Issues lobbied + lobbyists
TRA — Transportation
Provisions impacting commuter rail contained in the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (P.L. 117-58) and post-passage commuter railroad and transit grant program implementation. Updates regarding Metra service and capital budget information for impacted constituents; Outreach relating to the Building Rail Infrastructure for a Durable and Growing Economy (BRIDGE) Act (H.R. 6889/S. 3701); outreach relating to the Disadvantaged Business Enterprise program; outreach relating to surface transportation reauthorization priorities (no bill number).
Lobbyists: JASON TAI (covered position: Associate Professional Staff Member, House Transportation & Infrastructure Committee; Chief of Staff, Office of Rep. Dan Lipinski; Chief of Staff, Office of Rep. William Lipinski); MATT GINSBERG; MADELEINE PIKE (covered position: Outreach & Member Services Director, House Transportation &Infrastructure Committee; Senior Legislative Assistant, Rep. Albio Sires; Staff/Press Assistant, House Transportation & Infrastructure Committee); ANNIE TORO; JESS WEN SCHNITZER
Government entities lobbied: Federal Railroad Administration; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; SENATE
BUD — Budget/Appropriations
Funding issues related to rail bridge and station infrastructure capital needs; education and advocacy on issues related to transit funding needs, education and advocacy on funding related to the transit fiscal cliff; Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2026 and Congressionally Directed Spending (P.L. 119-75); Outreach relating to FY27 community project funding requests (no bill number)
Lobbyists: JASON TAI (covered position: Associate Professional Staff Member, House Transportation & Infrastructure Committee; Chief of Staff, Office of Rep. Dan Lipinski; Chief of Staff, Office of Rep. William Lipinski); MATT GINSBERG; MADELEINE PIKE (covered position: Outreach & Member Services Director, House Transportation &Infrastructure Committee; Senior Legislative Assistant, Rep. Albio Sires; Staff/Press Assistant, House Transportation & Infrastructure Committee); ANNIE TORO [new]
Government entities lobbied: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; SENATE
RRR — Railroads
Brief Members of Congress on Metra capital projects, and partnerships with freight railroads and Amtrak. Outreach to Members of Congress regarding commuter rail services on the UP-N, UP-W, Milwaukee North, Milwaukee West, and UP-NW commuter railroad lines. Education and advocacy on Metras rail bridge funding initiative and Chicago O'Hare International Airport express rail initiative.
Lobbyists: MATT GINSBERG; JASON TAI (covered position: Professional Staff Member, U.S. Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies); MADELEINE PIKE (covered position: Outreach & Member Services Director, House Transportation &Infrastructure Committee; Senior Legislative Assistant, Rep. Albio Sires; Staff/Press Assistant, House Transportation & Infrastructure Committee); ANNIE TORO
Government entities lobbied: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; SENATE