President Bush Addresses 2007 Legislative Conference

   Listen to President Bush's speech to ABC at National Convention.

For the second time in three years, President George W. Bush spoke to ABC members from around the country during the National Legislative Conference in Washington, D.C.  Dave Meyer, The Meyer Companies, Inc. in Lee Summit, had the distinction of introducing President Bush. Dave is the 2007 National Chairman of ABC.

More than 500 contractors attended this year’s conference, including the following members from the Heart of America Chapter: Greg Hoberock, hth companies; Anne McPherson, Thermaltech; Mike Hemphill, American Boiler and Mechanical; Rob Pitkin, Levy and Craig, PC; Jerry Starkey, The Skilled Trades Company; John Stolte, Marks, Nelson, Vohland and Campbell, LLC; Pat Shelley, Service Electric, Inc.; Russell Puckett, JPI Glass; Andrea Plunkett, JPI Glass; and Karl Sigler, Enterprise Interiors, Inc.  Jim Kistler and Melanie Johnson, Chapter staff, also attended.

For more coverage on the president's speech, go to CBS News, AP or ABC National's Site.

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