Clerk of the House of Representatives
Legislative Resource Center
135 Cannon Building
Washington, DC 20515
http://lobbyingdisclosure.house.gov 		Secretary of the Senate
Office of Public Records
232 Hart Building
Washington, DC 20510
http://www.senate.gov/lobby

LOBBYING REGISTRATION

Lobbying Disclosure Act of 1995 (Section 4)

Check One: New Registrant New Client for Existing Registrant Amendment

1. Effective Date of Registration
6/1/2023
2. House Identification
 36893
 Senate Identification
 284950

REGISTRANT Organization/Lobbying Firm Self Employed Individual

3. Registrant Organization
Mehlman Consulting, Inc.
Address
1341 G Street, NW
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​Suite 1100
City
WASHINGTON
 State
DC
 Zip
20005
 Country
USA

4. Principal place of business (if different than line 3)

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5. Contact name and telephone number International Number
Contact
​Ms. Solveig Monson
 Telephone
​2025850258
 E-mail
​solveig@mc-dc.com
6. General description of registrant’s business or activities
​Government Affairs Consulting Services

CLIENT A Lobbying Firm is required to file a separate registration for each client. Organizations employing in-house lobbyists should check the box labeled “Self” and proceed to line 10. Self

7. Client name
​Protective Life Corporation
Address
​2801 US Highway 208 South
City
​Birmingham
 State
​AL
 Zip
​35223
 Country
​USA
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9. General description of client’s business or activities
​Insurance and Investment products

LOBBYISTS

10. Name of each individual who has acted or is expected to act as a lobbyist for the client identified on line 7. If any person listed in this section has served as a “covered executive branch official” or “covered legislative branch official” within twenty years of first acting as a lobbyist for the client, state the executive and/or legislative position(s) in which the person served.

Name Covered Official Position (if applicable)
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​Bruce ​Mehlman ​ ​Asst Sec of Commerce for Tech Pol; General Csl & Pol Dir (House Repub Conf)
​Sage ​Eastman ​ ​Strategy Dir, Dep Staff Dir (Maj), Sr Adv (House Ways/Means C); Comm Dir (Rep. Camp)
​Paul ​Thornell ​ ​Dep Dir of Legis. Affairs (Office of VP Gore); Assoc Dir-Senate Dem Steering C (Senator Daschle)
​Stephen ​Cote ​ ​Staff Dir/Shrd Emp (House Fin Srvs/McHenry), Staff Dir, Dpt. Staff Dir, Sr. Pro Staff, Asst to L Diaz Balart (House Rules), Pol Coord Maj (House Homeland), Assoc Dir, Dpty Assoc Dir (OMB), CoS-DC, LD, LA (L Diaz Balart), LA, Staff Asst (Sen C. Mack)
​Zachary ​Mallove ​ ​Sr Pol Adv, LA, Leg. Aide (Senator Murray); Leg. Aide, Joint Comm on Deficit Reduc.

LOBBYING ISSUES

11. General lobbying issue areas (Select all applicable codes).

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12. Specific lobbying issues (current and anticipated)

Issues related to the insurance and retirement industry, the tax treatment of such products and general corporate tax policies.

AFFILIATED ORGANIZATIONS

13. Is there an entity other than the client that contributes more than $5,000 to the lobbying activities of the registrant in a quarterly period and either participates in and/or in whole or in major part supervises or controls the registrant’s lobbying activities?

No --> Go to line 14. Yes --> Complete the rest of this section for each entity matching the criteria above, then proceed to line 14.
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FOREIGN ENTITIES

14. Is there any foreign entity

a) holds at least 20% equitable ownership in the client or any organization identified on line 13; or

b) directly or indirectly, in whole or in major part, plans, supervises, controls, directs, finances or subsidizes activities of the client or any organization identified on line 13; or

c) is an affiliate of the client or any organization identified on line 13 and has a direct interest in the outcome of the lobbying activity?

No --> Sign and date the registration. Yes --> Complete the rest of this section for each entity matching the criteria above, then sign the registration.
Address Ownership
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(city and state or country) for lobbying activities
​13-1Yurakucho 1-chome, Chiyoda-ku
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​Dai-ichi Life Holdings, Inc.
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CONVICTIONS DISCLOSURE

15. Have any of the lobbyists listed on this report been convicted in a Federal or State Court of an offense involving bribery, extortion, embezzlement, an illegal kickback, tax evasion, fraud, a conflict of interest, making a false statement, perjury, or money laundering?

Signature
Digitally Signed By: Solveig Monson
 Date
6/29/2023 12:31:47 PM