Featuring Ben Brubeck and Congressman Steve King

Ben Brubeck is the Director of Labor and Federal Affairs for Associated Builders & Contractors in their National office in Arlington, VA.  Brubeck has been with ABC National Government Affairs since October 2003 and previously served as ABC’s Labor and State Affairs Director, Business and Labor Relations Manager, State Affairs Coordinator and Federal Legislative Assistant. A recognized leader in both state and federal labor issues, Brubeck has extensive experience with union-only PLAs, Davis-Bacon and state prevailing wage laws among other key labor matters throughout the United States. Prior to joining ABC, Brubeck was the 2003 James A. Finnegan Foundation Fellow and was employed at the Pennsylvania House Appropriations Committee

.King was elected to Congress in 2002 to represent Iowa's new fifth congressional district. He brings the concerns and ideas from people of the fifth district with him to work on the Agriculture Committee. Congressman King is also a member of the House Judiciary Committee, where he sits on the Constitution Subcommittee and the Immigration Subcommittee. He believes the Constitution means what it says and that it should be read in light of the intent of our founding fathers. King is never caught without a copy of the Constitution in his coat pocket.

King also chairs the Conservative Opportunity Society, a powerful and legendary House caucus that is best known for energizing Republicans to regain the majority of the House of Representatives in 1994.