The Engineer in Congress: Rep. Ron Estes on Tax Policy and QBS
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The Engineer in Congress: Rep. Ron Estes on Tax Policy and QBS

B2Upper-intermediateSeptember 28, 202611 min

In this special episode we collaborate with QBS Express and sit down with U.S. Representative Ron Estes of Kansas for a conversation on tax policy, infrastructure, and regulatory reform. About the Guest: Representative Ron Estes has represented Kansas's 4th District in the U.S. House since 2017, following service as Sedgwick County Treasurer and Kansas State Treasurer. An engineer by training with years of private-sector experience, he brings a practical, problem-solving perspective to Congress and has been a key ally to ACEC members on the tax issues that affect engineering firms. What We Cover: <...

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We are here in unique circumstances. We're partnering with the Engineering Influence podcast with ACC National. We're recording in Washington DC at their facilities using their equipment. That's why we have video and not just audio. We finally made the big time. And I am joined by ACC Kansas President Rob

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Creuson who's co-hosting with me today. We're doing some pretty cool stuff. Thanks to the help of our friends at ACC National we've got at least two members of the Kansas Delegation of Congress that are going to come by and join us to talk about pending legislation, past things that ACEC has

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worked on, the benefit of the membership, just a chance to get to know them a little bit better and we're pretty excited about it. So Rob, I appreciate you being here to be part of this and the listeners, we hope you enjoy it. Want us to come. We can't wait to get it up to you.

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