NACD members met in Washington for the Association’s annual Fly-In.

During the event, 49 NACD member company participants held 151 meetings with Senators, Representatives, and congressional staff members representing 30 states. In the meetings, NACD members urged Congress to allow the new Chemical Facility Anti-Terrorism Standards (CFATS) to be fully implemented and tested before enacting new chemical security legislation, to refrain from enacting hazardous materials transportation security legislation that would be duplicative of current requirements or impose mandatory re-routing of certain HazMat shipments, to enact legislation to increase competition in the rail industry, and to enact legislation to make the research and development tax credit permanent.

Click here to read the full position papers on these key issues.

Other highlights of the Fly-In included:

• A presentation on chemical and transportation security initiatives by Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee (D-TX/18th), Chairwoman of the House Homeland Security Transportation Security and Infrastructure Protection Subcommittee
• A presentation on the upcoming elections and the outlook for business issues by National Association of Wholesaler-Distributors Senior Vice President-Government Relations Jade West
• A meeting with the new U.S. Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board Chairman John Bresland.

Thanks to everyone who made the trip to Washington to participate in the Fly-In. Thanks, also, to those of you who could not be in Washington, but sent letters to your Senators and Representatives to help NACD make a bigger impact on Capitol Hill that week.

2009 Washington Fly-In - April 28-29

Please mark your calendars for next year’s Washington Fly-In, which will take place on April 28-29, 2009.

The Fly-In hotel will again be the Hotel Palomar - Arlington, VA

Hotel Palomar, Arlington, VA
1121 North 19th Street
Arlington, VA 22209 - just down the street from NACD HQ!
http://www.hotelpalomar-arlington.com 

NACD Washington Fly-In Frequently Asked Questions