Tommy Tuberville, the U.S. Senator from Alabama and longtime college football coach, will be the featured speaker at the PAC Dinner Sept. 24 during the NIADA Policy Conference.
Tuberville will be one of the many U.S. Congressmen auto dealers will have the opportunity to visit with and hear from during events over the three days in Washington, D.C., Sept. 23-25. Dealers will also be holding more than 100 meetings with legislators and their staffs during the Day on the Hill Sept. 25.
Tuberville has served in the senate since 2020. He is a member of the Senate’s Armed Services Committee, Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry, Committee on Veterans’ Affairs and Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions.
Before running for congress, Tuberville coached college football for 40 years. He was the head coach at Auburn University for 11 years, winning an SEC Championship. He also led programs at Ole Miss, Texas Tech and Cincinnati. He finished his career with a record of 159-99.
More than a dozen other lawmakers have confirmed appearances at NIADA events or receptions.
The legislators confirmed include Senator Ted Cruz (Texas) and U.S. Representatives Jimmy Panetta (California), Scott Peters (California), Steve Womack (Arkansas), Rick Allen (Georgia), Gary Palmer (Georgia), Marc Molinaro (New York), August Pfluger (Texas), Buddy Carter (Georgia), Diana Harshbarger (Tennessee), Michelle Fischbach (Minnesota), Brad Finstead, Mike Collins (Georgia) and Greg Murphy (North Carolina).
NIADA members will be holding more than 100 meetings with legislators and federal agencies during the policy conference discussing the following issues:
- The Repair Act – gives consumers and dealers access to their motor vehicle data, critical repair information and tools to repair their vehicles to promote consumer choice, consumer control and safety.
- The REDO Act – requires the FTC to rework the CARS Rule to avoid negative impacts on consumers and automobile dealers.
- Preventing Auto Recycling Theft Act – assists law enforcement in combatting catalytic converter theft by marking catalytic converters and creating a more transparent market that deters its theft.
