FMA National President Craig Carter visited Washington, D.C., during the week of June 19 for meetings on Capitol Hill to advance FMA’s issue briefs.

He and FMA Executive Director Todd Wells attended a reception and breakfast with the Crane Congressional Delegation, co-sponsored by FMA Chapter 170 (Crane Naval Surface Warfare Center). Each year, the chapter co-sponsors these annual events which bring together Congressional representatives from Indiana, military leaders, and business and consulting leaders from Southwest Indiana.

Carter met with key committee staff, including the minority staff directors for the House Oversight and Accountability full committee and Government Operations Subcommittee. Other meetings included the Office of Rep. Garret Graves (R-LA) to discuss his legislation to repeal the Government Pension Offset and Windfall Elimination Provision, the office of Sen. Alex Padilla (D-CA) to discuss the potential reintroduction of the Equal COLA act in the 118th Congress and the status of the Chance to Compete Act (S. 59), an FMA-endorsed hiring reform bill.

He also met with the Chief of Staff for Rep. Pete Sessions (R-TX), Chairman of the Government Operations Subcommittee, as well as staff from the office of Rep. Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC), who is working on draft legislation to address salary compression and the pay cap, another FMA issue brief. FMA is reviewing the legislation and engaged in discussions with Rep. Norton’s office on her bill.

It was a productive week, and FMA President Carter was pleased to walk the halls of Congress once again.