NLBMDA advocacy corner

Prosales, August, 2005

"The government is the strongest of which every man feels himself a part." --Thomas Jefferson

Each individual has a right to make his or her voice heard in our government. While an individual voice can be powerful, those voices collectively as a whole are even stronger. NLBMDA provides dealer members the opportunity to join together to maximize our industry's impact on legislation that affects your bottom line. By combining lobbying efforts in Washington, D.C., with grassroots dealer involvement from employers, NLBMDA can move its agenda forward on issues such as relief for retailers in product liability lawsuits.

NLBMDA's Advocacy Team provides the link between building material dealers and our government. Through contacts with your representatives--whether by hosting them for a yard tour, sending a letter, or visiting them in Washington--you have the opportunity to show your members of Congress how your business works and to develop a personal relationship that can make a difference in effecting positive change on Capitol Hill.

In addition to helping make your individual voice heard, the Advocacy Team keeps you abreast of what others are saying. Dealers receive the Advocate, our monthly Washington briefing newsletter, and Action Alerts when a key issue is heating up in Congress. Visit our Web site at www.dealer.org/html/ dealerinvolvement.html to learn more and sign up today!