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AED Commends Senate WRDA Bill Passage as Model of Bipartisanship

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CEG - Toby Mack, president and CEO of Associated Equipment Distributors (AED) issued the following statement in response to the Senate’s passage of the Water Resources Development Act (WRDA) (S. 601), approved by a vote of 83-14. "AED commends Senate leadership and Sens. Boxer and Vitter o...

AED, Construction Allies Urge Kerry on Keystone XL

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CEG - Seventeen national construction associations joined Associated Equipment Distributors (AED) in comments supporting the U.S. State Department’s Draft Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for the Keystone XL pipeline permit application and urging swift approval of the project....

AED Urges Ways & Means Committee to Simplify, Add Certainty to Tax Code

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CEG - WASHINGTON, D.C. – Equipment distributors are desperate for a simpler, more certain tax code that encourages economic growth and job creation, Associated Equipment Distributors (AED) told the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Ways & Means’ yesterday. In its comments on the co...

AED Urges Congress to Fix Complicated, Archaic Tax Code

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CEG - The overly complicated and uncertain tax code is undermining economic growth, Associated Equipment Distributors’ (AED) Vice Chairman Tim Watters told the House Small Business Committee April 10.Watters, president of Hoffman Equipment in Piscataway, N.J., cited a recent AED tax survey...

AED to Testify on Construction Equipment Industry Tax Reform Agenda

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CEG - Associated Equipment Distributors (AED) Vice Chairman Tim Watters will testify before the U.S. House of Representatives Small Business Committee at an April 10 hearing, “Small Business Tax Reform: Growth Through Simplicity.”Watters is president of Hoffman Equipment, which is he...

AED President Mack Issues Statement on Debt Reduction

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CEG - Toby Mack, president and CEO of Associated Equipment Distributors (AED) issued the following statement in response to a deficit reduction outline, “A Bipartisan Path Forward to Securing America’s Future,” by Alan Simpson and Erskine Bowles, co-chairs of the Moment of Truth Proje...

AED Welcomes 113th Congress

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CEG - Associated Equipment Distributors (AED) welcomed new and returning lawmakers to the 113th Congress, promising assistance in developing long-term solutions to America’s crumbling infrastructure to the nation’s tax and fiscal situations.“On behalf of its members, AED is rea...

AED Members Urge Obama Admin. to OK International Trade Crossing Permit

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CEG - Sixteen construction and transportation organizations joined Associated Equipment Distributors (AED) in calling on President Obama and Secretary of State Clinton to swiftly approve construction of a new international trade crossing (NITC) between Detroit and Windsor, Ontario.The new bridge...

AED Rallies Support for Highway Bill

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CEG - Associated Equipment Distributors (AED) joined Environment & Public Works Committee Chairman Barbara Boxer, other senators and industry allies on the National Mall to urge lawmakers to complete the surface transportation reauthorization process before the most recent extension of funding and oper...

AED Vice Chairman Tells Congress: Shale Energy Means Growth and Jobs

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CEG - Shale energy development has been a lifeline for construction companies and suppliers still struggling to recover from the recession — this was the message Mike Quirk, vice president of product support at Wagner Equipment Co. in Aurora, Colo., told a congressional committee May 2. Quirk was...