WASHINGTON, July 21, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Yesterday, the Beer Institute named eight members of the United States Congress as its “2022 Beer Champions” for his or her management in supporting federal insurance policies that help U.S. brewers, beer importers and beer trade suppliers. The Beer Institute acknowledged them for combating for beer trade coverage priorities like bringing readability to the aluminum pricing course of, securing everlasting excise tax aid for brewers and pushing for a deferment on federal excise taxes on brewers and importers throughout the pandemic.
“A sincere thank you to our Beer Champions whose ongoing leadership has provided critical support against the challenges our industry is facing,” mentioned Gavin Hattersley, chairman of the Beer Institute and president and CEO of Molson Coors Beverage Company. “The U.S. beer industry contributes $350 billion to the economy and creates more than 2 million jobs. These lawmakers have worked hard to fight against the aluminum pricing process, unfair federal excise tax and other issues that are threatening our industry. We are grateful for their partnership and hope to continue working together in support of the beer industry.”
The eight legislators acknowledged as 2022 Beer Champions are:
- Senator Tammy Baldwin (D-WI)
- Senator Tom Cotton (R-AR)
- Senator John Hoeven (R-ND)
- Senator Bob Menendez (D-NJ)
- Representative Sanford Bishop (D-GA)
- Representative Ken Buck (R-CO)
- Representative Rodney Davis (R-IL)
- Representative Al Lawson (D-FL)
The Beer Institute acknowledged the 2022 Beer Champions at a reception on July 20.
The beer trade helps hundreds of thousands of well-paying American jobs in a variety of industries, together with farming, manufacturing, building, retail, the service trade and extra. You can be taught extra concerning the beer trade’s influence in every state at beerservesamerica.com.
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