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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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| City | WASHINGTON |
State | DC |
Zip Code | 20005 |
Country | USA |
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| TYPE OF REPORT | 8. Year | 2021 |
Q1 (1/1 - 3/31) | Q2 (4/1 - 6/30) | Q3 (7/1 - 9/30) | Q4 (10/1 - 12/31) |
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Reporting amounts using LDA definitions only
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| Signature | Digitally Signed By: Hilary Shelton |
Date | 1/14/2022 11:12:59 AM |
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
Support of the critical importance of getting the Dietary Guidelines right and ensuring that they serve all Americans, especially during this urgent time where the state of our health is so crucial in the fight against Covid.
17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None
U.S. SENATE, U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Agriculture - Dept of (USDA), Health & Human Services - Dept of (HHS)
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 CIV
16. Specific lobbying issues
Worked to advance concepts against advocating anti-racism and sexism as being real, historical and present-day phenomena and undermines important and necessary employer initiatives aimed at understanding and dismantling racist, sexist, and discriminatory structures. Support House and Senate Resolutions, which urge the establishment of a United States Commission on Truth, Racial Healing, and Transformation. Support the EEOC continuing to withdraw or suspend action on the proposed Trump Administration update of the Compliance Manual Section on Religious Discrimination (Compliance Manual).
17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None
U.S. SENATE, U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC)
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 BAN
16. Specific lobbying issues
Continue to support the CDFI Fund giving its seal of approval only to lending practices that, in the spirit of the CDFI mission, carry reasonable interest rates and promote asset building, rather than saddling consumers with high-cost, harmful debt. Support amendments to pilot postal banking in the FY 2021 appropriations package. Support the implementation of CFPB plans to conduct testing of new payday loan disclosures, as payday lenders would point to new required disclosures to resist meaningful consumer protections against unaffordable payday loans.
17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None
U.S. SENATE, U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC)
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
Continue supporting funding the Centers for Disease Control and Preventions (CDC) Office on Smoking and Health (OSH) at the House-passed funding level in fiscal year 2021. Support amendments to pilot postal banking in the FY 2022 appropriations package. Support COVID Relief and omnibus for the upcoming fiscal cycle, which includes provisions to provide comprehensive funding for unemployment, direct payments, and business loans to combat the economic effects of the Covid pandemic and extend eviction moratorium and appropriate billions in emergency rental payments. Provides low- and moderate-income families with stimulus.
17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None
U.S. SENATE, U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Centers For Disease Control & Prevention (CDC), U.S. Postal Service (USPS)
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 CSP
16. Specific lobbying issues
Continue to oppose the CFPBs proposed major reorganization of the Division of Supervision, Enforcement, And Fair Lending (SEFL). Continue to oppose the Consumer Financial Protection Bureaus approach to consumers with Limited English Proficiency in the recently finalized Debt Collection Practices (Regulation F) rule, and to encourage the Bureau to provide greater protections in its upcoming disclosure rule under the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act. Continue to support the Consumer Financial Protection Bureaus approach to assisting consumers with Limited English Proficiency. And continue to encourage the Bureau to provide greater protections in its upcoming disclosure rule under the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act. Continue to oppose CFPB plans to conduct testing of new payday loan disclosures, as payday lenders would point to new required disclosures to resist meaningful consumer protections against unaffordable payday loans.
17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None
U.S. SENATE, U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB)
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
Continue to support diversity in all levels of the U.S. Armed Forces as well as continue to work to improve services of the Veterans Administration.
17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None
U.S. SENATE, U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Veterans Affairs - Dept of (VA), Defense - Dept of (DOD)
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 DIS
16. Specific lobbying issues
Supported measures to increase the amount of the stimulus check received by low-and moderate-income Americans. Support regulatory policies which include provisions to provide billions for unemployment, direct payments, and business loans to combat the economic effects of the Covid pandemic and extend eviction moratorium in emergency rental payments. Provides low- and moderate-income families with additional much-needed economic stimulus.
17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None
U.S. SENATE, U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), Housing & Urban Development - Dept of (HUD)
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 DOC
16. Specific lobbying issues
Continue supporting HR 51, making DC a state and allowing it all the rights and responsibilities of statehood, in the 117th Congress.
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 EDU
16. Specific lobbying issues
Support legislative measures which restore the option to appeal for compliance. Support measures to continue to require the Department of Education OCR to notify all applicable complainants of this option. These measures also require OCR to share a report on these activities with Congress.
Continue to support the Counseling Not Criminalization In Schools Act, which would divert federal funding away from school-based law enforcement and toward evidence-based and trauma-informed services that create positive learning environments. Support eliminating student debt. Oppose the U.S. Department of Educations interim final rule, CARES Act Programs; Equitable Services to Students and Teachers in Non-Public Schools (Docket ID ED-2020-OESE-0091).
17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None
U.S. SENATE, U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, 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 GOV
16. Specific lobbying issues
Continue to work to protect the right to vote for Americans across the country from the growing and real threat of violent white supremacist activity. Because White supremacist activities have elevated to a national threat priority earlier last year; we also recognize that intelligence shows that white supremacists pose a grave threat to our country. We continue to work to increase the FBIs resources and focus on white supremacist activities. Support House initiatives for full funding of the operating and programmatic expenses of the U.S. Election Assistance Commission in any end-of-year funding package.
17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None
U.S. SENATE, Justice - Dept of (DOJ), U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)
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
Continue to support the inclusion of the COBRA subsidies that were in the original HEROES Act, so that laid-off workers have the option to affordably continue the coverage they receive through employers. Regarding the Hospital OPPS: support making the health care system collect and report information about the ways in which they are failing people of color, and stop the policy distractions that too many in the health care industry continue to play that increase the cost of health care by implementing payment parity across care settings. Continue our support for Medicare and the 340B program. Continue to urge the leadership of the House and Senate to implement protocols and controls that go far beyond testing alone to mitigate the spread of COVID in the U.S. Capitol complex, the greater Washington, D.C., area, while also prioritizing the protection of essential workers necessary to uphold the functions of the U.S. government in a time of crisis.
Continue to support a Pandemic Prevention Plan, which would invest in domestic programs, systems, and supply chains that will help improve Americans health outcomes, combat the spread of new disease, and ramp up public health capacity during global health emergencies; support global public health efforts to identify and mitigate the spread of new diseases before they become global pandemics; create new permanent positions including high-paying public health jobs to rebuild our depleted public health workforce and ensure the rapid deployment of contact tracers and other support workers during future pandemics; address the systemic racism and discrimination embedded in our health care system and pass legislation ensuring that health care treatments, pandemic countermeasures, vaccines, and primary disease prevention measures are accessible for all Americans; and halt the environmental degradation that increases the likelihood of global pandemics. Support of the critical importance of getting the Dietary Guidelines right and ensuring that they serve all Americans, especially during this urgent time where the state of our health is so crucial in the fight against Covid. Support funding the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Office on Smoking and Health (OSH) at the highest possible level. Support the CDC extending their eviction moratorium and making key improvements to shore-up protections for renters. Equity must be paramount in the distribution of the COVID vaccines. The process of developing, testing, and approving COVID vaccines must be transparent. Clinical trials must include representation from diverse communities in order to ensure vaccine efficacy and trust in the process. We advocate for all communities to be engaged in the COVID vaccines distribution process to provide education and address vaccine hesitancy in communities of color. Robust data collection around vaccine development and distribution must be an instrumental part of our nation's COVID response. Once a COVID vaccine has been approved by the FDA, it must be free and accessible for all people; and strenuous efforts must be employed in all planning of a vaccine mandate. Support COVID Relief which includes provisions to provide additional funding for unemployment, direct payments, and business loans to combat the economic effects of the Covid pandemic and extends eviction moratorium by at least an additional month, and appropriates resources for emergency rental payments, as needed. Provides low- and moderate-income families with a needed economic stimulus.
17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None
U.S. SENATE, U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services - Dept of (HHS), Agriculture - Dept of (USDA), Housing & Urban Development - Dept of (HUD)
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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 LAW
16. Specific lobbying issues
Support bills that would remove the age requirement for those seeking an expungement order for first-time drug possession offenses. Support the criminal justice provisions contained in the HEROES Act and urge these essential measures remain in any bipartisan package agreement achieved by Congress. Support more comprehensive gun violence data collection including a fresh perspective on gun violence in homes, communities, and other places throughout our country. Support crucial measures in the Counseling Not Criminalization In Schools Act, which would divert federal funding away from school-based law enforcement and toward evidence-based and trauma-informed services that create positive learning environments. Support measures to extend the suspension of federal student loans. Urge the Department of Justice, including the FBI and the Civil Rights Division of the U.S. Department of Justice to protect the right to vote for Americans across the country from the growing and real threat of violent white supremacist activity. White supremacist activity was elevated to a national threat priority earlier this year; you have also acknowledged that intelligence shows that white supremacists pose a grave threat to our country. Advocate for additional resources for the FBI to focus on white supremacist activities. Continue to work to oppose any legislative provision in any stimulus package that provides businesses with immunity from COVID-related lawsuits, including the so-called Safe to Work Act. Support the Cost of Police Misconduct Act, which incentivizes law enforcement agencies to make public resources expended by cities or counties on judgments and settlements related to police misconduct. Support the Marijuana Opportunity Reinvestment and Expungement Act (MORE) which Removes marijuana from the list of scheduled substances under the Controlled Substances Act and eliminates criminal penalties for an individual who manufactures, distributes, or possesses marijuana. The bill also requires the Bureau of Labor Statistics to regularly publish demographic data on cannabis business owners and employees; establishes a trust fund to support various programs and services for individuals and businesses in communities impacted by the war on drugs; imposes a reasonable tax on cannabis products and requires revenues to be deposited into the trust fund; prohibits the denial of federal public benefits to a person on the basis of certain cannabis-related conduct or convictions; prohibits the denial of benefits and protections under immigration laws on the basis of a cannabis-related event (e.g., conduct or a conviction); establishes a process to expunge convictions and conduct sentencing review hearings related to federal cannabis offenses, and directs the Government Accountability Office to study the societal impact of cannabis legalization. Support the HBCU Propelling Agency Relationships Towards a New Era of Results for Students Act or the HBCU PARTNERS Act, which requires federal agencies that regularly interact with HBCUs to submit annual plans for strengthening the capacity of HBCUs to participate in federal programs. Among other things, the plans must establish how the agencies intend to increase the capacity of HBCUs to compete effectively for grants, contracts, or cooperative agreements.
17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None
U.S. SENATE, U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Education - Dept of, President of the U.S., Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), Justice - Dept of (DOJ)
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
Continue to advocate for FHFA to significantly increase the GSEs affordable housing goals, particularly the low-income purchase goal. Furthermore, FHFA and the GSEs should take measures that make rate-term refinancing more available to lower-wealth borrowers and borrowers of color. In addition to bolstering access to responsible mortgage credit, the GSEs should also take all possible actions to mitigate foreclosures and to support affordable loan modifications for homeowners who have been hit hard by the COVID pandemic and recession. Regarding the proposed housing goals for the GSEs: Tightening credit standards in the wake of COVID are predictable but troubling signs that lower-income and minority homebuyers are facing barriers to accessing and affordability; goal-setting for 2022-2024 should reflect that the Enterprises must provide leadership in the mortgage market and not lag the market in making mortgage credit available. The agency should consider setting higher benchmark housing goals but also adopting pricing, product, outreach, and other affordable housing policies that support the Enterprises meeting them; and continue to advocate to the FHFA and the agency's newly-created Division of Research and Statistics should provide topline data and trend insights into Enterprise acquisitions and affordable housing activities related to the goal-qualifying segments of the market and create new measurements to track the progress of minority homebuyers. Support legislation that would increase funding for HUDs Fair Housing Initiatives Program, make changes to the FHIP, reinstate the Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing rule, and provide additional funds for research into housing discrimination. Support the CDC by extending their eviction moratorium and making key improvements to shore-up protections for renters. Support initiatives which include provisions to provide more support for unemployment, direct payments, and business loans to combat the economic effects of the Covid pandemic and extend eviction moratorium as continuously needed. Continue to provide low- and moderate-income families with economic stimulus resources.
17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None
Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA), U.S. SENATE, U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Centers For Disease Control & Prevention (CDC), Housing & Urban Development - Dept of (HUD)
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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 FIN
16. Specific lobbying issues
Continue to support CFPB oversight of discriminatory practices in the predatory lending arena.
Continue to oppose the OCC proposed rule that would force large banks to do business, against their will, with industries that harm the public.
17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None
U.S. SENATE, U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB)
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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 LBR
16. Specific lobbying issues
Continue to oppose any legislative provision in any economic reform and stimulus packages that provides businesses with immunity from COVID-related lawsuits, including the so-called Safe to Work Act. Continue to oppose the EEOC considering revoking the delegation of litigation authority that currently resides with the EEOC General Counsel. This change would require the Commission to vote on all EEOC litigation, even non-controversial or individual cases, in order to proceed. Support the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act to ensure that pregnant workers can continue to do their jobs by requiring employers to make workplace adjustments for those workers who need them due to pregnancy, childbirth, and related medical conditions. These accommodations are often low-cost and temporary, such as a stool to sit on during one's shift or free and easy continuous access to clean, potable water. Support important provisions in the National Apprenticeship Act which would create and define the responsibilities for an Office of Apprenticeship (OA) within DOL. The OA's responsibilities include (1) supporting the development of apprenticeship models; (2) recognizing qualified state apprenticeship agencies, and operating apprenticeship offices in states without a recognized agency; (3) providing technical assistance to state agencies; (4) periodically updating requirements for each occupation in the apprenticeship program and determining whether to approve new occupations for the program; and (5) awarding grants.
17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None
U.S. SENATE, U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), Labor - Dept of (DOL), Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA)
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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 MMM
16. Specific lobbying issues
Regarding the Medicare Physician Fee Schedule: support Increased payments for primary care providers and for vaccine administration; Ensuring health care providers deliver affordable, high-quality telehealth services that meet patient needs; and the development of a coordinated national strategy to address rural telehealth needs across the country. Regarding the Hospital OPPS: support making the health care system collect and report information about the ways in which they are failing people of color, and stop the health care industry programs that increase the cost of health care by implementing payment parity across care settings. Support Medicare and the 340B program.
17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None
U.S. SENATE, U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Health & Human Services - Dept of (HHS)
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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 UNM
16. Specific lobbying issues
Continue to support the inclusion of the COBRA subsidies that were in the original HEROES Act, so that laid-off workers have the option to affordably continue the coverage they receive through employers in any future HEROES Act. Regarding the Medicare Physician Fee Schedule: support Increased payments for primary care providers and for vaccine administration; Ensuring health care providers deliver affordable, high-quality telehealth services that meet patient needs; and the development of a coordinated national strategy to address rural telehealth needs across the country.
17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None
U.S. SENATE, U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS)
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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 COM
16. Specific lobbying issues
Continue to support civil rights principles in the era of big data. Specifically, we need to end high-tech profiling; ensure justice in automated decisions; preserve Constitutional principles; ensure that technology serves people historically subject to discrimination; define responsible use of personal Information and enhance individual rights, and make systems transparent and accountable. Support extending the Lifeline waivers throughout the full length of the pandemic. Continue to support that a broadband subsidy is included in all future COVID stimulus packages.
17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None
U.S. SENATE, U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Federal Communications Commission (FCC), Health & Human Services - Dept of (HHS), Centers For Disease Control & Prevention (CDC)
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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 MIA
16. Specific lobbying issues
Continue to support civil rights principles in the era of big data. Specifically, we need to end high-tech profiling; ensure justice in automated decisions; preserve Constitutional principles; ensure that technology serves people historically subject to discrimination; define responsible use of personal Information and enhance individual rights, and make systems transparent and accountable. Continue to support extending the Lifeline waivers throughout the full length of the COVID pandemic.
17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None
U.S. SENATE, U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Federal Communications Commission (FCC), Education - Dept of
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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 INT
16. Specific lobbying issues
Support legislation to prevent law enforcement and intelligence agencies from obtaining in exchange for anything of value, subscriber or customer records, that the agencies would otherwise only be able to compel the production of through a warrant, court order, or other legal processes. Support amending the Foreign Information and Surveillance Act (FISA) to strengthen and expand the role of the independent amici who appear before the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court in certain cases; removing Sec. 9307 from the Senate IAA, which makes the establishment of a Social Media Data and Threat Analysis Center mandatory; and make a one-time report in last years IAA on best practices to protect the privacy and civil liberties of Chinese Americans into an annual report that also covers civil rights.
17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None
U.S. SENATE, U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Federal Communications Commission (FCC)
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 TOB
16. Specific lobbying issues
Continue to support funding the Centers for Disease Control and Preventions (CDC) Office on Smoking and Health (OSH) at the necessary funding levels allowing the government to more thoroughly access this health hazard.
17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None
U.S. SENATE, U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Centers For Disease Control & Prevention (CDC), Health & Human Services - Dept of (HHS)
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 POS
16. Specific lobbying issues
Continue to support the amendment to pilot postal banking in the upcoming appropriations package. Provide comprehensive Federal funding to a struggling U.S. Postal Service.
17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None
U.S. SENATE, U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, U.S. Postal Service (USPS), Treasury - Dept of, Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC)
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 IMM
16. Specific lobbying issues
Continue to support a COVID pandemic relief package that includes all families (including legal immigrants and mixed-status families) in support measures and provides a retroactive fix for the CARES Act exclusion of immigrant families from stimulus payments. Continue to support ensuring that immigrants have equitable access to COVID vaccines.
17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None
U.S. SENATE, U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Centers For Disease Control & Prevention (CDC), Health & Human Services - Dept of (HHS), Homeland Security - Dept of (DHS)
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 REL
16. Specific lobbying issues
Support the EEOC withdrawing or suspending action on discriminatory provisions in the Compliance Manual Section on Religious Discrimination (Compliance Manual).
17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None
U.S. SENATE, U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), U.S. Commission on Civil Rights
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 ENG
16. Specific lobbying issues
Continue to support an increase in supplemental funding for the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP).
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
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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 UTI
16. Specific lobbying issues
Continue to support supplemental funding for the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP).
17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None
U.S. SENATE, U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Energy - Dept of, Housing & Urban Development - Dept of (HUD)
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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
Support provisions in the Civil Rights Legacy Protection Act which would establish federal penalties against vandalism of civil rights memorials and monuments across the United States, as is currently afforded other national monuments and Veterans memorials. Support crucial provisions in the Julius Rosenwald and the Rosenwald Schools Act, which directs the Department of the Interior to study the sites associated with the life and legacy of Julius Rosenwald, a part-owner and President of Sears, Roebuck and Company and a noted philanthropist who helped finance construction of 5,357 schools in 15 southern states between 1912 and 1932. The study shall include a special emphasis on specified sites, including certain Rosenwald Schools. In conducting such a study, Interior shall (1) evaluate the national significance of the sites; and (2) determine the suitability and feasibility of designating the sites as a unit of the National Park System, including an interpretive center in or near Chicago, Illinois.
17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None
U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, U.S. SENATE, Education - Dept of, Interior - Dept of (DOI)
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 WEL
16. Specific lobbying issues
Continue to support increased funding in the amount of the stimulus check received by low-and moderate-income Americans. Support the COVID relief which includes provisions that increase funding resources for unemployment, direct payments, and business loans to combat the economic effects of the Covid pandemic and extend the eviction moratorium and adequate funding in emergency rental payments. Provide low- and moderate-income families with full funding from the economic stimulus.
17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None
U.S. SENATE, U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Housing & Urban Development - Dept of (HUD), Agriculture - Dept of (USDA)
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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 SMB
16. Specific lobbying issues
Continue to support the COVID Relief and fiscal support, which includes provisions to assist with unemployment, direct payments, and business loans to combat the economic effects of the Covid pandemic and extends eviction moratorium and emergency rental payments. Provides low- and moderate-income families with much-needed economic stimulus.
17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None
U.S. SENATE, U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Housing & Urban Development - Dept of (HUD), Small Business Administration (SBA)
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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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