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Hill Day 2020

Save the date! March 3-4, 2020
The American Small Manufacturers Coalition (ASMC) members and client companies gather once...

Individuals Sign a Support Letter:

Contact your elected officials and remind them that MEP continues to be a cost-effective, job-creating investment that boosts American manufacturing.

Associations & Partner Organizations Sign a Support Letter:

Obtain signatures on this letter signify to the House and Senate CJS Appropriations Subcommittee the significant industry support for the MEP program.

- FY21 Partner Letter of Support for MEP

Congressional Members:

In the Appropriations process, House and Senate Appropriations Committee staff will look for respective member requests when developing their budgets. The best way to ensure increased funding for the MEP program in FY21 is to have as many Representatives and Senators submit individual programmatic requests as possible.

Have Your Senator Sign the Dear Colleague Letter:

Call and email your local Senators* and their staff requesting the Senator sign onto the DCL being circulated by Senator Brown (D-OH) which requests $154 million for the MEP program in the FY21 CJS Appropriations bill. The letter will be sent to Senate CJS Appropriations Subcommittee Chairman Jerry Moran (R-KS) and Ranking Member Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH).

Interested Senators should contact: Nora Todd by COB Friday, March 20, 2020.

- - FY21 Senate Dear Colleague Letter
  - List of Signers (March 10)

Have Your Representative Sign the Dear Colleague Letter:

Call and email your local Representatives, and their staff, requesting the Congressman sign onto the Dear Colleague Letter being circulated by Congressmen Kelly (R-PA) and Congressman James McGovern (D-MA). The House DCL requests $154 million for the MEP program in the FY21 CJS Appropriations bill. The letter will be sent to House CJS Appropriations Subcommittee Chairman Jose Serrano (D-NY) and Ranking Member Robert Aderholt (R-AL).

- - FY21 House Dear Colleague Letter (with signatures)
  - List of Signers (FINAL)

Support for Small Manufacturers During COVID-19 Pandemic

Call and email your local Representatives , and their staff, requesting the Congressman/woman sign onto the Dear Colleague Letter being circulated by Congresswomen Stevens (D-MI) and Bonamici (D-OR) and Congressman James McGovern (D-MA). The House DCL requests temporary cost share relief for the MEP program, in addition to a doubling of its funding in the next COVID-19 emergency stimulus package.

The letter will be sent to House Speaker Pelosi (D-CA) and Leader McCarthy (R-CA). Feel free to use the draft email below to explain the situation (and need) to Congressional staff.

- - - - House Dear Colleague Letter (with signatures)
        
        Final List of Signers