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Advocating for Technology Business in the Mountain States Region
The AeA State Government Affairs
(SGA) Information Network allows AeA members to
easily obtain information regarding state government affairs activities that
impact their companies. It covers legislative activity in states where AeA
lobbies and allows members to:
Obtain and share intelligence
Use reports as-is to share with their executives
Demonstrate the value of state government affairs within their companies
Colorado and Utah activities that AeA is currently tracking in the
Information Network include:
Committee Chair:
Committee Members:
AeA Hosts U.S. Senator Wayne Allard (R-Colo.) to Discuss Critical High-Tech
Issues Before Congress AeA hosted U.S. Senator Wayne Allard (R-Colo.) on Friday, October 27 to discuss issues directly impacting the high-tech industry. The discussion focused primarily on H-1B visas, other related high-skilled labor issues, R&D tax credit and funding, and STEM education. Executives expressed their frustrations regarding the nominal number of H-1B visas issued annually - and the strain that is created for industry when a number of talented foreign students study here and then are not allowed to remain here to work for U.S. companies. Senator Allard pointed out the SKIL bill and its provisions to increase the annual cap on H-1B visas for high-skilled labor as having favorable support among he and his colleagues. He also explained that while many in the Senate are not "anti-immigration", there is a need to continue to focus on homeland security and ensure U.S. citizens' safety.
R&D tax credit and funding were additional hot issues up for discussion. Senator Allard expressed his understanding that the R&D tax credit reinstatement should pass alone - unattached to other legislation - and was also supportive of a permanent fix in this regard. He also stipulated that while he was supportive of the tax credit, he was concerned that if Appropriations was faced with deciding between providing tax credits or funding of R&D initiatives through our nation's research institutions, a balance would have to be struck. Among other topics discussed: STEM education, homeland security, and renewable energy.
AeA's 2007 Policy Position Guidelines
2007 Senate & House Committees
April
2007 Member's Only Policy Update
Washington, DC (Circulated by AeA on November 8, 2006) - William T. Archey, President and CEO of AeA (formerly the American Electronics Association), responding to the takeover of the House of Representatives by the Democrats today stated, “AeA congratulates the Democratic Party. AeA has been consistently bipartisan in its advocacy efforts. We have also worked very closely with the Democrats and specifically the Minority Leader, Nancy Pelosi, in getting Congress to address the serious competitiveness challenges facing America. Among others, these include the need to improve math and science education and the number of young people taking these courses, an increase in the Federal basic research budget for R&D, and visa and green card reform so that the high-tech industry can attract the best and the brightest to come to the United States to create jobs, opportunities, and wealth.” Archey went on to further note, “while we have always been bipartisan in dealing with official Washington, we have always found Democrats very receptive in responding to problems and issues of great concern to the high-tech industry. Many leading Democrats in the new House either come from a district with a number of high-tech companies or are in districts close to those with a concentration of high-tech companies. We expect under the Democrats that our voice will be heard, and we will be given a fair hearing on the challenges facing high-tech in the next few years.” Response to AeA's national agenda: AeA Pledges To Work With Democratic House Education, R&D tax credit, and visa reform are key issues Wednesday, November 08, 2006 By John S. McClenahen Manufacturing and other business groups will likely make nice-sounding statements during the next few days, saying they will work with the Democratic House of Representatives come January. But few will mean it as much as the AeA, formerly the American Electronics Association. The association's main interests: improving math and science education, restoring the now lapsed R&D tax credit, and visa reform to allow more high-tech workers to come to the U.S. "While we have always been bipartisan in dealing with official Washington, we have always found Democrats very receptive to problems and issues of great concern to the high-tech industry," says William T. Archey, AeA's president and CEO. "Many leading Democrats in the new House either come from a district with a number of high-tech companies or are in districts close to those with a concentration of high-tech companies," he notes.
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