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LOBBYING REPORT |
Lobbying Disclosure Act of 1995 (Section 5) - All Filers Are Required to Complete This Page
2. Address
| Address1 | 740 15th Street NW |
Address2 | Suite 700 |
| City | WASHINGTON |
State | DC |
Zip Code | 20005 |
Country | USA |
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5. Senate ID# 71278-12
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6. House ID# 359980000
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| TYPE OF REPORT | 8. Year | 2024 |
Q1 (1/1 - 3/31) | Q2 (4/1 - 6/30) | Q3 (7/1 - 9/30) | Q4 (10/1 - 12/31) |
9. Check if this filing amends a previously filed version of this report
| 10. Check if this is a Termination Report | Termination Date |
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| Provide a good faith estimate, rounded to the nearest $10,000, of all lobbying related income for the client (including all payments to the registrant by any other entity for lobbying activities on behalf of the client). | 14. REPORTING Check box to indicate expense accounting method. See instructions for description of options. | ||||||||
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Reporting amounts using LDA definitions only
Method B. Reporting amounts under section 6033(b)(8) of the Internal Revenue Code Method C. Reporting amounts under section 162(e) of the Internal Revenue Code |
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| Signature | Digitally Signed By: Ashley Morehouse |
Date | 1/21/2025 5:07:17 PM |
LOBBYING ACTIVITY. Select as many codes as necessary to reflect the general issue areas in which the registrant engaged in lobbying on behalf of the client during the reporting period. Using a separate page for each code, provide information as requested. Add additional page(s) as needed.
15. General issue area code ENG
16. Specific lobbying issues
Urged Congress to oppose S. 4753, the Energy Permitting Reform Act.
Urged Congress to oppose the H.R. 8446, Critical Mineral Consistency Act of 2024
Urged Congress to oppose the H.R. 7673, the Liberty in Laundry Act
Urged EPA to object to the issuance of the Deepwater Port Act license for Texas Gulflink and refer the issue to CEQ.
Urged Congress to support H.R. 10314, the National Resilience and Recovery Fund Act.
Urged Congress to support H.R. 4936, the Nonrestrictive Offshore Wind Act.
Urged members to cosponsor H.R. 6747, the Clean Energy and Transmission Acceleration Act
Urged the Department of Energy to move forward and finalize National Interest Electricity Transmission Corridors and continue awarding and obligating grants and loans to speed the improvement of long distance transmission.
Urged the Department of Energy to issue their study on the impacts of liquefied methane gas (LNG) export facilities to local communities, the environment, families energy bills, and the economy writ large. And to use that study, once published, to deny the public interest determination request from multiple pending LNG export facilities.
17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None
Energy - Dept of, U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, U.S. SENATE, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
18. Name of each individual who acted as a lobbyist in this issue area
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Tiernan |
Sittenfeld |
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Sara |
Chieffo |
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Matthew |
Davis |
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Darien |
Davis |
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David |
Shadburn |
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Sara |
Fontes |
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Leah |
Donahey |
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Eliana |
Kosova |
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19. Interest of each foreign entity in the specific issues listed on line 16 above Check if None
LOBBYING ACTIVITY. Select as many codes as necessary to reflect the general issue areas in which the registrant engaged in lobbying on behalf of the client during the reporting period. Using a separate page for each code, provide information as requested. Add additional page(s) as needed.
15. General issue area code AGR
16. Specific lobbying issues
Urged Congress to pass a Farm Bill that includes the Inflation Reduction Act climate-smart agriculture money in the baseline.
17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None
U.S. SENATE, U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
18. Name of each individual who acted as a lobbyist in this issue area
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Tiernan |
Sittenfeld |
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Sara |
Chieffo |
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Madeleine |
Foote |
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Matthew |
Davis |
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19. Interest of each foreign entity in the specific issues listed on line 16 above Check if None
LOBBYING ACTIVITY. Select as many codes as necessary to reflect the general issue areas in which the registrant engaged in lobbying on behalf of the client during the reporting period. Using a separate page for each code, provide information as requested. Add additional page(s) as needed.
15. General issue area code ENV
16. Specific lobbying issues
Urged the EPA to ban the toxic chemical paraquat.
Urged Congress to oppose the H.R.7409, HEATS Act.
Urged Congress to oppose the H.R. 1449, The CLEAN Act
Urged Congress to oppose the proposal to dismantle parts of the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) rules and regulations from House Natural Resources Committee Chairman Westerman.
17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None
U.S. SENATE, U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
18. Name of each individual who acted as a lobbyist in this issue area
| First Name | Last Name | Suffix | Covered Official Position (if applicable) | New |
Tiernan |
Sittenfeld |
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Sara |
Chieffo |
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Matthew |
Davis |
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Darien |
Davis |
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David |
Shadburn |
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America |
Fitzpatrick |
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Francesca |
Governali |
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Madeleine |
Foote |
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19. Interest of each foreign entity in the specific issues listed on line 16 above Check if None
LOBBYING ACTIVITY. Select as many codes as necessary to reflect the general issue areas in which the registrant engaged in lobbying on behalf of the client during the reporting period. Using a separate page for each code, provide information as requested. Add additional page(s) as needed.
15. General issue area code CAW
16. Specific lobbying issues
Opposed EPA's Pending Approval of Phosphogypsum in Roadways
Encouraged EPA to propose New Source Performance Standards for gas turbines to limit nitrogen oxide pollution.
Urged EPA to approve all of Californias Clean Air Act waivers to enforce stronger than federal pollution limits for trucks, cars, fleets, offroad engines, harbor vessels, and locomotives.
17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
18. Name of each individual who acted as a lobbyist in this issue area
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Tiernan |
Sittenfeld |
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Sara |
Chieffo |
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Matthew |
Davis |
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Darien |
Davis |
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David |
Shadburn |
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America |
Fitzpatrick |
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Francesca |
Governali |
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Madeleine |
Foote |
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19. Interest of each foreign entity in the specific issues listed on line 16 above Check if None
LOBBYING ACTIVITY. Select as many codes as necessary to reflect the general issue areas in which the registrant engaged in lobbying on behalf of the client during the reporting period. Using a separate page for each code, provide information as requested. Add additional page(s) as needed.
15. General issue area code NAT
16. Specific lobbying issues
Urged the Biden administration to designate the Chuckwalla National Monument.
Urged the Biden administration to designate the Sattitla Highlands National Monument and supported S. 5001, the Sattitla National Monument Establishment Act.
Urged Congress to oppose H.R. 8790, the Fix Our Forests Act.
Urged the Biden Administration to designate Frances Perkins Homestead National Historic Landmark in Newcastle, Maine, as a national monument under the Antiquities Act.
Urged the Biden Administration to designate Chuckwalla National Monument in the Coachella Valley of California, as a national monument under the Antiquities Act.
Urged the White House and the Department of the Interior to designate the Chumash Heritage National Marine Sanctuary, off the central coast of California.
17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None
U.S. SENATE, U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Interior - Dept of (DOI), White House Office
18. Name of each individual who acted as a lobbyist in this issue area
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Tiernan |
Sittenfeld |
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Sara |
Chieffo |
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Madeleine |
Foote |
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Matthew |
Davis |
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Leah |
Donahey |
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America |
Fitzpatrick |
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David |
Shadburn |
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Eliana |
Kosova |
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Francesca |
Governali |
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19. Interest of each foreign entity in the specific issues listed on line 16 above Check if None
LOBBYING ACTIVITY. Select as many codes as necessary to reflect the general issue areas in which the registrant engaged in lobbying on behalf of the client during the reporting period. Using a separate page for each code, provide information as requested. Add additional page(s) as needed.
15. General issue area code BUD
16. Specific lobbying issues
Urged Congress to reject poison pill riders in the FY25 budget.
Urged Congress to pass bipartisan spending bills with modest funding increases for environmental programs and no new poison pill policy riders (objectionable policies across a variety of issue areas that are not directly related to program funding or spending).
Urged Congress to fully fund President Bidens appropriations requests related to critical election infrastructure.
17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None
U.S. SENATE, U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
18. Name of each individual who acted as a lobbyist in this issue area
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Tiernan |
Sittenfeld |
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Sara |
Chieffo |
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Matthew |
Davis |
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David |
Shadburn |
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Douglas |
Lindner |
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Leah |
Donahey |
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19. Interest of each foreign entity in the specific issues listed on line 16 above Check if None
LOBBYING ACTIVITY. Select as many codes as necessary to reflect the general issue areas in which the registrant engaged in lobbying on behalf of the client during the reporting period. Using a separate page for each code, provide information as requested. Add additional page(s) as needed.
15. General issue area code IMM
16. Specific lobbying issues
Urged Congress to Oppose H.R.8281, the SAVE Act.
17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None
U.S. SENATE, U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
18. Name of each individual who acted as a lobbyist in this issue area
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Tiernan |
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Sara |
Chieffo |
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Douglas |
Lindner |
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David |
Shadburn |
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Matthew |
Davis |
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19. Interest of each foreign entity in the specific issues listed on line 16 above Check if None
LOBBYING ACTIVITY. Select as many codes as necessary to reflect the general issue areas in which the registrant engaged in lobbying on behalf of the client during the reporting period. Using a separate page for each code, provide information as requested. Add additional page(s) as needed.
15. General issue area code CIV
16. Specific lobbying issues
Urged Congress to oppose H.R. 5009 provision banning medically necessary health care for families of service members in the FY25 National Defense Authorization Act.
Supported H.R.11/S. 1, the Freedom to Vote Act.
Supported H.R. 14/S.4, the John R. Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act.
Supported H.R.51/S.51, the Washington, DC Admission Act.
Supported H.R. 3422/S. 1616, the Judiciary Act.
Supported confirmation of President Bidens judicial nominees.
Supported H.R. 926/S. 359 Supreme Court Ethics, Recusal, and Transparency Act.
Supported H.R.9108, the Judicial FOIA Expansion Act.
Supported HR. 3973/S. 1908, the Judicial Ethics and Anticorruption Act.
Opposed H.R.4563/S.3520, the ACE Act.
Urged the Biden administration to ensure agencies fully implement Executive Order on Promoting Access to Voting.
Supported H.R. 9884 the Investigative Integrity Protection Act.
Supported H.R. 9818, the Freedom from Intimidation in Elections Act.
17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None
U.S. SENATE, U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, White House Office
18. Name of each individual who acted as a lobbyist in this issue area
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Tiernan |
Sittenfeld |
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Sara |
Chieffo |
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Douglas |
Lindner |
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Matthew |
Davis |
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David |
Shadburn |
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Leah |
Donahey |
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Sara |
Fontes |
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19. Interest of each foreign entity in the specific issues listed on line 16 above Check if None
LOBBYING ACTIVITY. Select as many codes as necessary to reflect the general issue areas in which the registrant engaged in lobbying on behalf of the client during the reporting period. Using a separate page for each code, provide information as requested. Add additional page(s) as needed.
15. General issue area code GOV
16. Specific lobbying issues
Urged Congress to Oppose the Midnight Rules Relief Act of 2023 (H.R. 115)
Supported oversight action in response to ethical concerns at the United States Supreme Court.
Urged Senate to reject use of recess appointments by President-elect Donald Trump.
17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None
U.S. SENATE, U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
18. Name of each individual who acted as a lobbyist in this issue area
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Tiernan |
Sittenfeld |
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Sara |
Chieffo |
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Madeleine |
Foote |
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Matthew |
Davis |
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Darien |
Davis |
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Sara |
Fontes |
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David |
Shadburn |
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Douglas |
Lindner |
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Leah |
Donahey |
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America |
Fitzpatrick |
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19. Interest of each foreign entity in the specific issues listed on line 16 above Check if None
LOBBYING ACTIVITY. Select as many codes as necessary to reflect the general issue areas in which the registrant engaged in lobbying on behalf of the client during the reporting period. Using a separate page for each code, provide information as requested. Add additional page(s) as needed.
15. General issue area code TAX
16. Specific lobbying issues
Urged Congress to Oppose H.R. 9495, the Stop Terror-Financing and Tax Penalties on American Hostages Act, which includes the text of H.R. 6408 and thus would allow political appointees to baselessly accuse civil society organizations of supporting terrorism and revoke tax-exempt status without due process, an easily abusable power that chills First Amendment activities.
Urged Congress to Oppose H.R. 6408, to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to terminate the tax-exempt status of terrorist supporting organizations, which would allow political appointees to baselessly accuse civil society organizations of supporting terrorism and revoke tax-exempt status without due process, an abusable power that chills First Amendment activities.
Urged Congress to Oppose H.R. 8314, the No Foreign Election Interference Act, an overbroad bill that would create chilling effects on First Amendment activities without effectively preventing foreign interference in elections.
Urged the Department of Treasury and the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) to finalize guidance for the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) Section 30C Alternative Fuel Vehicle Refueling Property Credit by the end of 2024 and to provide a simple address look-up tool so people and businesses can determine if they are eligible for this vital tax credit.
Urged Treasury and the White House to finalize the rules on IRA Section 45V Clean Hydrogen tax credits, and Sections 45Y and 48E Technology Neutral Clean Energy Tax credits.
17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None
U.S. SENATE, U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Treasury - Dept of, Internal Revenue Service (IRS)
18. Name of each individual who acted as a lobbyist in this issue area
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Sittenfeld |
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Sara |
Chieffo |
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Matthew |
Davis |
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David |
Shadburn |
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Darien |
Davis |
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Leah |
Donahey |
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19. Interest of each foreign entity in the specific issues listed on line 16 above Check if None
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AFFILIATED ORGANIZATIONS
25. Add the following affiliated organization(s)
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26. Name of each previously reported organization that is no longer affiliated with the registrant or client
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FOREIGN ENTITIES
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28. Name of each previously reported foreign entity that no longer owns, or controls, or is affiliated with the registrant, client or affiliated organization
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CONVICTIONS DISCLOSURE
29. 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?
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