He, of course, had not forgotten his pledge, nor was it his intent to not deliver as promised. He, like all of us, just had been very busy and had not yet followed through.
Isn’t it great that Sarah was willing to follow up? What if she had been too busy to check on her investment of time in D.C. to see if it had paid dividends?
As witnessed herein, one person, by just asking, made a difference for us on the momentum of this bill. Passage of the bill will forever change and protect the way you do business, and Sarah has made a difference with its chances for passage. Will you make a difference, too? You can by making a simple call to your representative and asking him or her to co-sponsor H.R. 5500.
ILMDA and NLBMDA are both prepared to provide you with access numbers and follow-up information should you decide it is time for you to help, too. —J. Barry Johnson is executive director of the Illinois Lumber & Material Dealers Association.
NLMBDA The National Lumber and Building Material Dealers Association represents more than 8,000 lumber and building material companies with more than 400,000 employees, 20 state and regional associations, and the industry’s leading manufacturers and service providers. NLBMDA is the voice of America’s building suppliers. www.dealer.org.
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