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H.R.2117 - Crop Insurance for Future Farmers Act; support for aligning the definition of a beginning farmer with other programs, increasing premium subsidies for beginning and veteran farmers. H.R.649 - Whole Milk for Healthy Kids Act; support for allowing unflavored and flavored whole milk to be offered in school cafeterias. H.R.1131 - Family Farm and Small Business Exemption Act; support for exempting family farms and small businesses with less than 100 full-time employees from reporting land and equipment as assets during student financial aid contribution calculations. H.R.1991 - Producer and Agricultural Credit Enhancement Act; support adjusting USDA FSA loan limits and increasing options for distressed borrowers. H.R.2665 - Trade Review Act; support for increasing congressional oversight over the executive branch's ability to unilaterally impose tariffs and duties on foreign imports. H.R.3516 - Opportunities for Fairness in Farming Act; support for reforms to USDA mandatory checkoff programs, prevent conflicts of interest, and increase transparency and oversight of checkoff dollars. H.R.3077 - Agriculture Resilience Act; support for providing crop insurance discounts to promote emissions' reductions in agriculture, improve soil health, and resilience to the effects of climate change. H.R.1 - One Big Beautiful Bill Act; support for improvements to the farm safety net, crop insurance, and conservation programs; issues pertaining to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), trade promotion and facilitation, and other provisions affecting family farmers and ranchers; support for striking language in the bill that increases farm program payment limit amounts and support for closing loopholes in program eligibility. H.R.3227 - Farm Workforce Modernization Act; issues pertaining to reforming the current H-2A visa rules regarding the seasonality requirements and the current Adverse Effect Wage Rate (AEWR). H.R.4400 - Farmers First Act; support for reauthorizing and increasing funding for the Farm and Ranch Stress Assistance Network. H.R.4782 - Local Farmers Feeding our Communities Act; support for establishing program at USDA to enter into cooperative agreements with State, local, or Tribal governments to increase the purchase of local and regionally produced foods. H.R.4601 - Seasonal Agriculture CDL Modernization Act; support fo reforms to the Farm-Related Restricted CDL (Seasonal Ag CDL) program. H.R.6944 - Roll-Over Prevention and Safety Act; support for establishing a cost-share grant program at USDA to retrofit agricultural tractors with rollover protection structures. H.R.5818 - Country of Origin Labeling Enforcement Act; ; support for reinstating mandatory country-of-origin labeling for beef. H.R.7567 - Farm, Food, and National Security Act; issues pertaining to passing a farm bill that supports family farmers and ranchers and adequately addresses the severe economic challenges facing farmers and ranchers. H.R.7716 - Tariff Free Farming Act; support for restoring tariffs on agricultural inputs to the levels in effect on January 19, 2025. H.R.6720 - Fostering the Availability in Rural Markets of Home Loans Act; support for permitting farm credit institutions to lend to homebuyers in rural areas with a larger population (up to 10,000) than currently permissible (up to 2,500) H.R.8104 - Fertilizer Transparency Act; support for establishing a mandatory price reporting system for fertilizer. S.421 - American Beef Labeling Act; support for reinstating mandatory country-of-origin labeling for beef. S.1312 - Meat and Poultry Special Investigator Act; support for establishing an \"Office of the Special Investigator for Competition Matters\" at USDA. S.469 - Family Farm and Small Business Exemption Act; support for exempting family farms and small businesses with less than 100 full-time employees from reporting land and equipment as assets during student financial aid contribution calculations. S.910 - Farm Ownership Improvement Act; support for establishing a pre-approval process for loans secured through the USDA's Farm Service Agency (FSA) for young and new farmers and creating a pilot program to establish pre-approval process for FSA direct ownership loans. S.1073 - Crop Insurance for Future Farmers Act; support for aligning the definition of a beginning farmer with other programs, increasing premium subsidies for beginning and veteran farmers. S.222 - Whole Milk for Healthy Kids Act; support for allowing unflavored and flavored whole milk to be offered in school cafeterias. S.899 - Producer and Agricultural Credit Enhancement Act; support adjusting USDA FSA loan limits and increasing options for distressed borrowers. S.1272 - Trade Review Act; support for increasing congressional oversight over the executive branch's ability to unilaterally impose tariffs and duties on foreign imports. S.Res.143 - A resolution supporting the designation of May 29, 2025, as \"Mental Health Awareness in Agriculture Day\" to raise awareness around mental health in the agricultural industry and workforce and to continue to reduce stigma associated with mental illness; support for the resolution. S.1848 - Opportunities for Fairness in Farming Act; support for reforms to USDA mandatory checkoff programs, prevent conflicts of interest, and increase transparency and oversight of checkoff dollars. S.1507 - Agriculture Resilience Act; support for providing crop insurance discounts to promote emissions' reductions in agriculture, improve soil health, and resilience to the effects of climate change. S.Amdt.2360 to H.R.1 - One Big Beautiful Bill Act; support for improvements to the farm safety net, crop insurance, and conservation programs; issues pertaining to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), trade promotion and facilitation, and other provisions affecting family farmers and ranchers; support for striking language in the bill that increases farm program payment limit amounts and support for closing loopholes in program eligibility. S.2282 - Farmers First Act; support for reauthorizing and increasing funding for the Farm and Ranch Stress Assistance Network. S.2238 - Strengthening Local Food Security Act; support for establishing program at USDA to enter into cooperative agreements with State, local, or Tribal governments to increase the purchase of local and regionally produced foods. S.3552 - Haulers of Agriculture and Livestock Safety Act; support for modifying and expanding agricultural exemptions from hours-of-service requirements. S.4168 - Livestock Consolidation Research Act; support for directing USDA's Economic Research Service (ERS) to conduct research into consolidation and concentration in the livestock industry, examining the impacts to farmers, ranchers, and downstream consumers. S.4182 - Fostering the Availability in Rural Markets of Home Loans Act; support for permitting farm credit institutions to lend to homebuyers in rural areas with a larger population (up to 10,000) than currently permissible (up to 2,500) S.4007 - Family Grocery and Farmer Relief Act; issues pertaining to provisions that seek to reduce concentration in the meatpacking industry, breaking up large meatpacking companies above established concentration caps, and scrutinizing foreign influence. S.4148 - Homegrown Fertilizer Act; issues pertaining to establishing a grant and loan program to expand domestic fertilizer production and storage capacity. S.4152 - Fertilizer Transparency Act; support for establishing a mandatory price reporting system for fertilizer. Issues other than legislation: Issues pertaining to the reauthorization of programs and policies under the Agriculture Improvement Act of 2018 (Pub. L. 115-334). Issues pertaining to implementation of agricultural provisions in the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (Pub. L. 119-21). Issues pertaining to a federal lapse in appropriations. Issues pertaining to support for a swift resumption of appropriations. Issues pertaining to economic and disaster assistance payments to farmers. Issues pertaining to support for directing aid payments to family agricultural operations, prohibiting foreign-owned and large, concentrated agribusinesses from receiving aid; support for pairing aid with efforts to investigate corporate monopolies and their impacts to the farm economy. Issues pertaining to support for developing new, high-value domesitc markets for American crops and enhancing existing markets. Issues pertainging to the rollout of the Farmer Bridge Assistance (FBA) program. Issues pertaining to government efforts to lower beef prices; support for rebuilding cattle herds. Issues pertaining to opposition to the removal of the Prevented Planting \"buy-up\" coverage option; support for reinstating it in the 2027 crop year. Issues pertaining to support for further extending the \"registration review\" deadline under Section 3(g) of the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide (FIFRA) Act. Issues pertaining to business size standards for the Rural Energy for American Program (REAP) for renewable energy and energy efficiency projects. Issues pertaining to the freezing of federal funding and contracts. Issues pertaining to the suspension and termination of the Local Food Purchase Assistance (LFPA) Cooperative Agreement Program and Local Food for Schools (LFS) Cooperative Agreement Program at the U.S. Department of Agriculture. Issues pertaining to the termination of federal employees and reductions-in-force at federal departments and agencies. Issues pertaining to the imposition of tariffs and duties on foreign imports and their impacts on farmers. Issues pertaining to fairness, transparency, and competition in fed cattle markets. Issues pertaining to the technical guidelines for climate-smart agriculture feedstocks. Issues pertaining to payment calculations under the Emergency Relief Program (ERP). Issues pertaining to adjusting farm program loan rates and price-based triggers to reflect commodity prices and input costs. Issues pertaining to creating a dual enrollment option for Agriculture Risk Coverage (ARC) and Price Loss Coverage (PLC). Issues pertaining to authorizing a voluntary update of base acres and yields for farm programs. Issues pertaining to disaster assistance for farmers and ranchers, including establishing a permanent disaster program. Issues pertaining to crop insurance, including funding and prioritization. Issues pertaining to strengthening federal antitrust enforcement. Issues pertaining to strengthening protections for farmers and ranchers producing agricultural commodities under contract. Issues pertaining to strengthening Product of the United States labeling standards. Issues pertaining to mandatory country-of-origin labeling. Issues pertaining to ensuring farmers, ranchers, and independent repair professionals have access to parts and service materials needed to repair farm equipment. Issues pertaining to strengthening Livestock Mandatory Price Reporting. Issues pertaining to improvements to meat and poultry slaughter and processing facilities to increase processing capacity. Issues pertaining to balancing supply and demand for the dairy industry. Issues pertaining to support for higher-level blends of ethanol. Issues pertaining to support for sustainable aviation fuel. Issues pertaining to support for the Rural Energy for American Program (REAP) for renewable energy and energy efficiency projects. Issues pertaining to climate change and its impact in the agriculture, food, and forestry sectors. Issues pertaining to funding for climate-smart agriculture. Issues pertaining to funding for agricultural conservation programs and conservation technical assistance. Issues pertaining to funding for the Grazing Lands Conservation Initiative. Issues pertaining to funding and support for investments in research, outreach, and education to support on-farm climate mitigation and adaptation. Issues pertaining to funding and support for cooperative development, the Rural Cooperative Development Grant Program (RCDG), and Cooperative Development Centers. Issues pertaining to support for reauthorizing and increasing funding for the Farm and Ranch Stress Assistance Network (FRSAN). Issues pertaining to national crisis hotlines for farmers, ranchers, and agricultural workers. Issues pertaining to implementation and funding for broadband and high-speed internet in rural areas, including support for the ReConnect program. Issues pertaining to agricultural workforce and immigration reform. Issues pertaining to fair and predictable H-2A program wages. Issues pertaining to health and safety of farm workers and rural communities. Issues pertaining to domestic nutrition assistance programs. Issues pertaining to Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS). Issues pertaining to livestock animal identification rules. Issues pertaining to the labeling and use of pesticides. Issues pertaining to supporting beginning, veteran, and socially disadvantaged farmers and ranchers through farm programs. Issues pertaining to the distribution, sale, and use of dicamba herbicide products. Issues pertaining to U.S. involvement in the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations. Issues pertaining to the Make America Healthy Again (MAHA) commission report. Issues pertaining to presidential nominees and appointments. Issues pertaining to USDA's Farm Labor Stabilization and Protection Pilot Program funding roll out. Issues pertaining to support for strong investments in USDA's Rural Development (RD) programs. 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S.2256 - Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2026; opposition to restricting USDA rulemaking and enforcement of the Packers and Stockyards Act (P&S Act) and efforts to reduce or eliminate applicable staff positions at USDA; support for adequate funding for P&S Act enforcement, funding for voluntary conservation programs and operations, and opposition to cuts to Conservation Technical Assistance (CTA), support for full funding of the Farm and Ranch Stress Assistance Network (FRSAN), support for funding Cooperative Development Centers under the Rural Cooperative Development Grant (RCDG) program, support for funding Agricultural Mediation Program (State Mediation Grants), support for funding the Food Safety Outreach Program (FSOP) and ongoing funding for the Food and Drug Administration's implementation of the Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA). Issues other than legislation: Issues pertaining to a federal lapse in appropriations. Issues pertaining to support for a swift resumption of appropriations. Issues pertaining to enforcement of the Packers and Stockyards Act (P&S Act), including adequate funding and allowing the U.S. Department of Agriculture to continue the P&S Act rulemakings. Issues pertaining to the freezing of federal funding and contracts. Issues pertaining to the termination of federal employees and reductions-in-force at federal departments and agencies. Ongoing and full funding for the Rural Energy for America Program (REAP). Ongoing and full funding for the Farm and Ranch Stress Assistance Program (FRSAN). Increased and ongoing funding for the Rural Cooperative Development Grant (RCDG) program. Increased funding for the Food Safety Outreach Program (FSOP). Continued funding for implementation of the Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA). Increased funding for Conservation Operations and Conservation Technical Assistance (CTA). Adequate funding for the Farm Service Agency (FSA) loan programs and staff. Issues pertaining to funding for climate-smart agriculture. Support for reinstating provisions of the Merger Filing Fee Modernization Act to allow the Department of Justice to retain merger filing fees for antitrust enforcement. Support for adequate funding for antitrust enforcement at the U.S. Department of Justice, Antitrust Division.","foreign_entity_issues":"","lobbyists":[{"lobbyist":{"id":69592,"prefix":null,"prefix_display":null,"first_name":"AARON","nickname":null,"middle_name":null,"last_name":"SHIER","suffix":null,"suffix_display":null},"covered_position":null,"new":false},{"lobbyist":{"id":73316,"prefix":null,"prefix_display":null,"first_name":"LAYLA","nickname":null,"middle_name":null,"last_name":"SOBERANIS","suffix":null,"suffix_display":null},"covered_position":null,"new":false},{"lobbyist":{"id":152926,"prefix":"mr","prefix_display":"MR.","first_name":"MICHAEL","nickname":null,"middle_name":"JOSEPH","last_name":"STRANZ","suffix":null,"suffix_display":null},"covered_position":null,"new":false}],"government_entities":[{"id":23,"name":"Agriculture, Dept of (USDA)"},{"id":49,"name":"Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)"},{"id":11,"name":"Executive Office of the President (EOP)"},{"id":2,"name":"HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES"},{"id":1,"name":"SENATE"}]},{"general_issue_code":"ENV","general_issue_code_display":"Environment/Superfund","description":"Issues other than legislation: Issues pertaining to voluntary, incentive-based farm conservation programs. Issues pertaining to renewable energy production. Issues pertaining to climate and its impact in the agriculture, food, and forestry sectors. Issues pertaining to Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS). Issues pertaining to rules defining Waters of the United States (WOTUS). Issues pertaining to support for further extending the \"registration review\" deadline under Section 3(g) of the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide (FIFRA) Act. Issues pertaining opposing the use of the Clean Air Act (CAA) to restrict repair access to farmers, ranchers, and independent mechanics.","foreign_entity_issues":"","lobbyists":[{"lobbyist":{"id":69592,"prefix":null,"prefix_display":null,"first_name":"AARON","nickname":null,"middle_name":null,"last_name":"SHIER","suffix":null,"suffix_display":null},"covered_position":null,"new":false},{"lobbyist":{"id":73316,"prefix":null,"prefix_display":null,"first_name":"LAYLA","nickname":null,"middle_name":null,"last_name":"SOBERANIS","suffix":null,"suffix_display":null},"covered_position":null,"new":false},{"lobbyist":{"id":152926,"prefix":"mr","prefix_display":"MR.","first_name":"MICHAEL","nickname":null,"middle_name":"JOSEPH","last_name":"STRANZ","suffix":null,"suffix_display":null},"covered_position":null,"new":true}],"government_entities":[{"id":23,"name":"Agriculture, Dept of (USDA)"},{"id":30,"name":"Army, Dept of (Other)"},{"id":33,"name":"Energy, Dept of"},{"id":49,"name":"Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)"},{"id":11,"name":"Executive Office of the President (EOP)"},{"id":2,"name":"HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES"},{"id":1,"name":"SENATE"}]},{"general_issue_code":"FOO","general_issue_code_display":"Food Industry (safety, labeling, etc.)","description":"H.R.5818 - Country of Origin Labeling Enforcement Act; ; support for reinstating mandatory country-of-origin labeling for beef. 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Issues pertaining to international food assistance programs.","foreign_entity_issues":"","lobbyists":[{"lobbyist":{"id":69592,"prefix":null,"prefix_display":null,"first_name":"AARON","nickname":null,"middle_name":null,"last_name":"SHIER","suffix":null,"suffix_display":null},"covered_position":null,"new":false},{"lobbyist":{"id":73316,"prefix":null,"prefix_display":null,"first_name":"LAYLA","nickname":null,"middle_name":null,"last_name":"SOBERANIS","suffix":null,"suffix_display":null},"covered_position":null,"new":false},{"lobbyist":{"id":152926,"prefix":"mr","prefix_display":"MR.","first_name":"MICHAEL","nickname":null,"middle_name":"JOSEPH","last_name":"STRANZ","suffix":null,"suffix_display":null},"covered_position":null,"new":false}],"government_entities":[{"id":23,"name":"Agriculture, Dept of (USDA)"},{"id":11,"name":"Executive Office of the President (EOP)"},{"id":2,"name":"HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES"},{"id":1,"name":"SENATE"},{"id":22,"name":"U.S. Trade Representative (USTR)"}]},{"general_issue_code":"HCR","general_issue_code_display":"Health Issues","description":"H.R.4400 - Farmers First Act; support for reauthorizing and increasing funding for the Farm and Ranch Stress Assistance Network. 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Issues pertaining to the Make America Healthy Again (MAHA) commission report.","foreign_entity_issues":"","lobbyists":[{"lobbyist":{"id":69592,"prefix":null,"prefix_display":null,"first_name":"AARON","nickname":null,"middle_name":null,"last_name":"SHIER","suffix":null,"suffix_display":null},"covered_position":null,"new":false},{"lobbyist":{"id":73316,"prefix":null,"prefix_display":null,"first_name":"LAYLA","nickname":null,"middle_name":null,"last_name":"SOBERANIS","suffix":null,"suffix_display":null},"covered_position":null,"new":false},{"lobbyist":{"id":152926,"prefix":"mr","prefix_display":"MR.","first_name":"MICHAEL","nickname":null,"middle_name":"JOSEPH","last_name":"STRANZ","suffix":null,"suffix_display":null},"covered_position":null,"new":false}],"government_entities":[{"id":23,"name":"Agriculture, Dept of (USDA)"},{"id":49,"name":"Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)"},{"id":11,"name":"Executive Office of the President (EOP)"},{"id":34,"name":"Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS)"},{"id":2,"name":"HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES"},{"id":1,"name":"SENATE"}]},{"general_issue_code":"LBR","general_issue_code_display":"Labor Issues/Antitrust/Workplace","description":"H.R.3227 - Farm Workforce Modernization Act; issues pertaining to reforming the current H-2A visa rules regarding the seasonality requirements and the current Adverse Effect Wage Rate (AEWR). H.R.6944 - Roll-Over Prevention and Safety Act; support for establishing a cost-share grant program at USDA to retrofit agricultural tractors with rollover protection structures. Issues other than legislation: Strengthening federal antitrust enforcement. Issues pertaining to agricultural workforce and immigration reform. Issues pertaining to fair and predictable H-2A program wages. Issues pertaining to the health and safety of farm workers and rural communities. Issues pertaining to ensuring farmers, ranchers, and independent repair professionals have access to parts and service materials needed to repair farm equipment. Issues pertaining to heat stress rules and regulations. 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H.R.5818 - Country of Origin Labeling Enforcement Act; support for reinstating mandatory country-of-origin labeling for beef. H.R.7716 - Tariff Free Farming Act; support for restoring tariffs on agricultural inputs to the levels in effect on January 19, 2025. S.421 - American Beef Labeling Act; support for reinstating mandatory country-of-origin labeling for beef. S.1272 - Trade Review Act; support for increasing congressional oversight over the executive branch's ability to unilaterally impose tariffs and duties on foreign imports. Issues other than legislation: Issues pertaining to reimposing tariffs following the Supreme Court's ruling in Learning Resources Inc. v. Trump (2026). Issues pertaining to the imposition of tariffs and duties on foreign imports and their impacts on farmers. Issues pertaining to the operation and upcoming review of the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA); support for restoring mandatory country-of-origin labeling. Issues pertaining to docking fees charged on Chinese ships and other foreign companies using Chinese-built vessels at U.S. ports. Issues pertaining to digital trade rules relating to worker rights, consumer privacy, civil rights, and data security. Issues pertaining to digital trade rules relating to the right of farmers, consumers, and small businesses to repair their own equipment and devices. Issues pertaining to the upcoming renegotiation of the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA). Issues pertaining to presidential nominees and appointments. Issues pertaining to trade-focused staffing positions at the Department of State.","foreign_entity_issues":"","lobbyists":[{"lobbyist":{"id":69592,"prefix":null,"prefix_display":null,"first_name":"AARON","nickname":null,"middle_name":null,"last_name":"SHIER","suffix":null,"suffix_display":null},"covered_position":null,"new":false},{"lobbyist":{"id":73316,"prefix":null,"prefix_display":null,"first_name":"LAYLA","nickname":null,"middle_name":null,"last_name":"SOBERANIS","suffix":null,"suffix_display":null},"covered_position":null,"new":false},{"lobbyist":{"id":152926,"prefix":"mr","prefix_display":"MR.","first_name":"MICHAEL","nickname":null,"middle_name":"JOSEPH","last_name":"STRANZ","suffix":null,"suffix_display":null},"covered_position":null,"new":false}],"government_entities":[{"id":23,"name":"Agriculture, Dept of (USDA)"},{"id":24,"name":"Commerce, Dept of (DOC)"},{"id":11,"name":"Executive Office of the President (EOP)"},{"id":64,"name":"Federal Trade Commission (FTC)"},{"id":2,"name":"HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES"},{"id":18,"name":"Office of Management & Budget (OMB)"},{"id":1,"name":"SENATE"},{"id":39,"name":"State, Dept of (DOS)"},{"id":40,"name":"Transportation, Dept of (DOT)"},{"id":22,"name":"U.S. Trade Representative (USTR)"}]},{"general_issue_code":"IMM","general_issue_code_display":"Immigration","description":"H.R.3227 - Farm Workforce Modernization Act; issues pertaining to reforming the current H-2A visa rules regarding the seasonality requirements and the current Adverse Effect Wage Rate (AEWR). Issues other than legislation: Issues pertaining to agriculture workforce and immigration reform. Issues pertaining to fair and predictable H-2A program wages. Issues pertaining to the health and safety of farm workers and rural communities. Issues related to H-2A visa holders and clarification of ongoing deportation rules and regulations. Issues pertaining to USDA's Farm Labor Stabilization and Protection Pilot Program funding roll out.","foreign_entity_issues":"","lobbyists":[{"lobbyist":{"id":69592,"prefix":null,"prefix_display":null,"first_name":"AARON","nickname":null,"middle_name":null,"last_name":"SHIER","suffix":null,"suffix_display":null},"covered_position":null,"new":false},{"lobbyist":{"id":73316,"prefix":null,"prefix_display":null,"first_name":"LAYLA","nickname":null,"middle_name":null,"last_name":"SOBERANIS","suffix":null,"suffix_display":null},"covered_position":null,"new":false},{"lobbyist":{"id":152926,"prefix":"mr","prefix_display":"MR.","first_name":"MICHAEL","nickname":null,"middle_name":"JOSEPH","last_name":"STRANZ","suffix":null,"suffix_display":null},"covered_position":null,"new":false}],"government_entities":[{"id":23,"name":"Agriculture, Dept of (USDA)"},{"id":11,"name":"Executive Office of the President (EOP)"},{"id":201,"name":"Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS)"},{"id":2,"name":"HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES"},{"id":38,"name":"Labor, Dept of (DOL)"},{"id":1,"name":"SENATE"}]},{"general_issue_code":"ENG","general_issue_code_display":"Energy/Nuclear","description":"H.R.1346 - Nationwide Consumer and Fuel Retailer Choice Act; support for provisions permitting the year-round sale of ethanol fuel blends above 10 percent. H.R.1 - One Big Beautiful Bill Act; issues pertaining to the extension, restoration, and making permanent the Qualified Business Income (QBI) deduction, the estate tax exemption, bonus depreciation, and Section 179A expensing; issues pertaining to the extension of the Section 45Z Clean Fuel Production Credit; issues pertaining to limiting tax credit eligibility to domestic and North American based feedstocks; issues pertaining to the credit value for sustainable aviation fuel (SAF). S.593 - Nationwide Consumer and Fuel Retailer Choice Act; support for provisions permitting the year-round sale of ethanol fuel blends above 10 percent. S.Amdt.2360 to H.R.1 - One Big Beautiful Bill Act; issues pertaining to the extension, restoration, and making permanent the Qualified Business Income (QBI) deduction, the estate tax exemption, bonus depreciation, and Section 179A expensing; issues pertaining to the extension of the Section 45Z Clean Fuel Production Credit; issues pertaining to limiting tax credit eligibiity to domestic and North American based feedstocks; issues pertaining to the credit value for sustainable aviation fuel (SAF). Issues other than legislation: Issues pertaining to support for higher-level blends of ethanol. Issues pertaining to renewable volume obligations for 2026 and 2027. Issues pertaining to permitting the year-round sale of ethanol fuel blends above 10 percent (E15). Issues pertaining to prioritizing renewable fuel produced from domestic feedstocks. Issues pertaining to small refinery exemptions and the reallocation of exempted volumes. Issues pertaining to support for sustainable aviation fuel. Issues pertaining to support for the development of renewable energy infrastructure. Issues pertaining to support for the Rural Energy for America Program (REAP) for renewable energy and energy efficiency projects. Issues pertaining to business size standards for the Rural Energy for American Program (REAP) for renewable energy and energy efficiency projects. Issues pertaining to the technical guidelines for climate-smart agriculture feedstocks. Support for permitting the year-round sale of ethanol fuel blends above 10 percent during the summer months. Issues pertaining to determining emissions rates under the 45Z Clean Fuel Production Credit.","foreign_entity_issues":"","lobbyists":[{"lobbyist":{"id":69592,"prefix":null,"prefix_display":null,"first_name":"AARON","nickname":null,"middle_name":null,"last_name":"SHIER","suffix":null,"suffix_display":null},"covered_position":null,"new":false},{"lobbyist":{"id":73316,"prefix":null,"prefix_display":null,"first_name":"LAYLA","nickname":null,"middle_name":null,"last_name":"SOBERANIS","suffix":null,"suffix_display":null},"covered_position":null,"new":false},{"lobbyist":{"id":152926,"prefix":"mr","prefix_display":"MR.","first_name":"MICHAEL","nickname":null,"middle_name":"JOSEPH","last_name":"STRANZ","suffix":null,"suffix_display":null},"covered_position":null,"new":false}],"government_entities":[{"id":23,"name":"Agriculture, Dept of (USDA)"},{"id":33,"name":"Energy, Dept of"},{"id":49,"name":"Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)"},{"id":11,"name":"Executive Office of the President (EOP)"},{"id":2,"name":"HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES"},{"id":1,"name":"SENATE"},{"id":41,"name":"Treasury, Dept of"}]},{"general_issue_code":"INS","general_issue_code_display":"Insurance","description":"H.R.2117 - Crop Insurance for Future Farmers Act; support for aligning the definition of a beginning farmer with other programs, increasing premium subsidies for beginning and veteran farmers. H.R.1 - One Big Beautiful Bill Act; support for improvements to the farm safety net, crop insurance, and conservation programs; issues pertaining to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), trade promotion and facilitation, and other provisions affecting family farmers and ranchers; support for striking language in the bill that increases farm program payment limit amounts and support for closing loopholes in program eligibility. S.1073 - Crop Insurance for Future Farmers Act; support for aligning the definition of a beginning farmer with other programs, increasing premium subsidies for beginning and veteran farmers. S.Amdt.2360 to H.R.1 - One Big Beautiful Bill Act; support for improvements to the farm safety net, crop insurance, and conservation programs. Issues other than legislation: Issues pertaining to crop insurance, including funding and prioritization. Issues pertaining to implementation of agricultural provisions in the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (Pub. 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Issues pertaining to opposition to the removal of the Prevented Planting \"buy-up\" coverage option; support for reinstating it in the 2027 crop year.","foreign_entity_issues":"","lobbyists":[{"lobbyist":{"id":69592,"prefix":null,"prefix_display":null,"first_name":"AARON","nickname":null,"middle_name":null,"last_name":"SHIER","suffix":null,"suffix_display":null},"covered_position":null,"new":false},{"lobbyist":{"id":73316,"prefix":null,"prefix_display":null,"first_name":"LAYLA","nickname":null,"middle_name":null,"last_name":"SOBERANIS","suffix":null,"suffix_display":null},"covered_position":null,"new":false},{"lobbyist":{"id":152926,"prefix":"mr","prefix_display":"MR.","first_name":"MICHAEL","nickname":null,"middle_name":"JOSEPH","last_name":"STRANZ","suffix":null,"suffix_display":null},"covered_position":null,"new":false}],"government_entities":[{"id":23,"name":"Agriculture, Dept of (USDA)"},{"id":2,"name":"HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES"},{"id":1,"name":"SENATE"}]},{"general_issue_code":"TAX","general_issue_code_display":"Taxation/Internal Revenue Code","description":"H.R.1 - One Big Beautiful Bill Act; issues pertaining to the extension, restoration, and making permanent the Qualified Business Income (QBI) deduction, the estate tax exemption, bonus depreciation, and Section 179A expensing; issues pertaining to the extension of the Section 45Z Clean Fuel Production Credit; issues pertaining to limiting tax credit eligibiity to domestic and North American based feedstocks; issues pertaining to the credit value for sustainable aviation fuel (SAF). S.Amdt.2360 to H.R.1 - One Big Beautiful Bill Act; issues pertaining to the extension, restoration, and making permanent the Qualified Business Income (QBI) deduction, the estate tax exemption, bonus depreciation, and Section 179A expensing; issues pertaining to the extension of the Section 45Z Clean Fuel Production Credit; issues pertaining to limiting tax credit eligibiity to domestic and North American based feedstocks; issues pertaining to the credit value for sustainable aviation fuel (SAF). Issues other than legislation: Issues pertaining to making permanent the Qualified Business Income (QBI) deduction, under Section 199A of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017 (Pub. L. 115-97). Issues pertaining to determining emissions rates under the 45Z Clean Fuel Production Credit.","foreign_entity_issues":"","lobbyists":[{"lobbyist":{"id":69592,"prefix":null,"prefix_display":null,"first_name":"AARON","nickname":null,"middle_name":null,"last_name":"SHIER","suffix":null,"suffix_display":null},"covered_position":null,"new":false},{"lobbyist":{"id":73316,"prefix":null,"prefix_display":null,"first_name":"LAYLA","nickname":null,"middle_name":null,"last_name":"SOBERANIS","suffix":null,"suffix_display":null},"covered_position":null,"new":false},{"lobbyist":{"id":152926,"prefix":"mr","prefix_display":"MR.","first_name":"MICHAEL","nickname":null,"middle_name":"JOSEPH","last_name":"STRANZ","suffix":null,"suffix_display":null},"covered_position":null,"new":false}],"government_entities":[{"id":2,"name":"HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES"},{"id":1,"name":"SENATE"},{"id":41,"name":"Treasury, Dept of"}]},{"general_issue_code":"TAR","general_issue_code_display":"Tariff (miscellaneous tariff bills)","description":"H.R.2665 - Trade Review Act; support for increasing congressional oversight over the executive branch's ability to unilaterally impose tariffs and duties on foreign imports. H.R.7716 - Tariff Free Farming Act; support for restoring tariffs on agricultural inputs to the levels in effect on January 19, 2025. S.1272 - Trade Review Act; support for increasing congressional oversight over the executive branch's ability to unilaterally impose tariffs and duties on foreign imports. Issues other than legislation: Issues pertaining to reimposing tariffs following the Supreme Court's ruling in Learning Resources Inc. v. Trump (2026). Issues pertaining to the imposition of tariffs and duties on foreign imports and their impacts on farmers. Issues pertaining to the operation and upcoming review of the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA).","foreign_entity_issues":"","lobbyists":[{"lobbyist":{"id":69592,"prefix":null,"prefix_display":null,"first_name":"AARON","nickname":null,"middle_name":null,"last_name":"SHIER","suffix":null,"suffix_display":null},"covered_position":null,"new":false},{"lobbyist":{"id":73316,"prefix":null,"prefix_display":null,"first_name":"LAYLA","nickname":null,"middle_name":null,"last_name":"SOBERANIS","suffix":null,"suffix_display":null},"covered_position":null,"new":false},{"lobbyist":{"id":152926,"prefix":"mr","prefix_display":"MR.","first_name":"MICHAEL","nickname":null,"middle_name":"JOSEPH","last_name":"STRANZ","suffix":null,"suffix_display":null},"covered_position":null,"new":false}],"government_entities":[{"id":23,"name":"Agriculture, Dept of (USDA)"},{"id":24,"name":"Commerce, Dept of (DOC)"},{"id":11,"name":"Executive Office of the President (EOP)"},{"id":2,"name":"HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES"},{"id":18,"name":"Office of Management & Budget (OMB)"},{"id":1,"name":"SENATE"},{"id":22,"name":"U.S. Trade Representative (USTR)"}]},{"general_issue_code":"TRA","general_issue_code_display":"Transportation","description":"H.R.4601 - Seasonal Agriculture CDL Modernization Act; support fo reforms to the Farm-Related Restricted CDL (Seasonal Ag CDL) program. S.2104 - Reliable Rail Service Act; support for statutorily defining common carrier obligations and establishing specific criteria for the STB to consider when assessing obligation violations by rail carriers. S.3552 - Haulers of Agriculture and Livestock Safety Act; support for modifying and expanding agricultural exemptions from hours-of-service requirements. Issues other than legislation: Issues pertaining to reauthorization of the federal surface transportation programs; support for livestock exemptions to hours-of-service regulations; support for standardizing the maximum width, length, and weight for longer combination vehicles. Issues pertaining to proposed railroad mergers and the impacts to agriculture and competition in the railroad industry.","foreign_entity_issues":"","lobbyists":[{"lobbyist":{"id":69592,"prefix":null,"prefix_display":null,"first_name":"AARON","nickname":null,"middle_name":null,"last_name":"SHIER","suffix":null,"suffix_display":null},"covered_position":null,"new":false},{"lobbyist":{"id":73316,"prefix":null,"prefix_display":null,"first_name":"LAYLA","nickname":null,"middle_name":null,"last_name":"SOBERANIS","suffix":null,"suffix_display":null},"covered_position":null,"new":false},{"lobbyist":{"id":152926,"prefix":"mr","prefix_display":"MR.","first_name":"MICHAEL","nickname":null,"middle_name":"JOSEPH","last_name":"STRANZ","suffix":null,"suffix_display":null},"covered_position":null,"new":false}],"government_entities":[{"id":23,"name":"Agriculture, Dept of (USDA)"},{"id":218,"name":"Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration"},{"id":2,"name":"HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES"},{"id":1,"name":"SENATE"},{"id":181,"name":"Surface Transportation Board (STB)"},{"id":40,"name":"Transportation, Dept of (DOT)"}]}],"conviction_disclosures":[],"foreign_entities":[],"affiliated_organizations":[]},{"url":"https://lda.gov/api/v1/filings/5f1245fc-c5ed-42c6-945b-c1b360f3ee13/","filing_uuid":"5f1245fc-c5ed-42c6-945b-c1b360f3ee13","filing_type":"Q1","filing_type_display":"1st Quarter - Report","filing_year":2026,"filing_period":"first_quarter","filing_period_display":"1st Quarter (Jan 1 - Mar 31)","filing_document_url":"https://lda.gov/filings/public/filing/5f1245fc-c5ed-42c6-945b-c1b360f3ee13/print/","filing_document_content_type":"text/html","income":null,"expenses":"190000.00","expenses_method":"A","expenses_method_display":"A","posted_by_name":"Max Richtman","dt_posted":"2026-04-20T10:40:42-04:00","termination_date":null,"registrant_country":"United States of America","registrant_ppb_country":null,"registrant_address_1":"777 N Capitol St, NE","registrant_address_2":"Suite 805","registrant_different_address":false,"registrant_city":"WASHINGTON","registrant_state":"DC","registrant_zip":"20002","registrant":{"id":27467,"url":"https://lda.gov/api/v1/registrants/27467/","house_registrant_id":30367,"name":"NATIONAL COMMITTEE TO PRESERVE SOCIAL SECURITY AND MEDICARE","description":null,"address_1":"111 K Street, NE","address_2":"Suite 700","address_3":null,"address_4":null,"city":"WASHINGTON","state":"DC","state_display":"District of Columbia","zip":"20002","country":"US","country_display":"United States of America","ppb_country":"US","ppb_country_display":"United States of America","contact_name":"DAN ADCOCK","contact_telephone":"+1 202-216-0420","dt_updated":"2026-07-29T11:57:27.724812-04:00"},"client":{"id":134297,"url":"https://lda.gov/api/v1/clients/134297/","client_id":12,"name":"NATIONAL COMMITTEE TO PRESERVE SOCIAL SECURITY AND MEDICARE","general_description":null,"client_government_entity":false,"client_self_select":true,"state":"DC","state_display":"District of Columbia","country":"US","country_display":"United States of America","ppb_state":"DC","ppb_state_display":"District of Columbia","ppb_country":"US","ppb_country_display":"United States of America","effective_date":"2008-02-06"},"lobbying_activities":[{"general_issue_code":"BUD","general_issue_code_display":"Budget/Appropriations","description":"Concurrent Budget Resolution (S. Con. Res. 41): A concurrent resolution setting forth the congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 2025 and setting forth the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2026 through 2034: The Six Penny Plan which would significantly harm the economy and force severe cuts in Medicare, Medicaid, Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) and other federal programs vital to Americas seniors. Concurrent Budget Resolution (H. Con. Res. 14): provision in Section 406 including bipartisan reform of Medicare which would likely result in benefit cuts, provisions in Section 409 making employment a requirement for Medicaid eligibility, provisions in Section 414 establishing a fiscal commission intended to cut the earned benefits of American workers and retirees. Graham Substitute amendment to Concurrent Budget Resolution (H. Con. Res. 14) as considered in both the House and Senate: the use of current policy baseline to hide the cost from the American people of making permanent the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA); the magnitude and distribution of the tax cuts envisioned in the resolution; spending cuts to Medicaid, SNAP, operating costs for the Social Security Administration (SSA), and other programs important to seniors such as homelessness prevention, home-delivered and community meals, transportation access, falls prevention, chronic disease management, resources on Alzheimers disease and related dementia, support to long-term care ombudsman and adult protective services addressing maltreatment, and critical funding in the Community Services Block Grant (CSBG), Community Development Block Grant (CDBG), Social Services Block Grant (SSBG), the Prevention and Public Health Fund (PPHF) and Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP); opposing the resulting massive amounts of debt that threaten the future viability of earned benefit programs such as Social Security and Medicare; Senate Amendment 1341 to H. Con. Res. 14 by Senator Mazie Hirono raising a point of order against any bill, joint resolution, motion, amendment, amendment between the Houses, or conference report that would result in the disruption of Social Security benefits or interrupting services within the Social Security program, including any such disruption or interruption caused by infrastructure upgrades to the information technology infrastructure of SSA. Budget: Budget reconciliation bill (H.R. 1): A bill providing for reconciliation pursuant to title II of H. Con. Res. 14: Proposals that will result in massive cuts to programs critical to older Americans and their families as it enacts unprecedented cuts to fundamental programs that provide health care and essential services to lower- and moderate-income Americans, all to partially offset the cost of massive tax cuts that primarily benefit the wealthy and large, profitable corporations. H.R. 1 will add at least $3.4 trillion to the federal debt in the next decade, which will starve the U.S. of resources with the ultimate effect of providing a justification for later legislation that would cut the earned benefits Americans have paid for throughout their working lives - Social Security and Medicare. Specifically, the bill includes deep cuts to Medicaid, totaling around $1 trillion and representing four times the size of previous Medicaid cuts; around $180 billion in cuts to the SNAP, the largest cut in the programs history, and unless they are blocked by future legislation, will trigger PAYGO requirements in federal law which will result in a 4 percent sequestration of Medicare spending starting in 2026. Balanced Budget: Balanced Budget Amendment (H.J. Res. 139). A resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution which would place a limitation on federal spending that would require a two-thirds supermajority to overcome except in the case of a declaration of war. The amendment would require a two-thirds supermajority to raise taxes but only a simple majority to cut taxes. If enacted, it would alter Congressional voting procedures to facilitate cutting taxes above all other priorities except spending on declared wars, thus increasing the likelihood that the fiscal policies adopted in coming decades will favor the well-off at the expense of middle- and low-income Americans. The resolution would also severely limit Social Security and Medicare Part A from drawing down Trust Fund reserves to pay retirement, disability and survivor benefits and hospitalization costs. Republican Study Committee (RSC): A Framework for the Next Reconciliation bill. Proposals to eliminate the enhanced tax credits available to low-income workers through the Affordable Care Act (ACA) and redirect the money into so-called Health Freedom Accounts, codify the TrumpRX program, a website which re-directs consumers to existing manufacturers discounts on brand-name prescription drugs; expand and codify Association Health Plans; enact additional cuts to Medicaid, SNAP, housing assistance and other government programs. Republican Study Committee (RSC) FY 2027 Budget: supports additional tax cuts that mostly benefit the wealthy and large, profitable corporations such as repealing the estate tax; endorses additional cuts to Medicaid and SNAP; expands Health Savings Accounts; reforms Medicare Advantage (MA) plans to lower expenditures; criticizes Social Security Cost-of-Living Adjustments (COLAs) as providing excessive benefits to seniors struggling to keep up with rising costs of living; endorses the use of the SSA database for purposes other than ensuring Americans receive their correct earned benefits; supports the replacement of the non-political civil service employees with political supporters of the Administration on a broad basis; eliminates funding for the Department of Labors (DOL) Senior Community Service Employment Program; reduces funding for the National Institutes of Health, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Community Services Block Grants; and reduces funding for Rental Housing Assistance Programs, among other proposals that serve seniors and the disability community. Appropriations: Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act FY 2026 (S. 2587): Requesting funding for the Social Security Administration of at least 1.2 percent of benefits paid to restore customer service levels Americans have paid-for and earned; and request for adequate funding for Older Americans Act programs and other discretionary programs key to seniors, including programs proposed for massive funding reductions in the Presidents budget request, such as Elder Falls Prevention programs and the Alzheimers Disease Program Initiative, and programs targeted for elimination in the Presidents budget such as the Senior Community Service Employment Program (SCSEP), the Chronic Disease Self-Management Program (CDSMP), the Community Services Block Grant (CSBG), the Community Development Block Grant (CDBG), Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP), and the AmeriCorps Seniors programs (Retired & Senior Volunteer Program, Senior Companions Program and Foster Grandparent Program).","foreign_entity_issues":"","lobbyists":[{"lobbyist":{"id":32032,"prefix":null,"prefix_display":null,"first_name":"MAX","nickname":null,"middle_name":null,"last_name":"RICHTMAN","suffix":null,"suffix_display":null},"covered_position":null,"new":false},{"lobbyist":{"id":55476,"prefix":null,"prefix_display":null,"first_name":"DAN","nickname":null,"middle_name":null,"last_name":"ADCOCK","suffix":null,"suffix_display":null},"covered_position":null,"new":false},{"lobbyist":{"id":143815,"prefix":"ms","prefix_display":"MS.","first_name":"ANNE","nickname":null,"middle_name":"HEATH","last_name":"MONTGOMERY","suffix":null,"suffix_display":null},"covered_position":null,"new":false},{"lobbyist":{"id":150524,"prefix":null,"prefix_display":null,"first_name":"LUCAS","nickname":null,"middle_name":null,"last_name":"WARREN","suffix":null,"suffix_display":null},"covered_position":null,"new":true}],"government_entities":[{"id":11,"name":"Executive Office of the President (EOP)"},{"id":34,"name":"Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS)"},{"id":2,"name":"HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES"},{"id":18,"name":"Office of Management & Budget (OMB)"},{"id":1,"name":"SENATE"},{"id":91,"name":"Social Security Administration (SSA)"},{"id":41,"name":"Treasury, Dept of"}]},{"general_issue_code":"MMM","general_issue_code_display":"Medicare/Medicaid","description":"Medicare Observation Stays. The Improving Access to Medicare Coverage Act (H.R. 3954): Proposals to count time spent in observation status toward the three-day prior inpatient stay required under Medicare for coverage of a subsequent stay in a skilled nursing facility. Medicare Drug Costs. The Pharmaceutical Research Transparency Act (No bill): Proposal to amend the Public Health Service Act and the Security Exchange Act to require pharmaceutical manufacturers to report their costs related to clinical trials and research and development. Medicare Prescription Drugs. Drug Costs. Inflation Reduction Act (Public Law No: 117-169): Law to allow Medicare to negotiate prices with drug makers, cap prices at inflation in Part B and D, cap beneficiary out-of-pocket costs in Part D, eliminate cost-sharing for vaccines, eliminate cost-sharing in the catastrophic phase of Part D, and to raise the income threshold for the Low-Income Subsidy program offering assistance in paying for drugs. Medicare Prescription Drugs. (No bill): A regulatory proposal encouraging the Secretaries of the Departments of Health and Human Services (HHS) and Commerce to exercise march in rights that would aim to better control the pricing of prescription drugs. Medicare Prescription Drugs. (No bill): An HHS regulatory proposal to ensure robust negotiation rules and processes that aim to curtail the cost of certain prescription drugs, as authorized by the Inflation Reduction Act (Public Law No: 117-169). Medicare and Medicaid Prescription Drugs. (No bill): Joined comments with 19 other organizations urging HHS to use its existing authority to license competition in order to lower consumer and taxpayer costs for semaglutide drugs treating diabetes and weight management (e.g., Ozempic and Wegovy). Medicare Savings Program and Low-Income Subsidy (LIS) Programs. (No bill): Proposals to make enrollment of dually eligible individuals in the Medicare Savings Programs (MSP) and the LIS program easier, so that low-income beneficiaries can more readily access financial assistance for Medicare copayments, premiums and deductibles, and to be able to access needed medications at prices they can afford. Medicare Reform. The Assuring Medicares Promise Act (H.R. 609): Proposals to close the loophole for wealthy individuals who bypass paying net investment income tax (NIIT) and directing the revenue to the Hospital Insurance Trust Fund, which pays for Medicare Part A that covers inpatient care in hospitals, and to the Social Security Trust Funds. Medicare Dental, Hearing and Vision Coverage. Medicare Dental, Vision, and Hearing Benefit Act of 2025 (H.R. 2045): Proposal to add dental, vision and hearing benefits to Medicare. Medicare Hearing Coverage: The Medicare Hearing Aid Coverage Act of 2025 (H.R. 500): Proposals to add hearing benefits to Medicare. Medicare call center (No bill): Proposal to address the poor working conditions of the call center workers employed by Maximus, a federal contractor with the Department of Health and Humans Services/Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services) HHS/CMS. Medicare Advantage (MA). (No bill): Proposals to create transparency around Medicare Advantage plans using prior authorization and supplemental benefits that are not offered under traditional Medicare. Medicare Advantage. (No bill): Proposals to apply a higher coding adjustment factor to fully account for intensive upcoding by MA plans and to exclude certain information for MA risk adjustment scores and payments; to use two years of traditional Medicare and MA diagnostic data for calculating MA risk-adjusted payments; and to promulgate more fundamental changes to the Hierarchical Condition Category (HCC) risk adjustment model. Medicare Advantage. (H.R. 3467) Proposal to make Medicare Advantage plans the default choice during initial enrollment periods. Medicare Privatization (No bill): Proposals to create policies in traditional Medicare that mimic those used by private health insurance plans. Medicaid Home and Community-Based Services. The HCBS Access Act (No bill): Proposals to make home and community-based services (HCBS) a mandatory benefit within Medicaid, and to ensure eligible older adults and people with disabilities have the option to choose between home care and institutional care. Medicare, Medicaid and Social Security. The Alleviating Barriers for Caregivers (ABC) Act (H.R. 2491 and S. 1227): Proposals would require HHS and SSA to review application processes, procedures, forms, and communications for Medicare, Medicaid, Childrens Health Insurance Program, and Social Security programs in order to reduce administrative barriers facing family caregivers. The bill requires agencies to identify and report to Congress on actions that can be taken to streamline eligibility and assistance for family caregivers within existing programs. Medicare, Medicaid Nursing Homes. The Protecting Americas Seniors Access to Care Act (H.R. 1303): Proposal to prohibit the HHS Secretary from promulgating national staffing standards in nursing homes. Medicare, Medicaid Nursing Homes. The Safe Staffing Saves Lives Act (H.R. 8100): Proposal to establish mandatory, statutory, minimum nurse staffing standards in nursing homes to ensure at least 4.1 hours of total nursing care per resident per day. Medicare, Medicaid Nursing Homes. The Nurses Belong in Nursing Homes Act (S. 3886): Proposal aims to establish federal minimum staffing standards, specifically requiring 3.48 hours per resident per day (HPRD) of total nursing care and 24/7 on-site Registered Nurse (RN) coverage. Medicare, Medicaid Nursing Homes. The Building Americas Health Care Workforce Act (No bill): Proposal to allow time spent working in a nursing home (prior to any formal training, and permitted during the COVID-19 pandemic) to count toward a 75-hour minimum federal training standard that is required for certified nursing assistants. Medicare, Medicaid Nursing Homes. The Ensuring Seniors Access to Quality Care Act (H.R. 7096): Proposal to repeal regulations that prohibit certified nursing assistant training and competency evaluation programs in skilled nursing facilities that have a record of health and safety deficiencies and have incurred penalties (e.g., civil monetary penalties for substandard quality of care). Medicare Treatment for Osteoporosis (No bill): Support for making payment revisions to the 2026 Physician Fee Schedule that would accelerate treatment improvements for beneficiaries with osteoporosis and help prevent repeat fractures. Medicare and Medicaid Waste, Fraud and Abuse (No bill): Submitted comments with other organizations to a CMS Request for Information (RFI) Related to Comprehensive Regulations To Uncover Suspicious Healthcare (CRUSH), 91 Fed. Reg. 9803 (February 27, 2026) CMS-6098-NC. Medicaid Work Requirements Affecting Eligibility (No bill): Submitted comments with other organizations to request CMS to clarify in regulations that people with disabilities, older adults, and caregivers are exempt from the Medicaid working requirements in P.L. 119-21. Health Insurance. Health Insurance Premium Fairness Act (H.R. 6455). Proposal to close loophole that penalizes couples with one spouse in Medicare and one receiving health care through Affordable Care Act (ACA) exchanges, by allowing for subtraction of Medicare premiums from the maximum premium paid for a marketplace plan. Health Insurance. (H.R. 1834). Proposals to extend the Enhanced Premium Tax Credits for ACA marketplace health insurance plans. Health Insurance. The Lower Health Care Premiums for All Americans Act (H.R. 6703) Proposals to weakening consumer protections and destabilizing markets by allowing skimpier, less‑regulated plans that can cherry‑pick healthier groups and leave higher‑cost enrollees in the ACA‑regulated small‑group and individual markets with higher premiums. Medicaid and Health Insurance. Protecting Health Care and Lowering Costs Act (S. 2556, H.R. 4849): Proposals to restore massive funding cuts to Medicaid that were included in the 2025 budget reconciliation law, and to make permanent ACA enhanced premium tax credits.","foreign_entity_issues":"","lobbyists":[{"lobbyist":{"id":32032,"prefix":null,"prefix_display":null,"first_name":"MAX","nickname":null,"middle_name":null,"last_name":"RICHTMAN","suffix":null,"suffix_display":null},"covered_position":null,"new":false},{"lobbyist":{"id":55476,"prefix":null,"prefix_display":null,"first_name":"DAN","nickname":null,"middle_name":null,"last_name":"ADCOCK","suffix":null,"suffix_display":null},"covered_position":null,"new":false},{"lobbyist":{"id":143815,"prefix":"ms","prefix_display":"MS.","first_name":"ANNE","nickname":null,"middle_name":"HEATH","last_name":"MONTGOMERY","suffix":null,"suffix_display":null},"covered_position":null,"new":false},{"lobbyist":{"id":150524,"prefix":null,"prefix_display":null,"first_name":"LUCAS","nickname":null,"middle_name":null,"last_name":"WARREN","suffix":null,"suffix_display":null},"covered_position":null,"new":true}],"government_entities":[{"id":130,"name":"Administration on Aging"},{"id":136,"name":"Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS)"},{"id":24,"name":"Commerce, Dept of (DOC)"},{"id":11,"name":"Executive Office of the President (EOP)"},{"id":135,"name":"Food & Drug Administration (FDA)"},{"id":34,"name":"Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS)"},{"id":2,"name":"HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES"},{"id":1,"name":"SENATE"}]},{"general_issue_code":"RET","general_issue_code_display":"Retirement","description":"Older Americans Act Reauthorization. The Older Americans Act Reauthorization Act (S. 2120): Proposals to reauthorize the Older Americans Act (OAA) of 1965 and to increase the authorization of appropriations for OAA programs, which is the major federal discretionary funding source for home and community-based services for older adults and their caregivers. Programs supported through the OAA include home-delivered and congregate nutrition services, in-home supportive services, transportation, caregiver support, community service employment, health and wellness programs, the long-term care ombudsman program, services to prevent the abuse, neglect, and exploitation of older adults, and other supportive services. Social Security Cost of Living Adjustment (COLA). The Fair COLA for Seniors Act (No bill) and the Social Security Cost of Living Increase Act (No bill): Proposals to adopt the Consumer Price Index for the Elderly (CPI-E) for the purpose of determining COLAs for Social Security beneficiaries; the Boosting Benefits and COLAs for Seniors Act (S. 3059): Proposal to calculate COLAs using the current Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers (CPI-W) or the Consumer Price Index for the Elderly (CPI-E), whichever is greater. Social Security Expansion. The Social Security 2100 Act (No bill): Proposals to improve benefits and to strengthen Social Security's financing by altering the payroll tax cap, among other changes. The Social Security Expansion Act (S. 770 and H.R. 1700): Proposals to enhance Social Security benefits and ensure the long-term solvency of the Social Security program. The Strengthening Social Security Act (No bill): Proposals to extend the solvency of the Social Security Trust Funds and improve benefits. The Safeguarding American Families & Expanding Social Security Act (S. 3462): Proposals to update and modernize Social Security benefits and to extend solvency of the Social Security Trust Funds. The Protecting and Preserving Social Security Act (S. 2614 and H.R. 4968): Proposals to adopt the Consumer Price Index for the Elderly (CPI-E) for the purpose of determining COLAs for Social Security beneficiaries and to ensure the long-term solvency of the Social Security program by altering the payroll tax cap. The Protecting Our Widows and Widowers in Retirement Act (No bill): Proposals to improve benefits for widows and widowers in two-income households. The Surviving Widow(er) Income Fair Treatment Act (SWIFT Act) (S. 3255): Proposal to increase survivors benefits for disabled widows, widowers, and surviving divorced spouses; Social Security Enhancement and Protection Act (H.R. 3517): Proposal would improve Social Security benefits by increasing the Special Minimum Benefit, boosting benefits for seniors who have on the Social Security rolls for a long period of time, restore student benefits to age 26 and extend the life of the Trust Funds by eliminating the cap on Social Security benefits and phasing-in an increase in the payroll tax rate. The Social Security Survivor Benefits Equity Act (H.R. 6424 and S. 3357): Proposal to increase the lump-sum benefit amount payable upon the death of a beneficiary to take into account inflation. Social Security Funding. The Medicare and Social Security Fair Share Act (H.R. 3271 and S. 1690): Proposals to close the loophole for wealthy individuals who bypass paying the net investment income tax (NIIT) and directing the revenue to the Social Security Trust Funds and to the Hospital Insurance Fund, which pays for Medicare Part A that covers inpatient care in hospitals. Cutting Social Security by Raising the Retirement Age. Affirming the Presidents Promise Not to Raise the Social Security and Medicare Retirement Age (H. Res. 657): House Resolution opposing raising Social Security or Medicare eligibility age. Caregiver Social Security Credits. The Social Security Caregiver Credits Act (No bill): Proposal to provide Social Security wage credits for individuals who reduce their participation in the workforce or leave the workforce to provide care to specified family members and relatives. Social Security Notch. (No bill): Proposals to ensure that Social Security benefits for individuals born in 1960 and 1961 are not reduced as a result of the coronavirus-related drop in the average wage index. Protecting Seniors from Garnishment. (No bill): Proposal to protect Social Security beneficiaries from having their Social Security benefits garnished to recover unpaid student loans. Social Security Disability Insurance Claim Adjudication. (No bill): Proposal to nullify the rule finalized by the Social Security Administration on November 16, 2020, that outlines when its administrative appeals judges may hold hearings and issue decisions on individual cases. Currently, these judges serve an appellate function where they review, at the request of Social Security claimants, the decisions of the administrative law judges who issue decisions in individual cases. Social Security Overpayments. (H.R. 2999, H.R. 2142 and S. 1023): Proposals to protect retirees, survivors and people with disabilities from being forced to repay extra Social Security and Supplemental Security Income (SSI) benefits they received through no fault of their own. Strengthening Beneficiaries Rights. (No bill): Various proposals relating to the protection and rights available to Social Security and Supplemental Security Income beneficiaries. Social Security Benefit Statements. The Know Your Social Security Act (No bill): Proposal to implement section 1143 of the Social Security Act by clarifying the Social Security Administration is required to mail annual benefit statements to all workers over age 25. Supplemental Security Income (SSI) Program. The Supplemental Security Income Restoration Act (S. 4001 and H.R. 7828): Proposals to strengthen and restore the SSI program. Supplemental Security Income (SSI) Program. The SSI Savings Penalty Elimination Act (H.R. 2540 and S. 1234): Proposal to amend title XVI of the Social Security Act to update the resource limit for Supplemental Security Income eligibility. The Fairness in Social Security Act (No bill): Proposal to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to exclude the portion of a lump-sum Social Security benefit payment that relates to periods prior to the taxable year from the determination of household income as it relates to SSI eligibility. Retirement Plan Distribution: IRS Notice relating to Use of an Electronic Medium to Make Participant Elections and Spousal Consents (RIN 1545-Bq50). House Committee on Aging. (H. Res. 1013): A Resolution amending the Rules of the House to reestablish a Permanent Select Committee on Aging. Retirement Plan Fiduciary Rule: U.S. Department of Labor, Employee Benefits Security Administration, Office of Regulations and Interpretations - RIN 1210-AC02; Application No. D-12057; Application No. D-12060. The Department of Labor proposed regulation to modernize the fiduciary rule to strengthen protections for retirement investors who seek professional investment advice. (No bill): Congressional reversal of the rule submitted by the Department of Labor relating to \"Retirement Security Rule: Definition of an Investment Advice Fiduciary\". Pensions: The ERISA Litigation Reform Act (H.R. 6084). A bill that would undermine ERISAs ability to protect retirement plan participants hard-earned retirement income under the erroneous notion that the recent unanimous Supreme Court decision in Cunningham v. Cornell University will lead to a tide of ERISA class action litigation. Social Security Administration. Keep Billionaires Out of Our Social Security Act (S. 2763), Hands Off Our Social Security Act (H.R. 4734), Repairing Social Security after DOGE (H.R. 6237). Proposals to reverse cuts the Trump Administration has made to the Social Security Administration (SSA), prevents Social Security field offices from shutting down, makes it easier for seniors and people with disabilities to apply for the benefits they have earned over the phone, provides the resources the SSA needs to approve earned benefits quickly, protects benefits from unauthorized tampering, delays or changes, blocks privatization of SSA, enforces privacy protections for beneficiary data, and requires annual Government Accountability Office audits on staffing, operations and compliance. Social Security Administration. Letter to Social Security Commissioner Frank Bisignano opposing enhanced identity verification procedures for beneficiary transactions with SSA that will make it difficult, if not impossible, for many older Americans and members of the disability community to access their earned benefits. Social Security Administration. Resolution of Inquiry by Representative John Larson (H. Res. 195): Requesting information be provided to Congress regarding the Department of Government Efficiencys (DOGE) access to the Social Security Administrations computer data, which compromises beneficiary privacy by allowing access to Americans personal information such as Social Security numbers, banking information, earnings history and medical information. Social Security Administration. Keep Our Field Offices Open Act (H.R. 1876): Proposals to suspend Social Security field office closures until January 21, 2029, after which date the Commissioner of Social Security would be required to submit a detailed report to Congress, laying out and justifying a process for closing, consolidating, or reducing access to field offices; bill also requires the Commissioner to maintain the total number of field offices and hearing offices that were in operation on January 20, 2025, after the moratorium ends and requires that, in considering future office closures, the Commissioner must consider potential transportation and communication barriers for individuals served by the office, provide significant advance notice to the public and members of Congress, and ensure opportunities for public input and appeals. Social Security Administration. Protecting Americans Social Security Data Act (H.R. 1877): Proposals to protect Americans from having their sensitive personal information politicized or bought and sold to the highest bidder by preventing Elon Musk, his associates, and political appointees from accessing sensitive data systems at SSA, codifying SSA data privacy requirements into law and strengthening oversight and civil penalties for any privacy and disclosure violations of Social Security beneficiaries personal information. Social Security Administration. The Improving Social Securitys Service to Victims of Identity Theft Act (S. 1666): Proposal to improve Social Security's service to victims of identity theft by requiring the Social Security Administration to provide a single point of contact for any individual whose Social Security account number has been misused. Social Security Administration. Comments on Omitting Food from In-Kind Support and Maintenance Calculations, Docket No. SSA-2021-0014; Comments on Expanding the Rental Subsidy, Docket No. SSA-2023-0010; Comments on Intermediate Improvement to the Disability Adjudication Process Including How We Consider Past Work, Docket No. SSA-2023-0024; Comments on Rulemaking Expanding the Definition of a Public Assistance Household, Docket No. SSA-2023-0015; Comments on strengthening rule regarding the Use of Electronic Payroll Data to Improve Program Administration, Docket No. SSA-2016-0039. Social Security Administration. Comments submitted regarding Social Security Form SSA-827 proposal (Medical Record Collection Process) and the Disability Applicant Evidence Simplification Act (DAESA) draft. Social Security Administration. The creation of an online application for all SSI applicants, streamlining data collection to more effectively obtain treating source evidence, eliminating the reconsideration level of review, updating outdated occupational information, adding a robust online scheduling tool and ensuring comprehensive customer service for all individuals. Womens Retirement Security. The Womens Retirement Protection Act (S. 988 and H.R. 2023): Proposal to amend the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 to provide for greater spousal protection under defined contribution plans. Food Security for Seniors. Farm bill reauthorization (American Relief Act, P.L. 118-158, Division D): Provisions to cut future Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits or other harmful policies that would worsen the problem of hunger for Americas older adults and other food insecure individuals.","foreign_entity_issues":"","lobbyists":[{"lobbyist":{"id":32032,"prefix":null,"prefix_display":null,"first_name":"MAX","nickname":null,"middle_name":null,"last_name":"RICHTMAN","suffix":null,"suffix_display":null},"covered_position":null,"new":false},{"lobbyist":{"id":55476,"prefix":null,"prefix_display":null,"first_name":"DAN","nickname":null,"middle_name":null,"last_name":"ADCOCK","suffix":null,"suffix_display":null},"covered_position":null,"new":false},{"lobbyist":{"id":143815,"prefix":"ms","prefix_display":"MS.","first_name":"ANNE","nickname":null,"middle_name":"HEATH","last_name":"MONTGOMERY","suffix":null,"suffix_display":null},"covered_position":null,"new":false},{"lobbyist":{"id":150524,"prefix":null,"prefix_display":null,"first_name":"LUCAS","nickname":null,"middle_name":null,"last_name":"WARREN","suffix":null,"suffix_display":null},"covered_position":null,"new":true}],"government_entities":[{"id":130,"name":"Administration on Aging"},{"id":11,"name":"Executive Office of the President (EOP)"},{"id":2,"name":"HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES"},{"id":37,"name":"Justice, Dept of (DOJ)"},{"id":38,"name":"Labor, Dept of (DOL)"},{"id":1,"name":"SENATE"},{"id":91,"name":"Social Security Administration (SSA)"},{"id":41,"name":"Treasury, Dept of"}]},{"general_issue_code":"GOV","general_issue_code_display":"Government Issues","description":"Social Security and Medicare Trust Fund Committees. The Fiscal Commission Act (H.R. 3289 and S. 4012), the Fiscal Sustainability Act (No bill), the Sustainable Budget Act of 2025 (H.R. 222): Proposals to establish fiscal commissions to make recommendations that would likely include cuts to Social Security and Medicare benefits and would be fast-tracked through Congress outside of the regular legislative process. Voting Rights. (No bill): Proposals to require states to give every voter the option to vote by mail; and to require prepaid postage for all election materials and state-provided drop boxes for federal elections. Voting Rights. Safeguard American Voter Eligibility Act (SAVE) (H.R. 22), (SAVE America Act)(S. 1383, H.R. 7296): Proposals which significantly limits the ability of older Americans to vote in federal elections by severely restricting the types of documents acceptable to prove identity, requiring the presentation of this documentation in person, and needlessly requiring voters to re-prove their identities every time they renew their registrations. Federal District Court Injunctions. No Rogue Rulings Act (NORRA) (H.R. 1526): Proposals to limit federal district courts ability to issue nationwide injunctions against unlawful actions, thus destabilizing the checks and balances built into our constitutional system and putting the freedom of every American at risk. Office of Personnel Management: Comments on Proposed Rule, Improving Performance, Accountability and Responsiveness in the Civil Service, Docket ID: OPM-2025-0004, RIN: 3206-AO80: Comments on proposed rule that would severely undermine the career civil service that Congress has sought to protect and protect for more than 140 years, largely due to our concerns about the impact on seniors of politicizing the workforce at the Social Security Administration (SSA),the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) and other federal agencies which serve older Americans. Filing Tax Returns: Direct File Act of 2026 (S. 3948, H.R. 7806). A bill to reverse the Trump Administrations decision to end the Direct File program and codify it into law, thus allowing taxpayers to file their taxes online, for fee, and directly with the IRS, saving families time and money by cutting out the middleman.","foreign_entity_issues":"","lobbyists":[{"lobbyist":{"id":32032,"prefix":null,"prefix_display":null,"first_name":"MAX","nickname":null,"middle_name":null,"last_name":"RICHTMAN","suffix":null,"suffix_display":null},"covered_position":null,"new":false},{"lobbyist":{"id":55476,"prefix":null,"prefix_display":null,"first_name":"DAN","nickname":null,"middle_name":null,"last_name":"ADCOCK","suffix":null,"suffix_display":null},"covered_position":null,"new":false},{"lobbyist":{"id":143815,"prefix":"ms","prefix_display":"MS.","first_name":"ANNE","nickname":null,"middle_name":"HEATH","last_name":"MONTGOMERY","suffix":null,"suffix_display":null},"covered_position":null,"new":false},{"lobbyist":{"id":150524,"prefix":null,"prefix_display":null,"first_name":"LUCAS","nickname":null,"middle_name":null,"last_name":"WARREN","suffix":null,"suffix_display":null},"covered_position":null,"new":true}],"government_entities":[{"id":2,"name":"HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES"},{"id":81,"name":"Office of Personnel Management (OPM)"},{"id":1,"name":"SENATE"}]},{"general_issue_code":"CIV","general_issue_code_display":"Civil Rights/Civil Liberties","description":"Age Discrimination. The Protecting Older Workers Against Discrimination Act (POWADA) (H.R. 3522 and S. 1820): Proposal to restore the standard of proof in age discrimination cases to the pre-2009 level and treat age discrimination as unjust as other forms of employment discrimination; The Protecting Older Job Applicants (POJA) Act (No bill): Proposal to prohibit employers from limiting, segregating or classifying job applicants based on an applicants age; Protecting Older Americans Act of 2025 (H.R. 5115 and S. 2703): Proposals to eliminate the current practice of employers utilizing forced arbitration to resolve age discrimination complaints, which would shift some of the leverage employers currently exert in these claims back to the workers themselves. The Paycheck Fairness Act (S. 1115 and H.R. 17): Proposal to prevent wage discrimination for occurring and helping women and their families secure the paychecks they have earned.","foreign_entity_issues":"","lobbyists":[{"lobbyist":{"id":32032,"prefix":null,"prefix_display":null,"first_name":"MAX","nickname":null,"middle_name":null,"last_name":"RICHTMAN","suffix":null,"suffix_display":null},"covered_position":null,"new":false},{"lobbyist":{"id":55476,"prefix":null,"prefix_display":null,"first_name":"DAN","nickname":null,"middle_name":null,"last_name":"ADCOCK","suffix":null,"suffix_display":null},"covered_position":null,"new":false},{"lobbyist":{"id":143815,"prefix":"ms","prefix_display":"MS.","first_name":"ANNE","nickname":null,"middle_name":"HEATH","last_name":"MONTGOMERY","suffix":null,"suffix_display":null},"covered_position":null,"new":false},{"lobbyist":{"id":150524,"prefix":null,"prefix_display":null,"first_name":"LUCAS","nickname":null,"middle_name":null,"last_name":"WARREN","suffix":null,"suffix_display":null},"covered_position":null,"new":true}],"government_entities":[{"id":2,"name":"HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES"},{"id":1,"name":"SENATE"}]}],"conviction_disclosures":[],"foreign_entities":[],"affiliated_organizations":[]},{"url":"https://lda.gov/api/v1/filings/6347391c-588c-4d66-a5d5-0a4e8767f7c9/","filing_uuid":"6347391c-588c-4d66-a5d5-0a4e8767f7c9","filing_type":"Q1","filing_type_display":"1st Quarter - Report","filing_year":2026,"filing_period":"first_quarter","filing_period_display":"1st Quarter (Jan 1 - Mar 31)","filing_document_url":"https://lda.gov/filings/public/filing/6347391c-588c-4d66-a5d5-0a4e8767f7c9/print/","filing_document_content_type":"text/html","income":null,"expenses":"340000.00","expenses_method":"C","expenses_method_display":"C","posted_by_name":"Michael Murray","dt_posted":"2026-04-20T14:51:18-04:00","termination_date":null,"registrant_country":"United States of America","registrant_ppb_country":null,"registrant_address_1":"400 NORTH CAPITOL STREET, NW","registrant_address_2":null,"registrant_different_address":false,"registrant_city":"WASHINGTON","registrant_state":"DC","registrant_zip":"20001","registrant":{"id":2445,"url":"https://lda.gov/api/v1/registrants/2445/","house_registrant_id":31016,"name":"AMERICAN GAS ASSOCIATION","description":null,"address_1":"400 NORTH CAPITOL STREET, NW","address_2":null,"address_3":null,"address_4":null,"city":"WASHINGTON","state":"DC","state_display":"District of Columbia","zip":"20001","country":"US","country_display":"United States of America","ppb_country":"US","ppb_country_display":"United States of America","contact_name":"MICHAEL L. 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H.R.6938 - Commerce, Justice, Science; Energy and Water Development; and Interior and Environment Appropriations Act, 2026- supports FY26 funding for research and development for natural gas technologies; support of the Weatherization Assistance Program. H.R.2486/S.1214 Heating and Cooling Relief Act - Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP) alteration legislation. FY27 Energy, Water & Related Agencies Appropriations Legislation - Supported research and development for natural gas technologies; support of the Weatherization Assistance Program (WAP); opposed use of DOE funds for limiting access to natural gas direct use. FY27 Labor-HHS Appropriations Legislation - Support fully authorized regular LIHEAP funding at $5.1 Billion and ensure the administrative process is in place to carry out the program. Appropriations language supporting delay of implementation for Energy Independence and Security Act Section 433.","foreign_entity_issues":"","lobbyists":[{"lobbyist":{"id":56273,"prefix":null,"prefix_display":null,"first_name":"GEORGE","nickname":null,"middle_name":null,"last_name":"LOWE","suffix":null,"suffix_display":null},"covered_position":null,"new":false},{"lobbyist":{"id":56889,"prefix":null,"prefix_display":null,"first_name":"BRIAN","nickname":null,"middle_name":null,"last_name":"CAUDILL","suffix":null,"suffix_display":null},"covered_position":null,"new":false},{"lobbyist":{"id":150310,"prefix":"ms","prefix_display":"MS.","first_name":"ALLISON","nickname":null,"middle_name":null,"last_name":"EALEY","suffix":null,"suffix_display":null},"covered_position":null,"new":false},{"lobbyist":{"id":151351,"prefix":"ms","prefix_display":"MS.","first_name":"KATHERINE","nickname":null,"middle_name":null,"last_name":"BROWNLEE","suffix":null,"suffix_display":null},"covered_position":null,"new":false}],"government_entities":[{"id":2,"name":"HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES"},{"id":1,"name":"SENATE"}]},{"general_issue_code":"ENG","general_issue_code_display":"Energy/Nuclear","description":"H.R. 1355, the Weatherization Enhancement and Readiness Act- Reauthorizes WAP through 2030, authorizes the Weatherization Readiness Program, and raises the statutory Average Cost Per Unit from $6,500 to $12,000, so that households can receive more assistance. Energy Choice Act. H.R. 3699 / S. 1945. - Legislation to Federally preempt States from limiting consumer energy choice (fuel neutral). Permitting Reform. Standardizing Permitting and Expediting Economic Development (SPEED) Act (H.R. 4776) NEPA permitting reform legislation that establishes permitting deadlines, reduces duplicative and dilatory environmental reviews, and limits legal challenges. Permitting Reform. Improving Interagency Coordination for Pipeline Reviews Act (H.R. 3668). Assigns FERC the lead role in pipeline permitting and improve coordination among federal and state agencies reviewing permitting applications for interstate natural gas pipelines, Permitting Reform. Promoting Efficient Review for Modern Infrastructure Today (PERMIT) Act (H.R. 3898). Legislation that seeks to ease regulatory requirements, streamline reviews, and provide greater certainty under the Clean Water Act (CWA) permitting process. Gas Electric Coordination - Considering options to guarantee that natural gas supply remains plentiful, safe, reliable and resilient for both natural gas utility customers as well as for power generation. Energy Access - Work relating to continued access to natural gas for direct use. Discussion Draft-Two Product Classes - Work on legislation to establish two separate product classes (condensing and non-condensing) for certain appliances under the Energy Policy and Conservation Act. Next Generation Pipelines Research and Development Act (H.R. 2613) - Improve federal-private sector pipeline RD&D via new DOE and NIST pipeline programs. H.R. 4690, Reliable Federal Infrastructure Act - Repeal of section 433 of EISA; efforts to enable continued use of fossil fuels in federal buildings. H.R. 4626, EPCA reform - Changes to the Energy Policy and Conservation Act to help ensure it serves its intended purpose of increasing appliance energy efficiency and does not remove or eliminate products. H.R.6264 - Path to Affordable Homes Act of 2025 - requires the Department of Energy to assess revised building code standards for certain criteria. Energy Star - future of the ENERGY STAR energy-efficiency program. Furnace Rule - Department of Energy 95% annual fuel utilization efficiency (AFUE) standard for furnaces. 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H.R.5062 - Pipeline Security Act - Codifies TSA pipeline cybersecurity activities and develops a personnel strategy to ensure TSA has qualified staff. Draft Pipeline Cybersecurity Legislation - Language that would require TSA to move forward with pipeline cybersecurity regulation and alter the TSA quasi-regulatory emergency security directive process. TSA Reauthorization. Preliminary legislation to reauthorize TSA operations. 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To authorize and establish minimum standards for electronic and remote notarizations that occur in or affect interstate commerce, to require any Federal court located in a State to recognize notarizations performed by a notary public commissioned by another State when the notarization occurs in or affects interstate commerce, and to require any State to recognize notarizations performed by a notary public commissioned by another State when the notarization occurs in or affects interstate commerce or when the notarization was performed under or relates to a public act, record, or judicial proceeding of the State in which the notary public was commissioned. Issue: remote online notarization. H.R. 2441 - Improving Disclosure for Investors Act - This bill requires the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to propose and finalize rules to allow entities to deliver regulatory documents to investors electronically. The SEC must establish a mechanism for investors to opt out of electronic delivery and receive paper documents instead. If the SEC does not finalize rules within one year after enactment, the bill allows for electronic delivery of these documents. Issue: Electronic delivery. H.R. 1013/S.424 - Retirement Fairness for Charities and Educational Institutions Act of 2025 - The bill would allow 403(b) plans to invest in Collective Investment Trusts or Separate Accounts that establishes investment parity with other defined contribution plans, like 401(k)s. Issue: Retirement security H.R.20/S.852 - Richard L. Trumka Protecting the Right to Organize Act. To amend the National Labor Relations Act, the Labor Management Relations Act, 1947, and the Labor-Management Reporting and Disclosure Act of 1959. Issue: independent contractor status. H.R. 3682/S. 3578 - Financial Stability Oversight Council Improvement Act of 2025. This bill will restore transparency to FSOC by imposing procedural guardrails, including enhanced due process protections, and a stronger analytic framework before a firm can be designated as systemically important. Issue: Dodd-Frank Act reform. H.R.__/S. __ SAFE Banking Act - This bill would create protections for financial institutions that provide financial services to State-sanctioned marijuana businesses and service providers for such businesses. Issue: Cannabis legislation S. __ - SAFER Banking Act - This bill would create protections for financial institutions that provide financial services to State-sanctioned marijuana businesses and service providers for such businesses. Issue: Cannabis legislation. H.R. __ - Expanding Access to Capital Act - This bill reduces various securities regulations applicable to certain companies, brokers, and advisors. The bill also allows more investors to invest in specified types of ventures. Issue: Capital reform. S. __ - Protecting Innovation in Investment Act - To prohibit the Securities and Exchange Commission from finalizing, implementing, or enforcing a proposed rule with respect to conflicts of interest associated with the use of predictive data analytics by broker-dealers and investment advisers. Issue: Predictive data analytics. S. __/H.R. __ - Empowering States to Protect Seniors from Bad Actors Act - This bill reauthorizes through FY2028 and otherwise revises the Senior Investor Protection Grant Program. The bill moves the program from the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau to the Securities and Exchange Commission, establishes a task force to oversee the program, and eliminates certain grant eligibility requirements. Issue: Financial protections. Issue: FHLBank System Issue: Basel III Issue: Regulation Best Interest Issue: Environmental, Social, and Corporate Governance (ESG). No bill number assigned. Issue: Commercial mortgage-backed security (CMBS) debt. No bill number assigned. Issue: Unclaimed life insurance products. No bill number assigned. Issue: Covered agreement on prudential measures with respect to the business of insurance and reinsurance. No bill number assigned. Issue: Government Sponsored Enterprises (GSE) reform. 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The bill would give the Federal Reserve the authority to tailor capital standards for insurance companies subject to Fed supervision. Issue: Capital Standards, Basel III Implementation of H.R. 748 - the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act. This bill responds to the COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019) outbreak and its impact on the economy, public health, state and local governments, individuals, and businesses. Issue: CECL, TDR, Remote Online Notarization, SBA loans. H.R. 4583 and H.R. 4582/S.1552 - Living Donor Protection Act. The bill would promote and protect from discrimination living organ donors. Issue: underwriting. H.R. 643 - Federal Insurance Office Elimination Act. To eliminate the Federal Insurance Office of the Department of the Treasury. Issue: FIO Reform. S. 1544/H.R. 3437 - Insurance Data Protection Act. To prohibit the Federal Insurance Office of the Department of the Treasury and other financial regulators from collecting data directly from an insurance company. Issue: FIO Reform H.R. 4735 and S. 2419 - Business of Insurance Regulatory Reform Act- To amend the Consumer Financial Protection Act of 2010 to clarify the authority of the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection with respect to persons regulated by a State insurance regulator. Issue: Business of Insurance. H.R. 3503 - Kidney Donation Anti-Discrimination Act. The bill would prohibit life insurance providers from discriminating based on a persons status as a living kidney donor. Issue: underwriting. H.R. 3383 - Incentivizing New Ventures and Economic Strength Through Capital Formation (INVEST) Act of 2025. This bill allows a closed-end fund-a portfolio of pooled assets with a limited number of shares traded on an exchange-to increase its investment in private investment funds. Specifically, the Securities and Exchange Commission is prohibited from limiting the sale or listing of securities of a closed-end fund that invests in private investment funds. This bill also apples to a closed-end company treated as a business development company. Issue: Capital formation H.R. 7130 - McCarran-Ferguson Restoration Act. The bill would eliminate the Federal Insurance Office of the Department of the Treasury and establish a United States Insurance Representative within the Department of the Treasury. Issue: FIO Reform. Issus: FSOC nonbank guidance rule. Issue: private equitys growing role in the insurance industry. Issue: S&P proposal on the methodology that is used to rate insurance companies. Issue: National Association of Registered Agents and Brokers (NARAB) board. No bill number assigned. Issue: Housing Finance Reform. 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The bill also seeks to enhance financial literacy through grants to community-based organizations and offers grants to such organizations to help low-income women and survivors of domestic abuse obtain qualified domestic relations orders. 3.H.R.2067, S.928 Protecting Americans Retirement Savings Act (PARSA): This bill prohibits ERISA-covered retirement plans from making new investments in companies controlled by or based in countries considered to be foreign adversaries. Foreign adversaries include China, Iran, North Korea, and Russia. The bill also requires fiduciaries to disclose continuing investments in such entities and sanctioned firms. 4.H.R.2089 Generating Retirement Ownership through Long-Term Holding (GROWTH): The legislation provides that reinvested mutual fund dividends are not subject to capital gains taxation until the investor sells his or her shares. 5.H.R.2163 No Penalties for Victims of Fraud Act: The bill ensures that victims of retirement account fraud are not subject to the 10% additional income tax on early retirement plan distributions. 6.H.R.2544, S.1222 Financial Freedom Act of 2025: The legislation prohibits the Secretary of Labor from restricting the investments available in self-directed 401(k) brokerage windows. The bill also prohibits the DOL from preventing a fiduciary from selecting, any particular type of investment alternative, provided that a fiduciary provides the participant or beneficiary an opportunity to choose, from a broad range of investment alternatives, nor can the DOL require that any particular type of investment be either favored or disfavored, other than on the basis of the investments risk-return characteristics. 7.H.R.2696, S.1526 Retirement Savings for Americans Act (RSAA): This legislation establishes a federally run American Worker Retirement Plan for private-sector workers that do not have access to a workplace-based retirement plan. The bill also includes an enhanced federal matching contribution that only applies to lower income workers that participate in the federal plan. 8.H.R.2748 First Time Homeowner Savings Plan Act: This legislation increases the amount first-time homebuyers could pull from their retirement savings from the $10,000 set in the 1990s to $25,000 (indexed to inflation) without the 10% additional income tax on early retirement plan distributions to use as a down payment on their home. 9.H.R.2869 EBSA Investigations Transparency Act: This legislation requires the Department of Labors Employee Benefits Security Administration (EBSA) to submit annual reports to Congress on the status of its open employee plan audits and to explain why any audits open for more than 36 months have not been closed. 10.H.R.2958 Balance the Scales Act: This legislation requires the Department of Labors Employee Benefits Security Administration (EBSA) to report annually to Congress about its use of common interest agreements. 11.H.R.2988 Protecting Prudent Investment of Retirement Savings Act: This legislation amends ERISA to specify that a retirement plan fiduciary shall be considered acting solely in the interest of participants only if: 1) the investment does not subordinate the interest of participants in their retirement income or financial benefits under the plan to other objectives, including ESG objectives and 2) the fiduciary does not sacrifice investment returns or take on additional investment risks to promote goals unrelated to the plan. 12.H.R.3526, S.2867 Uplifting First-Time Homebuyers Act of 2025: This legislation allows individuals to take an early distribution out of an IRA of up to $50,000 for a qualified first-time home purchase without the 10% additional income tax penalty. Current rules only allow up to a $10,000 early distribution without penalty. 13.H.R.4718, S.1707 Helping Young Americans Save for Retirement Act: This legislation lowers the required minimum participation age in ERISA-covered retirement plans from age 21 to age 18. 14.S.1840 Retirement Investment in Small Employers (RISE) Act: This legislation raises the floor for the existing $250 per-employee tax credit available to small businesses to create retirement plans, ensuring that all small businesses can receive a tax credit of at least $2,500. 15.S.2003 Strengthening Benefits Plans Act of 2025: This legislation permits surplus assets in a retiree health account to be used for other benefits, like active employee health benefits. The legislation also permits surplus assets in a defined benefit plan to be used to provide contributions to the employers defined contribution plan without terminating the defined benefit plan. 16.S.2210 Unlocking Benefits for Independent Workers Act: This legislation establishes a safe harbor under federal law for companies that would like to voluntarily provide independent workers with any benefit or protection commonly provided to full-time employees, such as retirement and health care benefits. 17.S.2217 Independent Retirement Fairness Act: This legislation relaxes the audit rules for pooled employer plans (PEPs) and allows companies to enroll their independent workers in PEPs and simplified employer pensions (SEPs) IRAs without triggering employee classification. 18.H.R.4548, S.2365 Small Nonprofit Retirement Security Act of 2025: This legislation makes the credit for small employer pension plan startup costs and the retirement auto-enrollment credit available to tax-exempt eligible small employers. 19.H.R.5325 Unclaimed Retirement Rescue Plan: This legislation directs the Department of Labor (DOL) to issue a regulation that would permit retirement plan fiduciaries to transfer unclaimed retirement distributions to State unclaimed property programs. 20.H.R.5748 Retirement Investment Choice Act: This legislation codifies Executive Order 14330 relating to democratizing access to alternative assets for 401(k) investors. 21.S.3083 Providing Complete Information to Retirement Investors Act: This legislation adds a new notice requirement to participants investing through brokerage windows in 401(k) plans to explain that the investments in a brokerage window have not been prudently selected and are not monitored by a plan fiduciary. 22.S.3086 Restoring Integrity in Fiduciary Duty Act: This legislation limits fiduciary consideration of nonpecuniary factors for investments. The bill further states that ERISA fiduciaries must also make decisions regarding the exercise of shareholder rights and proxy voting based on pecuniary factors. 23.H.R.5887 Saving for the Future Act: This legislation establishes a hybrid emergency savings and 401(k)-type government-run program called the Federal Universal Personal Savings Investment Program and creates UP Retirement Accounts for every full-time and part-time worker not covered by an active defined benefit pension plan. The legislation also requires employers to make a minimum employer contribution to the workers retirement account. 24.H.R.6084 ERISA Litigation Reform Act: This legislation amends the pleading standard under ERISA Section 502 for certain claims to put the burden on the plaintiff to plausibly allege and prove that an ERISA prohibitive transaction occurred that is not exempt under ERISA section 408(b)(2). 25.H.R.6324 Retirement Simplification and Clarity Act: This legislation would: (1) permit an in-service plan distribution to an individual retirement annuity on or after attainment of age 50; and (2) include a specific reference to an individual retirement annuity as a rollover option under a simplified 402(f) safe harbor notice. 26.H.R.6417, S.3333 Emergency Savings Enhancement Act of 2025: This legislation would double the maximum balance limit for Pension-Linked Emergency Savings Accounts (PLESAs) from $2,500 to $5,000 and allows Highly Compensated Employees (HCEs) to participate. 27.H.R.6450, S.3352 Retirement Rollover Flexibility Act: This legislation would permit rollover contributions from Roth IRAs to designated Roth accounts in qualified retirement plans, like 401(k)s. 28.H.R.6722 Automatic IRA Act of 2025: The legislation would require employers with more than 10 employees that do not sponsor a retirement plan to automatically enroll their employees in IRAs (automatic IRAs) or other automatic contribution plans or arrangements, like 401(k) plans. The legislation also requires 401(k) plans with over 100 participants plans must permit participants to elect to receive at least 50 percent of their vested account balance in the form of lifetime income. This requirement does not apply to participants with balances below $200,000. 29.H.R.6729, S.1831 Auto Reenroll Act of 2025: This legislation amends the qualified automatic contribution arrangement (QACA) safe harbor in the tax code for 401(k) plans to allow for automatic periodic reenrollment into the plan. 30.H.R.7185 Home Savings Act: This legislation permits penalty-free withdrawals from a 401(k) account for up to five years when the funds are used for a down payment or closing costs on a primary residence. The legislation also allows an individual to make a penalty-free 401(k) withdrawal and gift those funds to a relative, exempt from gift tax, provided the relative uses the money for a down payment or closing costs on a primary residence. 31.H.R.7362 Form 5500 Filing Simplification Act: This legislation extends the Form 5500 filing deadline to October 15 (for calendar year retirement plans), thus eliminating the need for an extension. 32.H.R.7556, S.2335 Pensions for All Act: This legislation requires every employer to provide to their employees a retirement program with benefits equivalent to the Federal Employees Retirement System (FERS) or to elect for their employees to participate in FERS. 33.General Accounts Product Corrections Act: This proposed legislation clarifies fiduciary responsibilities for life insurance companies as it relates to investments in their general accounts. Income Security S. 2415 and H.R. 7107, the Long-Term Care Affordability Act: Would allow for tax free distributions from retirement accounts to fund LTC contracts. H.R. 133, Both provisions are in the larger bill. H.R.1185 - FAMILY Act. Issue: paid family and medical leave proposal would offer paid leave benefits via a payroll tax for birth or adoption of a child or caring for a sick family member. H.R.1940 - New Parents Act of 2019. Issue: paid family and medical leave H.R.2163 - To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow for tax-advantaged distributions from health savings accounts during family or medical leave, and for other purposes. Issue: paid family and medical leave S.463 - FAMILY Act. Issue: paid family and medical leave- paid family and medical leave proposal would offer paid leave benefits via a payroll tax for birth or adoption of a child or caring for a sick family member S.920 - New Parents Act of 2019. Issue: paid family and medical leave Discussion draft - CRADLE Act. Issue: paid family and medical leave - allows for a deferment of retirement benefits for paid leave benefits. Proposed FY 2020 Budget proposal on paid family and medical leave. Issue: paid family and medical leave H.R. 2694 - Pregnant Workers Fairness Act. Issue: paid family and medical leave. Concurrent Resolution on the Budget, FY2022, S.Con.Res.14. The budget resolution calls for the $3.5 trillion in long-term investments to be fully offset by a combination of new tax revenues, health care savings, and long-term economic growth. In addition, the agreement would prohibit new taxes on families making less than $400,000 per year, and on small businesses and family farms. Issue: Medicare/Dental (Expanding Medicare to include dental, vision, hearing benefits and lowering the eligibility age). H.R. 5376- Build Back Better Act This bill provides funding, establishes programs, and otherwise modifies provisions relating to a broad array of areas, including education, labor, child-care, health care, taxes, immigration, and the environment. Excepted Benefits on Supplemental Benefits-proposed tri-agency rule through HHS, Treasury and Labor. S.3680 - Paid Family and Medical Leave Tax Credit Extension and Enhancement Act Diversity and Inclusion H.R. 5084 - Improving Corporate Governance Through Diversity Act. Issue: diversity and inclusion. H.R. 5360 - Closing the Racial Wealth Gap Act. Issue: diversity and inclusion. H.R. 281 - Ensuring Diverse Leadership Act. Issue: diversity and inclusion. H.R. 7946 and S. 4464 - Federal Reserve Racial and Economic Equity Act. 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USTR reversal of its long-standing support for WTO core disciplines that protect U.S. businesses cross-border data flows and prohibit data localization mandates. Issue: Digital Services Tax (DST). Issue: OECD Pillar II UTPR. 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APHIS facility inspections and approvals with regard to foreign market access, general market access and export issues, including export certificates for animal products. 2. General efforts to prevent diseases, like African Swine Fever (ASF) and New World Screwworm from entering the U.S. 3. General tariff and trade disrupting issues affecting pet food manufacturers. Specifically supports suspending, reducing, or eliminating tariffs which hinder food and agriculture exports. 4. Supports addressing and finding solutions to the ongoing challenges impacting our nation's food and agricultural supply chains, specifically as it relates to the pet food industry. 5. Supports uninterrupted trade between the U.S., Mexico and Canada to provide access to the goods they need, including pet food. 6. Supports U.S. agricultural export promotion and long-term market development. Specifically, H.R. 1086: Agriculture Export Promotion Act of 2025; which would expand and extend the Market Access Program and Foreign Market Development Cooperator Program through FY2029. 7. Supports strengthening multilateral trade rules on agriculture that promotes resilient, adaptive, and innovative agricultural markets. 8. Supports USMCAs extension and emphasize the importance of USTRs continued engagement with business and agricultural stakeholders throughout the review, and until the agreement is extended for another 16 years.","foreign_entity_issues":"","lobbyists":[{"lobbyist":{"id":98812,"prefix":null,"prefix_display":null,"first_name":"ATALIE","nickname":null,"middle_name":null,"last_name":"EBERSOLE","suffix":null,"suffix_display":null},"covered_position":"Executive Assistant, Rep. 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Supports H.R. 597: The Pet Food Uniform Regulatory Reform Act of 2025; Amends the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to clarify and update the authority of the Food and Drug Administration to ensure national uniformity in the regulation of the labels, labeling, and advertising of companion animal pet food. 3. General efforts to prevent diseases, like High Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI) and African Swine Fever (ASF). 4. Supportive of H.R. 1086: Agriculture Export Promotion Act of 2025; which would expand and extend the Market Access Program and Foreign Market Development Cooperator Program through FY2029. 5. Concerned that the United States vitamin manufacturing is nearly non-existent, leaving it reliant on imports from China which dominates global vitamin manufacturing. This action has created a dependency that poses a significant threat to our national food security, agricultural community, and public health. Supports Congressional efforts and the Trump Administration to lessen the overreliance on China for the production of critical nutrients that are essential to both human health and animal agriculture. 6. Supports Beth Bechdol, candidate for Director-General of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO). 7. Supports the inclusion of the Healthy Dog Importation Act (HDIA) and several additional animal‑health measures in H.R. 7567, the Farm, Food, and National Security Act of 2026 (the Farm Bill).","foreign_entity_issues":"","lobbyists":[{"lobbyist":{"id":98812,"prefix":null,"prefix_display":null,"first_name":"ATALIE","nickname":null,"middle_name":null,"last_name":"EBERSOLE","suffix":null,"suffix_display":null},"covered_position":"Executive Assistant, Rep. 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Supports $5 million for the Center for Veterinary Medicine (CVM) in FY 2027 to fully staff the animal food ingredient review team and provide IT assistance necessary to conduct animal food ingredient reviews in a timely manner. 6. Supports the workforce needed to ensure that FDA and USDA to operate efficiently and regulate product submissions in a timely manner: - $27 million for the USDA Center for Veterinary Biologics (CVB) to maintain the Centers ability to review & approve veterinary biologics and vaccines to bring these products to market. - $34 million in user fees established by the Animal Drug User Fee Act (ADUFA) be included in the FY27 agriculture appropriations bill. - $5 million for safety of post approval products including global harmonization, pharmacovigilance and unapproved drugs, with a specific request of an increase of $2 million for CVM specific technology enhancements for animal health pharmacovigilance. - $147.1 million for the Pesticides Licensing Program within the Environmental Programs and Management Account. - $4.9 million for the U.S. Codex Office. - $33 million for the USDAs Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) Wildlife Services National Rabies Management Program (NRMP).","foreign_entity_issues":"","lobbyists":[{"lobbyist":{"id":98812,"prefix":null,"prefix_display":null,"first_name":"ATALIE","nickname":null,"middle_name":null,"last_name":"EBERSOLE","suffix":null,"suffix_display":null},"covered_position":"Executive Assistant, Rep. 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General interest in trucking/shipping issues or other supply chain challenges that continue to affect pet food manufacturers and other agriculture stakeholders. 2. Supports general efforts to advance transportation and infrastructure polices for truck, rail, waterways and ports that will enhance the efficient and cost-effective transport of agricultural and food products, including pet food.","foreign_entity_issues":"","lobbyists":[{"lobbyist":{"id":98812,"prefix":null,"prefix_display":null,"first_name":"ATALIE","nickname":null,"middle_name":null,"last_name":"EBERSOLE","suffix":null,"suffix_display":null},"covered_position":"Executive Assistant, Rep. Jo Ann Emerson","new":false}],"government_entities":[{"id":2,"name":"HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES"},{"id":1,"name":"SENATE"}]},{"general_issue_code":"ANI","general_issue_code_display":"Animals","description":"1. General pet food and related pet welfare issues, including the continuation of the Congressional Pet Caucus. 2. General interest in the ingredients used in pet food, and modernizing the outdated regulatory processes for pet food and pet food products. 3. Supports H.R. 597: The Pet Food Uniform Regulatory Reform Act of 2025; To amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to clarify and update the authority of the Food and Drug Administration to ensure national uniformity in the regulation of the labels, labeling, and advertising of companion animal pet food. 4. Opposes federal mandates or incentives promoting renewable fuel production that use essential animal- and plant-based fats and oils necessary for complete and balanced nutrition in pet food formulations. 5. Supports general efforts to prevent diseases, like High Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI) and African Swine Fever (ASF) in the United States. 6. Supports general efforts to keep companion animals safe and healthy, specifically H.R. 237: Paws Off Act of 2025; Amends the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to deem foods containing xylitol as misbranded unless the label or labeling of such foods contains a warning specifying the toxic effects of xylitol for dogs if ingested. 7. Supports H.R. 2253: Puppy Protection Act of 2025; Requires the Department of Agriculture to expand standards that govern the humane handling, care, treatment, and transportation of animals to include new requirements for commercial dog dealers. Specifically, the standards must require dog dealers to provide to dogs. 8. Supportive of H.R. 1842: People and Animals Well-being Act of 2025; Amends the IRS Code of 1986 to allow certain veterinary expenses for pets and service animals to be treated as amounts paid for medical care for purposes of a health savings account or flexible savings account. 9. Supportive of H.R. 2203: Innovative FEED Act of 2025; Amends the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act with respect to the regulation of zootechnical animal food substances. 10. Supports H.R. 3732 and S. 1939: The Bring Animals Relief and Kibble (BARK) Act; To provide protections for good faith donations of pet food and supplies. 11. Supports H.R. 3349 and S. 1725: The Healthy Dog Importation Act (HDIA); To amend the Animal Health Protection Act with respect to the importation of live dogs to address the current gaps in oversight and prioritizes the prevention of disease introduction from imported dogs that threatens both animal and public health. Supports the inclusion of HDIA and several additional animal‑health measures in H.R. 7567, the Farm, Food, and National Security Act of 2026 (the Farm Bill). 12. Concerned about the United States vitamin manufacturing is nearly non-existent, leaving it reliant on imports from China which dominates global vitamin manufacturing. This action has created a dependency that poses a significant threat to our national food security, agricultural community, and public health. Supports Congressional efforts and the Trump Administration to lessen the overreliance on China for the production of critical nutrients that are essential to both human health and animal agriculture.","foreign_entity_issues":"","lobbyists":[{"lobbyist":{"id":98812,"prefix":null,"prefix_display":null,"first_name":"ATALIE","nickname":null,"middle_name":null,"last_name":"EBERSOLE","suffix":null,"suffix_display":null},"covered_position":"Executive Assistant, Rep. 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Supportive of Congress and the Trump Administration ensuring that suitable supplies of the critical fats and oils remain available for human and petfood consumption, outside of the biofuels industry. 4. Asks EPA to consider partnering with USDA to conduct a thorough analysis of the impact of the use of renewable fuels on the price and supply of agricultural commodities and food prices. 5. Continue to be concerned about the significant increase in biomass-based diesel (BBD) volume requirements in EPAs proposed Renewable Fuel Standards for 2026 and 2027 along with the new proposal to cut the Renewable Identification Numbers (RIN) in half for imported renewable fuels and feedstocks in 2028. Respectfully requests that the EPA carefully consider the competition of limited resources for food, feed, and fuel in the United States as they start working on the RFS for 2028 and beyond.","foreign_entity_issues":"","lobbyists":[{"lobbyist":{"id":98812,"prefix":null,"prefix_display":null,"first_name":"ATALIE","nickname":null,"middle_name":null,"last_name":"EBERSOLE","suffix":null,"suffix_display":null},"covered_position":"Executive Assistant, Rep. Jo Ann Emerson","new":false},{"lobbyist":{"id":143576,"prefix":null,"prefix_display":null,"first_name":"DANA","nickname":null,"middle_name":null,"last_name":"BROOKS","suffix":null,"suffix_display":null},"covered_position":"Legislative Assistant, Rep. Marion Berry and Rep. 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It provides full-year, bipartisan funding for several federal departments-including Defense, Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Transportation-for the remainder of FY2026.","foreign_entity_issues":"","lobbyists":[{"lobbyist":{"id":64406,"prefix":null,"prefix_display":null,"first_name":"LAURA","nickname":null,"middle_name":"TRACY","last_name":"PERALTA-SCHULTE","suffix":null,"suffix_display":null},"covered_position":null,"new":false},{"lobbyist":{"id":141660,"prefix":null,"prefix_display":null,"first_name":"JARRETT","nickname":null,"middle_name":null,"last_name":"SMITH","suffix":null,"suffix_display":null},"covered_position":null,"new":false}],"government_entities":[{"id":2,"name":"HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES"},{"id":1,"name":"SENATE"}]},{"general_issue_code":"CIV","general_issue_code_display":"Civil Rights/Civil Liberties","description":"NETWORK Lobby opposes HR 2,the SAVE Act. This bill will limit the ability of citizens to vote by requiring burdensome new documentation to do so and by eliminating common sense channels of registration like online registration. NETWORK opposed H.R. 1's 10 year moratorium on the regulation of AI due to civil right and privacy concerns. NETWORK Lobby opposes HR 5296, the Safeguard American Voter Eligibility (SAVE) America Act which would federal bill that would fundamentally change how Americans register to vote. Voters would generally need to present documentary proof of citizenship in person before completing registration, effectively eliminating most current online and mail registration methods. For most people, that means only passport or certified birth certificate that matches a voter's current name. Real ID and other forms of identification would no suffice.","foreign_entity_issues":"","lobbyists":[{"lobbyist":{"id":152948,"prefix":null,"prefix_display":null,"first_name":"CHRISTIAN","nickname":null,"middle_name":null,"last_name":"WATKINS","suffix":null,"suffix_display":null},"covered_position":null,"new":true}],"government_entities":[{"id":2,"name":"HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES"},{"id":1,"name":"SENATE"}]},{"general_issue_code":"CSP","general_issue_code_display":"Consumer Issues/Safety/Products","description":"NETWORK supports HR 633, the Take It Down Act. The bill provides tools to designed to protect victims of real and deepfake revenge pornography. NETWORK opposed H.J. Res. 61, which seeks to nullify an EPA rule setting hazardous air pollutant standards for rubber tire manufacturing. NETWORK also opposed H.J. Res. 42, which aims to revoke a Department of Energy rule updating certification and labeling requirements for various appliances. NETWORK opposed both resolutions, issuing vote recommendations to protect environmental standards and consumer transparency. Network opposed H.R. 1897, the Endangered Species Act Amendments Act of 2025, would rewrite significant portions of the law to slow the process for listing and recovering threatened and endangered species while expanding exemptions for projects that jeopardize them and fast-tracking the process for delisting them. NETWORK opposed H.R. 5587, the Harnessing Energy At Thermal Sources (HEATS) Act, would eliminate all review, public input, and transparency under the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) for prescribed geothermal development impacting public lands and resources. NETWORK opposed the Senate vote on a Congressional Review Act (CRA) resolution of disapproval to overturn protections for the headwaters of the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness, Voyageurs National Park and surrounding Superior National Forest from toxic copper-nickel sulfide ore mining. NETWORK opposed the following House bills that would significantly weaken the Clean Air Act: the FIRE Act, the FENCES Act, and the RED Tape Act. The bills are a direct attack on the health and safety of our communities.","foreign_entity_issues":"","lobbyists":[{"lobbyist":{"id":149293,"prefix":null,"prefix_display":null,"first_name":"DRAKE","nickname":null,"middle_name":null,"last_name":"STARLING","suffix":null,"suffix_display":null},"covered_position":null,"new":false}],"government_entities":[{"id":2,"name":"HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES"},{"id":1,"name":"SENATE"}]},{"general_issue_code":"FAM","general_issue_code_display":"Family issues/Abortion/Adoption","description":"NETWORK endorsed and supports the American Family Act to provide a fully refundable Child Tax Credit to all families. NETWORK supports FAMILY Act would create for the first time the permanent right to paid, job-protected comprehensive family and medical leave for all American workers. H.R. 1464 - Modern WIC Act, which makes permanent flexibilities that allow for remote enrollment, services, and benefit issuance for the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC).","foreign_entity_issues":"","lobbyists":[{"lobbyist":{"id":64406,"prefix":null,"prefix_display":null,"first_name":"LAURA","nickname":null,"middle_name":"TRACY","last_name":"PERALTA-SCHULTE","suffix":null,"suffix_display":null},"covered_position":null,"new":false}],"government_entities":[{"id":2,"name":"HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES"},{"id":1,"name":"SENATE"}]},{"general_issue_code":"FOR","general_issue_code_display":"Foreign Relations","description":"NETWORK opposed the Trump Administration's placing conditions on US funding for healthcare through the PEPFAR program on US access to that countries' critical minerals.","foreign_entity_issues":"","lobbyists":[{"lobbyist":{"id":64406,"prefix":null,"prefix_display":null,"first_name":"LAURA","nickname":null,"middle_name":"TRACY","last_name":"PERALTA-SCHULTE","suffix":null,"suffix_display":null},"covered_position":null,"new":false}],"government_entities":[{"id":39,"name":"State, Dept of (DOS)"}]},{"general_issue_code":"HCR","general_issue_code_display":"Health Issues","description":"NETWORK strongly opposes the FY 25 Budget Reconciliation Act because it will cut $880 Billion in Medicaid funding and introduce structural changes to the program that will make it harder for children, pregnant women, low income workers, and the elderly to access healthcare. These cuts are included to pay for tax cuts for the ultra-wealthy and to increase the detention and deportation of immigrants. NETWORK strongly opposed H.R 1 for many reason including cutting 1 trillion dollars from our nation's healthcare programs including MEDICAID, the Affordable Care Act and ultimately Medicare due to debt triggers. We expect a 500 billion cut to the program. NETWORK strongly supports efforts to extend the ACA enhanced premium tax credits for 24 million Americans. Without support, at minimum, 5 million people will lose coverage for 2025.","foreign_entity_issues":"","lobbyists":[{"lobbyist":{"id":64406,"prefix":null,"prefix_display":null,"first_name":"LAURA","nickname":null,"middle_name":"TRACY","last_name":"PERALTA-SCHULTE","suffix":null,"suffix_display":null},"covered_position":null,"new":false}],"government_entities":[{"id":2,"name":"HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES"},{"id":1,"name":"SENATE"}]},{"general_issue_code":"HOM","general_issue_code_display":"Homeland Security","description":"NETWORK rejects further militarization of our borders and the ending of asylum processing into the United States. NETWORK continues to support Refugee Resettlement of vulnerable peoples around the world. NETWORK strongly opposes H.R. 1 for many reasons including spending approximately 900 billion dollars in immigration enforcement, detention and deportation which will separate families and terror law-abiding immigrant communities across the country. NETWORK strongly supports HR 6397, the Dignity for Detained Immigrants Act, which would seeks to overhaul the U.S. immigration detention system by ending for-profit detention, abolishing mandatory detention, and prohibiting solitary confinement. NETWORK strongly supports S. 3348, the Dream Act, which would federal proposal to provide a path to lawful permanent residency and eventual citizenship for undocumented immigrants brought to the U.S. as children, known as \"Dreamers.\" NETWORK strongly supports S. 455, the Sensitive Locations Act, to prohibit immigration enforcement actions in places vital to community life, such as schools, hospitals, courthouses, places of worship, and social service centers. NETWORK opposes FY 26 funding for ICE CBP with safeguards and protocols that keep communities safe, and require the personal to operate under best practices for law enforcement. ICE and CBP must operate humanely and protect the dignity of all.","foreign_entity_issues":"","lobbyists":[{"lobbyist":{"id":154837,"prefix":"mrs","prefix_display":"MRS.","first_name":"GIOVANA","nickname":null,"middle_name":"ANGELICA","last_name":"OAXACA NAJERA","suffix":null,"suffix_display":null},"covered_position":null,"new":true}],"government_entities":[{"id":2,"name":"HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES"},{"id":1,"name":"SENATE"}]},{"general_issue_code":"HOU","general_issue_code_display":"Housing","description":"NETWORK Lobby for Catholic Social Justice opposed the FULL-YEAR CONTINUING APPROPRIATIONS AND EXTENSIONS ACT, 2025. This bill made significant cuts to programs that help keep costs down including significant cuts to critical housing programs. NETWORK strongly supports the following housing bills: HR 6644 Housing in the 21st Century Act which would increase housing supply by modernizing federal programs, reducing regulatory burdens, and giving local governments more flexibility to streamline building processes, making housing more affordable through supply-side solutions like updating zoning, encouraging pre-approved designs, and supporting new construction methods. S. 2720/HR 6957 Yes, in God's Backyard Act which would help faith-based organizations and institutions of higher education unlock the promise of their existing land holdings by transforming underused property into much-needed affordable housing. S. 2651, The Road to Housing Act which would tackle the housing crisis by increasing housing supply, modernizing programs, and reducing regulatory barriers, incorporating provisions from numerous other housing bills. NETWORK strongly supports the 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act, a legislative package that includes the vast majority of the Scott-Warren ROAD to Housing Act, which received unanimous support from the Senate last fall, and the vast majority of the housing provisions from the 21st Century Housing Act, which passed the House with overwhelming bipartisan support. The 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act also includes a bill that would ban large institutional investors from buying up single-family homes. NETWORK supported the final FY26 Appropriations package for T-HUD: Continuum of Care funding, funding for vouchers, public housing maintenance funding, and emergency homeless funding.","foreign_entity_issues":"","lobbyists":[{"lobbyist":{"id":141660,"prefix":null,"prefix_display":null,"first_name":"JARRETT","nickname":null,"middle_name":null,"last_name":"SMITH","suffix":null,"suffix_display":null},"covered_position":null,"new":true}],"government_entities":[{"id":2,"name":"HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES"},{"id":1,"name":"SENATE"}]},{"general_issue_code":"IMM","general_issue_code_display":"Immigration","description":"NETWORK opposes H.Con.Res. 14, the Resolution on the Budget for Fiscal Year 2025. This resolution sets in motion a bill that will substantially expand detention and deportation of law-abiding immigrants who contribute to our communities. NETWORK Lobby for Catholic Social Justice opposed the FULL-YEAR CONTINUING APPROPRIATIONS AND EXTENSIONS ACT, 2025. This bill shifted significant funding from human needs programs to fund the major expansion of family detention. NETWORK opposed S. 5, the Laken-Riley Bill. The bill raises serious due process concerns by requiring mandatory detention in cases where people have been accused of theft and other petty crimes. Additional concerns include the guaranteed right to sue for states that disagree with federal immigration policy (including threatening the exclusions of visa to entire countries). NETWORK strongly opposes H.R. 1 for many reasons including spending approximately 900 billion dollars in immigration enforcement, detention and deportation which will separate families and terror law-abiding immigrant communities across the country. NETWORK strongly supports: Protecting Sensitive Locations Act (H.R. 1061) which would prohibit enforcement actions like arrests or searches at places such as schools, hospitals, churches, courthouses, DMVs, and homeless shelters. American Dream and Promise Act of 2025 (H.R. 1589) which would provide a pathway to citizenship to Dreamers, undocumented immigrants who were brought to the United States as children. It would also include recipients of Temporary Protected Status (TPS) and Deferred Enforced Departure (DED) beneficiaries. Religious Workforce Protection Act (H.R. 2672 / S. 1298) which would amend immigration law to allow foreign-born religious workers (R-1 visa holders) to remain in the U.S. past the current 5-year limit while awaiting permanent residency (EB-4) approval, preventing mandatory one-year departures. Protect Vulnerable Immigrant Youth Act (H.R. 3763 / S. 1965) which would eliminate employment-based visa caps for abused, abandoned, and neglected children who are classified as special immigrant juveniles. The Dream Act (S. 3348) which would provide a path to lawful permanent residency and eventual citizenship for undocumented immigrants brought to the U.S. as children, known as \"Dreamers\". The Dignity for Detained Immigrant Act (HR 6397) which would reform the U.S. detention system by ending mandatory detention, prohibiting family detention, and phasing out private detention facilities over three years. NETWORK opposes funding proposals for ICE and CBP without adequate protections for communities to stop oppose and mass deportations. These agencies are not living up to obligations to conduct themselves with humanity and care for individuals. Rather they are unaccountable agents who disregard basic standards of human dignity and care. 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NETWORK endorsed and supports Paycheck Fairness Act, legislation that would strengthen the Equal Pay Act of 1963, help eliminate the gender wage gap, and guarantee that women can challenge pay discrimination and hold employers accountable. NETWORK endorsed and supports H.R. 20, the Richard L. Trumka Protecting the Right to Organize (PRO) Act, a comprehensive proposal to protect workers right to come together and bargain for higher wages, better benefits, and safer workplaces. NETWORK supports HR 2550, Protecting American Workers Act, which would reverse the Trump EO stripping a million federal workers of the right to bargain.","foreign_entity_issues":"","lobbyists":[{"lobbyist":{"id":64406,"prefix":null,"prefix_display":null,"first_name":"LAURA","nickname":null,"middle_name":"TRACY","last_name":"PERALTA-SCHULTE","suffix":null,"suffix_display":null},"covered_position":null,"new":false}],"government_entities":[{"id":14,"name":"Council of Economic Advisers (CEA)"},{"id":2,"name":"HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES"},{"id":38,"name":"Labor, Dept of (DOL)"},{"id":1,"name":"SENATE"},{"id":12,"name":"White House Office"}]},{"general_issue_code":"LAW","general_issue_code_display":"Law Enforcement/Crime/Criminal Justice","description":"NETWORK supports The Reentry Support Act (HR 2586) which would allow for Medicaid payment of medical services furnished to an incarcerated individual during the 30-day period preceding the individual's release.","foreign_entity_issues":"","lobbyists":[{"lobbyist":{"id":152948,"prefix":null,"prefix_display":null,"first_name":"CHRISTIAN","nickname":null,"middle_name":null,"last_name":"WATKINS","suffix":null,"suffix_display":null},"covered_position":null,"new":true}],"government_entities":[{"id":2,"name":"HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES"},{"id":1,"name":"SENATE"}]},{"general_issue_code":"MMM","general_issue_code_display":"Medicare/Medicaid","description":"NETWORK strongly opposes the FY 25 Budget Reconciliation Act because it will cut $880 Billion in Medicaid funding and introduce structural changes to the program that will make it harder for children, pregnant women, low income workers, and the elderly to access healthcare. These cuts are included to pay for tax cuts for the ultra-wealthy and to increase the detention and deportation of immigrants. It is immoral. NETWORK strongly supports ensuring that the Social Security 2100 Act which increases and expands with a 2% across the board for all Social Security beneficiaries for the first time in 52 years. This bill improves the Cost-of-Living Adjustment (COLA), so it reflects the inflation actually experienced by seniors and increases benefits to boost lower income seniors. NETWORK strongly opposed H.R 1 for many reason including cutting 1 trillion dollars from our nation's healthcare programs including MEDICAID, the Affordable Care Act and ultimately Medicare due to debt triggers. 500 billion in expected cuts. NETWORK strongly supports bill that would extend premium tax credits to purchase health coverage on the Affordable Care Act for three years.","foreign_entity_issues":"","lobbyists":[{"lobbyist":{"id":64406,"prefix":null,"prefix_display":null,"first_name":"LAURA","nickname":null,"middle_name":"TRACY","last_name":"PERALTA-SCHULTE","suffix":null,"suffix_display":null},"covered_position":null,"new":false}],"government_entities":[{"id":2,"name":"HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES"},{"id":1,"name":"SENATE"}]},{"general_issue_code":"TAX","general_issue_code_display":"Taxation/Internal Revenue Code","description":"NETWORK opposes H.Con.Res. 14, the Resolution on the Budget for Fiscal Year 2025. This resolution sets in motion a bill that, if passed, it would be 7 Trillion dollars of tax benefits to the ultra-wealthy and corporations and would be \"paid for\" with significant cuts to health (Medicaid) and food programs (the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program.) NETWORK strongly support the Tax Cut for Workers Act (H.R. 2764). This bill would Virtually triple the maximum value of the EITC for so-called childless workers from about $540 to about $1,500; extend the credit to both younger and older workers who are currently ineligible for the credit because of their age - delivering the credit to people ages 19 to 24 as well as 65 and older; and make the credit more accessible for adults aging out of the foster youth system. NETWORK endorsed and supports the American Family Act to provide a fully refundable Child Tax Credit to all families. NETWORK strongly opposes HR 1 because the tax relief is highly regressive, providing most to high income individuals and major corporations (4.5 trillion), while failing to expand low income tax credits to lift working families out of poverty. This bill drives up our national debt by 3.5 trillion. Tax relief is \"paid for\" by gutting healthcare and food programs for families. The bill also encourages US job loss due to offshoring incentives. NETWORK support the Working Families Disaster Tax Relief Act (S.3432 / H.R.6645) to help families affected by federally declared disasters by letting them use their previous year's income to calculate eligibility for the Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) and the Child Tax Credit (CTC). NETWORK supports the following bills to tax the ultra-wealthy and corporations: Tax Wealth Over $50 Million Ultra-Millionaire Tax Act - Introduces a 2% annual tax on household net worth between $50 million and $1 billion, plus a 1% to 3% surtax on net worth over $1 billion. It targets the top 0.05% of households to raise roughly $3 trillion over 10 years. Make Billionaires Pay Their Fair Share Act - Proposes a 5% annual wealth tax on individuals with a net worth over $1 billion, targeting about 938 Americans to raise roughly $4.4 trillion over a decade. This bill funds social programs like childcare, public education, and health initiatives. Enact a millionaires surtax to fund health care and education Millionaires Surtax Act - Applies an additional 10-percentage point tax on incomes exceeding $2 million for married couples ($1 million for individuals), aiming to raise roughly $634-$716 billion over 10 years. It targets the top 0.2% of earners to fund public services like health care and education. Curb dynastic wealth and reduce the power of billionaires For the 99.5 Percent Act - Increases federal estate and gift taxes on the wealthiest Americans to reduce wealth inequality. The bill seeks to reduce the estate tax exemption to $3.5 million per person and progressively raises the top tax rate. Billionaires Income Tax Act - Ensures that ultra-wealthy individuals pay taxes annually on gains from tradable assets like stocks, rather than deferring taxes until assets are sold. The bill targets taxpayers with over $1 billion in assets or over $100 million in income for three consecutive years. Making corporations pay their fair share Raise the Corporate Income Tax - Increase the federal corporate income tax rate-from 21% up to 28%-to raise federal revenue, fund public investments, and ensure large corporations pay their fair share. No Tax Breaks for Outsourcing Act - Eliminates tax incentives that encourage U.S. corporations to move jobs, factories, and profits overseas. It would equalize foreign and domestic corporate tax rates that would incentivize offshoring investments. Strengthening Social Security and Medicare Scrap the payroll tax cap to fully fund Social Security and Medicare for next generations: Social Security 2100 Act - Applies the Social Security payroll tax to earnings over $400,000, closing the gap where high incomes were previously exempt.","foreign_entity_issues":"","lobbyists":[{"lobbyist":{"id":64406,"prefix":null,"prefix_display":null,"first_name":"LAURA","nickname":null,"middle_name":"TRACY","last_name":"PERALTA-SCHULTE","suffix":null,"suffix_display":null},"covered_position":null,"new":true}],"government_entities":[{"id":2,"name":"HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES"},{"id":1,"name":"SENATE"}]},{"general_issue_code":"TRD","general_issue_code_display":"Trade (domestic/foreign)","description":"NETWORK supports urging them to use the upcoming mandatory six-year review of the renegotiated North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA), to make significant and necessary improvements to the trade deal. 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Multinational corporations have continued to threaten to offshore jobs as leverage against workers; the U.S. trade deficit with Mexico and Canada has increased, with imports undermining U.S. businesses and workers in key sectors like auto and aerospace; and Chinese companies have invested in Mexico to skirt U.S. trade laws and take advantage of the USMCAs benefits, funneling unfair Chinese imports into the U.S.","foreign_entity_issues":"","lobbyists":[{"lobbyist":{"id":64406,"prefix":null,"prefix_display":null,"first_name":"LAURA","nickname":null,"middle_name":"TRACY","last_name":"PERALTA-SCHULTE","suffix":null,"suffix_display":null},"covered_position":null,"new":false}],"government_entities":[{"id":2,"name":"HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES"},{"id":1,"name":"SENATE"}]},{"general_issue_code":"WEL","general_issue_code_display":"Welfare","description":"NETWORK opposes H.Con.Res. 14, the Resolution on the Budget for Fiscal Year 2025. 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This resolution sets in motion a bill that, if passed, will significantly harm millions of hardworking people and families to pay for tax cuts for the ultra-wealthy. NETWORK Lobby for Catholic Social Justice opposed the FULL-YEAR CONTINUING APPROPRIATIONS AND EXTENSIONS ACT, 2025. This bill made significant cuts to programs that help keep costs down in housing, healthcare, veterans services, seniors services, and more. This bill also shifted significant funding from human needs programs to fund the major expansion of family detention centers and private prisons to cage immigrant families. NETWORK strongly opposes H.R.1, the budget reconciliation bill, because it makes significant cuts to our nation's healthcare programs - MEDICAID and the Affordable Care Act - and food programs - the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program - to pay for 4.5 trillion dollars of tax cuts for the wealthy and corporations and to fund the mass separation of families through detention and deportation. The bill also raises our nation's debt by 3.5 trillion dollars. NETWORK opposed House CR proposal because it did not address the need to extend the ACA enhanced premium tax credits for 24 million Americans before open enrollment, November 1. NETWORK Lobby urged a YES on H.R. 7148 H.R. 7148, the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2026, which was signed into law on February 3, 2026, becoming Public Law No: 119-75. 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This bill will limit the ability of citizens to vote by requiring burdensome new documentation to do so and by eliminating common sense channels of registration like online registration. NETWORK opposed H.R. 1's 10 year moratorium on the regulation of AI due to civil right and privacy concerns. NETWORK Lobby opposes HR 5296, the Safeguard American Voter Eligibility (SAVE) America Act which would federal bill that would fundamentally change how Americans register to vote. Voters would generally need to present documentary proof of citizenship in person before completing registration, effectively eliminating most current online and mail registration methods. For most people, that means only passport or certified birth certificate that matches a voter's current name. 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NETWORK opposed both resolutions, issuing vote recommendations to protect environmental standards and consumer transparency. Network opposed H.R. 1897, the Endangered Species Act Amendments Act of 2025, would rewrite significant portions of the law to slow the process for listing and recovering threatened and endangered species while expanding exemptions for projects that jeopardize them and fast-tracking the process for delisting them. NETWORK opposed H.R. 5587, the Harnessing Energy At Thermal Sources (HEATS) Act, would eliminate all review, public input, and transparency under the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) for prescribed geothermal development impacting public lands and resources. NETWORK opposed the Senate vote on a Congressional Review Act (CRA) resolution of disapproval to overturn protections for the headwaters of the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness, Voyageurs National Park and surrounding Superior National Forest from toxic copper-nickel sulfide ore mining. NETWORK opposed the following House bills that would significantly weaken the Clean Air Act: the FIRE Act, the FENCES Act, and the RED Tape Act. The bills are a direct attack on the health and safety of our communities.","foreign_entity_issues":"","lobbyists":[{"lobbyist":{"id":149293,"prefix":null,"prefix_display":null,"first_name":"DRAKE","nickname":null,"middle_name":null,"last_name":"STARLING","suffix":null,"suffix_display":null},"covered_position":null,"new":false}],"government_entities":[{"id":2,"name":"HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES"},{"id":1,"name":"SENATE"}]},{"general_issue_code":"FAM","general_issue_code_display":"Family issues/Abortion/Adoption","description":"NETWORK endorsed and supports the American Family Act to provide a fully refundable Child Tax Credit to all families. NETWORK supports FAMILY Act would create for the first time the permanent right to paid, job-protected comprehensive family and medical leave for all American workers. H.R. 1464 - Modern WIC Act, which makes permanent flexibilities that allow for remote enrollment, services, and benefit issuance for the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC).","foreign_entity_issues":"","lobbyists":[{"lobbyist":{"id":64406,"prefix":null,"prefix_display":null,"first_name":"LAURA","nickname":null,"middle_name":"TRACY","last_name":"PERALTA-SCHULTE","suffix":null,"suffix_display":null},"covered_position":null,"new":false}],"government_entities":[{"id":2,"name":"HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES"},{"id":1,"name":"SENATE"}]},{"general_issue_code":"FOR","general_issue_code_display":"Foreign Relations","description":"NETWORK opposed the Trump Administration's placing conditions on US funding for healthcare through the PEPFAR program on US access to that countries' critical minerals.","foreign_entity_issues":"","lobbyists":[{"lobbyist":{"id":64406,"prefix":null,"prefix_display":null,"first_name":"LAURA","nickname":null,"middle_name":"TRACY","last_name":"PERALTA-SCHULTE","suffix":null,"suffix_display":null},"covered_position":null,"new":false}],"government_entities":[{"id":39,"name":"State, Dept of (DOS)"}]},{"general_issue_code":"HCR","general_issue_code_display":"Health Issues","description":"NETWORK strongly opposes the FY 25 Budget Reconciliation Act because it will cut $880 Billion in Medicaid funding and introduce structural changes to the program that will make it harder for children, pregnant women, low income workers, and the elderly to access healthcare. These cuts are included to pay for tax cuts for the ultra-wealthy and to increase the detention and deportation of immigrants. NETWORK strongly opposed H.R 1 for many reason including cutting 1 trillion dollars from our nation's healthcare programs including MEDICAID, the Affordable Care Act and ultimately Medicare due to debt triggers. We expect a 500 billion cut to the program. NETWORK strongly supports efforts to extend the ACA enhanced premium tax credits for 24 million Americans. Without support, at minimum, 5 million people will lose coverage for 2025.","foreign_entity_issues":"","lobbyists":[{"lobbyist":{"id":64406,"prefix":null,"prefix_display":null,"first_name":"LAURA","nickname":null,"middle_name":"TRACY","last_name":"PERALTA-SCHULTE","suffix":null,"suffix_display":null},"covered_position":null,"new":false}],"government_entities":[{"id":2,"name":"HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES"},{"id":1,"name":"SENATE"}]},{"general_issue_code":"HOM","general_issue_code_display":"Homeland Security","description":"NETWORK rejects further militarization of our borders and the ending of asylum processing into the United States. NETWORK continues to support Refugee Resettlement of vulnerable peoples around the world. NETWORK strongly opposes H.R. 1 for many reasons including spending approximately 900 billion dollars in immigration enforcement, detention and deportation which will separate families and terror law-abiding immigrant communities across the country. NETWORK strongly supports HR 6397, the Dignity for Detained Immigrants Act, which would seeks to overhaul the U.S. immigration detention system by ending for-profit detention, abolishing mandatory detention, and prohibiting solitary confinement. NETWORK strongly supports S. 3348, the Dream Act, which would federal proposal to provide a path to lawful permanent residency and eventual citizenship for undocumented immigrants brought to the U.S. as children, known as \"Dreamers.\" NETWORK strongly supports S. 455, the Sensitive Locations Act, to prohibit immigration enforcement actions in places vital to community life, such as schools, hospitals, courthouses, places of worship, and social service centers. NETWORK opposes FY 26 funding for ICE CBP with safeguards and protocols that keep communities safe, and require the personal to operate under best practices for law enforcement. ICE and CBP must operate humanely and protect the dignity of all.","foreign_entity_issues":"","lobbyists":[{"lobbyist":{"id":154837,"prefix":"mrs","prefix_display":"MRS.","first_name":"GIOVANA","nickname":null,"middle_name":"ANGELICA","last_name":"OAXACA NAJERA","suffix":null,"suffix_display":null},"covered_position":null,"new":true}],"government_entities":[{"id":2,"name":"HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES"},{"id":1,"name":"SENATE"}]},{"general_issue_code":"HOU","general_issue_code_display":"Housing","description":"NETWORK Lobby for Catholic Social Justice opposed the FULL-YEAR CONTINUING APPROPRIATIONS AND EXTENSIONS ACT, 2025. This bill made significant cuts to programs that help keep costs down including significant cuts to critical housing programs. NETWORK strongly supports the following housing bills: HR 6644 Housing in the 21st Century Act which would increase housing supply by modernizing federal programs, reducing regulatory burdens, and giving local governments more flexibility to streamline building processes, making housing more affordable through supply-side solutions like updating zoning, encouraging pre-approved designs, and supporting new construction methods. S. 2720/HR 6957 Yes, in God's Backyard Act which would help faith-based organizations and institutions of higher education unlock the promise of their existing land holdings by transforming underused property into much-needed affordable housing. S. 2651, The Road to Housing Act which would tackle the housing crisis by increasing housing supply, modernizing programs, and reducing regulatory barriers, incorporating provisions from numerous other housing bills. NETWORK strongly supports the 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act, a legislative package that includes the vast majority of the Scott-Warren ROAD to Housing Act, which received unanimous support from the Senate last fall, and the vast majority of the housing provisions from the 21st Century Housing Act, which passed the House with overwhelming bipartisan support. The 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act also includes a bill that would ban large institutional investors from buying up single-family homes. NETWORK supported the final FY26 Appropriations package for T-HUD: Continuum of Care funding, funding for vouchers, public housing maintenance funding, and emergency homeless funding.","foreign_entity_issues":"","lobbyists":[{"lobbyist":{"id":141660,"prefix":null,"prefix_display":null,"first_name":"JARRETT","nickname":null,"middle_name":null,"last_name":"SMITH","suffix":null,"suffix_display":null},"covered_position":null,"new":true}],"government_entities":[{"id":2,"name":"HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES"},{"id":1,"name":"SENATE"}]},{"general_issue_code":"IMM","general_issue_code_display":"Immigration","description":"NETWORK opposes H.Con.Res. 14, the Resolution on the Budget for Fiscal Year 2025. This resolution sets in motion a bill that will substantially expand detention and deportation of law-abiding immigrants who contribute to our communities. NETWORK Lobby for Catholic Social Justice opposed the FULL-YEAR CONTINUING APPROPRIATIONS AND EXTENSIONS ACT, 2025. This bill shifted significant funding from human needs programs to fund the major expansion of family detention. NETWORK opposed S. 5, the Laken-Riley Bill. The bill raises serious due process concerns by requiring mandatory detention in cases where people have been accused of theft and other petty crimes. Additional concerns include the guaranteed right to sue for states that disagree with federal immigration policy (including threatening the exclusions of visa to entire countries). NETWORK strongly opposes H.R. 1 for many reasons including spending approximately 900 billion dollars in immigration enforcement, detention and deportation which will separate families and terror law-abiding immigrant communities across the country. NETWORK strongly supports: Protecting Sensitive Locations Act (H.R. 1061) which would prohibit enforcement actions like arrests or searches at places such as schools, hospitals, churches, courthouses, DMVs, and homeless shelters. American Dream and Promise Act of 2025 (H.R. 1589) which would provide a pathway to citizenship to Dreamers, undocumented immigrants who were brought to the United States as children. It would also include recipients of Temporary Protected Status (TPS) and Deferred Enforced Departure (DED) beneficiaries. Religious Workforce Protection Act (H.R. 2672 / S. 1298) which would amend immigration law to allow foreign-born religious workers (R-1 visa holders) to remain in the U.S. past the current 5-year limit while awaiting permanent residency (EB-4) approval, preventing mandatory one-year departures. Protect Vulnerable Immigrant Youth Act (H.R. 3763 / S. 1965) which would eliminate employment-based visa caps for abused, abandoned, and neglected children who are classified as special immigrant juveniles. The Dream Act (S. 3348) which would provide a path to lawful permanent residency and eventual citizenship for undocumented immigrants brought to the U.S. as children, known as \"Dreamers\". The Dignity for Detained Immigrant Act (HR 6397) which would reform the U.S. detention system by ending mandatory detention, prohibiting family detention, and phasing out private detention facilities over three years. NETWORK opposes funding proposals for ICE and CBP without adequate protections for communities to stop oppose and mass deportations. These agencies are not living up to obligations to conduct themselves with humanity and care for individuals. Rather they are unaccountable agents who disregard basic standards of human dignity and care. 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NETWORK endorsed and supports Paycheck Fairness Act, legislation that would strengthen the Equal Pay Act of 1963, help eliminate the gender wage gap, and guarantee that women can challenge pay discrimination and hold employers accountable. NETWORK endorsed and supports H.R. 20, the Richard L. Trumka Protecting the Right to Organize (PRO) Act, a comprehensive proposal to protect workers right to come together and bargain for higher wages, better benefits, and safer workplaces. NETWORK supports HR 2550, Protecting American Workers Act, which would reverse the Trump EO stripping a million federal workers of the right to bargain.","foreign_entity_issues":"","lobbyists":[{"lobbyist":{"id":64406,"prefix":null,"prefix_display":null,"first_name":"LAURA","nickname":null,"middle_name":"TRACY","last_name":"PERALTA-SCHULTE","suffix":null,"suffix_display":null},"covered_position":null,"new":false}],"government_entities":[{"id":14,"name":"Council of Economic Advisers (CEA)"},{"id":2,"name":"HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES"},{"id":38,"name":"Labor, Dept of (DOL)"},{"id":1,"name":"SENATE"},{"id":12,"name":"White House Office"}]},{"general_issue_code":"LAW","general_issue_code_display":"Law Enforcement/Crime/Criminal Justice","description":"NETWORK supports The Reentry Support Act (HR 2586) which would allow for Medicaid payment of medical services furnished to an incarcerated individual during the 30-day period preceding the individual's release.","foreign_entity_issues":"","lobbyists":[{"lobbyist":{"id":152948,"prefix":null,"prefix_display":null,"first_name":"CHRISTIAN","nickname":null,"middle_name":null,"last_name":"WATKINS","suffix":null,"suffix_display":null},"covered_position":null,"new":true}],"government_entities":[{"id":2,"name":"HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES"},{"id":1,"name":"SENATE"}]},{"general_issue_code":"MMM","general_issue_code_display":"Medicare/Medicaid","description":"NETWORK strongly opposes the FY 25 Budget Reconciliation Act because it will cut $880 Billion in Medicaid funding and introduce structural changes to the program that will make it harder for children, pregnant women, low income workers, and the elderly to access healthcare. These cuts are included to pay for tax cuts for the ultra-wealthy and to increase the detention and deportation of immigrants. It is immoral. NETWORK strongly supports ensuring that the Social Security 2100 Act which increases and expands with a 2% across the board for all Social Security beneficiaries for the first time in 52 years. This bill improves the Cost-of-Living Adjustment (COLA), so it reflects the inflation actually experienced by seniors and increases benefits to boost lower income seniors. NETWORK strongly opposed H.R 1 for many reason including cutting 1 trillion dollars from our nation's healthcare programs including MEDICAID, the Affordable Care Act and ultimately Medicare due to debt triggers. 500 billion in expected cuts. NETWORK strongly supports bill that would extend premium tax credits to purchase health coverage on the Affordable Care Act for three years.","foreign_entity_issues":"","lobbyists":[{"lobbyist":{"id":64406,"prefix":null,"prefix_display":null,"first_name":"LAURA","nickname":null,"middle_name":"TRACY","last_name":"PERALTA-SCHULTE","suffix":null,"suffix_display":null},"covered_position":null,"new":false}],"government_entities":[{"id":2,"name":"HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES"},{"id":1,"name":"SENATE"}]},{"general_issue_code":"TAX","general_issue_code_display":"Taxation/Internal Revenue Code","description":"NETWORK opposes H.Con.Res. 14, the Resolution on the Budget for Fiscal Year 2025. This resolution sets in motion a bill that, if passed, it would be 7 Trillion dollars of tax benefits to the ultra-wealthy and corporations and would be \"paid for\" with significant cuts to health (Medicaid) and food programs (the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program.) NETWORK strongly support the Tax Cut for Workers Act (H.R. 2764). This bill would Virtually triple the maximum value of the EITC for so-called childless workers from about $540 to about $1,500; extend the credit to both younger and older workers who are currently ineligible for the credit because of their age - delivering the credit to people ages 19 to 24 as well as 65 and older; and make the credit more accessible for adults aging out of the foster youth system. NETWORK endorsed and supports the American Family Act to provide a fully refundable Child Tax Credit to all families. NETWORK strongly opposes HR 1 because the tax relief is highly regressive, providing most to high income individuals and major corporations (4.5 trillion), while failing to expand low income tax credits to lift working families out of poverty. This bill drives up our national debt by 3.5 trillion. Tax relief is \"paid for\" by gutting healthcare and food programs for families. The bill also encourages US job loss due to offshoring incentives. NETWORK support the Working Families Disaster Tax Relief Act (S.3432 / H.R.6645) to help families affected by federally declared disasters by letting them use their previous year's income to calculate eligibility for the Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) and the Child Tax Credit (CTC). NETWORK supports the following bills to tax the ultra-wealthy and corporations: Tax Wealth Over $50 Million Ultra-Millionaire Tax Act - Introduces a 2% annual tax on household net worth between $50 million and $1 billion, plus a 1% to 3% surtax on net worth over $1 billion. It targets the top 0.05% of households to raise roughly $3 trillion over 10 years. Make Billionaires Pay Their Fair Share Act - Proposes a 5% annual wealth tax on individuals with a net worth over $1 billion, targeting about 938 Americans to raise roughly $4.4 trillion over a decade. This bill funds social programs like childcare, public education, and health initiatives. Enact a millionaires surtax to fund health care and education Millionaires Surtax Act - Applies an additional 10-percentage point tax on incomes exceeding $2 million for married couples ($1 million for individuals), aiming to raise roughly $634-$716 billion over 10 years. It targets the top 0.2% of earners to fund public services like health care and education. Curb dynastic wealth and reduce the power of billionaires For the 99.5 Percent Act - Increases federal estate and gift taxes on the wealthiest Americans to reduce wealth inequality. The bill seeks to reduce the estate tax exemption to $3.5 million per person and progressively raises the top tax rate. Billionaires Income Tax Act - Ensures that ultra-wealthy individuals pay taxes annually on gains from tradable assets like stocks, rather than deferring taxes until assets are sold. The bill targets taxpayers with over $1 billion in assets or over $100 million in income for three consecutive years. Making corporations pay their fair share Raise the Corporate Income Tax - Increase the federal corporate income tax rate-from 21% up to 28%-to raise federal revenue, fund public investments, and ensure large corporations pay their fair share. No Tax Breaks for Outsourcing Act - Eliminates tax incentives that encourage U.S. corporations to move jobs, factories, and profits overseas. It would equalize foreign and domestic corporate tax rates that would incentivize offshoring investments. Strengthening Social Security and Medicare Scrap the payroll tax cap to fully fund Social Security and Medicare for next generations: Social Security 2100 Act - Applies the Social Security payroll tax to earnings over $400,000, closing the gap where high incomes were previously exempt.","foreign_entity_issues":"","lobbyists":[{"lobbyist":{"id":64406,"prefix":null,"prefix_display":null,"first_name":"LAURA","nickname":null,"middle_name":"TRACY","last_name":"PERALTA-SCHULTE","suffix":null,"suffix_display":null},"covered_position":null,"new":true}],"government_entities":[{"id":2,"name":"HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES"},{"id":1,"name":"SENATE"}]},{"general_issue_code":"TRD","general_issue_code_display":"Trade (domestic/foreign)","description":"NETWORK supports urging them to use the upcoming mandatory six-year review of the renegotiated North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA), to make significant and necessary improvements to the trade deal. 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Multinational corporations have continued to threaten to offshore jobs as leverage against workers; the U.S. trade deficit with Mexico and Canada has increased, with imports undermining U.S. businesses and workers in key sectors like auto and aerospace; and Chinese companies have invested in Mexico to skirt U.S. trade laws and take advantage of the USMCAs benefits, funneling unfair Chinese imports into the U.S.","foreign_entity_issues":"","lobbyists":[{"lobbyist":{"id":64406,"prefix":null,"prefix_display":null,"first_name":"LAURA","nickname":null,"middle_name":"TRACY","last_name":"PERALTA-SCHULTE","suffix":null,"suffix_display":null},"covered_position":null,"new":false}],"government_entities":[{"id":2,"name":"HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES"},{"id":1,"name":"SENATE"}]},{"general_issue_code":"WEL","general_issue_code_display":"Welfare","description":"NETWORK opposes H.Con.Res. 14, the Resolution on the Budget for Fiscal Year 2025. 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This resolution sets in motion a bill that, if passed, will significantly harm millions of hardworking people and families to pay for tax cuts for the ultra-wealthy. NETWORK Lobby for Catholic Social Justice opposed the FULL-YEAR CONTINUING APPROPRIATIONS AND EXTENSIONS ACT, 2025. This bill made significant cuts to programs that help keep costs down in housing, healthcare, veterans services, seniors services, and more. This bill also shifted significant funding from human needs programs to fund the major expansion of family detention centers and private prisons to cage immigrant families. NETWORK strongly opposes H.R.1, the budget reconciliation bill, because it makes significant cuts to our nation's healthcare programs - MEDICAID and the Affordable Care Act - and food programs - the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program - to pay for 4.5 trillion dollars of tax cuts for the wealthy and corporations and to fund the mass separation of families through detention and deportation. The bill also raises our nation's debt by 3.5 trillion dollars. NETWORK opposed House CR proposal because it did not address the need to extend the ACA enhanced premium tax credits for 24 million Americans before open enrollment, November 1. NETWORK Lobby urged a YES on H.R. 7148 H.R. 7148, the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2026, which was signed into law on February 3, 2026, becoming Public Law No: 119-75. It provides full-year, bipartisan funding for several federal departments-including Defense, Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Transportation-for the remainder of FY2026.","foreign_entity_issues":"","lobbyists":[{"lobbyist":{"id":64406,"prefix":null,"prefix_display":null,"first_name":"LAURA","nickname":null,"middle_name":"TRACY","last_name":"PERALTA-SCHULTE","suffix":null,"suffix_display":null},"covered_position":null,"new":false},{"lobbyist":{"id":141660,"prefix":null,"prefix_display":null,"first_name":"JARRETT","nickname":null,"middle_name":null,"last_name":"SMITH","suffix":null,"suffix_display":null},"covered_position":null,"new":false}],"government_entities":[{"id":2,"name":"HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES"},{"id":1,"name":"SENATE"}]},{"general_issue_code":"CIV","general_issue_code_display":"Civil Rights/Civil Liberties","description":"NETWORK Lobby opposes HR 2,the SAVE Act. This bill will limit the ability of citizens to vote by requiring burdensome new documentation to do so and by eliminating common sense channels of registration like online registration. NETWORK opposed H.R. 1's 10 year moratorium on the regulation of AI due to civil right and privacy concerns. NETWORK Lobby opposes HR 5296, the Safeguard American Voter Eligibility (SAVE) America Act which would federal bill that would fundamentally change how Americans register to vote. Voters would generally need to present documentary proof of citizenship in person before completing registration, effectively eliminating most current online and mail registration methods. For most people, that means only passport or certified birth certificate that matches a voter's current name. 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NETWORK opposed both resolutions, issuing vote recommendations to protect environmental standards and consumer transparency. Network opposed H.R. 1897, the Endangered Species Act Amendments Act of 2025, would rewrite significant portions of the law to slow the process for listing and recovering threatened and endangered species while expanding exemptions for projects that jeopardize them and fast-tracking the process for delisting them. NETWORK opposed H.R. 5587, the Harnessing Energy At Thermal Sources (HEATS) Act, would eliminate all review, public input, and transparency under the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) for prescribed geothermal development impacting public lands and resources. NETWORK opposed the Senate vote on a Congressional Review Act (CRA) resolution of disapproval to overturn protections for the headwaters of the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness, Voyageurs National Park and surrounding Superior National Forest from toxic copper-nickel sulfide ore mining. NETWORK opposed the following House bills that would significantly weaken the Clean Air Act: the FIRE Act, the FENCES Act, and the RED Tape Act. The bills are a direct attack on the health and safety of our communities.","foreign_entity_issues":"","lobbyists":[{"lobbyist":{"id":149293,"prefix":null,"prefix_display":null,"first_name":"DRAKE","nickname":null,"middle_name":null,"last_name":"STARLING","suffix":null,"suffix_display":null},"covered_position":null,"new":false}],"government_entities":[{"id":2,"name":"HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES"},{"id":1,"name":"SENATE"}]},{"general_issue_code":"FAM","general_issue_code_display":"Family issues/Abortion/Adoption","description":"NETWORK endorsed and supports the American Family Act to provide a fully refundable Child Tax Credit to all families. NETWORK supports FAMILY Act would create for the first time the permanent right to paid, job-protected comprehensive family and medical leave for all American workers. H.R. 1464 - Modern WIC Act, which makes permanent flexibilities that allow for remote enrollment, services, and benefit issuance for the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC).","foreign_entity_issues":"","lobbyists":[{"lobbyist":{"id":64406,"prefix":null,"prefix_display":null,"first_name":"LAURA","nickname":null,"middle_name":"TRACY","last_name":"PERALTA-SCHULTE","suffix":null,"suffix_display":null},"covered_position":null,"new":false}],"government_entities":[{"id":2,"name":"HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES"},{"id":1,"name":"SENATE"}]},{"general_issue_code":"FOR","general_issue_code_display":"Foreign Relations","description":"NETWORK opposed the Trump Administration's placing conditions on US funding for healthcare through the PEPFAR program on US access to that countries' critical minerals.","foreign_entity_issues":"","lobbyists":[{"lobbyist":{"id":64406,"prefix":null,"prefix_display":null,"first_name":"LAURA","nickname":null,"middle_name":"TRACY","last_name":"PERALTA-SCHULTE","suffix":null,"suffix_display":null},"covered_position":null,"new":false}],"government_entities":[{"id":39,"name":"State, Dept of (DOS)"}]},{"general_issue_code":"HCR","general_issue_code_display":"Health Issues","description":"NETWORK strongly opposes the FY 25 Budget Reconciliation Act because it will cut $880 Billion in Medicaid funding and introduce structural changes to the program that will make it harder for children, pregnant women, low income workers, and the elderly to access healthcare. These cuts are included to pay for tax cuts for the ultra-wealthy and to increase the detention and deportation of immigrants. NETWORK strongly opposed H.R 1 for many reason including cutting 1 trillion dollars from our nation's healthcare programs including MEDICAID, the Affordable Care Act and ultimately Medicare due to debt triggers. We expect a 500 billion cut to the program. NETWORK strongly supports efforts to extend the ACA enhanced premium tax credits for 24 million Americans. Without support, at minimum, 5 million people will lose coverage for 2025.","foreign_entity_issues":"","lobbyists":[{"lobbyist":{"id":64406,"prefix":null,"prefix_display":null,"first_name":"LAURA","nickname":null,"middle_name":"TRACY","last_name":"PERALTA-SCHULTE","suffix":null,"suffix_display":null},"covered_position":null,"new":false}],"government_entities":[{"id":2,"name":"HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES"},{"id":1,"name":"SENATE"}]},{"general_issue_code":"HOM","general_issue_code_display":"Homeland Security","description":"NETWORK rejects further militarization of our borders and the ending of asylum processing into the United States. NETWORK continues to support Refugee Resettlement of vulnerable peoples around the world. NETWORK strongly opposes H.R. 1 for many reasons including spending approximately 900 billion dollars in immigration enforcement, detention and deportation which will separate families and terror law-abiding immigrant communities across the country. NETWORK strongly supports HR 6397, the Dignity for Detained Immigrants Act, which would seeks to overhaul the U.S. immigration detention system by ending for-profit detention, abolishing mandatory detention, and prohibiting solitary confinement. NETWORK strongly supports S. 3348, the Dream Act, which would federal proposal to provide a path to lawful permanent residency and eventual citizenship for undocumented immigrants brought to the U.S. as children, known as \"Dreamers.\" NETWORK strongly supports S. 455, the Sensitive Locations Act, to prohibit immigration enforcement actions in places vital to community life, such as schools, hospitals, courthouses, places of worship, and social service centers. NETWORK opposes FY 26 funding for ICE CBP with safeguards and protocols that keep communities safe, and require the personal to operate under best practices for law enforcement. ICE and CBP must operate humanely and protect the dignity of all.","foreign_entity_issues":"","lobbyists":[{"lobbyist":{"id":154837,"prefix":"mrs","prefix_display":"MRS.","first_name":"GIOVANA","nickname":null,"middle_name":"ANGELICA","last_name":"OAXACA NAJERA","suffix":null,"suffix_display":null},"covered_position":null,"new":true}],"government_entities":[{"id":2,"name":"HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES"},{"id":1,"name":"SENATE"}]},{"general_issue_code":"HOU","general_issue_code_display":"Housing","description":"NETWORK Lobby for Catholic Social Justice opposed the FULL-YEAR CONTINUING APPROPRIATIONS AND EXTENSIONS ACT, 2025. This bill made significant cuts to programs that help keep costs down including significant cuts to critical housing programs. NETWORK strongly supports the following housing bills: HR 6644 Housing in the 21st Century Act which would increase housing supply by modernizing federal programs, reducing regulatory burdens, and giving local governments more flexibility to streamline building processes, making housing more affordable through supply-side solutions like updating zoning, encouraging pre-approved designs, and supporting new construction methods. S. 2720/HR 6957 Yes, in God's Backyard Act which would help faith-based organizations and institutions of higher education unlock the promise of their existing land holdings by transforming underused property into much-needed affordable housing. S. 2651, The Road to Housing Act which would tackle the housing crisis by increasing housing supply, modernizing programs, and reducing regulatory barriers, incorporating provisions from numerous other housing bills. NETWORK strongly supports the 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act, a legislative package that includes the vast majority of the Scott-Warren ROAD to Housing Act, which received unanimous support from the Senate last fall, and the vast majority of the housing provisions from the 21st Century Housing Act, which passed the House with overwhelming bipartisan support. The 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act also includes a bill that would ban large institutional investors from buying up single-family homes. NETWORK supported the final FY26 Appropriations package for T-HUD: Continuum of Care funding, funding for vouchers, public housing maintenance funding, and emergency homeless funding.","foreign_entity_issues":"","lobbyists":[{"lobbyist":{"id":141660,"prefix":null,"prefix_display":null,"first_name":"JARRETT","nickname":null,"middle_name":null,"last_name":"SMITH","suffix":null,"suffix_display":null},"covered_position":null,"new":true}],"government_entities":[{"id":2,"name":"HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES"},{"id":1,"name":"SENATE"}]},{"general_issue_code":"IMM","general_issue_code_display":"Immigration","description":"NETWORK opposes H.Con.Res. 14, the Resolution on the Budget for Fiscal Year 2025. This resolution sets in motion a bill that will substantially expand detention and deportation of law-abiding immigrants who contribute to our communities. NETWORK Lobby for Catholic Social Justice opposed the FULL-YEAR CONTINUING APPROPRIATIONS AND EXTENSIONS ACT, 2025. This bill shifted significant funding from human needs programs to fund the major expansion of family detention. NETWORK opposed S. 5, the Laken-Riley Bill. The bill raises serious due process concerns by requiring mandatory detention in cases where people have been accused of theft and other petty crimes. Additional concerns include the guaranteed right to sue for states that disagree with federal immigration policy (including threatening the exclusions of visa to entire countries). NETWORK strongly opposes H.R. 1 for many reasons including spending approximately 900 billion dollars in immigration enforcement, detention and deportation which will separate families and terror law-abiding immigrant communities across the country. NETWORK strongly supports: Protecting Sensitive Locations Act (H.R. 1061) which would prohibit enforcement actions like arrests or searches at places such as schools, hospitals, churches, courthouses, DMVs, and homeless shelters. American Dream and Promise Act of 2025 (H.R. 1589) which would provide a pathway to citizenship to Dreamers, undocumented immigrants who were brought to the United States as children. It would also include recipients of Temporary Protected Status (TPS) and Deferred Enforced Departure (DED) beneficiaries. Religious Workforce Protection Act (H.R. 2672 / S. 1298) which would amend immigration law to allow foreign-born religious workers (R-1 visa holders) to remain in the U.S. past the current 5-year limit while awaiting permanent residency (EB-4) approval, preventing mandatory one-year departures. Protect Vulnerable Immigrant Youth Act (H.R. 3763 / S. 1965) which would eliminate employment-based visa caps for abused, abandoned, and neglected children who are classified as special immigrant juveniles. The Dream Act (S. 3348) which would provide a path to lawful permanent residency and eventual citizenship for undocumented immigrants brought to the U.S. as children, known as \"Dreamers\". The Dignity for Detained Immigrant Act (HR 6397) which would reform the U.S. detention system by ending mandatory detention, prohibiting family detention, and phasing out private detention facilities over three years. NETWORK opposes funding proposals for ICE and CBP without adequate protections for communities to stop oppose and mass deportations. These agencies are not living up to obligations to conduct themselves with humanity and care for individuals. Rather they are unaccountable agents who disregard basic standards of human dignity and care. They should not be funded unless they overhaul operations and apply basic policing standards to their work.","foreign_entity_issues":"","lobbyists":[{"lobbyist":{"id":154837,"prefix":"mrs","prefix_display":"MRS.","first_name":"GIOVANA","nickname":null,"middle_name":"ANGELICA","last_name":"OAXACA NAJERA","suffix":null,"suffix_display":null},"covered_position":null,"new":true}],"government_entities":[{"id":201,"name":"Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS)"},{"id":2,"name":"HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES"},{"id":1,"name":"SENATE"},{"id":12,"name":"White House Office"}]},{"general_issue_code":"LBR","general_issue_code_display":"Labor Issues/Antitrust/Workplace","description":"NETWORK endorsed and strongly supports the Raise the Wage Act which lifts the minimum wage in America and ends the substandard tipped wage as well. NETWORK endorsed and supports FAMILY Act would create for the first time the permanent right to paid, job-protected comprehensive family and medical leave for all American workers. NETWORK endorsed and supports Paycheck Fairness Act, legislation that would strengthen the Equal Pay Act of 1963, help eliminate the gender wage gap, and guarantee that women can challenge pay discrimination and hold employers accountable. NETWORK endorsed and supports H.R. 20, the Richard L. Trumka Protecting the Right to Organize (PRO) Act, a comprehensive proposal to protect workers right to come together and bargain for higher wages, better benefits, and safer workplaces. NETWORK supports HR 2550, Protecting American Workers Act, which would reverse the Trump EO stripping a million federal workers of the right to bargain.","foreign_entity_issues":"","lobbyists":[{"lobbyist":{"id":64406,"prefix":null,"prefix_display":null,"first_name":"LAURA","nickname":null,"middle_name":"TRACY","last_name":"PERALTA-SCHULTE","suffix":null,"suffix_display":null},"covered_position":null,"new":false}],"government_entities":[{"id":14,"name":"Council of Economic Advisers (CEA)"},{"id":2,"name":"HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES"},{"id":38,"name":"Labor, Dept of (DOL)"},{"id":1,"name":"SENATE"},{"id":12,"name":"White House Office"}]},{"general_issue_code":"LAW","general_issue_code_display":"Law Enforcement/Crime/Criminal Justice","description":"NETWORK supports The Reentry Support Act (HR 2586) which would allow for Medicaid payment of medical services furnished to an incarcerated individual during the 30-day period preceding the individual's release.","foreign_entity_issues":"","lobbyists":[{"lobbyist":{"id":152948,"prefix":null,"prefix_display":null,"first_name":"CHRISTIAN","nickname":null,"middle_name":null,"last_name":"WATKINS","suffix":null,"suffix_display":null},"covered_position":null,"new":true}],"government_entities":[{"id":2,"name":"HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES"},{"id":1,"name":"SENATE"}]},{"general_issue_code":"MMM","general_issue_code_display":"Medicare/Medicaid","description":"NETWORK strongly opposes the FY 25 Budget Reconciliation Act because it will cut $880 Billion in Medicaid funding and introduce structural changes to the program that will make it harder for children, pregnant women, low income workers, and the elderly to access healthcare. These cuts are included to pay for tax cuts for the ultra-wealthy and to increase the detention and deportation of immigrants. It is immoral. NETWORK strongly supports ensuring that the Social Security 2100 Act which increases and expands with a 2% across the board for all Social Security beneficiaries for the first time in 52 years. This bill improves the Cost-of-Living Adjustment (COLA), so it reflects the inflation actually experienced by seniors and increases benefits to boost lower income seniors. NETWORK strongly opposed H.R 1 for many reason including cutting 1 trillion dollars from our nation's healthcare programs including MEDICAID, the Affordable Care Act and ultimately Medicare due to debt triggers. 500 billion in expected cuts. NETWORK strongly supports bill that would extend premium tax credits to purchase health coverage on the Affordable Care Act for three years.","foreign_entity_issues":"","lobbyists":[{"lobbyist":{"id":64406,"prefix":null,"prefix_display":null,"first_name":"LAURA","nickname":null,"middle_name":"TRACY","last_name":"PERALTA-SCHULTE","suffix":null,"suffix_display":null},"covered_position":null,"new":false}],"government_entities":[{"id":2,"name":"HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES"},{"id":1,"name":"SENATE"}]},{"general_issue_code":"TAX","general_issue_code_display":"Taxation/Internal Revenue Code","description":"NETWORK opposes H.Con.Res. 14, the Resolution on the Budget for Fiscal Year 2025. This resolution sets in motion a bill that, if passed, it would be 7 Trillion dollars of tax benefits to the ultra-wealthy and corporations and would be \"paid for\" with significant cuts to health (Medicaid) and food programs (the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program.) NETWORK strongly support the Tax Cut for Workers Act (H.R. 2764). This bill would Virtually triple the maximum value of the EITC for so-called childless workers from about $540 to about $1,500; extend the credit to both younger and older workers who are currently ineligible for the credit because of their age - delivering the credit to people ages 19 to 24 as well as 65 and older; and make the credit more accessible for adults aging out of the foster youth system. NETWORK endorsed and supports the American Family Act to provide a fully refundable Child Tax Credit to all families. NETWORK strongly opposes HR 1 because the tax relief is highly regressive, providing most to high income individuals and major corporations (4.5 trillion), while failing to expand low income tax credits to lift working families out of poverty. This bill drives up our national debt by 3.5 trillion. Tax relief is \"paid for\" by gutting healthcare and food programs for families. The bill also encourages US job loss due to offshoring incentives. NETWORK support the Working Families Disaster Tax Relief Act (S.3432 / H.R.6645) to help families affected by federally declared disasters by letting them use their previous year's income to calculate eligibility for the Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) and the Child Tax Credit (CTC). NETWORK supports the following bills to tax the ultra-wealthy and corporations: Tax Wealth Over $50 Million Ultra-Millionaire Tax Act - Introduces a 2% annual tax on household net worth between $50 million and $1 billion, plus a 1% to 3% surtax on net worth over $1 billion. It targets the top 0.05% of households to raise roughly $3 trillion over 10 years. Make Billionaires Pay Their Fair Share Act - Proposes a 5% annual wealth tax on individuals with a net worth over $1 billion, targeting about 938 Americans to raise roughly $4.4 trillion over a decade. This bill funds social programs like childcare, public education, and health initiatives. Enact a millionaires surtax to fund health care and education Millionaires Surtax Act - Applies an additional 10-percentage point tax on incomes exceeding $2 million for married couples ($1 million for individuals), aiming to raise roughly $634-$716 billion over 10 years. It targets the top 0.2% of earners to fund public services like health care and education. Curb dynastic wealth and reduce the power of billionaires For the 99.5 Percent Act - Increases federal estate and gift taxes on the wealthiest Americans to reduce wealth inequality. The bill seeks to reduce the estate tax exemption to $3.5 million per person and progressively raises the top tax rate. Billionaires Income Tax Act - Ensures that ultra-wealthy individuals pay taxes annually on gains from tradable assets like stocks, rather than deferring taxes until assets are sold. The bill targets taxpayers with over $1 billion in assets or over $100 million in income for three consecutive years. Making corporations pay their fair share Raise the Corporate Income Tax - Increase the federal corporate income tax rate-from 21% up to 28%-to raise federal revenue, fund public investments, and ensure large corporations pay their fair share. No Tax Breaks for Outsourcing Act - Eliminates tax incentives that encourage U.S. corporations to move jobs, factories, and profits overseas. It would equalize foreign and domestic corporate tax rates that would incentivize offshoring investments. Strengthening Social Security and Medicare Scrap the payroll tax cap to fully fund Social Security and Medicare for next generations: Social Security 2100 Act - Applies the Social Security payroll tax to earnings over $400,000, closing the gap where high incomes were previously exempt.","foreign_entity_issues":"","lobbyists":[{"lobbyist":{"id":64406,"prefix":null,"prefix_display":null,"first_name":"LAURA","nickname":null,"middle_name":"TRACY","last_name":"PERALTA-SCHULTE","suffix":null,"suffix_display":null},"covered_position":null,"new":true}],"government_entities":[{"id":2,"name":"HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES"},{"id":1,"name":"SENATE"}]},{"general_issue_code":"TRD","general_issue_code_display":"Trade (domestic/foreign)","description":"NETWORK supports urging them to use the upcoming mandatory six-year review of the renegotiated North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA), to make significant and necessary improvements to the trade deal. Since the deals entry into force on July 1, 2020, it has become increasingly clear that the deal has not delivered on the promises of reshoring and job growth that President Trump promised in his first term. Multinational corporations have continued to threaten to offshore jobs as leverage against workers; the U.S. trade deficit with Mexico and Canada has increased, with imports undermining U.S. businesses and workers in key sectors like auto and aerospace; and Chinese companies have invested in Mexico to skirt U.S. trade laws and take advantage of the USMCAs benefits, funneling unfair Chinese imports into the U.S.","foreign_entity_issues":"","lobbyists":[{"lobbyist":{"id":64406,"prefix":null,"prefix_display":null,"first_name":"LAURA","nickname":null,"middle_name":"TRACY","last_name":"PERALTA-SCHULTE","suffix":null,"suffix_display":null},"covered_position":null,"new":false}],"government_entities":[{"id":2,"name":"HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES"},{"id":1,"name":"SENATE"}]},{"general_issue_code":"WEL","general_issue_code_display":"Welfare","description":"NETWORK opposes H.Con.Res. 14, the Resolution on the Budget for Fiscal Year 2025. 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This resolution sets in motion a bill that, if passed, will significantly harm millions of hardworking people and families to pay for tax cuts for the ultra-wealthy. NETWORK Lobby for Catholic Social Justice opposed the FULL-YEAR CONTINUING APPROPRIATIONS AND EXTENSIONS ACT, 2025. This bill made significant cuts to programs that help keep costs down in housing, healthcare, veterans services, seniors services, and more. This bill also shifted significant funding from human needs programs to fund the major expansion of family detention centers and private prisons to cage immigrant families. NETWORK strongly opposes H.R.1, the budget reconciliation bill, because it makes significant cuts to our nation's healthcare programs - MEDICAID and the Affordable Care Act - and food programs - the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program - to pay for 4.5 trillion dollars of tax cuts for the wealthy and corporations and to fund the mass separation of families through detention and deportation. The bill also raises our nation's debt by 3.5 trillion dollars. NETWORK opposed House CR proposal because it did not address the need to extend the ACA enhanced premium tax credits for 24 million Americans before open enrollment, November 1. NETWORK Lobby urged a YES on H.R. 7148 H.R. 7148, the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2026, which was signed into law on February 3, 2026, becoming Public Law No: 119-75. It provides full-year, bipartisan funding for several federal departments-including Defense, Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Transportation-for the remainder of FY2026.","foreign_entity_issues":"","lobbyists":[{"lobbyist":{"id":64406,"prefix":null,"prefix_display":null,"first_name":"LAURA","nickname":null,"middle_name":"TRACY","last_name":"PERALTA-SCHULTE","suffix":null,"suffix_display":null},"covered_position":null,"new":false},{"lobbyist":{"id":141660,"prefix":null,"prefix_display":null,"first_name":"JARRETT","nickname":null,"middle_name":null,"last_name":"SMITH","suffix":null,"suffix_display":null},"covered_position":null,"new":false}],"government_entities":[{"id":2,"name":"HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES"},{"id":1,"name":"SENATE"}]},{"general_issue_code":"CIV","general_issue_code_display":"Civil Rights/Civil Liberties","description":"NETWORK Lobby opposes HR 2,the SAVE Act. This bill will limit the ability of citizens to vote by requiring burdensome new documentation to do so and by eliminating common sense channels of registration like online registration. NETWORK opposed H.R. 1's 10 year moratorium on the regulation of AI due to civil right and privacy concerns. NETWORK Lobby opposes HR 5296, the Safeguard American Voter Eligibility (SAVE) America Act which would federal bill that would fundamentally change how Americans register to vote. Voters would generally need to present documentary proof of citizenship in person before completing registration, effectively eliminating most current online and mail registration methods. For most people, that means only passport or certified birth certificate that matches a voter's current name. Real ID and other forms of identification would no suffice.","foreign_entity_issues":"","lobbyists":[{"lobbyist":{"id":152948,"prefix":null,"prefix_display":null,"first_name":"CHRISTIAN","nickname":null,"middle_name":null,"last_name":"WATKINS","suffix":null,"suffix_display":null},"covered_position":null,"new":true}],"government_entities":[{"id":2,"name":"HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES"},{"id":1,"name":"SENATE"}]},{"general_issue_code":"CSP","general_issue_code_display":"Consumer Issues/Safety/Products","description":"NETWORK supports HR 633, the Take It Down Act. The bill provides tools to designed to protect victims of real and deepfake revenge pornography. NETWORK opposed H.J. Res. 61, which seeks to nullify an EPA rule setting hazardous air pollutant standards for rubber tire manufacturing. NETWORK also opposed H.J. Res. 42, which aims to revoke a Department of Energy rule updating certification and labeling requirements for various appliances. NETWORK opposed both resolutions, issuing vote recommendations to protect environmental standards and consumer transparency. Network opposed H.R. 1897, the Endangered Species Act Amendments Act of 2025, would rewrite significant portions of the law to slow the process for listing and recovering threatened and endangered species while expanding exemptions for projects that jeopardize them and fast-tracking the process for delisting them. NETWORK opposed H.R. 5587, the Harnessing Energy At Thermal Sources (HEATS) Act, would eliminate all review, public input, and transparency under the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) for prescribed geothermal development impacting public lands and resources. NETWORK opposed the Senate vote on a Congressional Review Act (CRA) resolution of disapproval to overturn protections for the headwaters of the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness, Voyageurs National Park and surrounding Superior National Forest from toxic copper-nickel sulfide ore mining. NETWORK opposed the following House bills that would significantly weaken the Clean Air Act: the FIRE Act, the FENCES Act, and the RED Tape Act. The bills are a direct attack on the health and safety of our communities.","foreign_entity_issues":"","lobbyists":[{"lobbyist":{"id":149293,"prefix":null,"prefix_display":null,"first_name":"DRAKE","nickname":null,"middle_name":null,"last_name":"STARLING","suffix":null,"suffix_display":null},"covered_position":null,"new":false}],"government_entities":[{"id":2,"name":"HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES"},{"id":1,"name":"SENATE"}]},{"general_issue_code":"FAM","general_issue_code_display":"Family issues/Abortion/Adoption","description":"NETWORK endorsed and supports the American Family Act to provide a fully refundable Child Tax Credit to all families. NETWORK supports FAMILY Act would create for the first time the permanent right to paid, job-protected comprehensive family and medical leave for all American workers. 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These cuts are included to pay for tax cuts for the ultra-wealthy and to increase the detention and deportation of immigrants. NETWORK strongly opposed H.R 1 for many reason including cutting 1 trillion dollars from our nation's healthcare programs including MEDICAID, the Affordable Care Act and ultimately Medicare due to debt triggers. We expect a 500 billion cut to the program. NETWORK strongly supports efforts to extend the ACA enhanced premium tax credits for 24 million Americans. Without support, at minimum, 5 million people will lose coverage for 2025.","foreign_entity_issues":"","lobbyists":[{"lobbyist":{"id":64406,"prefix":null,"prefix_display":null,"first_name":"LAURA","nickname":null,"middle_name":"TRACY","last_name":"PERALTA-SCHULTE","suffix":null,"suffix_display":null},"covered_position":null,"new":false}],"government_entities":[{"id":2,"name":"HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES"},{"id":1,"name":"SENATE"}]},{"general_issue_code":"HOM","general_issue_code_display":"Homeland Security","description":"NETWORK rejects further militarization of our borders and the ending of asylum processing into the United States. NETWORK continues to support Refugee Resettlement of vulnerable peoples around the world. NETWORK strongly opposes H.R. 1 for many reasons including spending approximately 900 billion dollars in immigration enforcement, detention and deportation which will separate families and terror law-abiding immigrant communities across the country. NETWORK strongly supports HR 6397, the Dignity for Detained Immigrants Act, which would seeks to overhaul the U.S. immigration detention system by ending for-profit detention, abolishing mandatory detention, and prohibiting solitary confinement. NETWORK strongly supports S. 3348, the Dream Act, which would federal proposal to provide a path to lawful permanent residency and eventual citizenship for undocumented immigrants brought to the U.S. as children, known as \"Dreamers.\" NETWORK strongly supports S. 455, the Sensitive Locations Act, to prohibit immigration enforcement actions in places vital to community life, such as schools, hospitals, courthouses, places of worship, and social service centers. NETWORK opposes FY 26 funding for ICE CBP with safeguards and protocols that keep communities safe, and require the personal to operate under best practices for law enforcement. ICE and CBP must operate humanely and protect the dignity of all.","foreign_entity_issues":"","lobbyists":[{"lobbyist":{"id":154837,"prefix":"mrs","prefix_display":"MRS.","first_name":"GIOVANA","nickname":null,"middle_name":"ANGELICA","last_name":"OAXACA NAJERA","suffix":null,"suffix_display":null},"covered_position":null,"new":true}],"government_entities":[{"id":2,"name":"HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES"},{"id":1,"name":"SENATE"}]},{"general_issue_code":"HOU","general_issue_code_display":"Housing","description":"NETWORK Lobby for Catholic Social Justice opposed the FULL-YEAR CONTINUING APPROPRIATIONS AND EXTENSIONS ACT, 2025. This bill made significant cuts to programs that help keep costs down including significant cuts to critical housing programs. NETWORK strongly supports the following housing bills: HR 6644 Housing in the 21st Century Act which would increase housing supply by modernizing federal programs, reducing regulatory burdens, and giving local governments more flexibility to streamline building processes, making housing more affordable through supply-side solutions like updating zoning, encouraging pre-approved designs, and supporting new construction methods. S. 2720/HR 6957 Yes, in God's Backyard Act which would help faith-based organizations and institutions of higher education unlock the promise of their existing land holdings by transforming underused property into much-needed affordable housing. S. 2651, The Road to Housing Act which would tackle the housing crisis by increasing housing supply, modernizing programs, and reducing regulatory barriers, incorporating provisions from numerous other housing bills. NETWORK strongly supports the 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act, a legislative package that includes the vast majority of the Scott-Warren ROAD to Housing Act, which received unanimous support from the Senate last fall, and the vast majority of the housing provisions from the 21st Century Housing Act, which passed the House with overwhelming bipartisan support. The 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act also includes a bill that would ban large institutional investors from buying up single-family homes. NETWORK supported the final FY26 Appropriations package for T-HUD: Continuum of Care funding, funding for vouchers, public housing maintenance funding, and emergency homeless funding.","foreign_entity_issues":"","lobbyists":[{"lobbyist":{"id":141660,"prefix":null,"prefix_display":null,"first_name":"JARRETT","nickname":null,"middle_name":null,"last_name":"SMITH","suffix":null,"suffix_display":null},"covered_position":null,"new":true}],"government_entities":[{"id":2,"name":"HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES"},{"id":1,"name":"SENATE"}]},{"general_issue_code":"IMM","general_issue_code_display":"Immigration","description":"NETWORK opposes H.Con.Res. 14, the Resolution on the Budget for Fiscal Year 2025. This resolution sets in motion a bill that will substantially expand detention and deportation of law-abiding immigrants who contribute to our communities. NETWORK Lobby for Catholic Social Justice opposed the FULL-YEAR CONTINUING APPROPRIATIONS AND EXTENSIONS ACT, 2025. This bill shifted significant funding from human needs programs to fund the major expansion of family detention. NETWORK opposed S. 5, the Laken-Riley Bill. The bill raises serious due process concerns by requiring mandatory detention in cases where people have been accused of theft and other petty crimes. Additional concerns include the guaranteed right to sue for states that disagree with federal immigration policy (including threatening the exclusions of visa to entire countries). NETWORK strongly opposes H.R. 1 for many reasons including spending approximately 900 billion dollars in immigration enforcement, detention and deportation which will separate families and terror law-abiding immigrant communities across the country. NETWORK strongly supports: Protecting Sensitive Locations Act (H.R. 1061) which would prohibit enforcement actions like arrests or searches at places such as schools, hospitals, churches, courthouses, DMVs, and homeless shelters. American Dream and Promise Act of 2025 (H.R. 1589) which would provide a pathway to citizenship to Dreamers, undocumented immigrants who were brought to the United States as children. It would also include recipients of Temporary Protected Status (TPS) and Deferred Enforced Departure (DED) beneficiaries. Religious Workforce Protection Act (H.R. 2672 / S. 1298) which would amend immigration law to allow foreign-born religious workers (R-1 visa holders) to remain in the U.S. past the current 5-year limit while awaiting permanent residency (EB-4) approval, preventing mandatory one-year departures. Protect Vulnerable Immigrant Youth Act (H.R. 3763 / S. 1965) which would eliminate employment-based visa caps for abused, abandoned, and neglected children who are classified as special immigrant juveniles. The Dream Act (S. 3348) which would provide a path to lawful permanent residency and eventual citizenship for undocumented immigrants brought to the U.S. as children, known as \"Dreamers\". The Dignity for Detained Immigrant Act (HR 6397) which would reform the U.S. detention system by ending mandatory detention, prohibiting family detention, and phasing out private detention facilities over three years. NETWORK opposes funding proposals for ICE and CBP without adequate protections for communities to stop oppose and mass deportations. These agencies are not living up to obligations to conduct themselves with humanity and care for individuals. Rather they are unaccountable agents who disregard basic standards of human dignity and care. They should not be funded unless they overhaul operations and apply basic policing standards to their work.","foreign_entity_issues":"","lobbyists":[{"lobbyist":{"id":154837,"prefix":"mrs","prefix_display":"MRS.","first_name":"GIOVANA","nickname":null,"middle_name":"ANGELICA","last_name":"OAXACA NAJERA","suffix":null,"suffix_display":null},"covered_position":null,"new":true}],"government_entities":[{"id":201,"name":"Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS)"},{"id":2,"name":"HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES"},{"id":1,"name":"SENATE"},{"id":12,"name":"White House Office"}]},{"general_issue_code":"LBR","general_issue_code_display":"Labor Issues/Antitrust/Workplace","description":"NETWORK endorsed and strongly supports the Raise the Wage Act which lifts the minimum wage in America and ends the substandard tipped wage as well. NETWORK endorsed and supports FAMILY Act would create for the first time the permanent right to paid, job-protected comprehensive family and medical leave for all American workers. NETWORK endorsed and supports Paycheck Fairness Act, legislation that would strengthen the Equal Pay Act of 1963, help eliminate the gender wage gap, and guarantee that women can challenge pay discrimination and hold employers accountable. NETWORK endorsed and supports H.R. 20, the Richard L. Trumka Protecting the Right to Organize (PRO) Act, a comprehensive proposal to protect workers right to come together and bargain for higher wages, better benefits, and safer workplaces. NETWORK supports HR 2550, Protecting American Workers Act, which would reverse the Trump EO stripping a million federal workers of the right to bargain.","foreign_entity_issues":"","lobbyists":[{"lobbyist":{"id":64406,"prefix":null,"prefix_display":null,"first_name":"LAURA","nickname":null,"middle_name":"TRACY","last_name":"PERALTA-SCHULTE","suffix":null,"suffix_display":null},"covered_position":null,"new":false}],"government_entities":[{"id":14,"name":"Council of Economic Advisers (CEA)"},{"id":2,"name":"HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES"},{"id":38,"name":"Labor, Dept of (DOL)"},{"id":1,"name":"SENATE"},{"id":12,"name":"White House Office"}]},{"general_issue_code":"LAW","general_issue_code_display":"Law Enforcement/Crime/Criminal Justice","description":"NETWORK supports The Reentry Support Act (HR 2586) which would allow for Medicaid payment of medical services furnished to an incarcerated individual during the 30-day period preceding the individual's release.","foreign_entity_issues":"","lobbyists":[{"lobbyist":{"id":152948,"prefix":null,"prefix_display":null,"first_name":"CHRISTIAN","nickname":null,"middle_name":null,"last_name":"WATKINS","suffix":null,"suffix_display":null},"covered_position":null,"new":true}],"government_entities":[{"id":2,"name":"HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES"},{"id":1,"name":"SENATE"}]},{"general_issue_code":"MMM","general_issue_code_display":"Medicare/Medicaid","description":"NETWORK strongly opposes the FY 25 Budget Reconciliation Act because it will cut $880 Billion in Medicaid funding and introduce structural changes to the program that will make it harder for children, pregnant women, low income workers, and the elderly to access healthcare. These cuts are included to pay for tax cuts for the ultra-wealthy and to increase the detention and deportation of immigrants. It is immoral. NETWORK strongly supports ensuring that the Social Security 2100 Act which increases and expands with a 2% across the board for all Social Security beneficiaries for the first time in 52 years. This bill improves the Cost-of-Living Adjustment (COLA), so it reflects the inflation actually experienced by seniors and increases benefits to boost lower income seniors. NETWORK strongly opposed H.R 1 for many reason including cutting 1 trillion dollars from our nation's healthcare programs including MEDICAID, the Affordable Care Act and ultimately Medicare due to debt triggers. 500 billion in expected cuts. NETWORK strongly supports bill that would extend premium tax credits to purchase health coverage on the Affordable Care Act for three years.","foreign_entity_issues":"","lobbyists":[{"lobbyist":{"id":64406,"prefix":null,"prefix_display":null,"first_name":"LAURA","nickname":null,"middle_name":"TRACY","last_name":"PERALTA-SCHULTE","suffix":null,"suffix_display":null},"covered_position":null,"new":false}],"government_entities":[{"id":2,"name":"HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES"},{"id":1,"name":"SENATE"}]},{"general_issue_code":"TAX","general_issue_code_display":"Taxation/Internal Revenue Code","description":"NETWORK opposes H.Con.Res. 14, the Resolution on the Budget for Fiscal Year 2025. This resolution sets in motion a bill that, if passed, it would be 7 Trillion dollars of tax benefits to the ultra-wealthy and corporations and would be \"paid for\" with significant cuts to health (Medicaid) and food programs (the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program.) NETWORK strongly support the Tax Cut for Workers Act (H.R. 2764). This bill would Virtually triple the maximum value of the EITC for so-called childless workers from about $540 to about $1,500; extend the credit to both younger and older workers who are currently ineligible for the credit because of their age - delivering the credit to people ages 19 to 24 as well as 65 and older; and make the credit more accessible for adults aging out of the foster youth system. NETWORK endorsed and supports the American Family Act to provide a fully refundable Child Tax Credit to all families. NETWORK strongly opposes HR 1 because the tax relief is highly regressive, providing most to high income individuals and major corporations (4.5 trillion), while failing to expand low income tax credits to lift working families out of poverty. This bill drives up our national debt by 3.5 trillion. Tax relief is \"paid for\" by gutting healthcare and food programs for families. The bill also encourages US job loss due to offshoring incentives. NETWORK support the Working Families Disaster Tax Relief Act (S.3432 / H.R.6645) to help families affected by federally declared disasters by letting them use their previous year's income to calculate eligibility for the Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) and the Child Tax Credit (CTC). NETWORK supports the following bills to tax the ultra-wealthy and corporations: Tax Wealth Over $50 Million Ultra-Millionaire Tax Act - Introduces a 2% annual tax on household net worth between $50 million and $1 billion, plus a 1% to 3% surtax on net worth over $1 billion. It targets the top 0.05% of households to raise roughly $3 trillion over 10 years. Make Billionaires Pay Their Fair Share Act - Proposes a 5% annual wealth tax on individuals with a net worth over $1 billion, targeting about 938 Americans to raise roughly $4.4 trillion over a decade. This bill funds social programs like childcare, public education, and health initiatives. Enact a millionaires surtax to fund health care and education Millionaires Surtax Act - Applies an additional 10-percentage point tax on incomes exceeding $2 million for married couples ($1 million for individuals), aiming to raise roughly $634-$716 billion over 10 years. It targets the top 0.2% of earners to fund public services like health care and education. Curb dynastic wealth and reduce the power of billionaires For the 99.5 Percent Act - Increases federal estate and gift taxes on the wealthiest Americans to reduce wealth inequality. The bill seeks to reduce the estate tax exemption to $3.5 million per person and progressively raises the top tax rate. Billionaires Income Tax Act - Ensures that ultra-wealthy individuals pay taxes annually on gains from tradable assets like stocks, rather than deferring taxes until assets are sold. The bill targets taxpayers with over $1 billion in assets or over $100 million in income for three consecutive years. Making corporations pay their fair share Raise the Corporate Income Tax - Increase the federal corporate income tax rate-from 21% up to 28%-to raise federal revenue, fund public investments, and ensure large corporations pay their fair share. No Tax Breaks for Outsourcing Act - Eliminates tax incentives that encourage U.S. corporations to move jobs, factories, and profits overseas. It would equalize foreign and domestic corporate tax rates that would incentivize offshoring investments. Strengthening Social Security and Medicare Scrap the payroll tax cap to fully fund Social Security and Medicare for next generations: Social Security 2100 Act - Applies the Social Security payroll tax to earnings over $400,000, closing the gap where high incomes were previously exempt.","foreign_entity_issues":"","lobbyists":[{"lobbyist":{"id":64406,"prefix":null,"prefix_display":null,"first_name":"LAURA","nickname":null,"middle_name":"TRACY","last_name":"PERALTA-SCHULTE","suffix":null,"suffix_display":null},"covered_position":null,"new":true}],"government_entities":[{"id":2,"name":"HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES"},{"id":1,"name":"SENATE"}]},{"general_issue_code":"TRD","general_issue_code_display":"Trade (domestic/foreign)","description":"NETWORK supports urging them to use the upcoming mandatory six-year review of the renegotiated North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA), to make significant and necessary improvements to the trade deal. Since the deals entry into force on July 1, 2020, it has become increasingly clear that the deal has not delivered on the promises of reshoring and job growth that President Trump promised in his first term. Multinational corporations have continued to threaten to offshore jobs as leverage against workers; the U.S. trade deficit with Mexico and Canada has increased, with imports undermining U.S. businesses and workers in key sectors like auto and aerospace; and Chinese companies have invested in Mexico to skirt U.S. trade laws and take advantage of the USMCAs benefits, funneling unfair Chinese imports into the U.S.","foreign_entity_issues":"","lobbyists":[{"lobbyist":{"id":64406,"prefix":null,"prefix_display":null,"first_name":"LAURA","nickname":null,"middle_name":"TRACY","last_name":"PERALTA-SCHULTE","suffix":null,"suffix_display":null},"covered_position":null,"new":false}],"government_entities":[{"id":2,"name":"HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES"},{"id":1,"name":"SENATE"}]},{"general_issue_code":"WEL","general_issue_code_display":"Welfare","description":"NETWORK opposes H.Con.Res. 14, the Resolution on the Budget for Fiscal Year 2025. This resolution sets in motion a bill that, if passed, will cut $230 Billion from the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance program to pay for 7 trillion tax cuts for the ultra-wealthy and corporations. NETWORK opposes H.R. 1 because it enriches the wealthy at the expense of working families. NETWORK opposes the House Continuing Resolution because it fails to remedy the expiration of the ACA enhanced premium tax credit before the beginning of ACA open enrollment, Nov. 1. This will lead to 5 million Americans losing healthcare coverage.","foreign_entity_issues":"","lobbyists":[{"lobbyist":{"id":64406,"prefix":null,"prefix_display":null,"first_name":"LAURA","nickname":null,"middle_name":"TRACY","last_name":"PERALTA-SCHULTE","suffix":null,"suffix_display":null},"covered_position":null,"new":false}],"government_entities":[{"id":2,"name":"HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES"},{"id":1,"name":"SENATE"}]}],"conviction_disclosures":[],"foreign_entities":[],"affiliated_organizations":[]}]}