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LOBBYING REPORT |
Lobbying Disclosure Act of 1995 (Section 5) - All Filers Are Required to Complete This Page
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| TYPE OF REPORT | 8. Year | 2023 |
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
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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: Alexandra McPhee |
Date | 4/16/2023 8:13:26 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 LAW
16. Specific lobbying issues
Endorsed H.R.26, the Born-Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act
Endorsed H.Con.Res.3, Expressing the sense of Congress condemning the recent attacks on pro-life facilities, groups, and churches.
Endorsed H.R.8839 - Protecting Kids from Candy-Flavored Drugs Act
Endorsed potential legislation mirroring H.B.675, Legislature of the State of Idaho, 66th Legislature, Second Regular Session - 2022
Opposed PN93 - Bradley Garcia - The Judiciary
Opposed PN90 - JulieRikelman- The Judiciary
Opposed PN95 - Nancy G.Abudu- The Judiciary
Opposed S.J.Res.4 - Deadline for Ratification of ERA
Supported oversight question for the record about Embezzlement of Non‐Profit Organizations/Corporate Fraud investigation with no criminal predicate
Endorsed H.R.175 - Heartbeat Protection Act of 2023
Endorsed H.R.461 - Protecting Individuals with Down Syndrome Act
Endorsed H.R.8839 (117) - Protecting Kids from Candy-Flavored Drugs Act
Endorsed S.823 - END CSAM Act
Endorsed H.R.1276 - Protecting Minors from Medical Malpractice Act
Endorsed S.751 -Human-AnimalChimeraProhibitionActof 2023
Endorsed congressional letter to FBI regarding Targeting Radical Traditionalist Catholic Ideology
Endorsed congressional letter to Attorney General Merrick Garland condemning a memorandum claiming that abortion drugs can be mailed into states that prohibit abortions-directly violating existing law
Endorsed S.1103 - Parental Notification and Intervention Act
Endorsed S.Res.107 A resolution recognizing the expiration of the Equal Rights Amendment proposed by Congress in March 1972, and observing that Congress has no authority to modify a resolution proposing a constitutional amendment after the amendment has been submitted to the States or after the amendment has expired
Endorsed H.R.421 - Teleabortion Prevention Act of 2023
Endorsed H.R.407 - Protect the UNBORN Act
Endorsed H.Res.115 - Establishing aWomen's Bill of Rights to reaffirm legal protections afforded towomenunder Federal law
Endorsed S.Res.53 A resolution establishing a Women's Bill of Rights to reaffirm legal protections afforded to women under Federal law
Endorsed S.959 - Stopping Traffickers and Their Accomplices Act
17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None
U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, U.S. SENATE
18. Name of each individual who acted as a lobbyist in this issue area
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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 HCR
16. Specific lobbying issues
Endorsed, strategized, supported advancement of H.R.734, the Protection of Women and Girls in Sports Act
Endorsed, strategized, supported advancement of S.816, the Protection of Women and Girls in Sports Act
Opposed an allocation of CDC grant, "93.391: Activities to Support State, Tribal, Local and Territorial (STLT) Health Department Response to Public Health or Healthcare Crises"
Supported Senate Pro-Life Caucus Membership
Opposed S.754 (117th) - Ensuring Lasting Smiles Act
Supported oversight question for the record about FDA-Certified Abortion Pill Dispensaries on College Campuses
Supported oversight question for the record about FDA protocol on establishing regulation over drug manufacturers for drugs to induce abortions
Supported oversight question for the record about U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' policy for the Protection of Human Subjects 45 CFR 46
Endorsed H.R.6060 (117th) Conscience Protection Act
Endorsed congressional letter to the Food and Drug Administration calling on the administration to safeguard women and childrens health by rescinding its abortion pill regulations
Endorsed S.750 - No Taxpayer Funding for Health Centers Providing Abortion Act
Endorsed H.R.383- to nullify the modifications made by the Food and Drug Administration in January 2023 to the risk evaluation and mitigation strategy for the abortion pill mifepristone, and for other purposes
Endorsed congressional letter to FDA Commissioner Robert Califf, M.D., explaining the policy and legal faults in the FDA decision to approve chemical abortion drugs and then further eliminate the in-person dispensing in an attempt to make abortion drugs available by mail
Endorsed S.13 - Protect Funding for Womens Health Care Act
Endorsed S.95 - SAVE Moms and Babies Act
Endorsed H.R.427 - SAVE Moms and Babies Act
Endorsed congressional letter to Secretary of U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Xavier Becerra on oversight of pediatric "gender affirming care"
Endorsed S.76 - Standing With Moms Act
Endorsed H.R.517 - Standing With Moms Act
Endorsed H.R.1074 - Women's Public Health and Safety Act
Endorsed S.471 - Women's Public Health and Safety Act
Endorsed bicameral comment letter against the elimination of the moral exemptions to the contraceptive mandate regulation
Endorsed S.565 - Pregnancy Center Security Act
Endorsed H.R.384 - Protecting Life From Chemical Abortions 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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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 VET
16. Specific lobbying issues
Endorsed H.J.Res.31 Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Department of Veterans Affairs relating to "Reproductive Health Services"
Endorsed S.J.Res.10 A joint resolution providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Department of Veterans Affairs relating to "Reproductive Health Services"
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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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 CPI
16. Specific lobbying issues
Endorsed S.3663 - 117th Congress (2021-2022), Kids Online Safety Act
17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None
U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, U.S. SENATE
18. Name of each individual who acted as a lobbyist in this issue area
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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
Endorsed H.R.7, the No Taxpayer Funding for Abortion and Abortion Insurance Full Disclosure Act of 2023
Endorsed H.R.372 -ProtectingLifeandTaxpayersActof 2023
Endorsed S.166 - HEALING Mothers and Fathers Act
Endorsed S.62 - No Taxpayer Funding for Abortion and Abortion Insurance Full Disclosure Act of 2023
Encouraged pro-family messaging in debt-ceiling legislative strategy
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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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 RET
16. Specific lobbying issues
Opposed the rule submitted by the Department of Labor relating to "Prudence and Loyalty in Selecting Plan Investments and Exercising Shareholder Rights"
Endorsed H.J.Res.30 A joint resolution providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Department of Labor relating to "Prudence and Loyalty in Selecting Plan Investments and Exercising Shareholder Rights".
Opposed veto of H.J.Res.30 A joint resolution providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Department of Labor relating to "Prudence and Loyalty in Selecting Plan Investments and Exercising Shareholder Rights".
Endorsed S.J.Res.8 A joint resolution providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Department of Labor relating to "Prudence and Loyalty in Selecting Plan Investments and Exercising Shareholder Rights"
17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None
U.S. SENATE, U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, President of the U.S.
18. Name of each individual who acted as a lobbyist in this issue area
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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
Supported the Hyde Amendment, Hyde-Weldon Amendment, Nickles Amendment, and Dickey-Wicker Amendment in appropriations legislation for Labor, Health and Human Services, Education
Supported a prohibition in the Bureau of Prisons against funding for abortion or forcing BOP healthcare employees to perform or facilitate abortions in appropriations legislation for Commerce, Justice & Science
Supported the Dornan Amendment in appropriations legislation for Financial Services and General Government
Supported Helms Amendment and Siljander Amendment in appropriations legislation for State and Foreign Operations
Opposed funding for the United Nations Population Fund in appropriations legislation for State and Foreign Operations
Opposed funding for bilateral international family planning programs in appropriations legislation for State and Foreign Operations
Supported defunding of--interim final rule (IFR), VA-2022-VHA-0021-0001: Reproductive Health Services-- in appropriations legislation for Military Construction and Veterans
Supported defunding of --Department of Defense (DOD) memorandum, Ensuring Access to Reproductive Health Care, published on October 20, 2022-- in appropriations legislation for the Department of Defense
Opposed increase in funding for Title X program in appropriations legislation for Labor, Health and Human Services, Education
Opposed new accounts funding abortion or abortion advocacy in any appropriations legislation
Supported appropriations for maternity care wards in Washington, D.C.
Endorsed appropriations language to prohibit the federal government from discriminating against religious schools, faith-based organizations, other non-profits, and individuals for holding traditional views on marriage
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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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
Opposed H.R.159 - Chance to Compete Act of 2023
Endorsed H.Con.Res.9 Denouncing the horrors of socialism
Endorsed H.R.1143 - Prohibiting Federal Emergencies for Abortion 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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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 FAM
16. Specific lobbying issues
Supported oversight question for the record about Protections for Faith Based Adoption Agencies and Parents of Faith in Child Welfare System
Endorsed S.Res.10 A resolution memorializing the unborn by lowering the United States flag to half-staff on the 22nd day of January each year
Endorsed H.Res.52 Memorializing the unborn by lowering the United States flag to half-staff on the 22d day of January each year
Endorsed H.R.128 Defund Planned Parenthood Act of 2023
Endorsed S.1102 - Dignity for Aborted Children 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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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 DEF
16. Specific lobbying issues
Supported hold on expedited consideration of promotions of flag and other officers at the U.S. Department of Defense in order to demand rescission of Department of Defense (DOD) memorandum, Ensuring Access to Reproductive Health Care, published on October 20, 2022
H.R.1297 - To amend title 10, United States Code, to prohibit the Secretary of Defense from paying or reimbursing expenses relating to abortion services, and for other purposes
Endorsed S.822- Modification to Department of Defense Travel Authorities for Abortion-Related Expenses Act of 2023
17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None
U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, U.S. SENATE
18. Name of each individual who acted as a lobbyist in this issue area
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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 EDU
16. Specific lobbying issues
Supported H.R.8206 - Stop Wrongs to Our Kids Educational Meals (W.O.K.E.) Act of 2022
Supported S.613 - Protection of Women and Girls in Sports Act of 2023
Supported H.R.734 - Protection of Women and Girls in Sports Act of 2023
Opposed RIN 1870-AA16 Nondiscrimination on the Basis of Sex in Education Programs or Activities Receiving Federal Financial Assistance
Requested comment period extension for U.S. Department of Education's Proposed Change to its Title IX Regulations on Students' Eligibility for Athletic Teams
Endorsed H.R.5 Parents' Bill of Rights Act
Endorsed S.16 Protecting Life on College Campus Act of 2023
Endorsed H.R.435 Protecting Life on College Campus Act of 2023
Endorsed S.120 Educational Choice for Children Act
Endorsed H.R.531 Educational Choice for Children Act
17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None
U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, U.S. SENATE, Education - Dept of
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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 CON
16. Specific lobbying issues
Supported floor remarks and proclamation recognizing the history of the First Amendment protection of free exercise of religion and recognizing April as Faith Month
Endorsed H.J.Res.38- Proposing anamendmentto the Constitution of the United States relating toparentalrights
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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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 HOU
16. Specific lobbying issues
Opposed rule by U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing
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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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 RES
16. Specific lobbying issues
Endorsed S.1066 - SOIL Act of 2023
Opposed S.211 - SMART Leasing Act
Endorsed amendment to S.211 - SMART Leasing Act ensuring protection against leasing for facilities that would promote or perform abortions
17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None
U.S. SENATE, U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
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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
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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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