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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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State | MD |
Zip Code | 20904 |
Country | USA |
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| TYPE OF REPORT | 8. Year | 2022 |
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
Method B. Reporting amounts under section 6033(b)(8) of the Internal Revenue Code Method C. Reporting amounts under section 162(e) of the Internal Revenue Code |
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| Signature | Digitally Signed By: Leslye Colvin |
Date | 7/25/2022 10:30:53 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 IMM
16. Specific lobbying issues
We oppose recent anti-asylum measures and any attempts to keep
Title 42 in place.
Call for a comprehensive audit and investigation of the administrations
internal regulatory and sub-regulatory policies regarding the utilization of Temporary Protected Status (TPS), which has led to disparate racial impacts in how and which countries are designated and when.
Urge the designation or redesignation, at minimum, the following countries for Temporary Protected Status (TPS): Burkina Faso, Colombia, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, El Salvador, Ethiopia, Guatemala, Guinea, Haiti, Honduras, Lebanon, Mali, Mauritania, Nepal, Nicaragua, and Sierra Leone.
Asking for an increase in funding to address the backlog in victims applications at USCIS Vermont and Nebraska Service Centers.
Letter to the Biden administration requesting an 18-month extension and redesignation of TPS for Venezuela.
Calling on the Department of State to ensure that passport requirements do not prevent Afghan refugees, including parents and siblings of unaccompanied children, from seeking safety in the U.S.
Calling on the Biden administration to use its maximum authority, within the bounds of current court orders, to mitigate the harm of Title 42 and restore access to asylum.
Requesting the administration to immediately redesignate TPS for Syria for 18 months, publish a timely Federal Register Notice (FRN), provide a minimum 180-day registration period, and launch a public information campaign to notify the impacted community of the decision.
Urging Congress to provide funding for various approaches to respond to and to address domestic violence and gun violence.
17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None
U.S. SENATE, U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, President of the U.S., Homeland Security - Dept of (DHS), State - Dept of (DOS), Vice President of the U.S., Natl Security Agency (NSA)
18. Name of each individual who acted as a lobbyist in this issue area
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Leslye |
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19. Interest of each foreign entity in the specific issues listed on line 16 above Check if None
LOBBYING ACTIVITY. Select as many codes as necessary to reflect the general issue areas in which the registrant engaged in lobbying on behalf of the client during the reporting period. Using a separate page for each code, provide information as requested. Add additional page(s) as needed.
15. General issue area code EDU
16. Specific lobbying issues
We urged Congress to include in the final budget reconciliation language
that expands access to federal financial aid under Title IV of the Higher Education Act to DACA
recipients and DED and TPS holders.
Calling for an end to corporal punishment by 12pm on April 28, 2022 and the implementation of the Protecting Our Students in Schools Act, to end corporal punishment in schools receiving federal funding.
Follow-up letter urging Congress to make significant and sustained investments in child care.
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 |
Leslye |
Colvin |
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19. Interest of each foreign entity in the specific issues listed on line 16 above Check if None
LOBBYING ACTIVITY. Select as many codes as necessary to reflect the general issue areas in which the registrant engaged in lobbying on behalf of the client during the reporting period. Using a separate page for each code, provide information as requested. Add additional page(s) as needed.
15. General issue area code FAM
16. Specific lobbying issues
Calling for immediate support for families who have experienced issues filing and accessing their CTC this spring.
Expressing the need for the expanded and fully refundable monthly Child Tax Credit payments to ensure families can put food on the table and pay their bills be brought back.
Urging Leader Schumer to prioritize investments in child care funds to help benefit workers and parents.
Expressing why its so important survivors have access to affordable, reliable, and flexible child care and why Congress should prioritize those concepts when drafting child care legislation or funding child care proposals.
Asking Congress to fully fund VAWA, FVPSA, and related programs.
17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None
Treasury - Dept of, President of the U.S., U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, U.S. SENATE
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 |
Leslye |
Colvin |
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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
Urging lead appropriators in Congress to provide an adequate share of funding for Labor-Health and Human Services-Education appropriations in FY 2023.
Calling Congress to ensure that Opportunity Youth, youth of color, youth experiencing poverty, and the programs that serve them receive a robust amount of funds for FY23.
Urging Congress to quickly pass a historic reconciliation bill for FY23 that prioritizes clean energy investments, health care, the expanded and permanently fully refundable Child Tax Credit, home and community-based services and child care.
Calling for Congress to provide the highest possible funding for affordable housing and community development programs in FY2023.
Asks for substantially increased funding in FY23 to support foreign assistance, including investments to address the causes and consequences of climate change.
Urging Congress to significantly increase the funding for non-defense discretionary (NDD) spending to provide sufficient allocations to the committees of jurisdiction that fund critical federal programs that address domestic violence, sexual assault, dating violence, and stalking.
Calling on Congress to push back on the massive proposed budget for weapons and war increase, and instead calls for investments in programs that benefit people in need.
Asking Congress to approve a full FY22 omnibus appropriations bill and not just a full-year continuing resolution with strong investments in human needs programs.
Calling on Congress to fund the violence interruption grant program in the FY23 appropriations bill.
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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Leslye |
Colvin |
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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 ECN
16. Specific lobbying issues
Calling Congress to quickly approve funding stressing the deteriorating economic and humanitarian conditions around the world and asking for help for so that developing countries may respond to the
ongoing fallout of the COVID-19 pandemic, the resulting global economic downturn, and now,
the devastating war in Ukraine.
Urging President Biden and Vice President Harris to strengthen the economy, tackle racial disparities, and provide much-needed relief to help all Americans weather the pandemic and record inflation by using executive authority to cancel federal student debt immediately.
17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None
U.S. SENATE, U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Treasury - Dept of, President of the U.S., Office of the Vice President of the United States
18. Name of each individual who acted as a lobbyist in this issue area
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Leslye |
Colvin |
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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 LBR
16. Specific lobbying issues
Asking Senate to passing the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act that passed in the house last Spring with bi-partisan support.
Supporting the bipartisan, common-sense legislation - Pregnant Worker's Fairness Act - that promotes healthy pregnancies and economic stability for working families in all communities.
Asks Members of Congress to maintain key aspects of pro-worker provisions of the House-passed version of the Competes Act bill.
Support bringing the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act to the Senate floor for a vote. This bi-partisan, common sense legislation promotes healthy pregnancies and economic stability for working families in all communities.
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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Leslye |
Colvin |
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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 IND
16. Specific lobbying issues
Asking Congress to pass the Save Oak Flat Act pertaining to the preservation of Oak Flat that is currently within Tonto National Forest in Arizona and is considered sacred by the San Carlos Apache Tribe and several other southwestern tribes.
Urging Congress to provide steady funding for VOCA, and maintain a tribal funding stream, without transferring funds from VOCA to fund other programs
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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Leslye |
Colvin |
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19. Interest of each foreign entity in the specific issues listed on line 16 above Check if None
LOBBYING ACTIVITY. Select as many codes as necessary to reflect the general issue areas in which the registrant engaged in lobbying on behalf of the client during the reporting period. Using a separate page for each code, provide information as requested. Add additional page(s) as needed.
15. General issue area code HCR
16. Specific lobbying issues
Condemning the recently leaked text of the Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS) waiver proposal at the World Trade Organization (WTO) is worse than no waiver if successfully pushed through, and would make it harder for developing countries to produce generic COVID vaccines.
Urging Congress to act urgently to restore the COVID-19 Uninsured Program to fulfill the promise of access to testing, treatment, and vaccinations without cost-sharing.
Asking Congress to provide at least $10 billion in domestic funding and $5 billion in international funds for COVID - 19 vaccines, testing, therapeutics and deliver systems.
Urging the Senate to include the following health care priorities in the reconciliation bill: Improving Medicaid Infrastructure - This includes closing the Medicaid coverage gap and increasing FMAP, providing 12 months of postpartum coverage and continuous eligibility for children, allowing states to cover incarcerated people for 30 days before their release, and establishing permanent funding to the U.S. territories.
1.Addressing the Black Maternal Health Crisis
2.Making the Affordable Care Act Premium Tax Credits Permanent
17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None
President of the U.S., 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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Leslye |
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19. Interest of each foreign entity in the specific issues listed on line 16 above Check if None
LOBBYING ACTIVITY. Select as many codes as necessary to reflect the general issue areas in which the registrant engaged in lobbying on behalf of the client during the reporting period. Using a separate page for each code, provide information as requested. Add additional page(s) as needed.
15. General issue area code TAX
16. Specific lobbying issues
Supporting the Babies Over Billionaires Act that will make the tax system more fair while raising hundreds of billions of dollars for core priorities from the very wealthiest individuals who typically pay a lower tax rate than nurses and truck drivers.
Urges the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) to reopen the tax filing deadline for taxpayers in need of Individual Taxpayer Identification Numbers (ITIN) so that their children can receive the expanded Child Tax Credit (CTC).
Opposing Corporate Tax Breaks in Must-Pass Bills Unless Families are Provided with Commensurate Relief.
17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None
U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Internal Revenue Service (IRS), Treasury - Dept of, U.S. SENATE
18. Name of each individual who acted as a lobbyist in this issue area
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19. Interest of each foreign entity in the specific issues listed on line 16 above Check if None
LOBBYING ACTIVITY. Select as many codes as necessary to reflect the general issue areas in which the registrant engaged in lobbying on behalf of the client during the reporting period. Using a separate page for each code, provide information as requested. Add additional page(s) as needed.
15. General issue area code HOU
16. Specific lobbying issues
Calling Congress to maintain a housing set-aside for survivors in the HUD homelessness program.
17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None
U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
18. Name of each individual who acted as a lobbyist in this issue area
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19. Interest of each foreign entity in the specific issues listed on line 16 above Check if None
LOBBYING ACTIVITY. Select as many codes as necessary to reflect the general issue areas in which the registrant engaged in lobbying on behalf of the client during the reporting period. Using a separate page for each code, provide information as requested. Add additional page(s) as needed.
15. General issue area code ALC
16. Specific lobbying issues
Urging the inclusion of the Mainstreaming Addiction Treatment Act (H.R. 1384 / S. 445) to remove the buprenorphine X-waiver in the mental health and substance use disorder package
17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None
U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
18. Name of each individual who acted as a lobbyist in this issue area
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19. Interest of each foreign entity in the specific issues listed on line 16 above Check if None
LOBBYING ACTIVITY. Select as many codes as necessary to reflect the general issue areas in which the registrant engaged in lobbying on behalf of the client during the reporting period. Using a separate page for each code, provide information as requested. Add additional page(s) as needed.
15. General issue area code CAW
16. Specific lobbying issues
Asking to prioritize funding for environmental justice in any final reconciliation package.
17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None
U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, U.S. SENATE
18. Name of each individual who acted as a lobbyist in this issue area
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19. Interest of each foreign entity in the specific issues listed on line 16 above Check if None
LOBBYING ACTIVITY. Select as many codes as necessary to reflect the general issue areas in which the registrant engaged in lobbying on behalf of the client during the reporting period. Using a separate page for each code, provide information as requested. Add additional page(s) as needed.
15. General issue area code WEL
16. Specific lobbying issues
Urging Congress to address the mental health needs of children and youth impacted by the child welfare system.
17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None
U.S. SENATE, U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
18. Name of each individual who acted as a lobbyist in this issue area
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19. Interest of each foreign entity in the specific issues listed on line 16 above Check if None
LOBBYING ACTIVITY. Select as many codes as necessary to reflect the general issue areas in which the registrant engaged in lobbying on behalf of the client during the reporting period. Using a separate page for each code, provide information as requested. Add additional page(s) as needed.
15. General issue area code FOR
16. Specific lobbying issues
Asking the Biden-Harris Administration to apply tough financial sanctions on corrupt officials and oligarchies in Guatemala.
Expresses gratitude for easing of sanctions on Cuba and asks:
Reinstate all forms of people-to-people travel, both group and individual
Ensure that the U.S. Embassy in Havana can provide full consular services so that responsibilities are no longer exported to its embassy in Guyana.
Revise and remove restrictions on U.S. banks so they can establish corresponding accounts with Cuban banks not managed by the military.
Reverse the prohibition on U-turn transactions, and allow Western Union wire services to
resume. These steps would ease access to remittances and maximize their impact, especially for Cuban entrepreneurs.
Resume bilateral conversations around the Memorandums of Understanding signed under the Obama administration, including the high-priority issues of counter-narcotics and law enforcement cooperation, environmental protection, food security, and public health.
Remove Cuba from the State Sponsor of Terrorism List, which continues to complicate all significant aspects of engagement with the island, including delivery of humanitarian
Urging Congress to do all it can to prevent the escalation of violence, the expansion of war aims, and the prolongation of fighting. In particular it urges members of Congress to:
Continue to support efforts hold responsible parties accountable for their role in any war crimes and crimes against humanity committed in the conflict.
Consistently apply the principles of humanitarian action, accountability, and justice in conflicts around the world.
Continue support to the humanitarian and protection needs of people displaced by this conflict, including Ukrainian residents of African and Middle Eastern descent, and urge that this support not come at the price of the needs of the tens of millions displaced globally.
Support for diplomatic efforts that create incentives for a negotiated settlement necessary to reach a just and lasting peace
17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None
President of the U.S., Vice President of the U.S., State - Dept of (DOS), U.S. SENATE, U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
18. Name of each individual who acted as a lobbyist in this issue area
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19. Interest of each foreign entity in the specific issues listed on line 16 above Check if None
LOBBYING ACTIVITY. Select as many codes as necessary to reflect the general issue areas in which the registrant engaged in lobbying on behalf of the client during the reporting period. Using a separate page for each code, provide information as requested. Add additional page(s) as needed.
15. General issue area code LAW
16. Specific lobbying issues
Calling for the provisions outlined below:
By providing federal funding to support state implementation of Extreme Risk
investing in mental health services, especially suicide prevention, crisis and trauma intervention, and recovery programs
By requiring additional investigative steps to review juvenile records and consult with local law enforcement before a person under the age of 21 is able to purchase a long gun
By closing the dating partner loophole, Congress would be closing a key gap in federal law that leaves victims of abuse vulnerable to injury and death by an armed domestic abuser
By providing the legislation, resources, and guidance needed for the Justice Department and its subsidiary agencies to crack down on interstate gun trafficking
By clarifying the definition of a gun dealer and increasing penalties for those who violate rules governing their activity
By providing increased school security resources, including safety measures for all schools and training for staff and students
Encouraging Senate to support the deal developed by bipartisan senate committee on gun safety.
Urging passage of The Bipartisan Safer Communities Act.
17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None
U.S. SENATE, U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
18. Name of each individual who acted as a lobbyist in this issue area
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19. Interest of each foreign entity in the specific issues listed on line 16 above Check if None
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AFFILIATED ORGANIZATIONS
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FOREIGN ENTITIES
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CONVICTIONS DISCLOSURE
29. Have any of the lobbyists listed on this report been convicted in a Federal or State Court of an offense involving bribery,
extortion, embezzlement, an illegal kickback, tax evasion, fraud, a conflict of interest, making a false statement, perjury, or money laundering?
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