ʻO ka National Limousine Association (NLA) - kahi hui i kuleana a hoʻolaʻa ʻia e pani i nā pono o ka ʻoihana kaʻa kaʻa kaʻa ma ka honua, aupuni, mokuʻāina a me nā pae kūloko - i mālama i kāna hanana hoʻolaha ma Wakinekona, DC, i ka Pōʻakolu. ʻO ka hui ʻana me 90 mau lālā o ka ʻAhaʻōlelo e pani ana i nā mokuʻāina he 24, ua kūkākūkā ka hui a me 53 o kāna mau lālā i nā pilikia a me nā kulekele e pili ana i nā mea nona nā ʻoihana liʻiliʻi a puni ka ʻoihana, a me nā pono o ka huakaʻi hui.
"ʻO ka Advocacy ka pōhaku kihi o ka NLA no ʻelua mau makahiki," wahi a ka Pelekikena NLA ʻo Robert Alexander. “He mea pōmaikaʻi ka hui pū ʻana me koʻu mau hoa lālā i kēia pule no ka lā 23 o ka hui ma ka Puʻu, kekahi o kā mākou mau hanana hoʻolaha i hele maikaʻi ʻia a hiki i kēia lā. Mahalo mākou i ka manawa kūpono e kamaʻilio pū me nā luna i koho ʻia a lohe ʻia ko mākou leo i nā pilikia koʻikoʻi e pili ana i nā ʻoihana liʻiliʻi ma ka ʻoihana kaʻa kaʻa. Mahalo iā ʻoe i ka nui o nā mea hoʻoponopono i lawe i ka manawa e hui pū me mākou a komo i kahi kamaʻilio huahua e pili ana i nā ʻauhau ʻauhau ma New York a me nā kūlanakauhale a puni ka ʻāina; ka mālama pono ʻana ma ke kahua mokulele i ka FAA Reauthorization e hiki mai ana; a hoʻoponopono i nā kulekele ʻauhau a me ka hoʻokele e hōʻino i nā ʻoihana liʻiliʻi.
Ma ke ahiahi Poalua, ua lohe nā lālā NLA mai Rep. Josh Gottheimer (D-NJ), co-chair o ka bipartisan Congressional Anti-Congestion Tax Caucus a me Problem Solvers Caucus. Ua kūkākūkā ʻo ia i kona mau manaʻo e pili ana i ka ʻauhau a me ke ʻano ʻaʻole ia e hōʻemi maoli i ka paʻakai; e hoʻoneʻe wale i ka haumia i nā ʻāpana o waho i noho nui ʻia e nā poʻe liʻiliʻi a me nā ʻohana haʻahaʻa. Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Congressman Gottheimer e hoʻopau ke kumu kūʻai ʻana i nā ʻāpana koʻikoʻi e like me ka ʻoihana limo a hōʻike i kāna kūpaʻa e hakakā me ia a me ka hana pū me ka caucus e hana i nā mea āpau e hiki ai iā ia.
Ua komo pū nā lālā o ka ʻAhahui i nā kau hoʻonaʻauao he nui e pili ana i nā pilikia kulekele koʻikoʻi o ka ʻoihana a me nā hana maikaʻi loa e pili ana i ka hoʻopaʻa ʻana i ka ʻaha kūkā. Ma ke ahiahi Poalua, ua lohe ka NLA mai Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick, (R-PA), co-chair of the Problem Solvers Caucus, nāna i haʻi'ōlelo a pili pū me nā lālā e pili ana i nā pilikia a me nā hopohopo nui o kaʻoihana.
He kanalimakūmākolu mau lālā o ka NLA i hui pū me 90 mau Senatoa kūloko, nā Lunamakaʻāinana a me kā lākou mau limahana koʻikoʻi. Ua koi ka hui i nā lālā o ka ʻAha'ōlelo e kākoʻo i ka HR 1759, ka Economic Impact of Tolling Act, e pale aku i ka 'Oihana Hoʻokele mai ka ʻae ʻana i nā hoʻolālā kumukūʻai congestion me ka ʻole o ka hoʻopiha mua ʻana a me ka hoʻopuka ʻana i kahi loiloi hopena waiwai. ʻO nā noi hou aʻe e hoʻokomo i nā hōʻoia hāʻawi hou i loko o ka FAA Reauthorization e hiki mai ana e hoʻohana i nā loina o ka pono ma ka ʻaoʻao o ke kahua mokulele; e koi ana i ka Luna Hoʻokele o ka International Revenue Service e hana i ka hana hoʻoponopono koke a hoʻonohonoho mua i ka hana ʻauhau ʻauhau o nā limahana; a hoʻihoʻi hou i ka 100% bonus depreciation no ka makahiki ʻauhau 2023 a ma waho.
