Issues lobbied + lobbyists
TRA — Transportation
1. Whiting Lakefront Park Overpass Project (grant support letter), 2. NICTD Intercity Passenger Rail (grant support letter), 3. MSC-SSC - Extension of Regional Emergency Declaration - No. 2025-013 - Heating Fuels (waiver request), 4. Capitol Hill visits with Indiana Dept of Transportation: Tolling Application for I-70, NEPA State Assignment, Mid-States Corridor, I-69 Ohio River Crossing (ORX) grant.
Lobbyists: ROBERT ORDWAY
Government entities lobbied: Federal Aviation Administration (FAA); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; SENATE; Transportation, Dept of (DOT)
ECN — Economics/Economic Development
Regional Technology and Innovation Hub Program (Bloch support letter)
Lobbyists: ROBERT ORDWAY
Government entities lobbied: Commerce, Dept of (DOC)
TEC — Telecommunications
Capitol Hill Visit with Indiana Geographic Information Office: Weather Act, Nationwide datasets, Digital Coast Act, NextGen 911.
Lobbyists: ROBERT ORDWAY
Government entities lobbied: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; SENATE
AVI — Aviation/Airlines/Airports
1. Capitol Hill Visit with Indiana Dept of Transportation: Airport Improvement Program Funding, PFAS Reimbursement Grant Program Funding, Essential Air Service Program Funding. 2. Support letter to FAA to keep Indianapolis Heliport open.
Lobbyists: ROBERT ORDWAY
Government entities lobbied: Federal Aviation Administration (FAA); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; SENATE
NAT — Natural Resources
WRDA Reauthorization Priorities: Great Lakes Restoration Initiative (GLRI), Ohio River Basin restoration, Safe Drinking Water Act to address PFAS,
Lobbyists: ROBERT ORDWAY
Government entities lobbied: SENATE
AGR — Agriculture
Defense Production Act for domestic fertilizer (support letter)
Lobbyists: ROBERT ORDWAY
Government entities lobbied: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA)