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This past week the Vinyl Institute partnered with the Water Well Trust (WWT) to provide safe drinking water to a local family in Wakefield, Virginia. The Schod family, a family of six, received a donated water well system which included well drilling, an HP pump...

Members of the House and Senate will return from recess after Labor Day on Sept. 6, less than a month before the end of the fiscal year on Sept. 30. During the recess, the House returned to pass the “Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) if 2022”...

  The Bipartisan Policy Center, National Association of Counties, and the National League of Cities are hosting a virtual webinar series: “Overcoming Challenges and Seizing Opportunities: Implementing the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law.” A recent webinar in the series hosted a discussion with Karen Dettmer, Managing Director...

Lawmakers Introduced Rail Road Shipping Bill Addressing  Top lawmakers from the House Transportation and Agriculture Committees have introduced the “Freight Rail Shipping Fair Market Act”, a legislative package to reauthorize the Surface Transportation Board (STB) and address the delays and high costs that have plagued...

On Aug. 7, the Senate passed the Inflation Reduction (IRA) Act, the Democrats’ budget reconciliation package for climate, taxes, and health care on a party-line vote. Vice President Kamala Harris broke the 50-50 tie sending the legislation to the House of Representatives, which will reconvene...

In a recent survey of architects, designers, and building facility managers they were asked the question “What are the benefits of vinyl/PVC building materials?” – Here are the top five vinyl benefits specifiers identified: Easy to Maintain/clean Vinyl interior building products are non-porous, making them...

Just as the Senate was passing the “CHIPS-Plus Act” on Wednesday afternoon, Senator Joe Manchin (D-WV) and Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) announced a surprise $369 billion agreement to an advance energy, tax, and health care reconciliation package, even though most people thought such a...

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has again delayed releasing the PVC MACT. But this time, rather than a typical six-month delay, the final rule is expected to be released more than three years from now in September of 2025. The U.S. PVC industry has...