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At the 2017 Vinyl Industry Congressional Fly-in on May 17, US Secretary of Commerce Wilbur Ross addressed our attendees where he discussed the Trump administration’s commitment to growing the economy and creating more certainty for business and industry leaders.  Secretary Ross addressed growing concerns over...

VI and a number industry stakeholders have sent a letter to President Trump requesting he nominate Senate Commerce Committee Chairman Thune’s senior professional staff member Patrick Fuchs to the Surface Transportation Board (STB).  The Surface Transportation Board Reauthorization Act of 2015 requires a number of...

At this year’s Sustianable Brands, the VBSC showcased four examples of how sustainable vinyl solutions help to create a better life.

The Vinyl Institute (VI) is heading to NeoCon next week to talk sustainability, wellness, and material optimization.

The U.S. Senate this week rejected a Congressional Review Act (CRA) resolution to revoke a Department of Interior rule to limit methane emissions from oil and gas production on federal lands.  The measure failed in a vote of 49 to 51.  Republicans and the Trump...

U.S. Chamber of Commerce President Tom Donohue, on NAFTA, tax reform, executive orders, and regulatory reform.

The Regulatory Accountability Act (RAA) has been introduced in the U.S. Senate with bipartisan support from Senators Rob Portman (R-OH) and Heidi Heitkamp (D-ND).  The Act would mark the first major changes to the federal regulatory process in nearly 70 years.  RAA has already passed...

On Tuesday, April 25, VI’s VP of Government Affairs, Kevin Koonce spoke at the Vinyl Siding Institute’s Annual Meeting in Chicago to provide an update on efforts to work with the Trump administration to correct the myriad of overregulation instituted over the past eight years.  Koonce...