ADVOCATES AT WORK

摘要

On August 10,2005, president George W. Bush signed a new, six-year federal highway and transit program authorization bill into law. Over the preceding six years, no private organization devoted more time, energy or resources than the American Road & Transportation Builders Association toward making that law the best it was possible to be in terms of serving the interests of the U.S. transportation construction industry. Webster's defines an advocate as "one who leads the cause of another." The American Road & Transportation Builders Association (ARTBA) is an advocate—the transportation construction industry's primary advocate in the nation's capital and in federal courts across the nation. The cause—the core mission—has not changed since the association was formed in 1902. ARTBA, led by visionary and focused leaders from across the transportation construction industry, works to build federal investment in transportation infrastructure programs. As it pushes that agenda in the halls of Congress, ARTBA also works to ensure that its members' views and business concerns are addressed as those programs are structured and operated.