FMA National President Craig Carter visited Washington, D.C., to meet with legislators and Administration officials on FMA priorities during the week of September 9. Carter met with staff from the Offices of Reps. Garret Graves (R-LA), Abigail Spanberger (D-VA), Derek Kilmer (D-CA), David Valadao (R-CA), and Sen. Kyrsten Sinema (I-AZ). Additionally, he spoke with Sen. Kevin Cramer (R-ND), ranking member of the Senate Armed Services Subcommittee on Seapower, and Office of Personnel Management Acting Director Rob Shriver.

Carter discussed many FMA legislative priorities with these legislators and their staff including Fiscal Year 2025 funding, repeal of Social Security’s Government Pension Offset and Windfall Elimination Provision, the Federal Retirement Fairness Act (H.R. 5995), telework legislation, and hiring reform, among other issues. His meeting with OPM’s Shriver, who assumed the top leadership position in May, continues FMA’s valued relationship with that important agency.