On May 14th 2019 the Gas Turbine Association hosted a briefing for House and Senate staff that focused not only the need for dramatically increased funding for gas turbine related research, but more specifically for HR 2659, legislation introduced by Congressmen Tonko (NY) and McKinley (WV) which would directly address that need. GTA was supported in the presentation, by representatives from the American Gas Assn (AGA), the American Public Gas Assn (APGA), and the U.S. Advanced Ceramics Assn (USACA). Staff representatives from 36 Senate and House offices attended the briefing, where they were not only able to hear presentations from each of the aforementioned organizations, but were also provided with informational rich materials that provided added context to the material provided by the speakers. This is the fourth year that GTA has sponsored and organized this event which in addition to educating congressional staff about issues important to our industry, as also been extremely helpful in helping GTA to raise its Washington profile and to expand its political footprint.
