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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 | 20001 |
Country | USA |
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| TYPE OF REPORT | 8. Year | 2024 |
Q1 (1/1 - 3/31) | Q2 (4/1 - 6/30) | Q3 (7/1 - 9/30) | Q4 (10/1 - 12/31) |
9. Check if this filing amends a previously filed version of this report
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Reporting amounts using LDA definitions only
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| Signature | Digitally Signed By: Dr. Everett B. Kelley |
Date | 1/17/2025 11:20:00 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
Lobbied to prevent new line speed waivers and reduce existing waivers to beef, poultry, or hog slaughter plants.
Lobbied against further expanding the program of putting plant employees, not inspectors, in charge of quality control and contamination.
Lobbied for an increase FSIS's budget for full-time employees in order to fill all current vacancies of Food Inspectors and Consumer Safety Inspectors. Lobbied against the contracting out of federal employee jobs.
Lobbied to fully fund the budgets of the Agriculture Research Service (ARS), Economic Research Service (ERS) and National Institute on Food and Agriculture (NIFA).
Lobbied to ensure USDA fixes critical health safety issues at its facilities in Beltsville, MD.
Lobbied S. 272 and H.R. 805 for the, "Industrial Agricultural Accountability Act of 2023" led by Sen. Booker and Rep. McGovern. Lobbied for progressive, worker friendly provisions in the Farm Bill.
Lobbied in support of H.R. 8994, the "Pigs and Public Health Act of 2024." Lobbied on the Farm Bill to ensure more labor friendly provisions.
Lobbied for passage of H.R. 9747, the Continuing Appropriations and Extensions Act, 2025 to continue to fund the federal government through December 20, 2024.
17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None
U.S. SENATE, U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Agriculture - Dept of (USDA)
18. Name of each individual who acted as a lobbyist in this issue area
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Lloyd |
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Ryan |
Mims |
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Anthony |
Livingston |
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Kevin |
Liddell |
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Shannon |
Faulk |
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Adam |
Orlovich |
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Justin |
Perpich |
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Fiona |
Kohrman |
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Gabriel |
Pedreira |
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Grant |
Schott |
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James |
Harley |
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Matt |
Muchowski |
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Herb |
Smith |
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Keena |
Smith |
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Jeff |
Cruz |
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Daniel |
Horowitz |
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Steven |
Campisi |
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Julie |
Tippens |
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Benjamin |
King |
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Keith |
Abouchar |
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Sergio |
Espinosa |
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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
Lobbied the House and Senate in Support of H.R. 10445, the Further Continuing Appropriations and Disaster Relief Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2025, that the House and Senate were expected to vote on during the week of December 14 but withdrew.
Lobbied in support of H.R. 10545, the Further Continuing Appropriations and Disaster Relief Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2025, that Congress passed on December 20 to extend federal spending and avert a government shutdown through March 14, 2025.
17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None
U.S. SENATE, U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Office of Management & Budget (OMB), Office of Personnel Management (OPM), Veterans Affairs - Dept of (VA), U.S. Customs & Border Protection, U.S. Citizenship & Immigration Services (USCIS), Natl Institutes of Health (NIH), Homeland Security - Dept of (DHS), Interior - Dept of (DOI), Labor - Dept of (DOL), Justice - Dept of (DOJ), Defense - Dept of (DOD), Housing & Urban Development - Dept of (HUD), Army - Dept of (Corps of Engineers), Army - Dept of (Other), Transportation Security Administration (TSA), U.S. Coast Guard (USCG), U.S. Immigration & Customs Enforcement (ICE), Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), Agriculture - Dept of (USDA), Energy - Dept of, Commerce - Dept of (DOC), Education - Dept of, Health & Human Services - Dept of (HHS), Transportation - Dept of (DOT), Voice of America, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), General Services Administration (GSA)
18. Name of each individual who acted as a lobbyist in this issue area
| First Name | Last Name | Suffix | Covered Official Position (if applicable) | New |
Amy |
Lloyd |
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Ryan |
Mims |
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Anthony |
Livingston |
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Kevin |
Liddell |
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Shannon |
Faulk |
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Fiona |
Kohrman |
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Adam |
Orlovich |
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Justin |
Perpich |
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Elliot |
Friedman |
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Gabriel |
Pedreira |
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Grant |
Schott |
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James |
Harley |
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Matt |
Muchowski |
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Herb |
Smith |
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Keena |
Smith |
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Jeff |
Cruz |
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Daniel |
Horowitz |
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Steven |
Campisi |
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Julie |
Tippens |
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Benjamin |
King |
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Lisa |
Swirsky |
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Keith |
Abouchar |
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Don |
Drewett |
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Johnathan |
Mungo |
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Sergio |
Espinosa |
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Niki |
Omanidze |
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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
Lobbied Congress to require Federal Bureau of Prisons to provide safe staffing and workplace safety measures for correctional officers.
Lobbied in support of legislation and funding to address exposure to toxic substances including fentanyl, K2 and spice sent through the mail to BoP facilities.
Lobbied in support of funding a 25% Special Salary Rate for BOP employees in the FY2025 Commerce, Justice, Science Appropriations bill.
Lobbied in opposition to augmentation and in support of full staffing, funding and workplace safety for correctional officers and all BOP staff.
Lobbied in support of time and a half true overtime for BOP nurses FY 2025 Commerce-Justice-Science Appropriations.
Lobbied for higher funding levels for Bureau of Prisons (BOP) and continued prohibition of closure of minimum-security camps; lobbied for funding to hire adequate numbers of correctional staff; end the use of augmentation to compensate for lack of hiring correctional officer positions; alleviating overcrowding at high-security institutions; need to increase unit officer staff at high security institutions; and reduce the use of BOP contract prisons.
Lobbied in support of H.R. 130 and S. 459, the "Thin Blue Line Act," which would make murdering a law enforcement officer an aggravated factor in sentencing for a capital crime.
Lobbied in support of S. 529, "Eric's Law" which would allow the empaneling of a new jury if a jury fails to reach a unanimous verdict in a trial involving the murder of a law enforcement officer.
Lobbied in support of full multilingual opportunities and adequate compensation for employees at the Small Business Administration. Lobbied in support of H.R. 3019, Federal Prison Oversight Act.
Lobbied in support of S. 4142, the Lieutenant Osvaldo Albarati Stopping Prison Contraband Act introduced by Senator Jon Ossoff (D-GA) and Senator Chuck Grassley (R-IA) to crack down on the smuggling of contraband cellphones into federal prisons by upgrading the charge for such smuggling from a misdemeanor offense to a felony.
Lobbied in support of H.R. 8298 / S. 4327, the Equal Remedies Act of 2024.
Lobbied in support of increased funding for the Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) for salaries and expenses (S&E) and buildings and facilities (B&F). Lobbied in support of increased funding for BOP Salary Special Pay Table Increase.
Lobbied in opposition to the use of augmentation or reassignment at BOP. Lobbied in support of hiring additional correctional officers.
Lobbied in support of increasing Unit Officer Staff at High Security Institutions.
Lobbied in support of report language to direct the Bureau of Prisons to give nurses full time-and-a-half overtime pay. Lobbied in support of increased funding for staffing at the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC).
Lobbied in support of Justice Prisoner and Alien Transportation System (JPATS) to include report language stating that no funds shall be used to transfer functions of JPATS Las Vegas, Nevada Hub to Kansas City, Missouri.
Lobbied in support increased funding for the U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC).
Lobbied for passage of H.R. 9747, the Continuing Appropriations and Extensions Act, 2025 to continue to fund the federal government through December 20, 2024.
Lobbied in support of S. 5062, the Prison Staff Safety Enhancement Act introduced by Senator Blackburn (R-TN) and Senator Ossoff (D-GA) to address sexual harassment and sexual assault of Bureau of Prisons staff in prisons.
Lobbied in opposition to the closure of BOP facilities.
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
| First Name | Last Name | Suffix | Covered Official Position (if applicable) | New |
Amy |
Lloyd |
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Ryan |
Mims |
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Anthony |
Livingston |
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Kevin |
Liddell |
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Shannon |
Faulk |
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Fiona |
Kohrman |
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Gabriel |
Pedreira |
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Grant |
Schott |
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James |
Harley |
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Matt |
Muchowski |
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Herb |
Smith |
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Keena |
Smith |
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Jeff |
Cruz |
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Daniel |
Horowitz |
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Steven |
Campisi |
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Julie |
Tippens |
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Benjamin |
King |
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Keith |
Abouchar |
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Don |
Drewett |
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Sergio |
Espinosa |
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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
Servicemember Quality of Life Improvement and National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2025 (FY25 NDAA) (H.R. 5009 / Public Law 118-159):
Lobbied in support of a pay raise for Fiscal Year 2025 for Defense Department civil service employees.
Lobbied in support of maintaining minimal staffing requirements for Department of Defense firefighters at military installations.
Lobbied in support of ending the five-year limit for overseas Defense Department civil service positions.
Lobbied in support of increasing military leave accrual and accumulation for federal civil service employees who are in the National Guard or military reserves.
Lobbied in support of making reforms to improve Department of Defense child care centers.
Lobbied against an amendment to establish a fiscal commission as part of the FY25 National Defense Authorization act.
Lobbied against an amendment that would prohibit the payment of annuities to Defense Department civilian employees convicted of certain offenses.
Lobbied against proposals in the House and Senate NDAA to expand the Department of Defenses direct hire authority for vacant civil service positions.
Lobbied against proposals in the House and Senate NDAA to limit or eliminate offices of diversity, equity, and accessibility (DEIA) in the Department of Defense.
Lobbied against proposals to restrict the authority of federal agencies to maintain alternative workplace arrangements.
FY25 Department of Defense Appropriations (H.R. 8774 / S. 4921):
Lobbied for passage of H.R. 10545 (Public Law 118-158), the American Relief Act, to continue to fund the federal government, including the U.S. Department of Defense, through March 14, 2025.
17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None
U.S. SENATE, U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Air Force - Dept of, Army - Dept of (Other), Defense Commissary Agency, Defense - Dept of (DOD), Defense Contract Audit Agency (DCAA), Defense Finance & Accounting Service (DFAS), Navy - Dept of, U.S. Marines, Army - Dept of (Corps of Engineers)
18. Name of each individual who acted as a lobbyist in this issue area
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Amy |
Lloyd |
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Ryan |
Mims |
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Anthony |
Livingston |
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Kevin |
Liddell |
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Shannon |
Faulk |
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Fiona |
Kohrman |
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Adam |
Orlovich |
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Justin |
Perpich |
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Gabriel |
Pedreira |
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Grant |
Schott |
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James |
Harley |
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Matt |
Muchowski |
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Herb |
Smith |
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Keena |
Smith |
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Jeff |
Cruz |
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Daniel |
Horowitz |
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Steven |
Campisi |
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Julie |
Tippens |
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Benjamin |
King |
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Keith |
Abouchar |
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Johnathan |
Mungo |
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Sergio |
Espinosa |
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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
Lobbied in support of the DC Admissions Act, H.R. 51, and S. 51 to make the D.C. a state.
Government Funding: Lobbied for provisions in FY 2025 Financial Services and General Government appropriations bill, and its provisions addressing the District of Columbia workforce and for timely action throughout the appropriations process to avert the need for continuing resolutions or a government shutdown.
Lobbied against overturning DCs home rule.
Lobbied for passage of H.R. 9747, the Continuing Appropriations and Extensions Act, 2025 to continue to fund the federal government through December 20, 2024.
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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Anthony |
Livingston |
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Fiona |
Kohrman |
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James |
Harley |
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Herb |
Smith |
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Keena |
Smith |
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Jeff |
Cruz |
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Daniel |
Horowitz |
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Julie |
Tippens |
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Keith |
Abouchar |
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Amy |
Lloyd |
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Sergio |
Espinosa |
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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 FOO
16. Specific lobbying issues
FY 2025 Agriculture Appropriations - Lobbied against the contracting out of federal employee jobs and potential food and public risks.
Lobbied against funding cuts of the meat and poultry inspection program. Lobbied against further expanding the program of putting plant employees, not inspectors, in charge of quality control and contamination.
Lobbied for an increase in FSIS's budget for full-time employees in order to fill all current vacancies of Food Inspectors and Consumer Safety Inspectors.
Lobbied to fully fund the budgets of the Economic Research Service (ERS) and National Institute on Food and Agriculture (NIFA) for full-time employees in order to fill all current vacancies and return ERS and NIFA to a full staffing complement.
Lobbied to prohibit funds from being spent to create a modernized beef slaughter inspection system or issue line speed waivers to beef, poultry, or hog slaughter plants.
Lobbied for USDA to improve conditions for workers at the Beltsville Agriculture Research Center.
Lobbied S. 272 and H.R. 805 of the "Industrial Agricultural Accountability Act" led by Sen. Booker and Rep. McGovern.
Lobbied in support of H.R. 8994, the "Pigs and Public Health Act of 2024." Lobbied on the Farm Bill to ensure more labor friendly provisions.
Lobbied for passage of H.R. 9747, the Continuing Appropriations and Extensions Act, 2025 to continue to fund the federal government through December 20, 2024.
17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None
U.S. SENATE, U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Agriculture - Dept of (USDA)
18. Name of each individual who acted as a lobbyist in this issue area
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Amy |
Lloyd |
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Ryan |
Mims |
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Anthony |
Livingston |
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Kevin |
Liddell |
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Fiona |
Kohrman |
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Adam |
Orlovich |
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Justin |
Perpich |
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Gabriel |
Pedreira |
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Grant |
Schott |
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James |
Harley |
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Matt |
Muchowski |
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Herb |
Smith |
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Keena |
Smith |
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Jeff |
Cruz |
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Daniel |
Horowitz |
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Steven |
Campisi |
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Julie |
Tippens |
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Benjamin |
King |
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Keith |
Abouchar |
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Sergio |
Espinosa |
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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 FOR
16. Specific lobbying issues
FY 2025 Foreign Operations Appropriations --Lobbied on the provisions related to the pay, benefits, staffing levels, and job security of Department of State, U.S. Agency on International Aid (USAID), the Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC), the U.S. Agency on Global Media (USAGM) and the Development Finance Corporation (DFC).
Lobbied for the State Department to remove an employee hosting and writing hate content on an extreme hate website.
Lobbied for the Development Finance Corporation (DFC) to have more employee input on their reorganization proposal and to have increased oversight of hiring practices and improved whistleblower protections.
Lobbied against the use of generative AI voices at the USAGM. Lobbied against any potential RIF at USAGM.
Lobbied to increase the administration cap at the MCC in the FY 2025 State and Foreign Operations Appropriations bill.
Lobbied against changes at the Voice of American at USAGM that would have the agency ditch its traditional short-wave broadcasts in favor of relying on social media.
Lobbied in support of S. 4476, the State Department Integrity and Transparency Act, to strengthen the State Department by reducing the number of political appointees and creating more civil service positions.
Lobbied for passage of H.R. 9747, the Continuing Appropriations and Extensions Act, 2025 to continue to fund the federal government through December 20, 2024.
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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Amy |
Lloyd |
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Ryan |
Mims |
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Anthony |
Livingston |
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Kevin |
Liddell |
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Shannon |
Faulk |
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Fiona |
Kohrman |
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Adam |
Orlovich |
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Justin |
Perpich |
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James |
Harley |
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Matt |
Muchowski |
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Herb |
Smith |
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Keena |
Smith |
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Jeff |
Cruz |
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Daniel |
Horowitz |
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Steven |
Campisi |
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Julie |
Tippens |
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Benjamin |
King |
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Keith |
Abouchar |
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Sergio |
Espinosa |
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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
Lobbied against passage of H.R. 139, the "SHOW UP Act" and its provisions that would abrogate collective bargaining agreements. Lobbied to explain the benefits of telework and remote work for federal employees, for the economy and the environment.
Lobbied for a 7.4% increase in federal by for 2025 in the Financial Services and General Government Appropriations bill, H.R. 8773.
Lobbied in support of the FAIR (Federal Adjustment of Income Rates) Act, H.R. 7127 and S. 3688 to provide a 7.4% increase to federal employees pay in 2025. Lobbied for a minimum of parity in the 2025 pay between military and civilian employees to provide at least a 4.5% pay raise.
Lobbied against cutting services at federal agencies, pay and benefits of federal employees, Social Security and Medicare as a precondition of raising the debt ceiling.
Lobbied against enactment of new excepted service and direct-hire authorities proposed in various bills including the NDAA. Lobbied for greater ethics disclosures for contractors working within the federal government, e.g., within the Cyber Reserve service. Lobbied in favor of higher bonuses for federal workers who recommend cost-saving improvements in their agencies.
Lobbied against passage of H.R. 140, the "Protecting Speech from Government Interference Act;" lobbied to limit the definition of censorship, to reduce or eliminate penalties for rank-and-file government workers, and to defeat the Perry amendment related to use of union official time.
Lobbied in support of the "DC Admissions Act," H.R. 51 and S. 51 to make the D.C. a state.
Lobbied against resolutions of disapproval to overturn DC Laws, including H.J. Res. 24, Disapproving the Action of the District of Columbia Council in Approving the Local Resident Voting Rights Amendment Act of 2022 and H.J. Res. 26, Disapproving the Action of the District of Columbia Council in Approving the Revised Criminal Code Act of 2022.
Lobbied in support of the joint resolution removing the deadline for the ratification of the Equal Rights Amendment, S.J. Res. 4.
Lobbied in support of inclusion of public financial disclosure provisions in S. 885, the "Department of Homeland Security Civilian Cybersecurity Reserve Act."
Lobbied in support of H.R. 866, the "Equal COLA Act" for Federal Employee Retirement System beneficiaries' cost-of-living adjustment to be the same as Civil Service Retirement System benefits rather than arbitrarily cut by one full percentage point.
Lobbied for passage of H.R. 159 / S. 59, the "Chance to Compete Act of 2023," and lobbied against proposed changes to weaken provisions of the bill by providing opt-outs, delaying implementation, and eliminating the passing score requirement.
Lobbied on behalf of Social Security workforce on agency funding, the collective bargaining agreement, telework, and recruitment and retention benefits.
Lobbied in support of S. 393, the "Social Security Expansion Act" to expand Social Security benefits, improve solvency and repeal GPO and WEP.
Lobbied in support of the Presidents FY 2025 budget request to continue GS-level pay for Transportation Security Officers and an end to the diversion of the passenger security fee.
Lobbied in support of the Fund the TSA Act," H.R. 3394.
Lobbied in support of the TSA Commuting Fairness Act, H.R. 8662.
Lobbied in support of the Rights for the "TSA Workforce Act," H.R. 8370 / S. 4334 to provide full title 5 collective bargaining rights for transportation security officers.
Lobbied in support of the "Honoring Our Fallen TSA Officers Act," H.R. 871, granting public safety officer benefits to TSOs killed or injured in the line of duty.
Lobbied in support of additional security measures for scheduled charter flights so they are fully subject to TSA screening.
Lobbied against expansion of a GAO study on remote work considered as an amendment to S. 349, the "Military Spouse Employment Act." Lobbied for passage of H.R. 82 and S. 597, the "Social Security Fairness Act of 2023" to fully repeal GPO and WEP.
Lobbied for passage of S. 3029, the Honoring Civil Servants Killed in the Line of Duty Act.
Lobbied against FY 2025 appropriations amendments to require excessive reporting on telework and remote work, ban mask mandates, and reduce federal spending below Fiscal Responsibility Act targets.
Lobbied for changes to S. 3015, the Telework Reform Act of 2023 to protect competitive service hiring.
Lobbied for changes to S. 4043, the Telework Transparency Act of 2024 to prevent arbitrary office space reductions and/or telework restrictions.
Lobbied against a proposed Romney amendment to S. 4043 to impose remote surveillance on teleworking federal employees.
Lobbied against the Perry amendment to the NDAA bill (H.R. 8070) to question to role of official time by ordering a biased reporting its use in the federal workplace.
Lobbied against a proposed Scott amendment to the NDAA bill (H.R. 8070) to curtail collective bargaining rights for dual status technicians employed by the Defense Department.
Lobbied against H.R 4848, the Censorship Accountability Act, which would expose federal employees performing their lawful duties to personal civil liability over purported intrusions into the First Amendment.
Provided technical assistance to House Oversight and Accountability Subcommittee on Government Operations and the Federal Workforce for its September 14, 2023, hearing: Oversight of Federal Agencies Post-Pandemic Telework Policies.
Lobbied against Senate proposal to expand excepted hiring in the Defense Departments Artificial Intelligence Office. Lobbied for expansion of FMLA eligibility expansion to credit military service, provision which was enacted in the NDAA.
Lobbied for changes to OPMs proposed governmentwide cybersecurity workforce proposal to preserve title 5 provisions, protect collective bargaining rights, and avoid pay banding systems that are associated with arbitrary or discriminatory treatment.
Lobbied against H.R. 9594 the Protect Taxpayers Wallets Act which would effectively end official time for federal unions.
Lobbied against H.R. 8314 the No Foreign Election Interference Act which would have interfered with the functioning of union political action committees.
Lobbied against S. 4321 the No Taxpayer-Funded Pensions for Sex Criminals Act which may have punished federal healthcare providers who provided reproductive care.
Lobbied against S. 4667 the Risky Research Review Act which would impose criminal penalties and other sanctions on federal workers reviewing or performing medical research.
Lobbied in favor of S. 131 to improve federal workers ability to access workers compensation benefits in case of work-related injury.
Lobbied for passage of H.R. 9747, the Continuing Appropriations and Extensions Act, 2025 to continue to fund the federal government through December 20, 2024.
Submitted requests for appropriations, report language and legislative language affecting the federal workforce in the following appropriations bills:
Agriculture
Commerce, Justice, Science Defense
Energy and Water
Financial Services and General Government Homeland Security Interior, Environment
Labor, Health and Human Services, Education Military Construction, Veterans Affairs State, Foreign Operations Transportation - HUD
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15. General issue area code HCR
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Lobbied to protect the Federal Employee Health Benefits Plan and against any premium increases, or any changes to FEHB retiree benefits. Opposed efforts to increase employee contributions to FEHB. Pointed out threats to federal employee health benefits should any future fiscal commission be allowed to consider this as a source for a deficit deal or appropriations compromises.
Lobbied in support of protecting federal employees' right to use existing paid sick leave policies to travel across state lines for medical care, including to get an abortion or other reproductive health services. Lobbied in opposition to provisions to limit federal employees' ability to use existing paid sick leave to access certain types of healthcare services including abortion and other reproductive healthcare services. Lobbied to remove barriers to contraception and IVF.
Lobbied for passage of H.R. 9747, the Continuing Appropriations and Extensions Act, 2025 to continue to fund the federal government through December 20, 2024 and for an additional continuing resolution through March 14, 2025 as a means of preventing government shutdown.
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Lobbied for full funding for FEMA and adequate numbers of full-time FEMA employees.
Lobbied in support of including workforce language to make sure that bargaining unit employees retain their rights during a transition in a bill that would remove the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) from the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS), returning it to being an independent agency.
Lobbied in support of inclusion of title 5 collective bargaining rights and GS pay for Transportation Security Officers (TSOs) in the Rights for the TSA Workforce Act, H.R. 8370/S. 4334.
Lobbied for H.R. 8662, the TSA Commuting Fairness Act to study the possibility of credit or compensation to TSOs for their extended travel time from remote parking lots to their duty posts.
Lobbied to encourage cosponsors of H.R. 871, the "Honoring Our Fallen TSA Heroes Act," ensuring public safety officer benefits to TSOs killed or injured in the line of duty.
Lobbied in support of H.R. 3394, the Fund the TSA Act to end the diversion of the passenger security fee to non-aviation security purposes, increase the fee and index it to inflation, and designation a portion of the proceeds to pay and bargaining rights for Transportation Security Officers as well as for important technology investments.
Lobbied for an end to the diversion of the passenger security fee. Provided technical assistance on the development of multiple pieces of legislation to end the fee, including provisions for technology investments.
Lobbied for a requirement that Public Charter Flights be subject to passenger screening when they are on fixed routes, sell tickets by the seat and have more than nine passengers.
Lobbied for additional regulations on private screening providers in California.
Lobbied for additional positions at the Office of Principal Legal Advisory (OPLA) at the Immigration and Customs Enforcement Agency to provide parity in legal teams with immigration judges at the Department of Justice. Lobbied for OPLA attorneys Public Liability Insurance to be paid by the agency.
Lobbied for basic medical and technology supplies for nurses serving in the ICE Health Services Corps (IHSC). Lobbied for reauthorization of the CFATS program (H.R. 4470).
Lobbied for Menendez amendment to H.R. 4367, Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, to support CFATS inspector training. Lobbied for inclusion of CFATS reauthorization in Murray ANS to H.R. 3935, Continuing Appropriations Act, 2024 and Other Extensions Act. Lobbied in support of changes to the Department of Homeland Security's Chemical Facility Anti-Terrorism Standards (CFATS) program during its next reauthorization, including improved training for inspectors, cyber-attack preparation. Lobbied for inclusion of CFATS reauthorization in 2025 NDAA.
Lobbied on approach to cyber workforce proposal affecting DHS and other agencies. Emphasized concerns with a separate pay system and waiver of title 5 authority.
FY 2025 Homeland Security Appropriations: Lobbied in support of the administrations FY25 funding request for TSA, in support of increased ICE funding to continue hiring for the Office of Principal Legal Advisor (OPLA), and in opposition to the administrations proposal to eliminate TSO staffing of exit lanes.
Lobbied for passage of H.R. 9747, the Continuing Appropriations and Extensions Act, 2025 to continue to fund the federal government through December 20, 2024.
Lobbied for passage of an additional continuing appropriation (H.R. 10545) through March 14, 2025 as the only alternative to a government shutdown.
Lobbied in support of H.R. 1322, the Law Enforcement Officers Equity Act for special retirement benefits for Federal Protective Service (FPS) employees.
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15. General issue area code HOU
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FY 2025 Transportation, Housing and Urban Development (THUD) Appropriations -
Lobbied for increased funding for railroad safety inspectors to 400 inspectors and to add new staff to carry out multidisciplinary safety audits. This represents all inspectors in Occupational Series GS-2121, including specialties of hazardous materials, motive power and equipment, operating practices, signal and train control and track inspectors as well as the grade crossing and trespasser outreach inspectors which are not in the series.
Lobbied in support of $160,000 in funding for each position.
Lobbied for report language directing the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) to review position classification standards of railroad safety inspectors to reflect the increased technological requirements of their positions.
Lobbied on contracting out, pay, benefits, and working conditions of federal employees in the Department of Housing and Urban Development.
Lobbied to prevent the aggressive expansion of AI in the Federal Housing Administration (FHA) and ensure there is adequate oversight over existing AI use.
Lobbied to highlight bad faith bargaining at HUD.
Lobbied in support of diversity, equity and inclusion and disability accommodations.
Lobbied for passage of H.R. 9747, the Continuing Appropriations and Extensions Act, 2025 to continue to fund the federal government through December 20, 2024.
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Lobbied the House and Senate Appropriations Committees in support of (1) increased funding for the Immigration and Custom Enforcements Office of Principal Legal Advisor, the legal representative of the federal government in immigration enforcement matters that come before immigration courts, (2) more resources for the ICE Health Service Corps (IHSC), the office within ICE Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO) responsible for providing health care for noncitizens detained in ICE custody; (3) more funding for the Citizenship and Immigration Services humanitarian programs, including refugee and asylum programs, through direct appropriation rather than fees; and (4) the establishment of a mandatory E-Verify program.
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Lobbied for Julie Su to serve as Secretary of the Department of Labor.
Lobbied in support of H.R. 7127/S. 3688, the "Federal Adjustment of Income Rates" (FAIR) Act to increase pay for federal employees by 7.4%.
Lobbied in support of H.R. 856/S. 274, the "Comprehensive Paid Leave for Federal Employees Act" to give federal employees twelve weeks of paid leave for instances covered under the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA).
Lobbied in support of expanded paid leave for instances of stillbirth.
Lobbied in support of expanded paid bereavement leave to cover adult children under 26 years old.
Lobbied in support of full funding and staffing at the Department of Labor including at OSHA and MSHA. Lobbied for an increase in pay and staffing of the Office of Civil Rights at the Department of Education.
Lobbied in support of good faith bargaining and strong union role in return to work bargaining for EEOC employees.
Urged Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs to move with all due consideration and speed to confirm nominees to the Federal Labor Relations Authority, and in support of the confirmation of Anne Wagner to be a member of the Authority.
FY 2025 Labor Health and Human Services Appropriations (H.R. 9029): Lobbied in support of increased funding for the Social Security Administration (SSA), in support of upgrading SSA legal assistants and customer service representatives positions, in support of report language directing SSA to roll back the average call handling time goal at teleservice centers and mandate call waiting time estimates to the public, in support of funds to renovate and restore National Personal Protection Technology Laboratory (NPPTL) facilities in Bruceton and Pittsburgh Pennsylvania, in support of language stating that the National Personal Protective Technology Laboratory (NPPTL) user fees collected for leading the national respirator conformity assessment activities, including certification of respirators, will not expire with the fiscal year, and in support of increased funding for the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) and the Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA).
Lobbied in support of H.R. 618 / S. 131, the "Improving Access to Workers' Compensation for Injured Federal Workers Act" allowing nurse practitioners and physician assistants to diagnose, prescribe treatment, and certify an injury and the extent of disability for the purpose of compensating federal workers under the Federal Employees' Compensation Act (FECA).
Lobbied in support of the Equal Remedies Act of 2024 to eliminate statutory damage caps and enhance protections for workers in discrimination cases.
Lobbied in support of increased funding for the Federal Labor Relations Authority (FLRA).
Lobbied for passage of H.R. 9747, the Continuing Appropriations and Extensions Act, 2025 to continue to fund the federal government through December 20, 2024.
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Lobbied in support of full funding and staffing at EPA.
H.R. 8998, the Department of the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2025: Lobbied against amendments proposed to H.R. 8997 when the House considered the measure that would have arbitrarily reduced that salaries of various officials whose agencies are funded by the bill, blocked enforcement of Executive Order 14019 - Executive Order on Promoting Access to Voting, and reduced or eliminated funding for offices and programs at agencies covered by the bill.
Lobbied on provisions relating to full funding and staffing, preventing the relocation, consolidation or closure of any EPA facility, and adequate health and safety protocols.
Lobbied in support of full funding for the National Endowment for the Arts and the National Endowment for the Humanities.
Lobbied in support of increased funding for the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), in support of hiring more EPA employees, in support of improving recruitment efforts at the EPA, and in opposition to relocations, consolidation and closure of EPA Facilities.
Lobbied in opposition to consolidation or closure of any National Energy Technology Laboratory (NETL) facilities.
Lobbied in support of report language that directs the Army Corps of Engineers to recognize the duty station for crew on a dredge to be the dredges home port and to pay for travel, lodging, meals, and incidentals on all dredges when they travel further than 100 miles from the home port.
Lobbied in support of funds to renovate and restore National Personal Protection Technology Laboratory (NPPTL) facilities in Bruceton and Pittsburgh Pennsylvania, in support of language stating that the National Personal Protective Technology Laboratory (NPPTL) user fees collected for leading the national respirator conformity assessment activities, including certification of respirators, will not expire with the fiscal year.
Lobbied for passage of H.R. 9747, the Continuing Appropriations and Extensions Act, 2025 to continue to fund the federal government through December 20, 2024.
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15. General issue area code VET
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VA budget:
Lobbied for Congress to provide funding to plug a $15 billion budget shortfall for FY 2024 and FY 2025.
Veterans Benefits Administration:
Lobbied for changes to and oversight of Veterans Benefits Administration's (VBA) employee performance standards.
Lobbied for increased oversight and changes to performance standards for Legal Administrative Assistants in the VBA National Call Centers. Lobbied for comprehensive changes to internal VBA processes for claims, including changes to the VBA National Work Queue.
Lobbied to require the VA to include VA employee input when making changes to the claims process, employee performance standards, and training for claims processors.
Lobbied on the processing of complex claims within the Veterans Benefits Administration, including how it relates to Military Sexual Trauma, Traumatic Brain Injury, and catastrophic injury claims.
Lobbied on the specialization of claims processing for highly complex cases.
Lobbied to prevent compassion fatigue for certain claims processors.
Lobbied for reforms to the VBA National Work Queue.
Lobbied for oversight and improvements into VBA employee training.
Lobbied on VBAs use of Performance Improvement Plans.
Board of Veterans Appeals:
Lobbied for the introduction and in support of H.R. 9046, the Board of Veterans Appeals Attorney Retention and Backlog Reduction Act including the re-instatement of GS-14 career ladder position and the career path to a journeyman GS-15 position.
Lobbied for the re-instatement of experience requirements for Board of Veterans Appeals Members (Veterans Law Judgements). Lobbied in support of and for changes to H.R. 1378, the Veterans Appeals Backlog Improvement Act.
Lobbied for additional oversight at the Board of Veterans Appeals. Lobbied for additional training for Board of Veterans Appeals Attorneys. Lobbied in support of ANS to H.R. 1530, the Veterans Benefits Improvement Act of 2023.
C&P Exams:
Lobbied against contracting out of Compensation and Pension (C&P) Exams and bringing those exams back into the VA.
Lobbied to keep all specialty C&P Exams including but not limited to Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI), Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), Military Sexual Trauma (MST), veterans who served as Prisoners of War (POWs), veterans who suffered catastrophic injuries, and veterans who are currently eligible to pursue toxic exposure claims.
Lobbied for the VA to utilize more internal C&P Providers by hiring more staff and returning staff to C&P positions who had previously been reassigned.
Lobbied to keep Integrated Disability Evaluation System (IDES) Exams within the VA. Lobbied for the continued oversight of contract C&P Exams. Lobbied to make C&P Exams available in every VA Medical Center.
Lobbied to make sure the VA is in compliance with Section 2002 of the Johnny Isakson and David P. Roe, M.D. Veterans Health Care and Benefits Improvement Act of 2020.
Lobbied in support of S. 2718, the Medical Disability Exam Improvement Act of 2023.
Lobbied for technical changes to S. 3979, to make permanent and codify the pilot program for use of contract physicians for disability examinations, and for other purposes.
Collective Bargaining Rights:
Lobbied in support of H.R. 4906 "Protecting VA Employees Act" to repeal parts of the VA Accountability Act.
Lobbied in support of H.R. 6538, the VA Correct Compensation Act of 2023 and for its introduction in the Senate.
Lobbied in support of S. 4046/H.R. 9855, the "VA Employee Fairness Act.
Lobbied in support of and for changes to S. 2679, the Leadership, Engagement, Accountability, and Development (LEAD) Act of 2023.
Lobbied in opposition to H.R. 4278 / S.2158, the "Restore Department of Veterans Affairs Accountability Act."
Lobbied in support of and for changes to H.R. 6531, the TRAIN VA Employees Act.
HR modernization:
Lobbied to address problems created by VA reorganization of its human resources processes including centralization and implementation of new information technology systems, and practices and policies related to filling and posting unfilled positions.
Lobbied to have Congress require the VA to return the HR functions back to VA facilities and to appropriate funding for it.
VA Compensation:
Lobbied in support of H.R. 7127/S. 3688, the "FAIR Act" to raise pay for federal employees at the VA.
Lobbied in support of H.R. 866/S. 3194, the "Equal COLA Act" to protect VA employees in FERS.
Lobbied in support of H.R. 82/S. 597, the Social Security Fairness Act" to protect VA employees affected by the Windfall Elimination Provision (WEP) and the Government Pension Offset (GPO).
Lobbied in support of H.R. 543, the "VA CPE Modernization Act."
Lobbied in support of H.R. 1322 the "Law Enforcement Officers Equity Act" and S. 1658, the "Law Enforcement Officers Parity Act" as it pertains to VA Police Officers.
VA Infrastructure:
Lobbied for restriction on VA's authority to close or reduce services at rural healthcare facilities in the 2024 and 2025 VA Military Construction appropriations bill.
VA Quality:
Lobbied to amend H.R. 6330, the Veterans Sentinel Act to include data collection and analysis for suicides that happen when veterans are served at non-VA facilities.
Privatization:
Lobbied against continued increased spending on community care at the expense of VA's own staffing and infrastructure.
Lobbied against an amendment to H.R. 8580, the Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2025 forcing VA to apply the same access standards for Mental Health Residential Rehabilitation Treatment Program (MH RRTP) as for primary care, specialty care, and non-institutional extended care services.
Lobbied against amendments to H.R. 8070, the Servicemember Quality of Life Improvement and National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2025 that would codify Trump-Era access standards responsible for rapid privatization of the VA, prohibit VA from modifying access standards to allow telehealth to satisfy these access standards and require VA to meet strict timeframes evaluating high-risk veterans for referral to residential treatment and rehabilitative programs without providing any additional funding to staff these new obligations.
Lobbied against amendments to H.R. 8070, the Servicemember Quality of Life Improvement and National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2025 that would require VA to meet 72-hour evaluation timeframe for evaluating high-risk veterans for residential treatment centers without providing adequate funding or putting equivalent credentialing and quality requirements on private programs.
Lobbied against a proposal to create a pilot program under which the Secretary would contract out to fill vacancies at a medical facility with non-department health care providers.
Lobbied against a provision in H.R. 9438, the No Wrong Door for Veterans Act, reduces the wait time for VA mental health care from the current 20 day to just 3 days.
Lobbied in opposition to H.R. 9146, Ensuring Continuity in Veterans Health Act, which
would require the Secretary to include continuity of care as one of the criteria used to determine when private care would be in the best medical interest (BMI) of a veteran undermining VAs ability to decide when returning a veteran to the VA is the in the best interest of the veteran.
Lobbied against the Veterans Mental Health Access Act, which would create a parallel private mental health program that supplants VAs direct care system rather than supplement it when veterans cannot reasonably access VA care.
Lobbied in opposition to H.R. 3520, the Veteran Care Improvement Act of 2023, H.R. 1315, the Health Act and S. 2649, Making Community Care Work for Veterans Act.
Lobbied in opposition to H.R. 3146, the Veterans Health Care Freedom Act, which would codify community care access standards that create a bias toward referral to community care over VA's own healthcare.
Lobbied for oversight of new VA private contracting program, the Integrated Critical Staffing Program. Lobbied for oversight of VA staffing reductions.
Lobbied against potential closure or privatization of services at VA Medical Centers in Philadelphia and Coatesville, PA. Testimony, Statements for the Record, and Letters.
Lobbied for better information on scheduling and appointment times for both in-house VA and private care. Lobbied for more information about the costs of VA care.
Lobbied against VA raising the ceiling for payment to third party private, Community Care contractors. Lobbied against prohibiting public health care programs from using QALYs to determine price.
Lobbied in opposition to H.R. 485, the Protecting Health Care for All Patients Act, and urge that it be defeated on the House floor. H.R. 485 would increase already high healthcare costs for the Federal Employees Health Benefits Program (FEHBP), which covers the vast majority of AFGE members and their families. In additional to FEHBP, the bill would prohibit Medicaid, Medicare Advantage (MA) plans, Medicare Part D Plans (PDPs), the VA, and the Defense Health Agency from using Quality Adjusted Life Years (QALYs) - a measure that ascertains the value of a drug - to make decisions about a drugs price. Medicare already prohibits the use of QALYs in ways that discriminate against the elderly (such as by valuing the extension of life of an older person as less than extending the life of a younger person).
Lobbied against amendments to H.R. 8070, the Servicemember Quality of Life Improvement and National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2025 that would: 1) codify Trump-Era access standards responsible for rapid privatization of the VA, prohibits VA from modifying access standards to allow telehealth to satisfy these access standards and requires VA to meet strict timeframes evaluating high-risk veterans for referral to residential treatment and rehabilitative programs without providing any additional funding to staff these new obligations and 2) require VA to meet 72-hour evaluation timeframe for evaluating high-risk veterans for residential treatment centers without providing adequate funding or putting equivalent credentialing and quality requirements on private programs.
Lobbied against Amendment to H.R. 8580, the Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2025 forcing VA to apply the same access standards for Mental Health Residential Rehabilitation Treatment Program (MH RRTP) as for primary care, specialty care, and non-institutional extended care services that would not apply to private RRTP facilities, promoting privatization.
Lobbied against provisions in H.R. 8371, the Elizabeth Dole 21st Century Veterans Healthcare and Benefits Improvement Act that would allow decisions between a veteran and a doctor to remain final without VA authorization and provisions that would require strict timeframes for placement of high-risk veterans in mental health treatment programs for VA programs but not private programs.
Lobbied in support of final passage of S. 141, the Elizabeth Dole 21st Century Veterans Healthcare and Benefits Improvement Act.
Statements and Correspondence:
Testified before the House Veterans Affairs Subcommittee on Health on December 17, 2024 legislative hearing.
Specific Legislation:
Lobbied in support of H.R. 6538, the "VA Correct Compensation Act of 2023."
Lobbied in support of S. 4046/H.R. 9855, the VA Employee Fairness Act.
Lobbied in support of H.R. 536/S. 124, the "FAIR Act" to raise pay for federal employees at the VA.
Lobbied in support of H.R. 866/S. 3194, the "Equal COLA Act" to protect VA employees in FERS.
Lobbied in support of H.R. 82/S. 597, the "Social Security Fairness Act" to protect VA employees affected by the Windfall Elimination Provision (WEP) and the Government Pension Offset (GPO).
Lobbied in support of H.R. 543, the "VA CPE Modernization Act."
Lobbied in support of H.R. 1322 the "Law Enforcement Officers Equity Act" and S. 1658, the Law Enforcement Officers Parity Act" as it pertains to VA Police Officers.
Lobbied in support of and for changes to H.R. 1378, the "Veterans' Appeals Backlog Improvement Act."
Lobbied for changes to S. 10 the "VA Clinician Appreciation, Recruitment, Education, Expansion, and Retention Support (CAREERS) Act of 2023." Lobbied for changes to S. 10, the "VA Clinician Appreciation, Recruitment, Education, Expansion, and Retention Support" (CAREERS) Act related to market pay, performance pay, cost of living adjustments, licensure, and certification reimbursement, covid leave flexibility, and recruitment and retention at VA community living centers. Also lobbied for specific changes to the bill related to the inclusion of VA Police Pensions, Continuing Professional Education Benefits, and Collective Bargaining Rights for Title 38 Employees.
Lobbied to renew a defunded corpsmen and medic vocational education and training program Grow Our Own. Lobbied in support of H.R. 4906 "Protecting VA Employees Act" to repeal parts of the VA Accountability Act. Lobbied for oversight of the "Honoring Our PACT Act."
Lobbied in opposition to H.R. 4278 / S. 2158, the "Restore Department of Veterans Affairs Accountability Act." Lobbied in support of and for changes to H.R. 6531, the TRAIN VA Employees Act.
Lobbied in support and for changes to S. 2679, the VA LEAD Act of 2023.
Lobbied in opposition H.R. 3520, the Veteran Care Improvement Act of 2023.
Lobbied in opposition to S. 2649, the Making Community Care Work for Veterans Act.
Lobbied in opposition to S. 1315, the HEALTH Act.
Lobbied in opposition to H.R. 485, the Protecting Health Care for All Patients Act.
Lobbied for changes to H.R. 1089, the "VA Medical Center Facility Transparency Act."
Lobbied in support of H.R. 1530, the "Veterans Benefits Improvement Act of 2023."
Lobbied in support of H.R. 3504, the "VA Medical Center Security Report Act."
Lobbied in support of, S. 1951, the "Department of Veterans Affairs Income Eligibility Standardization Act," which would eliminate subcategories of priority for enrollment to make more veterans eligible for enrollment in VA health care.
Lobbied in support of the, S. 1954, the "Improving Whole Health for Veterans with Chronic Conditions Act," which would create a pilot to provide dental benefits to veterans with diabetes and ischemic heart disease.
Lobbied in opposition to S. 1545, "Veterans Health Care Freedom Act," which would set up a pilot program to allow veterans to choose community providers at their preference without the need for referral by the VA.
Lobbied in opposition to H.R. 754, Modernizing Veterans' Health Care Eligibility Act, which establishes the Commission on Eligibility (staffed with bipartisan congressional and presidential appointees) to examine veterans' eligibility for health care from the VA.
Lobbied in opposition to H.R. 41, VA Same-Day Scheduling Act of 2023, which requires the VA to ensure that when a veteran enrolled in the VA health care system contacts the VA by telephone to schedule an appointment for care or services at a VA facility, the appointment must be scheduled on that same call.
Lobbied in support of S. 1113, the "Nurse Staffing Standards for Hospital Patient Safety and Quality Care Act," which would set minimum nurse‐ patient staffing requirements for public and private health care systems, including YA and Department of Defense medical facilities.
Lobbied in support of H.R. 542, the "Elizabeth Dole Home-and Community-Based Services for Veterans and Caregivers Act." Lobbied in support of S. 2718, the Medical Disability Exam Improvement Act of 2023.
Lobbied in opposition to H.R. 3176, Veterans Health Care Freedom Act,
which creates a three-year pilot program allowing veterans to obtain hospital care, medical services, psychological services, and extended care bypassing VA authorization and the need to meet access standards.
Lobbied in opposition to H.R.5287, the Veterans Access to Direct Primary Care Act, would establish Health Savings Accounts (HSAs) funded by the VA that veterans could use for private healthcare. Veterans electing these HSAs would be completely barred from accessing VA healthcare services.
Lobbied in opposition to the Complete the Mission Act (No bill number). This proposal codifies the Community Care access standards, modifies 38 USC 1703(d)(2) to make veteran preference to go to a private provider a criterion for what constitutes best medical interest and creates a pilot three-year pilot program in at least five locations where veterans could access outpatient mental health and substance use services. AFGE opposes this provision as it would circumvent VAs ability to coordinate care and is unsustainable for the VA in the long term.
Lobbied to preserve changes to H.R. 3738, a bill To amend title 38, United States Code, to establish in the Department of Veterans Affairs the Veterans Economic Opportunity and Transition Administration, and for other purposes.
Lobbied for technical changes to S. 3979, to make permanent and codify the pilot program for use of contract physicians for disability examinations, and for other purposes.
Lobbied in support of and for changes to H.R. 7765, the VA Security Screening Pilot Program Act
Lobbied for the introduction and support of the Board of Veterans Appeals Attorney Retention and Backlog Reduction Act. Lobbied for changes to H.R. 7793 the Veterans Appeals Operations Expansion Act of 2024;
Lobbied for changes to H.R. 7917, the Veterans Appeals Efficiency Act of 2024;
Lobbied for changes to H.R. 7919, the Veterans Claims Quality Improvement Act of 2024.
Lobbied or changes to H.R. 7883, the Toxic Exposures Examination Improvement Act
Lobbied in opposition to H.R. 7734 the Personnel Integrity in Veterans Affairs Act of 2024
Lobbied in support of H.R. 9046, the Board of Veterans Appeals Attorney Retention and Backlog Reduction Act
Lobbied in support of H.R. 2971, the Veterans Claims Education Act of 2023
Lobbied for changes to H.R. 8874, the Modernizing All Veterans and Survivors Claims Processing Act
Lobbied in support of and for changes to H.R. 8879, the Improving VA Training for Military Sexual Trauma Claims Act
Lobbied for changes to H.R. 8881, the Rural Veterans Improved Access to Benefits Act of 2024.
Lobbied for passage of H.R. 9747, the Continuing Appropriations and Extensions Act, 2025 to continue to fund the federal government through December 20, 2024.
Lobbied in support of final passage of S. 141, the Elizabeth Dole 21st Century Veterans Healthcare and Benefits Improvement Act.
Lobbied against expanding use of Schedule F for VA employees.
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Lobbied to ensure the wealthiest American individuals and companies pay their fair share of taxes.
Lobbied to protect increase funding for the IRS and better target IRS tax enforcement.
Lobbied for H.R. 884 and S. 357, a bill to end offshore corporate tax avoidance, and for other purposes, known as the "No Tax Breaks for Outsourcing Act."
Lobbied for S. 638, the "Disclosure of Tax Havens and Offshoring Act," require large, publicly traded corporations to disclose high‐level financial information (i.e., profits, revenues, taxes, number of employees, and assets) on a country-by-country basis to shine a spotlight on tax avoidance strategies and contribute to a fair and transparent tax system.
Lobbied to ensure workers at the U.S. Mint have a safe workplace where they are treated equitably and fairly. Lobbied in support of H.R. 4963 and S. 738, the Tax Fairness for Workers Act.
Lobbied for H.R. 4535 and S. 1174, a bill to ensure the wealthiest Americans contribute their fair share to Americas social insurance programs, known as the Medicare and Social Security Fair Share Act.
Lobbied to make sure the Trump tax cuts set to sunset in 2025 expire as scheduled.
Lobbied for passage of H.R. 9747, the Continuing Appropriations and Extensions Act, 2025 to continue to fund the federal government through December 20, 2024.
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Lobbied for reclassifications of Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) Railroad Safety Inspectors to be competitive with private industry in the Railway Safety Act (H.R. 1674/S. 576) and in the Transportation/HUD Appropriations bill. Lobbied for taking action on that legislation before the Congress adjourned.
Lobbied for additional Railroad Safety Inspectors at the FRA to be able to keep up with significant demands during a time of increased derailments, hazardous materials release and other safety threats. Lobbied for inclusion in the Transportation/HUD Appropriations bill (H.R. 9028/ S. 4796) and in the Railway Safety Act.
Lobbied for passage of H.R. 9747, the Continuing Appropriations and Extensions Act, 2025 to continue to fund the federal government through December 20, 2024 and for an additional continuing resolution through March 14, 2025 to prevent government shutdown.
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