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Budget/Appropriations BUD

Support for COVID 19 aid

Contacted: Interior, Dept of (DOI); Energy, Dept of; U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); White House Office; Executive Office of the President (EOP); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Natl Economic Council (NEC); SENATE; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Environment/Superfund ENV

Support of S.799 - SCALE Act;

Contacted: White House Office; Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Natl Economic Council (NEC); Energy, Dept of; SENATE; Executive Office of the President (EOP); Interior, Dept of (DOI); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Bills named: S. 799 (117th)

Health Issues HCR

Support for the Toxic Exposure Safety Act of 2021; Lobbying for support of COBRA coverage for employees who are locked out or on strike (Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act);

Contacted: Interior, Dept of (DOI); Executive Office of the President (EOP); White House Office; Natl Economic Council (NEC); Energy, Dept of; U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Commerce, Dept of (DOC); SENATE

Trade (domestic/foreign) TRD

Reauthorization of the Trade Adjustment Assistance (TAA) Program; Section 232 investigations on aluminum and steel tariffs;

Contacted: SENATE; White House Office; U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Natl Economic Council (NEC); Interior, Dept of (DOI); Executive Office of the President (EOP); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Energy, Dept of

Manufacturing MAN

Senate passage of H.R. 2 - Moving Forward Act; Passage of Made in America Executive Order; Support for American Jobs in Energy Manufacturing Act of 2021; Support of an offshore wind domestic supply chain

Contacted: Executive Office of the President (EOP); Natl Economic Council (NEC); SENATE; Energy, Dept of; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Interior, Dept of (DOI); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); White House Office

Bills named: H.R. 2 (117th)

Taxation/Internal Revenue Code TAX

Support for energy tax credit changes (H.R.848 - GREEN Act of 2021);

Contacted: Interior, Dept of (DOI); Energy, Dept of; U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Executive Office of the President (EOP); SENATE; Natl Economic Council (NEC); White House Office; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Bills named: H.R. 848 (117th)

Economics/Economic Development ECN

COVID-19 aid; creation/passage of an emergency temporary standard related to COVID-19;

Contacted: Natl Economic Council (NEC); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; SENATE; Energy, Dept of; Executive Office of the President (EOP); Interior, Dept of (DOI); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); White House Office

Government Issues GOV

US Chemical Safety Board nominations and oversight; Biden Executive Order on coal and power plant communities energy transition; Carbon neutrality of biomass in climate legislation;

Contacted: Energy, Dept of; Executive Office of the President (EOP); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; White House Office; Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Natl Economic Council (NEC); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Interior, Dept of (DOI); SENATE

Energy/Nuclear ENG

Lobbying for support of COBRA coverage for employees who are locked out or on strike (Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act); Renewable Fuel Standards Program - Short and long term compliance cost relief for merchant refiners who have to purchase renewable identification numbers (RINS's); support for Buy Clean Transparency Act (not introduced yet in 117th Congress); Support for Clean Energy Standard Act of 2019 (not introduced yet); Support for energy transition assistance (part of the CLEAN Future Act - not introduced yet);

Contacted: Energy, Dept of; Interior, Dept of (DOI); SENATE; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Natl Economic Council (NEC); White House Office; Executive Office of the President (EOP); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR)

Labor Issues/Antitrust/Workplace LBR

Passage of H.R.842 - Protecting the Right to Organize Act of 2021 (PRO Act); Passage of H.R.1195 - Workplace Violence Prevention for Health Care and Social Service Workers Act; Against the closure of the Morgantown, WV Viatris plant, a national supplier of generic pharmaceuticals; Support for S.5062 - College Athletes Bill of Rights; Support of The Toxic Exposure Safety Act of 2020

Contacted: Natl Economic Council (NEC); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); SENATE; Executive Office of the President (EOP); White House Office; Energy, Dept of; Interior, Dept of (DOI)

Bills named: S. 5062 (117th), H.R. 1195 (117th), H.R. 842 (117th)

Retirement RET

Working to protect pensions and retirement security for employees in multi-employer pension plans and those with critical or declining pension plans;

Contacted: U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Interior, Dept of (DOI); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); SENATE; Natl Economic Council (NEC); Executive Office of the President (EOP); Energy, Dept of; White House Office