Government Affairs | National Restaurant Association

Why Join the National Restaurant Association?

The National Restaurant Association fights and wins victories for members and the industry through its lobbying efforts and programs.

We keep watch on front-burner issues, so you don't get burned!
We keep an eye on hot legislative and regulatory issues: food safety, union card-check, restaurant depreciation and more. We take your case directly to Capitol Hill, federal agencies, and — with our partner state restaurant associations — to state capitols around the United States.

We fight for pro-restaurant agendas.
Our Restaurant Action Network is an army of grassroots activists made up of multi-unit operators, independents, state restaurant associations, and suppliers.

We support pro-restaurant candidates.
Our NRA-PAC, which packs a powerful punch, scouts out promising office-seekers for Congress, regardless of party affiliation. Our record shows results: More than 79 percent of pro-restaurant candidates supported by the NRA-PAC in the last election cycle won their seats in Congress.

We fight anti-business proposals.
The SAFE Fund, the multi-million-dollar Save American Free Enterprise (SAFE) Fund, was created to protect and preserve the principles of the free enterprise system at the federal, state and local levels.

We hold a conference where leaders meet.
At our annual Public Affairs Conference you can join 700+ other restaurant operators in Washington, DC, to lobby Congress.