Nearly 500 national construction and business leaders performing work in every state in the country met in Washington, D.C., June 24-25 for ABC’s Legislative Conference 2025.

A highlight of the event was the Legislative Update Breakfast featuring U.S. Sen. Tim Scott, R-S.C., U.S. Rep. Lloyd Smucker, R-Pa., and Scott Jennings, CNN political commentator, followed by hundreds of meetings on Capitol Hill with lawmakers such as House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., House Whip Tom Emmer, R-Minn., House Education and Workforce Committee Chair Tim Walberg, R-Mich., and Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation ranking member Maria Cantwell, D-Wash.

ABC contractor members—the vast majority of which are small business owners—will advocate for the Fair and Open Competition Act, which counters government-mandated project labor agreements and protects the rights of all qualified contractors—regardless of union affiliation—to compete on a level playing field for federal construction projects.

ABC members will also urge support for the One, Big, Beautiful Bill that provides critical tax relief to small contractors as well as all-of-the-above workforce development strategies and a new market-driven visa program that addresses our broken immigration system.

They will also brief lawmakers on the negative impacts the Faster Labor Contracts Act, the Protecting the Right to Organize Act and other burdensome regulations that will exacerbate the construction industry’s skilled labor shortage of 439,000 in 2025.