Issues lobbied + lobbyists
BUD — Budget/Appropriations
S. 2721; the Prevent Government Shutdowns Act - provisions related to provide for an automatic continuing resolution instead of allowing for a total lapse in appropriations. S. 2721; the Prevent Government Shutdowns Act - provisions related to the Principles Based Balanced Budget Amendment. H.R. 5870; Prevent Government Shutdowns Act - provisions related to restructuring budgetary processes to prevent foreseeable federal operations complications. H.R. 5130; Prevent Government Shutdowns Act of 2025 - provisions related to eliminating federal shutdowns by automatically implementing stop gap funding if appropriations bills are not passed on time. H.R 7295; The Comprehensive Congressional Budget Act of 2026 - provisions related to the resets to the budget timeline, requires realistic forecasts, and strengthens oversight. Issues related to the Prevent Government Shutdowns Act. Issues related to budget process reform, congressional comprehensive budgets, and budget leadership. Issues related to the reintroduction of the Comprehensive Congressional Budget Act. Issues related to incentivizing a reduction in government workforce. Issues related to working families tax cut act. Issues related to preventing a partial government shutdown. Issues related to Balanced Budget Amendment markups and processes. Issues related to balanced budget amendment processes. Issues related to entitlement reform and E&C. Issues related to the cancelling of balanced budget amendment vote in the house the week of March 2 due to developments in Iran. Issues related to upgrading congressional budgeting so members have stronger incentives and opportunities to address waste, fraud, abuse, and improper payments. Issues related to the Comprehensive Congressional Budget Act and finding a senate companion. Issues related to supporting a balanced budget, with the exception of payments on debt or for emergency situations authorized by Congress. Issues related to improving responsible budgeting by supporting a change in the Government Accountability Office's seven key considerations for designing, implementing, and enforcing fiscal rules and targets.
Lobbyists: mr SCOTT ALAN RAUSCH; KRISTIN SKRZYCKI; MICHAEL DINGELL; BRENT GARDNER; mrs KELLY EVELYN ELIZABETH MERKEL; LAUREN STEWART; HELDER TOSTE; ms KATELYN REID BLEDSOE; ms FAITH BEST BURNS; MICHAEL NUDO; WILLIAM BURGER; MATTHEW KEENAN; DANIEL TILLSON; ALEXANDRA EDMONDS
Government entities lobbied: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; SENATE
CAW — Clean Air and Water (quality)
H.R. 3898; Promoting Efficient Review for Modern Infrastructure Today Act or the PERMIT Act - provisions related to streamlined permitting activities under the Clean Water Act for benefit of infrastructure buildout. H.R. 6373; Air Permitting Improvements to Protect National Security Act of 2025 - provisions related to the benefits of streamlined air permitting process for buildout of essential infrastructure energy components. H.R. 6398; RED Tape Act, - provisions related to the benefits of streamlined air permitting process for buildout of essential infrastructure energy components. H.R. 2072; To require the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to extend the time period during which licensees are required to commence construction of certain hydropower projects - provisions related to the benefits of streamlined air permitting process for buildout of essential infrastructure energy components. H.R. 6409; FENCES Act - provisions related to the benefits of streamlined air permitting process for buildout of essential infrastructure energy components. H.R. 4218; CLEAR Act - provisions related to the benefits of streamlined air permitting process for buildout of essential infrastructure energy components. H.R. 6387; FIRE Act - provisions related to the benefits of streamlined air permitting process for buildout of essential infrastructure energy components. H.R. 4214; Clean Air and Building infrastructure Improvement Act - provisions related to the benefits of streamlined air permitting process for buildout of essential infrastructure energy components. H.R. 161; New Source Review Permitting Act - provisions related to the benefits of streamlined air permitting process for buildout of essential infrastructure energy components. Issues related to the NHTSA Corporate Average Fuel Economy standards for the benefits of consumers and vehicle-end pricing. Issues related to the Clean Air Act for purposes on the benefits of predictability in permitting.
Lobbyists: MATTHEW KEENAN; WILLIAM BURGER; ms KATELYN REID BLEDSOE; BRENT GARDNER; MICHAEL NUDO; ms FAITH BEST BURNS; MICHAEL DINGELL; mr SCOTT ALAN RAUSCH
Government entities lobbied: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; SENATE; White House Office
DEF — Defense
Issues relating to AUMF reforms. Issues related to the National Defense Authorization Act and funding the military.
Lobbyists: BRENT GARDNER; mrs KELLY EVELYN ELIZABETH MERKEL; MICHAEL NUDO; ms KATELYN REID BLEDSOE; MICHAEL DINGELL
Government entities lobbied: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; SENATE
ENG — Energy/Nuclear
H.R. 4776; SPEED Act - provisions relating to permitting reform. H.R. 4776; SPEED Act - provisions related to amending the National Environmental Policy Act to streamline processes for permitting energy projects and limiting the duration of environmental review periods. H.R. 3699; Energy Choice Act - provisions related to the benefits of streamlined and non-discriminatory distribution of energy systems to consumers regardless of locale. H.R. 6336; Fair Allocation of Interstate Rates Act - provisions related to prohibiting the allocation of costs for a certain transmission facility to consumers of a state where the public officials in that other state did not expressly consent to such transmission facility. H.R. 6566; the Recycling Technology Innovation Act - provisions related to highlighting regulatory clarity for advanced recycling technologies to ensure that advanced recycling is not waste incineration, but a manufacturing process that converts used plastics into new materials. Issues related to the benefits of general permitting reform for all forms of energy in the United States and for the consumer. Issues related to permitting at the nuclear Votgle Electric Plant and benefits of baseload generation. Issues related to permitting reform and energy abundance. Issues related to energy resiliency for the State of Alaska through permit reform and ROD certainty. Issues related to beneficial resource management and permitting reform certainty for industry in the mineral space. Issues related to the benefits of permitting reform for national security, national cohesion, and permitting predictability and industry alignment assuredness. Issues related to the benefits of ROD certainty and permitting innovation for industry and manufacturing potentials. Issues related to permitting reform and benefits of streamlined activities involving the Federal Government. Issues related to the benefits of predictable NEPA regulations for industry and ROD certainty. Issues related to the benefits of permitting reform for national security, national cohesion, and permitting predictability and industry alignment assuredness.
Lobbyists: mr SCOTT ALAN RAUSCH; KRISTIN SKRZYCKI; MICHAEL DINGELL; BRENT GARDNER; mrs KELLY EVELYN ELIZABETH MERKEL; LAUREN STEWART; HELDER TOSTE; ms KATELYN REID BLEDSOE; ms FAITH BEST BURNS; MICHAEL NUDO; WILLIAM BURGER; MATTHEW KEENAN; DANIEL TILLSON; ALEXANDRA EDMONDS
Government entities lobbied: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; SENATE; White House Office
FOR — Foreign Relations
Issues related to potential legislative repeal of the 2001 Authorized Use of Military Force (AUMF). Issues sounding trade and foreign relations with China. Issues relating to authorized use of military force (AUMF) reforms. Issues related to war power and AUMF relating to Iran. Issues related to war powers of congress and military action in Iran. Issues related to the Iran Conflict. Issues related to Iran supplemental funding and Iran AUMF. Issues related to the reauthorization of FISA Section 702. Issues related to AUMF and war power reforms. Issues related to defense funding for Iran conflict. Issues related to military operations in Cuba. Issues related to War powers and military action in Cuba. Issues related to Venezuela Foreign Policy. Issues related to Iran AUMF & Iran Supplemental Funding.
Lobbyists: MICHAEL NUDO; MICHAEL DINGELL; BRENT GARDNER; mrs KELLY EVELYN ELIZABETH MERKEL; HELDER TOSTE; ms KATELYN REID BLEDSOE
Government entities lobbied: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; SENATE
HCR — Health Issues
H.R. 4206; the CONNECT Act - provisions related to making the Trump waivers that were enacted during the pandemic that allowed telehealth to be accessible across the country. H.R. 2528; Association Health Plans Act - provisions related to letting employers to associate to create collaborative small business insurance partnerships. H.R. 2528; the Association Health Plans Act - provisions related to legalize association health plans (AHPs) for employers, including sole proprietors (especially helpful for small business). H.R. 1320; The Modern Worker Emplowerment Act - provisions related to ensure that portable benefits to an individual is not considered in determining whether such individual is an employee of a person. H.R. 2092; SPEAK Act of 2025 - provisions related to creating federal guidelines over best practices for telehealth for those with limited english proficency that those were included. H.R. 955; Hope Act - provisions related to establishing a new universal ROTH account for the broad population. H.R. 955; The HOPE Act - provisions related to creating a new universal Roth-style HOPE account as an optional alternative to a traditional HAS, with means-tested employer contributions. H.R. 4002; The Patient Access to Higher Quality Care Act - provisions related to lifting Medicare's ban on physician-owned hospitals (all) to promote competition and expand rural access. H.R. 6296; Advancing Access to Telehealth Act - provisions related to permanently extending flexibilities for telehealth across the country. H.R. 548; The HSA Modernization Act that - provisions related to expanding the scope of expenses that can be charged to a Health Savings Account. H.R. 1157; Support for provisions in the ACCESS Act - provisions related to expanding the availability of Health Savings Accounts. Issues related to reducing the cost of health care premiums by reducing mandates and subsidies. Issues related to preventing the extension of the Covid ACA subsidies Issues related to increasing veterans access to community health care. Issues related to allowing ACA covid credits to expire. Issues related to expanding access and use of Health Savings Accounts for Americans. Issues related to making it easier for biosimilars to make it to market quicker. Issues related to lowering premiums through increased usage of associated health plans. Issues related to addressing fraud, waste, and abuse under the Affordable Care Act. Issues related to protecting and promoting physician owned hospitals over corporate hospital systems. Issues related to increasing portability of health care benefits through expanded usage of Health Savings Accounts.
Lobbyists: mr SCOTT ALAN RAUSCH; KRISTIN SKRZYCKI; BRENT GARDNER; mrs KELLY EVELYN ELIZABETH MERKEL; LAUREN STEWART; HELDER TOSTE; ms KATELYN REID BLEDSOE; ms FAITH BEST BURNS; MICHAEL DINGELL; MICHAEL NUDO; WILLIAM BURGER; MATTHEW KEENAN; DANIEL TILLSON; ALEXANDRA EDMONDS
Government entities lobbied: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; SENATE
HOU — Housing
S. 2416; Identifying Regulatory Barriers to Housing Supply Act - provisions related to identifying best practices for zoning. H.R. 4659; Identifying Regulatory Barriers to Housing Supply Act - provisions related to evaluating multi-family housing for zoning areas receiving HUD funds. H.R. 3694; The VALID Act - provisions related to creating clarity for home loans being offered to veterans. H.R. 2840; Housing Supply Frameworks Act - provisons related to publishing non-mandatory best practices from HUD on zoning practices nationally with the goal to address housing supply. Issues related to the affordable housing bill Freeing Residential Affordable Markets from to the Excess Regulation (FRAMER) Act. Issues related to housing access reform bill yet to be introduced; The FRAMER Act.
Lobbyists: WILLIAM BURGER; HELDER TOSTE; MICHAEL DINGELL; MICHAEL NUDO; ms KATELYN REID BLEDSOE
Government entities lobbied: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; SENATE
IMM — Immigration
Issues related to increasing transparency and due process in immigration matters. Issues related to not displacing economic development zoning with detention warehouses. Issues related to strengthening legal pathways for high tech visas. Issues related to transparency, accountability, and due process in immigration enforcement. Issues related to improving immigration processing for high-skilled job seekers. Issues related to improving Non Intrusive Inspections at the border to more quickly and fully screen cargo coming into the United States by truck. Issues related to tightening the definition of vetting in the Immigration and Nationality Act. Issues related to improving H-2A system so farms are able to more efficiently. Issues related to a realignment of visas based on specific employment categories. Issues related to codifying executive orders that will maintain a secure border after President Trump. Issues related to the concern as it relates to cost of living and immigration.
Lobbyists: DANIEL TILLSON; HELDER TOSTE; MICHAEL DINGELL; LAUREN STEWART; MICHAEL NUDO; MATTHEW KEENAN
Government entities lobbied: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; SENATE
INT — Intelligence
H.R. 7816;Protect Liberty and End Warrantless Surveillance Act of 2026 - provisions related to reauthorization of FISA Section 702. S. 4082; Government Surveillance Reform Act of 2026 - provisions related to reauthorization of FISA Section 702 Issues related to reining in FISA court abuses
Lobbyists: MICHAEL DINGELL; DANIEL TILLSON; MICHAEL NUDO; ALEXANDRA EDMONDS; ms KATELYN REID BLEDSOE
Government entities lobbied: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; SENATE
LBR — Labor Issues/Antitrust/Workplace
S. 2217; The Independent Retirement Fairness Act - provisions related to allow more portable employment benefits, including allowing for independent contractors to participate in retirement benefit plans. Issues related to preventing negotiated bargaining for federal agencies.
Lobbyists: mr SCOTT ALAN RAUSCH; KRISTIN SKRZYCKI; BRENT GARDNER; mrs KELLY EVELYN ELIZABETH MERKEL; LAUREN STEWART; HELDER TOSTE; ms KATELYN REID BLEDSOE; ms FAITH BEST BURNS; MICHAEL DINGELL; MICHAEL NUDO; WILLIAM BURGER; MATTHEW KEENAN; DANIEL TILLSON; ALEXANDRA EDMONDS
Government entities lobbied: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; SENATE
MMM — Medicare/Medicaid
H.R. 2309; Medicare and Medicaid Fraud Prevention Act - provisions related to checking the national death registry before payments go out for recipients. Issues related to Medicare and veterans community care.
Lobbyists: HELDER TOSTE; MICHAEL NUDO; LAUREN STEWART
Government entities lobbied: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; SENATE
NAT — Natural Resources
H.J. Res. 140; Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Bureau of Land Management relating to Public Land Order No. 7917 for Withdrawal of Federal Lands; Cook, Lake, and Saint Louis Counties, MN - provisions related to the benefits of mineral development for transformation of energy systems in the United States in a responsible and reasonable fashion. H.R. 34; the LASSO Act - provisions related to the benefits of clear and distinct function of mineral claims from the federal level on the state and county level operations. H.R. 7329; Fighting for Reliable Energy and Ending Doubt for Open Markets - provisions related to the benefits of permitting clarity in the federal process. H.R. 471; Fix Our Forests Act - provisions related to the beneficial forest management with careful approach to providing clarity in resource cultivation. H.R. 1897; ESA Amendments Act of 2025 - provisions related to the beneficial reforms to species management to prevent extended unnecessary restrictions on private property. H.R. 4776; Standardizing Permitting and Expediting Economic Development Act the SPEED Act - provisions related to predictable permitting deadlines and necessity of certain infrastructure project upgrades for growth. Issues related to permitting reform.
Lobbyists: WILLIAM BURGER; MATTHEW KEENAN; MICHAEL NUDO; MICHAEL DINGELL; DANIEL TILLSON; ms KATELYN REID BLEDSOE; BRENT GARDNER; mr SCOTT ALAN RAUSCH; ms FAITH BEST BURNS
Government entities lobbied: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; SENATE; White House Office
TRA — Transportation
H.R. 3940; Open America's Waters Act - provisions related to repealing the Jones Act, which would increase the number of eligible vessels to move consumer goods between ports. S. 2043; The Open Americas Waters Act - provisions related to transportation as it deals with internal commerce in the USA. H.R. 3940; The Open Americas Waters Act - provisions related to transportation as it deals with internal commerce in the USA.
Lobbyists: mr SCOTT ALAN RAUSCH; KRISTIN SKRZYCKI; BRENT GARDNER; mrs KELLY EVELYN ELIZABETH MERKEL; LAUREN STEWART; HELDER TOSTE; ms KATELYN REID BLEDSOE; ms FAITH BEST BURNS; MICHAEL DINGELL; MICHAEL NUDO; WILLIAM BURGER; MATTHEW KEENAN; DANIEL TILLSON; ALEXANDRA EDMONDS
Government entities lobbied: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; SENATE
TAX — Taxation/Internal Revenue Code
H.R. 1; One Big Beautiful Bill Act - provisions related to fiscal cliff and budget reconciliation. Issues related to opposing congressional consideration of a Border Adjustment Tax (BAT). Issues related to regulatory tax reforms.
Lobbyists: mr SCOTT ALAN RAUSCH; KRISTIN SKRZYCKI; BRENT GARDNER; mrs KELLY EVELYN ELIZABETH MERKEL; LAUREN STEWART; HELDER TOSTE; ms KATELYN REID BLEDSOE; ms FAITH BEST BURNS; MICHAEL DINGELL; MICHAEL NUDO; WILLIAM BURGER; MATTHEW KEENAN; DANIEL TILLSON; ALEXANDRA EDMONDS
Government entities lobbied: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; SENATE
VET — Veterans
H.R. 874; VA Site Neutral Act - provisions related to those that would apply site-neutral payment reforms to VA community care. H.R. 740; Veteran ACCESS Act - provisions related to increasing veterans access to community health care. S. 275; Veteran ACCESS Act - provisions related to increasing veterans access to community health care. H.R. 6017: Veterans Bill of Rights Act - provisions related to accountability and veterans treatment by the department of Veterans Affairs. Issues related to improving accountability with the veterans affairs administration. Issues related to veterans health care and provisions related to community care options. Issues related to community care provider networks/devices for hearing impaired veterans. Issues related to veteran community care improvements. Issues related to veterans community health care access and veterans disability benefits reforms. Issues relating to reforms in Veteran health Care, Health care HSA accounts and federal regulation reforms. Issues related to Medicare and veterans community care. Issues related to the Veteran Health Care system reorganization. Issues related to community care and pilot program for online community care scheduling. Issues related to veterans community care health care access and VA site neutral payment reforms Issues related to veterans health care choice.
Lobbyists: MICHAEL NUDO; HELDER TOSTE; mrs KELLY EVELYN ELIZABETH MERKEL; BRENT GARDNER; MICHAEL DINGELL; LAUREN STEWART
Government entities lobbied: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; SENATE; White House Office