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ABC Praises Trump Administration Regulatory Rollbacks in SBA Testimony

Posted on Monday, August 28, 2017 10:57 AM By Donna Reichle

WASHINGTON, Aug. 28—Associated Builders and Contractors (ABC) today praised the Trump administration’s efforts to roll back burdensome regulations that drive up construction costs and hold back small business hiring and expansion.

Testifying at the 2017 National Regulatory Fairness Hearing at the U.S. Small Business Administration Office of the National Ombudsman on Aug. 28, ABC General Counsel Maury Baskin Esq. of Littler Mendelson P.C. urged action on the “persuader,” overtime and silica rules, the new “joint employer” standard, and other onerous rulemakings and policies.

small business administration, Regulation, project labor agreement, Department of Labor, DOL, NLRB, Prevailing Wage, Overtime Rule, Davis-Bacon Act, fair and open competition, ABC, Associated Builders & Contractors, Associated Builders and Contractors, Overtime Rule, Maury Baskin, persuader rule, silica, joint employer

ABC Urges Government Neutrality Toward PLAs, Pushes Davis-Bacon Reform in Reaction to Executive Order on Government Efficiency

Posted on Monday, March 13, 2017 9:23 PM By Jeff Leieritz

WASHINGTON, D.C., March 13 – Associated Builders and Contractors (ABC) today praised President Trump’s executive order calling for greater government efficiency and urged the administration and Congress to take steps to reduce the cost of public construction projects in a statement from ABC Vice President of Labor, Regulatory and State Affairs Ben Brubeck.

project labor agreement, Davis-Bacon Act, Prevailing Wage

ABC Applauds Appeals Court Decision in CityCenterDC Davis-Bacon Case

Posted on Tuesday, April 5, 2016 2:56 PM By Jeff Leieritz

WASHINGTON, D.C., April 5—Associated Builders and Contractors (ABC) applauded a decision to stop an unprecedented expansion of the 1931 Davis-Bacon Act onto a private construction project that was issued today by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit. ABC filed an amicus brief in the case arguing against forcing contractors to pay inaccurate government-determined wage and benefits rates on the CityCenterDC project in Washington, D.C.

Davis-Bacon Act, Prevailing Wage

ABC Celebrates U.S. District Court’s Ruling Against Davis-Bacon Expansion

Posted on Thursday, April 3, 2014 3:27 PM By Jeff Leieritz

Associated Builders and Contractors (ABC) today celebrated an important decision limiting the scope of the Davis-Bacon Act issued by a U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia. In a March 31 decision granting summary judgment to the District of Columbia (the District) and private developer CCDC Office LLC (CCDC), Judge Amy Berman Jackson rejected the U.S. Department of Labor’s (DOL) ruling that the Davis-Bacon Act can be expanded to include privately funded projects.