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ABC Challenges the President to Fix Excessive Regulations Impacting the Nation's Construction Industry
January 26, 2011In reaction to President Obama's Jan. 25 State of the Union address, Associated Builders and Contractors (ABC) today issued the following statement on his proposal to review and repair government regulations that place an unnecessary burden on businesses: "Mr. President, the nation's construction industry is prepared to hold you to your word," said 2011 ABC National Chairman Michael J. Uremovich, president of Great Lakes Energy Consultants, LLC, Manhattan, Ill. The construction industry has been hard hit by the economic downturn with an unemployment rate of 20.7 percent - more than twice the national average," said Uremovich. "Unnecessary and burdensome regulations have stifled the industry's recovery and its ability to grow. The president must now make the necessary changes to federal regulations and the rulemaking process to get construction workers back to work." Full release
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