{"id":5245,"date":"2024-10-02T12:43:48","date_gmt":"2024-10-02T17:43:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/niada.com\/dashboard\/?p=5245"},"modified":"2024-10-02T12:48:24","modified_gmt":"2024-10-02T17:48:24","slug":"highlights-from-niada-policy-conference","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/niada.com\/dashboard\/highlights-from-niada-policy-conference\/","title":{"rendered":"Highlights from NIADA Policy Conference"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Dealers and industry partners from across the nation joined NIADA for the 2024 Policy Conference in Washington, D.C.<br>Here are five highlights from the three days.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/niada.com\/dashboard\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/10\/DSC_4125-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5247\" srcset=\"https:\/\/niada.com\/dashboard\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/10\/DSC_4125-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/niada.com\/dashboard\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/10\/DSC_4125-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/niada.com\/dashboard\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/10\/DSC_4125-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/niada.com\/dashboard\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/10\/DSC_4125-380x253.jpg 380w, https:\/\/niada.com\/dashboard\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/10\/DSC_4125-550x367.jpg 550w, https:\/\/niada.com\/dashboard\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/10\/DSC_4125-800x533.jpg 800w, https:\/\/niada.com\/dashboard\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/10\/DSC_4125-1160x773.jpg 1160w, https:\/\/niada.com\/dashboard\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/10\/DSC_4125.jpg 1392w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Day on the Hill<\/strong><br>More than 100 NIADA members met with U.S. Representatives and Senators during the Day on the Hill, discussing the Right to Repair to bring down the costs of auto repairs for consumers, the REDO Act to stop the vehicle shopping rule and the PART Act to curtail catalytic converter thefts.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cA lot of people listened to our issues. We moved the needle on a couple of the issues and created more awareness,\u201d said Cole Hitchcox of 865 Autos in Clinton, Tennessee<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/niada.com\/dashboard\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/10\/DSC_4125-copy-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5248\" srcset=\"https:\/\/niada.com\/dashboard\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/10\/DSC_4125-copy-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/niada.com\/dashboard\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/10\/DSC_4125-copy-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/niada.com\/dashboard\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/10\/DSC_4125-copy-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/niada.com\/dashboard\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/10\/DSC_4125-copy-380x253.jpg 380w, https:\/\/niada.com\/dashboard\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/10\/DSC_4125-copy-550x367.jpg 550w, https:\/\/niada.com\/dashboard\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/10\/DSC_4125-copy-800x533.jpg 800w, https:\/\/niada.com\/dashboard\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/10\/DSC_4125-copy-1160x773.jpg 1160w, https:\/\/niada.com\/dashboard\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/10\/DSC_4125-copy.jpg 1392w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>2. <strong>Dealers meet with FTC, CFPB<\/strong><br>Dealers met with the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and the Federal Trade Commission to hold an open conversation about issues facing the industry. Dealers displayed the complexity of the paperwork in a current vehicle sale and explained the work they do on behalf of consumers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cIt was a great conversation. They were very receptive and not intimidating,\u201d said Jack Carter of Turn and Burn Motors in Austell, Georgia, who was with the group of dealers meeting with the CFPB. \u201cIt was a roundtable discussion where they were seeking to understand our industry.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/niada.com\/dashboard\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/10\/DSC_4110-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5249\" srcset=\"https:\/\/niada.com\/dashboard\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/10\/DSC_4110-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/niada.com\/dashboard\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/10\/DSC_4110-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/niada.com\/dashboard\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/10\/DSC_4110-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/niada.com\/dashboard\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/10\/DSC_4110-380x253.jpg 380w, https:\/\/niada.com\/dashboard\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/10\/DSC_4110-550x367.jpg 550w, https:\/\/niada.com\/dashboard\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/10\/DSC_4110-800x533.jpg 800w, https:\/\/niada.com\/dashboard\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/10\/DSC_4110-1160x773.jpg 1160w, https:\/\/niada.com\/dashboard\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/10\/DSC_4110.jpg 1392w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>3. <strong>Region III wins PAC Cup<\/strong><br>The NIADA PAC Cup is heading to the Midwest.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Region III raised $71,200 Tuesday night during the PAC Cup Dinner to earn the title. Overall, independent dealers raked in $126,500 for the political action committee. The NIADA PAC, the Political Action Committee of the National Independent Automobile Dealers Association, financially supports candidates who support the used auto industry.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cEverybody\u2019s a winner donating to the PAC,\u201d said Gordon Tormohlen, NIADA Chairman and Region III member.&nbsp; \u201cThe money helps us get meetings, access and increases our influence to help dealers nationwide.\u201d<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/niada.com\/dashboard\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/10\/tuberville-and-alabama-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5250\" srcset=\"https:\/\/niada.com\/dashboard\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/10\/tuberville-and-alabama-1024x682.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/niada.com\/dashboard\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/10\/tuberville-and-alabama-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/niada.com\/dashboard\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/10\/tuberville-and-alabama-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/niada.com\/dashboard\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/10\/tuberville-and-alabama-380x253.jpg 380w, https:\/\/niada.com\/dashboard\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/10\/tuberville-and-alabama-550x367.jpg 550w, https:\/\/niada.com\/dashboard\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/10\/tuberville-and-alabama-800x533.jpg 800w, https:\/\/niada.com\/dashboard\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/10\/tuberville-and-alabama-1160x773.jpg 1160w, https:\/\/niada.com\/dashboard\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/10\/tuberville-and-alabama.jpg 1301w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>4. <strong>Tuberville gives a rousing speech<\/strong><br>The PAC Cup Dinner started with a rousing speech from U.S. Senator and retired college football coach Tommy Tuberville (Alabama). Tuberville thanked dealers for their contributions to the country and helping the working class access vehicles.<br>\u201cYou take a chance on people,\u201d Tuberville said. \u201cYou give a service to the people of this country. Thanks for being a capitalist and working to help this country.\u201d<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/niada.com\/dashboard\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/10\/DSC_3796-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5251\" srcset=\"https:\/\/niada.com\/dashboard\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/10\/DSC_3796-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/niada.com\/dashboard\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/10\/DSC_3796-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/niada.com\/dashboard\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/10\/DSC_3796-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/niada.com\/dashboard\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/10\/DSC_3796-380x253.jpg 380w, https:\/\/niada.com\/dashboard\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/10\/DSC_3796-550x367.jpg 550w, https:\/\/niada.com\/dashboard\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/10\/DSC_3796-800x533.jpg 800w, https:\/\/niada.com\/dashboard\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/10\/DSC_3796-1160x773.jpg 1160w, https:\/\/niada.com\/dashboard\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/10\/DSC_3796.jpg 1392w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><br>5. <strong>Legislative Reception brings together dealers, lawmakers<\/strong><br>Independent dealers spent Monday evening talking with more than a dozen members of the U.S. Congress at the Capitol Hill Club. The Legislative Reception capped the first night of the NIADA Policy Conference in Washington, D.C., and provided dealers an opportunity to engage lawmakers on issues facing the independent auto industry.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>The legislators at the reception were Steve Womack (Arkansas), Gary Palmer (Alabama), Morgan Griffith (Virginia), Buddy Carter (Georgia), Michelle Fischbach (Minnesota), Mike Collins (Georgia), Greg Murphy (North Carolina), John Joyce (Pennsylvania), Bob Latta (Ohio), Beth Van Duyne (Texas), Monica De La Cruz (Texas), Russell Fry (South Carolina) and Ralph Norman (South Carolina).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The lawmakers went around the room and visited with constituents.<br>\u201cThey all were supportive of the association and want to learn about our issues,\u201d said Greg Zak of Dixon Motors in Houston, Texas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>See all the photos from the Policy Conference <a href=\"https:\/\/flic.kr\/s\/aHBqjBJDJH\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here.<\/a> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Dealers and industry partners from across the nation joined NIADA for the 2024 Policy Conference in Washington, D.C.Here&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":5246,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"csco_singular_sidebar":"","csco_page_header_type":"","csco_appearance_grid":"","csco_page_load_nextpost":"","csco_post_video_location":[],"csco_post_video_location_hash":"","csco_post_video_url":"","csco_post_video_bg_start_time":0,"csco_post_video_bg_end_time":0,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-5245","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-industry","8":"cs-entry","9":"cs-video-wrap"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/niada.com\/dashboard\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5245","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/niada.com\/dashboard\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/niada.com\/dashboard\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/niada.com\/dashboard\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/niada.com\/dashboard\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5245"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/niada.com\/dashboard\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5245\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/niada.com\/dashboard\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5246"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/niada.com\/dashboard\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5245"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/niada.com\/dashboard\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5245"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/niada.com\/dashboard\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5245"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}