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Ones to Watch in Washington

By Christian Klein

Six House freshmen who are making their mark on Capitol Hill while building strong back-home ties to the equipment industry.

The 112th Congress includes the largest number of freshmen in recent political memory. AED members and the association's Washington team have cultivated good working relationships with many of those new congressmen based on a shared commitment to entrepreneurship, the free market, reigning in the federal bureaucracy, restoring certainty to the tax code, and investing in highways, bridges, and water infrastructure. This month, we profile six rising stars in the freshman class who have quickly distinguished themselves as leaders.

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Associated Equipment Distributors (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.
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