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AED's Government Affairs Program

AED's Washington Office . . .

Works to strengthen markets and improve business conditions for equipment distributors.
Advocates for equipment distributors on Capitol Hill and before federal regulatory agencies.
Keeps AED members informed about important policy and legal developments in the nation's capital.
Creates opportunities for distributors to get personally involved in the policy process.
Manages AED's Political Action Committee (AED PAC) and Washington Education Fund (AED WEF).
Prepares legal guidance materials for the equipment industry on dealer-manufacturer contracts and state dealer protection laws.

AED lobbies Congress and federal officials to . . .

Increase highway, airport, and water infrastructure construction funding.
Promote pro-equipment distributor tax policies, including fighting back against the recent Internal Revenue Service (IRS) push to eliminate rental equipment depreciation.
Enact pro-growth tax legislation, including death tax repeal, the depreciation bonus, small business expensing increases, and capital gains tax relief.
Maintain a level economic playing field for equipment distributors by fighting illegal gray market equipment imports, advocating against government competition, and successfully urging Congress to reject rental equipment preferences for the federal highway program.
Protect distributors from frivolous lawsuits through product liability reform legislation.

AED's Government Affairs Program is . . .

A Washington office staffed by attorneys with years of political and equipment industry experience.
AED PAC, a special account supported by personal contributions from AED members that helps elect congressional candidates who share distributors' policy objectives.
ImPACt local group fundraiser program, through which AED PAC encourages distributors to support and build relationships with their senators and representatives.
AED WEF, a special account supported by corporate contributions from AED member companies that underwrites our legal research, grassroots development, and lobbying.
Spring Government Affairs Conference, a two-day annual meeting that provides distributors with an opportunity to interface personally with national leaders.
Active and involved AED members!

AED is an international trade association representing companies involved in the distribution, rental and support of equipment used in construction, mining, forestry, power generation, agriculture and industrial applications. AED member dealers are unique in that they are each authorized, via contract with an original equipment manufacturer, to inventory, sell and service new machinery in a given geography. More than 90% of AED's factory authorized dealers rent construction equipment as well. The Associated Equipment Distributors strongly adheres to and strongly advocates principles of integrity, ethics and fairness. The AED urges its members to conduct their businesses ethically and compatibly with the free enterprise system and the laws which govern it. Contractors can locate factory authorized construction equipment dealers at the MachineMart® web site.