During the week of June 10, FMA National President Craig Carter and Director of Government Affairs Greg Stanford met with staff from the offices of Senators and Representatives on both sides of the aisle on behalf of the association. Issues that came up most frequently were the potential return of Schedule F, efforts to make retirement benefits for FERS retirees more fair, and telework in the federal workforce.

On Tuesday, June 11, Carter met with Senator Mitt Romney’s (R-UT) staff, a key member of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, Representative Buddy Carter (R-GA), who represents the Naval Submarine Base-King’s Bay, Representative Scott Peters (D-CA) whose district includes Naval Aviation Depot- San Diego, and Senator Roger Wicker (R-MS), Ranking Member of the Senate Armed Services Committee.

On Wednesday, June 12, Carter met with staff from the office of Representative Brian Boyle (D-PA), who represents members from Chapter 208 (Defense Logistics Agency – Philadelphia), Senator Mike Braun (R-IN), who represents members from Chapter 170 (Naval Weapons Center, Crane), and Senator Alex Padilla (D-CA), the lead sponsor of the Equal COLA Act, in addition to serving many FMA members.

The meetings were productive and fruitful toward building and strengthening FMA’s relationships and reach on Capitol Hill in the 118th Congress.