Things are pretty casual at the Tony Group auto dealership in Waipahu on the island of Oahu, Hawaii.

Our work is constant and ATD’s goal is to make the dealer business stronger than it’s ever been.

The National Automobile Dealers Association was formed in 1917 when a small group of auto dealers came to Washington, D.C., and successfully lobbied Congress against a proposed luxury tax on automobiles.

If you want to gauge the economic health of the country, look no further than the retail-auto industry as an economic indicator.

On one side of the arena is the Reforming CFPB Indirect Auto Financing Guidance Act (H.R. 1737 for short.) This is where NADA and its allies stand, working hard to preserve dealer-assisted financing.

The National Automobile Dealers Association was founded in 1917 with a singular mission: to protect the interests of new-car dealerships and advocate for an industry that would become an economic backbone of the nation.

What’s in 2.2 percent? As a percentage of total sales, it’s a number that represents the average pretax, net profit at U.S. franchised new-car dealerships, according to NADA Data 2014.

The effort to preserve dealer-assisted financing continues with NADA and its valued partners. With the introduction of H.R. 1737, Congress is continuing its bipartisan efforts to rescind the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s flawed 2013 auto finance guidance.

It's clear by now that new-car dealers are not just responsible for facilitating the complex transactions of vehicle sales to the American public, but also for complying with numerous federal and state regulations on a daily basis.

If there's any industry that's rooted in resilience and progress, it's the retail-auto industry.