Michael W. Johnson, IOM NSSGA President & CEO NSSGA is the - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

Michael W. Johnson, IOM NSSGA President & CEO

NSSGA is the leading voice and advocate for the aggregates industry. We advance public policies that protect and expand the safe and environmentally-responsible use of aggregates that build America’s infrastructure and economy.

$123 million of unmet needs for its parks system $2.7 billion in wastewater infrastructure needs over the next 20 years 472 high hazard dams

The World Economic Forum Global Competitiveness Report 2015-2016 Japan Switzerland Hong Kong SAR Spain Finland France Netherlands Singapore Germany Korea, Rep. Chinese Taipei Austria Malaysia Luxembourg United States

The World Economic Forum Global Competitiveness Report 2015-2016 Netherlands Singapore United Arab Emirates Finland Hong Kong SAR Belgium Panama Iceland Denmark United States United Kingdom Spain Sweden

The World Economic Forum Global Competitiveness Report 2015-2016 Singapore United Arab Emirates Hong Kong SAR Netherlands United States Panama Qatar Switzerland Finland Norway Germany Spain Iceland South Africa France

The World Economic Forum Global Competitiveness Report 2015-2016 United Arab Emirates Netherlands Singapore Portugal Hong Kong SAR Austria France Japan Switzerland Chinese Taipei Spain Finland Germany United States Malaysia

39 percent qualify for AARP membership

I NDUSTRY P ROJECTIONS Total U.S. construction starts for 2018 to climb 3 percent to $765 billion* *Dodge Data & Analytics

I NFRASTRUCTURE FUNDING ADVOCACY

$4.6 trillion

• Stimulate at least $1.5 trillion in infrastructure spending • Shorten the permitting process • Invest in rural infrastructure • Improve training to attract qualified workers

$3 TRILLION IN NEW DEBT 23,000,000,000,015.00 22,000,000,000,015.00 21,000,000,000,015.00 Trump Inaug. 20,000,000,000,015.00 19,000,000,000,015.00 18,000,000,000,015.00 17,000,000,000,015.00 16,000,000,000,015.00 3/4/2013 3/4/2014 3/4/2015 3/4/2016 3/4/2017

U.S. S ENATE 47 Democrats 51 Republicans 2 Independents

U.S. H OUSE OF R EPRESENTATIVES 5 vacancies 192 Democrats 238 Republicans

Regulatory Advocacy “Historically … MSHA has been typically viewed as a coal- centric organization. As we move forward, it has to be viewed as more of a mining- centric organization.”

Two standards for exposure

EPA Risk Assessment for Asbestos Rulemaking could include de minimis levels of NOA

G LOBAL I NFRASTRUCTURE S PENDING SOURCE: McKinsey Global Institute, June 2016

T HE N EW S ILK R OAD

C HINESE I NVESTMENTS I N A FRICA 2001 – 2011 49 countries $175 billion Data from China Africa Research Initiative at Johns Hopkins University’s