By Mark Valentini, Vice President of Legislative Affairs
October 1, 2025, Washington, DC – Plumbing and HVAC contractors are feeling financial strain as homeowners and small businesses pull back on building repairs and improvements that maintain the resilience and value of their properties. This is a critical indicator of the direction in which our delicate economy is headed without a concerted effort to bring inflation under control and provide the American people with much-needed economic certainty.
There are no winners when the U.S. Government closes. Federally funded construction projects undertaken by plumbing and HVAC contractors will be delayed: this will needlessly stall long overdue infrastructure improvements at the risk of public safety, putting people out of work indefinitely, and revenue losses. Furthermore, a prolonged shutdown will cause a lapse in funding for federal workforce programs on which jobseekers rely to pursue sustainable employment in the building trades: this comes at a time when our industry is in dire need of skilled workers.
The Plumbing-Heating-Cooling Contractors – National Association (PHCC) urges the U.S. Senate to vote on the clean continuing resolution recently passed by the U.S. House of Representatives and reopen the government while Congress and the Administration work together to secure a FY2026 budget agreement.
