Congressman Louie Gohmert (R-Tyler) met with NAIFA-Texas members John Ruckel (former NAIFA President), Stephen Ehlers (NAIFA-Texas President), and Des Taylor (NAIFA-Texas CEO/CLO) during the September 14th NAIFA Day on the Hill in Washington, DC. While Gohmert was in favor of all of NAIFA's issues/efforts on behalf of agents and financial advisors, he discussed with them several concerns about the details in President Obama's Jobs bill.

Later, NAIFA-Texas members watched Gohmert live on CSPAN talking about the very concerns discussed earlier in his office about the Jobs Bill. 'If you apply for a job and you think that the reason you didn't get hired is because you were unemployed at the time, you're now a protected class,' said Gohmert. 'You've now got a cause of action, go get a lawyer.'

Ron Mullen (NAIFA-Texas National Committeeman), Les Littleton (former NAIFA-Texas President), Alan Kifer (NAIFA Committee on Political Action), and Joey Ussery (NAIFA-Texas Secretary/Treasurer) had a great meeting with Congressman Mike McCaul. Jason Talley's (NAIFA-Texas Government Relations Chair) meeting with his Congressman, Henry Cuellar went very well as did Michael Steadman's (NAIFA-San Antonio) meeting with Congressman Francisco Canseco. U.S. Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison's top staff provided a 'best ever' meeting as they assured NAIFA-Texas members of their support on agent issues.

At the end of the day, John Ruckel, who has attended many Day on the Hill events in Washington, summed up the whole experience as his 'best single Day on the Hill ever!'