HIGH POINT, N.C. – Members of the American Home Furnishings Alliance Board of Directors met with key regulatory officials and members of Congress, including Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives Paul Ryan, during the organization’s annual Washington D.C. government affairs meeting June 7-8.

Last week's meeting with officials focused on topics such as formaldehyde regulation, upholstered furniture flammability and the voluntary furniture stability standard. Following an audience with Ryan at the U.S. Capitol Building on June 7, the AHFA board members were joined by retail executives from the Home Furnishings Association on June 8 for a morning of presentations by members of Congress.

The executives were addressed by Senators Ron Johnson (R-WI), Richard Burr (R-NC) and Thom Tillis (R-NC), as well as Representative Trent Kelly (R-MS), along with Chairman of the Consumer Product Safety Commission Elliot Kaye and Senior Director of the American Chemistry Council Sarah Brozena.

“AHFA organizes an annual government affairs meeting to ensure that industry executives have face time every year with key regulators and legislators,” said AHFA CEO Andy Counts. “We must continually remind key legislators that our industry still represents tens of thousands of U.S. jobs and more than $100 billion in consumer product purchases each year.”