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Make lobbying Congress part of business plan.(INDUSTRY NEWS)

By Miodonski, Bob
Publication: Contractor
Date: Friday, June 1 2007

ARLINGTON, VA. -- Lobbying members of Congress should be part of every contractor's business plan, lobbyist Michael Graham said April 18 at the Plumbing-Heating-Cooling Contractors Leadership and Legislative Conference '07 here.

"If you don't tell members of Congress what you want, they will decide it for you," said Graham, quoting advice from former U.S. Rep. Charlie Norwood of Georgia who died this year. "Either do it, or they'll do it to you."

Graham, a lobbyist for the American Dental Association, gave PHCC members practical advice on how they should int

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