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Signature | Digitally Signed By: Toni Van Pelt |
Date | 4/20/2017 4:24:36 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 CIV
16. Specific lobbying issues
We write to express our profound concerns about a number of President Trumps recent executive orders
and policy statements and their connection to the nomination of Senator Jeff Sessions as
Attorney General. In his first week in office, President Trump has made extraordinary claims
of executive authority, has called for a major investigation into voter fraud, and has outlined
numerous policy changes that pose grave dangers to civil liberties and civil rights. Given the
reported involvement of Senator Sessions in advising President Trump on some of these
matters, we believe you have a profound duty as Chairman and ask that you do everything
necessary to ensure that Committee members are fully informed about the role of Senator
Sessions in developing these new orders and proposals and his plans to implement and
execute them.
We are writing to express our views on the factors we urge you to consider in
selecting the Assistant Attorney General for Civil Rights.
The Department of Justices Civil Rights Division was created by passage of the Civil Rights
Act of 1957, and this year marks its 60th anniversary. The Civil Rights Division and its
eleven sections have the critical responsibility of enforcing our nations federal civil rights
laws. Its mission is to provide equal treatment and equal justice under the law by enforcing
and defending the civil rights of all Americans in such areas as voting, criminal justice,
education, employment, housing, and public accommodations. Our federal civil rights laws
have transformed the nation, outlawing discrimination in nearly every facet of American life.
We are writing to express our strong opposition to the confirmation of Senator
Jefferson B. Sessions (R-AL) to be the 84th Attorney General of the United States.
Senator Sessions has a 30-year record of racial insensitivity, bias against immigrants,
disregard for the rule of law, and hostility to the protection of civil rights that makes him
unfit to serve as the Attorney General of the United States. In our democracy, the Attorney
General is charged with enforcing our nations laws without prejudice and with an eye
toward justice. And, just as important, the Attorney General has to be seen by the public -
every member of the public, from every community - as a fair arbiter of justice.
Unfortunately, there is little in Senator Sessions record, or learned from his confirmation
hearing and supporting documents, that demonstrates that he would meet such a standard.
We write to remind you in 1986, when then-U.S. Attorney Sessions was nominated by former President Ronald
Reagan to serve as a judge on the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Alabama,
the Republican-controlled Senate upheld its constitutional duty, undertaking a careful and
comprehensive review of his record at that time. The Judiciary Committee was presented
with compelling evidence that then-U.S. Attorney Sessions had a deeply troubling record as
an opponent of civil rights enforcement, a champion of voter suppression tactics targeting
African Americans, and a history of making racially-insensitive statements. This record
included warning an African-American colleague to be careful about what he said to white
folks, and speaking favorably about the Ku Klux Klan, as well as his prosecution of three
African-American voting rights activists on dozens of charges that were promptly rejected
by a jury.
We are writing to express our opposition tothe confirmation of Judge Neil M. Gorsuch to be an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States. The Supreme Court is the final arbiter of our laws, and its rulings can dramatically impact the
lives and rights of all Americans. Judge Gorsuchs decade-long record on the federal bench, as well as
his writings, speeches, and activities throughout his career, demonstrate he is a judge with an agenda. His
frequent dissents and concurrences show he is out of the mainstream of legal thought and unwilling to
accept the constructs of binding precedent and stare decisis when they dictate results he disfavors.
We write in strong opposition to H. J. Res. 83/ S.J. Res. 27, a Congressional Review Act Resolution of Disapproval that would repeal an Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) rule that clarifies an employers responsibility to maintain accurate records of serious work related injuries and illnesses. This resolution will undermine workplace health and safety in the most dangerous industries.
This OSHA clarifying rule does not impose any new costs nor any new obligations to covered employers, nor does it affect small businesses. It simply clarifies OSHAs authority to hold employers accountable for their longstanding obligation to maintain accurate injury records, a requirement that has been in effect since the Nixon Administration. Further, the rule only covers larger employers in the most dangerous industries.
We write to strongly oppose H.R. 985, the Fairness in Class Action Litigation Act of 2017. The bill will undermine the enforcement of this nations civil rights laws and upend decades of settled class action law. This sweeping and poorly drafted legislation will create needless chaos in the courts without actually solving any demonstrated problem. In this letter, we highlight the most egregious of its many harms.
Thank you for the opportunity to provide comments on the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commissions (EEOC or the Commission) Proposed Enforcement Guidance on Unlawful Harassment (Proposed Enforcement Guidance). Protection against workplace harassment, including sex-based harassment, is key to achieving equal treatment. The undersigned organizations committed to workplace equality have joined to express strong support for the Proposed Enforcement Guidance and believe it will promote the reduction of discrimination and harassment in the workforce. The EEOC last issued policy guidance on harassment in 1999; since then, the law has evolved significantly. One-third of all EEOC charges include an allegation of harassment,1 demonstrating the need for current and robust guidance for employers and EEOC investigators.
We write to call on you to recuse yourself from all Department of Justice investigations and actions regarding any interactions between President Donald Trump, his campaign staff or other individuals supporting his campaign and Russian actors during Trumps 2016 presidential campaign, any Russian interference with the 2016 presidential election, the activities of former National Security Adviser Michael Flynn and Russian actors, and leaks concerning these matters.
We are writing to urge that you conduct a thorough review of the prior record of Alex Acosta as you
consider his nomination for U.S. Secretary of Labor.
As organizations that are committed to advancing the civil and human rights of all workers
in America, we believe it is essential for this Committee to scrutinize Mr. Acostas tenure as
the Assistant Attorney General for Civil Rights at the Department of Justice.
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U.S. SENATE, Justice - Dept of (DOJ), U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC)
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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 HCR
16. Specific lobbying issues
We respectfully request that you demonstrate your support for public health by opposing H.J.Res. 43 and S.J.Res. 13. As representatives of diverse areas of the nations public health infrastructure, we urge you to support another critical piece of that infrastructure: Title X, the nations only dedicated source of public funding for family planning. These resolutions would overturn an important rule finalized in December 2016 that protects the ability of local communities to develop family planning networks that work best for them.
We write in strong opposition to the nomination of Senator Jeff Sessions to serve as United States attorney general. Given his long record of hostility towards reproductive rights and his alignment1 with extreme anti-abortion organizations, we firmly believe that Senator Sessions is not capable of fair and impartial action as attorney general. His long-held bias will negate his ability to oversee Department of Justice obligations to protect without prejudice the constitutional right to abortion, as well as the patients and providers of reproductive health care.
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U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, U.S. SENATE
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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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15. General issue area code EDU
16. Specific lobbying issues
We write to voice opposition to the reauthorization of the District of Columbia private school voucher program. We oppose this and all private school voucher programs because public funds should be spent on public schools, not private schools. But the D.C. program, in particular, has proven ineffective and unaccountable to taxpayers. Not only have multiple Department of Education (USED) studies1 concluded that the program has failed to improve educational outcomes for participating students, but two U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) reports have also identified its repeated management and accountability failures.
The National Coalition for Public Education (NCPE) writes to request that during the confirmation hearing for Betsy DeVos, the nominee for Secretary of the U.S. Department of Education, you inquire about her history of advocating for the use of public dollars to support private schools and that you seek clarity regarding her plans to support public education.
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U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, U.S. SENATE
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16. Specific lobbying issues
We write to express our opposition to the Workplace Advancement Act (S. 345). This inadequate bill suggests that there is just one solution to address the gender pay gap: a very weak non-retaliation provision that is so narrowly drawn it would do more harm than good. In addition, the bill includes a sense of the Congress that recommits to the legal principles previously passed in the Equal Pay Act of 1963, a law that requires strengthening to make meaningful strides in closing the gender pay gap.
We write to provide our perspective on, and to express our strong support for, the critical Federal data sources that inform and strengthen our nations world-leading economic, educational, democratic and civic institutions and successes.
Our Federal statistical and data systems provide information that is uniquely accurate, objective, relevant, timely and accessible. Americas families, firms and policymakers are able to make informed decisions because they have open access to this unbiased high-quality information.
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U.S. SENATE, U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
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16. Specific lobbying issues
We write to provide our perspective on, and to express our strong support for, the critical Federal data sources that inform and strengthen our nations world-leading economic, educational, democratic and civic institutions and successes.
Our Federal statistical and data systems provide information that is uniquely accurate, objective, relevant, timely and accessible. Americas families, firms and policymakers are able to make informed decisions because they have open access to this unbiased high-quality information.
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16. Specific lobbying issues
We write regarding the Obama Administrations Executive Order on Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA). As you prepare to take office on January 20, we strongly urge you to keep the DACA program in place, so that Congress has a reasonable opportunity to adopt legislation to address this pressing human rights issue. Ending DACA - or worse, moving to deport any DACA recipients, also known as Dreamers - would do a grave injustice to hundreds of thousands of young immigrants raised in America, would undermine our economy, and would diminish our moral standing as a nation.
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Homeland Security - Dept of (DHS), U.S. Immigration & Customs Enforcement (ICE), President of the U.S.
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16. Specific lobbying issues
We urge you to actively oppose H.J. Res. 42 when it comes to the
floor. This measure would repeal a Department of Labor rule intended to implement a bipartisan
agreement on implementing a provision in the Middle Class Tax Relief and Job Creation Act of
2012 that allows states to drug test unemployment insurance (UI) applicants in certain
circumstances. In 2012, Congress approved a bipartisan compromise on drug testing unemployment insurance
claimants.
We ask you to vote against the confirmation of Andrew Puzder as Secretary of Labor because we do not believe that Mr. Puzder will adequately discharge the primary duty of that post, which is to protect the rights of workers. Grounds for that belief are based on his anti-employee public record.
We write in strong opposition to H. J. Res 83, a Congressional Review Act Resolution of Disapproval that would repeal an Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) rule that clarifies an employers responsibility to maintain accurate records of serious work related injuries and illnesses. This resolution will undermine workplace health and safety in the most dangerous industries.
This OSHA clarifying rule does not impose any new costs nor any new obligations to covered employers, nor does it affect small businesses. It simply clarifies OSHAs authority to hold employers accountable for their longstanding obligation to maintain accurate injury records, a requirement that has been in effect since the Nixon Administration. Further, the rule only covers larger employers in the most dangerous industries.
We write in strong opposition to H. J. Res. 83/ S.J. Res. 27, a Congressional Review Act Resolution of Disapproval that would repeal an Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) rule that clarifies an employers responsibility to maintain accurate records of serious work related injuries and illnesses. This resolution will undermine workplace health and safety in the most dangerous industries.
This OSHA clarifying rule does not impose any new costs nor any new obligations to covered employers, nor does it affect small businesses. It simply clarifies OSHAs authority to hold employers accountable for their longstanding obligation to maintain accurate injury records, a requirement that has been in effect since the Nixon Administration. Further, the rule only covers larger employers in the most dangerous industries.
We ask you to vote against the confirmation of Andrew Puzder as Secretary of Labor because we do not believe that Mr. Puzder will adequately discharge the primary duty of that post, which is to protect the rights of workers. Grounds for that belief are based on his anti-employee public record.
As CEO of CKE Restaurants, his businesses have repeatedly violated the Fair Labor Standards Act, the chief statute which he would be charged with enforcing as Labor Secretary. The Department of Labor has investigated Mr. Puzders restaurants often during his 16 years tenure in that position, and has found violations of wage and hour laws in most of those investigations. He has been an outspoken critic of the very overtime and minimum wage rules which guarantee employees a living wage.
We write to respectfully request that you allow members of the HELP Committee as much time as they need to question Andrew Puzder fully during his confirmation hearing, by permitting more than one round of questions from Committee members. We also request that you allow present and former employees of CKE Restaurants to testify as to the working conditions in Mr. Puzders company.
We write to express its strong opposition to the confirmation of Andrew Puzder as Secretary of Labor. ISHV believes it is the ethical obligation of all members of our nationwide community and most especially the Labor Department to accept responsibility for the well-being of society, guaranteeing the right to gainful employment, social security and health care benefits including those of women, racial, ethnic, and sexual minorities. The Secretary of Labor is the nations most senior official tasked with ensuring the well-being and rights of working people and advancing their employment opportunities, and is therefore of great importance to women and their families. Mr. Puzders record is entirely inconsistent with these duties.
We submit these comments on the Interim Guidance Implementing Section 2 of the Executive Order of January 30, 2017, Titled Reducing Regulation and Controlling Regulatory Costs.
As the interim guidance implements the January 30, 2017 Executive Order, the authority to issue the interim guidance depends on the validity of the Executive Order. In the Executive Order, the President directs federal agencies to identify at least two existing regulations to be repealed for every new existing regulation promulgated. For fiscal year 2017, the Executive Order directs federal agencies to ensure that the total incremental costs from all new and repealed regulations is no greater than $0. For subsequent fiscal years, the Executive Order directs the Director of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to place a dollar cap on incremental costs allowed for each agency in issuing new and repealing existing regulations. The Interim Guidance is directed at Section 2 of the Executive Order, the provisions that apply to the current fiscal year.
We understand that the House will soon consider H.R. 985, the "Fairness in Class Action
Litigation and Furthering Asbestos Claim Transparency Act of 2015." We write to strongly oppose Section 2 of H.R. 985. The bill will undermine the enforcement of this nations civil rights laws and upend decades of settled class action law. This sweeping and poorly drafted legislation will create needless chaos in the courts without actually solving any demonstrated problem.
We write to reiterate our strong view that the Department of Labors fiduciary rule, which requires those who give retirement savings advice to put their clients best interest first must be allowed to go into effect as planned in April; and to urge you to ask the nominee for U.S. Secretary of Labor, Alex Acosta, to affirm his commitment to the rule being implemented on time.
We write to respectfully request that you allow members of the HELP Committee as much time as they need to question Andrew Puzder fully during his confirmation hearing, by permitting more than one round of questions from Committee members. We also request that you allow present and former employees of CKE Restaurants to testify as to the working conditions in Mr. Puzders company.
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U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, U.S. SENATE, Office of Management & Budget (OMB)
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We are writing to request that the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) issue guidance to federal agencies, reminding them that they are required under the Paperwork Reduction Act to give public notice before removing online government information.1 We are concerned, given recent reports that the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) and other agencies have begun removing information on a number of important topics such as animal welfare, individuals with disabilities, climate change, and more from their websites,2 that the public is at risk of losing access to valuable government information.3 We respectfully request your attention be given to this matter and that OMB take immediate action to ensure appropriate public notice is given.
We write to provide our perspective on, and to express our strong support for, the critical Federal data sources that inform and strengthen our nations world-leading economic, educational, democratic and civic institutions and successes.
Our Federal statistical and data systems provide information that is uniquely accurate, objective, relevant, timely and accessible. Americas families, firms and policymakers are able to make informed decisions because they have open access to this unbiased high-quality information.
We are concerned that a lack of appreciation for the critical importance of our Federal statistical and data systems may worsen, and are worried that, after years of insufficient funding, these systems face deeper funding cuts and further marginalization.
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Office of Management & Budget (OMB), U.S. SENATE, U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
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We are writing to express our opposition to the confirmation of Judge Neil M. Gorsuch to be an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States. The Supreme Court is the final arbiter of our laws, and its rulings can dramatically impact the
lives and rights of all Americans. Judge Gorsuchs decade-long record on the federal bench, as well as
his writings, speeches, and activities throughout his career, demonstrate he is a judge with an agenda. His
frequent dissents and concurrences show he is out of the mainstream of legal thought and unwilling to
accept the constructs of binding precedent and stare decisis when they dictate results he disfavors. If
confirmed to the Supreme Court, which is closely divided on many critical issues, Judge Gorsuch would
tip the balance in a direction that would undermine many of our core rights and legal protections. He
lacks the impartiality and independence the American people expect and deserve from the federal bench.
We join together as diverse voices from a variety of sectors to oppose the harmful global gag rule, also known as the Mexico City Policy. While the Helms Amendment restricts U.S. foreign assistance funding for abortions as a method of family planning, the global gag rule goes a step further by blocking aid to foreign organizations who use their own non-U.S. funds to provide information, referrals, or services for legal abortion or to advocate for access to abortion services in their own country.
We respectfully request that you demonstrate your support for public health by opposing H.J.Res. 43 and S.J.Res. 13. As representatives of diverse areas of the nations public health infrastructure, we urge you to support another critical piece of that infrastructure: Title X, the nations only dedicated source of public funding for family planning. These resolutions would overturn an important rule finalized in December 2016 that protects the ability of local communities to develop family planning networks that work best for them.
As members of the Act for Women campaign, we write to thank you for your leadership on the Womens Health Protection Act (S. 217/ H.R. 448). This campaign unites national, state, and local organizations working to support and advance this critical legislation.
As this Congressional session comes to a close, we want to make clear our strong commitment to the Women's Health Protection Act. It is no secret that anti-choice leaders and activists have increasingly sought new ways to undermine womens access to abortion care. Even with the landmark Supreme Court victory this summer in Whole Woman's Health v. Hellerstedt, many state legislators are still determined to erode, if not eradicate, the promise of Roe v. Wade. Since 2011, states have enacted 334 abortion restrictions, including laws that interfere with the practice of medicine by mandating unnecessary procedures and unconstitutional bans on abortion before viability.
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We urge you to oppose H. J. Res. 69, the Congressional Review Act (CRA) resolution to rescind the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Services (FWS) Alaska National Wildlife Refuges Rule. Voiding this vital rule would jeopardize iconic species in Alaska, subvert fundamental environmental laws and undermine management of federal public lands. H. J. Res. 69 is a blatant attempt to cede control of Americas wildlife on over 76 million acres of national wildlife refuges in Alaska to appease narrow state interests, and could have drastic implications for federal management of public trust resources across the country.
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U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, U.S. SENATE
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We write to urgently express our increasing concerns about policies the President-elect proposed during his campaign, and cabinet appointments he has more recently announced, which we believe run counter to this founding tenet of our democracy. We strongly urge you to support core principles of the First Amendment and religious freedom in our country by denouncing anti-Muslim rhetoric and policy proposals.
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We oppose the nomination of Representative John Michael Mick Mulvaney for the position of White House Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Director and urge you to vote against his confirmation.
Both Rep. Mulvaneys public statements and his voting record show that he is unfit and unqualified to run OMB. We cannot put our federal agencies and budget in the hands of someone who is willing to play chicken with our debt ceiling, would like to put Medicare and Social Security on the chopping block, and calls into question the need for government funded research.
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