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AAMA leads amusement industry lobbying effort with government officials

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October 7, 2020

The American Amusement Machine Association, with the help of Dentons' public policy and regulation support team in Washington D.C., organized a coalition of amusement industry trade associations that met with nine congressional officers associated with the House Small Business Committee, the National Governors Association and the National Conference of State Legislators.

Participating associations included the Amusement and Music Operators Association, the International Association of Trampoline Parks and the Roller Skating Association International to advocate on behalf of the amusement machine industry.

AAMA organized a full day of Zoom meetings with the officials.

In meetings with members of the House Small Business Committee, the industry representatives discussed the need for Paycheck Protection Program loan forgiveness and more federal assistance, as well as Emergency Industry Disaster Loan forgiveness and an increase above the current $150,000 lending limit.

In state level meetings, industry representatives discussed the impacts of the patchwork implementations of state reopenings.