The special guest speaker at the April 6, 2006 MIHS dinner was Mr. Aaron Trippler, Director, Government Affairs at AIHA. Aaron is the AIHA's Washington lobbyist, and it is basically his job to promote the organization and the field of IH, as well as keep his finger on the pulse of the goings-on in our nation's capital that have an effect on our profession (his "Happenings on the Hill" articles are forwarded to MIHS members on a periodic basis). Aaron provided an informal presentation on the state of affairs of IH, which was essentially a sneak prevue of his articles "Congress Returns for Second Session", and "Changes Abound All Around the City", which appeared in the April 2006 and May 2006 Synergists, respectively. The overall message was not to expect a lot of regulatory changes any time soon. The other major activity that Aaron spoke to us about was that he is working diligently to identify states that recognize our profession is some form, and to continue to make "industrial hygiene" and "AIHA" household words. Aaron encouraged us all to contact him with any issues that he could help us out with. His e-mail address is atrippler@aiha.org.