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

LOBBYING REGISTRATION

Lobbying Disclosure Act of 1995 (Section 4)

Check One: New Registrant New Client for Existing Registrant Amendment

1. Effective Date of Registration
7/1/2023
2. House Identification
 35579
Senate Identification
 65191

REGISTRANT Organization/Lobbying Firm Self Employed Individual

3. Registrant Organization
VENN STRATEGIES
Address
1341 G Street NW, 6th Floor
Address2
City
WASHINGTON
State
DC
Zip
20005-2000
Country
USA

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

City
State
Zip
Country
5. Contact name and telephone number International Number
Contact
​Ms. Ruth Richards
Telephone
​2024668700
E-mail
​rrichards@vennstrategies.com
6. General description of registrant’s business or activities
​A political and public affairs consulting firm.

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

7. Client name
​7-ELEVEN
Address
​3200 Hackberry Rd.
City
​Irving
State
​TX
Zip
​75063
Country
​USA
8. Principal place of business (if different than line 7)
City
State
Zip
Country
9. General description of client’s business or activities
​Convenience store chain.

LOBBYISTS

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

Name Covered Official Position (if applicable)
First
Last
Suffix
​Kate ​Marks ​Deputy Assistant Secretary for Infrastructure Security and Energy Restoration in the Office of Cybersecurity, Energy Security and Emergency Response at the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE)
​Michael ​Spira ​Chief of Staff, Legislative Assistant, Legislative Correspondent - Rep. Carolyn McCarthy (D-NY); Deputy Chief of Staff, Legislative Director - Rep. Ed Perlmutter (D-CO); Staff Assistant - Rep. Bob Filner (D-CA)
​Macrae ​Sharp

LOBBYING ISSUES

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

​ENG

12. Specific lobbying issues (current and anticipated)

Electric vehicle policy issues; policy and regulatory issues related to electric vehicle charging.


AFFILIATED ORGANIZATIONS

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

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

Internet Address:
Name Address Principal Place of Business
Street
City State/Province Zip Code Country
City
State
Country
City
State
Country
City
State
Country

FOREIGN ENTITIES

14. Is there any foreign entity

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

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

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

No --> Sign and date the registration. Yes --> Complete the rest of this section for each entity matching the criteria above, then sign the registration.

Address Ownership
Name Street Principal place of business Amount of contribution
City State/Province Country
(city and state or country) for lobbying activities

​8-8, Nibancho, Chiyoda-ku
City
​Seven-Eleven Japan Co. Ltd.
​Tokyo 102-8455
​JPN
State
Country
​0
​100
%
​8-8, Nibancho, Chiyoda-ku
City
​Seven & i Holdings Co., Ltd. (through ownership of Seven-Eleven Japan Co. Ltd.)
​Tokyo 102-8452
​JPN
State
Country
​0
​100
%

CONVICTIONS DISCLOSURE

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


Signature
Digitally Signed By: Ruth Richards
Date
7/31/2023 3:06:58 PM