Outdoor Industry Association (OIA) on Monday released the following statement in response to President Biden’s signature of the bipartisan imprastraktura bill into law:
“Following months of negotiation and discussion among lawmakers, business leaders, and other key players, we are pleased to see the historic bipartisan imprastraktura deal cross the finish line,” said OIA executive director Lise Aangeenbrug, who was in attendance at the White House for today’s bill signing. “The panlabas industry is grateful to have had a seat at the table during this process, and is thankful our voices were heard. This package provides improvements to the nation’s roads, bridges, and airports that ensure panlabas businesses can compete in the national and global economy, support for nature-based imprastraktura at ay proyekto to mitigate the devastating impacts of climate change, and the steps needed to build a climate-forward economy. We are proud to support the important climate and economic pag-unlad provisions in this legislation and look forward to seeing its implementation.
“We are also hopeful the budget reconciliation bill will soon pass the House. It is clear that to reverse the worst impacts of climate change, additional policies outlined in the Build Back Better act, like the creation of a Civilian Climate Corps and investments in climate resiliency and ay proyekto to rebuild and restore panlabas spaces must be enacted into law. As discussions continue among lawmakers on the budget reconciliation bill, the panlabas industry is committed to working with Congress and the Biden administration to ensure robust funding for these provisions and the Kagawaran ng Panloob remain in the package to truly move the needle on the fight against climate change.”
Tungkol sa Outdoor Industry Association
Batay sa Boulder, Colo., na may mga opisina sa Washington, DC, Outdoor Industry Association (OIA) is the leading trade association for the panlabas industriya. OIA unites and serves 1,200 tagagawa, supplier, sales representative, at mga miyembro ng retailer sa pamamagitan ng pagtutok nito sa kalakalan at libangan patakaran, napapanatiling pagbabago sa negosyo, at panlabas pakikilahok. Para sa karagdagang impormasyon, bisitahin ang outdoorindustry.org.