National Election Dominates NASF Washington Forum
Annual NASF Washington Forum is to get the latest info on important legislative and regulatory matters.
Mitch Marsh, Dr. Peter Morici and Brian Harrick.
It was mid-April in Washington D.C. and time for the annual NASF Washington Forum. An essential NASF conference for the surface finishing industry to get the latest on important legislative and regulatory matters, the meeting also offered attendees the opportunity to make their voices known in the halls of Congress.
But it was anything but normal. Dominating the proceedings from beginning to end was the 2016 election, right during the week of the New York primary. Arguably an election season that no fiction writer could possibly have conceived, its November outcome would clearly set the tone for our industry for years to come. As NASF Executive Vice President Christian Richter noted in his opening remarks, “Interesting stuff happens in the fourth quarter.”
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