NETWORK LOBBY FOR CATHOLIC SOCIAL JUSTICE for NETWORK
No amount is shown when the filer reports less than $5,000 for the period, which the form does not ask them to state.
What was lobbied
15 issue areas, each in the filer's own words, with who lobbied on it and where.
Budget/Appropriations BUD
NETWORK supports efforts to increase spending for human needs programs in the FY 2023 process in the areas of refundable tax credits, healthcare expansion, paid leave, housing, an food program expansion. NETWORK supports decreasing spending on immigration enforcement and on immigration detention. NETWORK also supports decreasing money for defense spending including ending the 1033 and 1122 programs.
| Lobbyist | Covered position, as disclosed |
|---|---|
| RONNATE ASIRWATHAM | — |
| LAURA TRACY PERALTA-SCHULTE | — |
Civil Rights/Civil Liberties CIV
NETWORK strongly supports passage of H.R. 1/S. 1 and is working diligently to pass this bill. NETWORK strongly supports passage of H.R. 4, the John Lewis Voting Rights Act and urges Congress to pass it immediately. NETWORK strongly supports, HR 40, A bill to set up a Commission to Study and Develop Reparation Proposals for African Americans Act. NETWORK strongly supports Every Child Deserves a Home protecting the rights of LGBTQ individuals and families to adopt foster children and to protect LGBTQ children in foster care. NETWORK strongly supports the George Floyd Justice in Policing Act and urges passage in the 117th Congress.
| Lobbyist | Covered position, as disclosed |
|---|---|
| LAURA TRACY PERALTA-SCHULTE | — |
Consumer Issues/Safety/Products CSP
No issues this quarter.
| Lobbyist | Covered position, as disclosed |
|---|---|
| LAURA TRACY PERALTA-SCHULTE | Senior Government Relations Advocate |
Family issues/Abortion/Adoption FAM
NETWORK strongly supports the Every Child Deserves a Home bill to eliminate discrimination against LGBTQ adoptive parents and children in the foster care system. NETWORK strongly supports the Healthy Families Act and Paid Leave Act to ensure workers can thrive at work and at home. NETWORK supports the Pregnancy Worker Fairness Act to provide reasonable work accommodation to pregnant women. NETWORK strongly supports extensions of a fully refundable, monthly child tax credit.
| Lobbyist | Covered position, as disclosed |
|---|---|
| LAURA TRACY PERALTA-SCHULTE | — |
Foreign Relations FOR
NETWORK supported international funding for the World Health Organization and COVAX to meet the challenges of the global COVID pandemic. NETWORK strongly supports a temporary COVID Specific Waiver of WTO intellectual property rights for COVID vaccines, testing and treatment.
| Lobbyist | Covered position, as disclosed |
|---|---|
| LAURA TRACY PERALTA-SCHULTE | — |
Health Issues HCR
NETWORK strongly supports ensuring all states have 12-month post-partum coverage through Medicaid, Medicaid coverage for returning citizens and closing the Medicaid coverage gap for people living in non-Medicaid expansion states. NETWORK strongly supports healthcare for all and believes healthcare is a right, not a privilege.
| Lobbyist | Covered position, as disclosed |
|---|---|
| LAURA TRACY PERALTA-SCHULTE | — |
Homeland Security HOM
NETWORK strongly supports decreased funding for the Department of Homeland Security related to immigration enforcement, detention and the creation of a border wall. NETWORK strongly urges the Biden Administration to end Trump Administration regulations related to restricting people from seeking asylum in the United States including Title 42. NETWORK strongly supports the Biden Administration's Executive Order ending Trump Era Public Charge regulations.
| Lobbyist | Covered position, as disclosed |
|---|---|
| RONNATE ASIRWATHAM New | — |
Housing HOU
NETWORK strongly supports expanding housing vouchers in the FY 23 budget. NETWORK strongly supports expanding access to broadband for all.
| Lobbyist | Covered position, as disclosed |
|---|---|
| LAURA TRACY PERALTA-SCHULTE | — |
Immigration IMM
NETWORK strongly supports the American Dream and Promise Act and urges immediate passage. NETWORK strongly supports the Farmworker Modernization Act and urges immediate passage. NETWORK strongly urges the Biden Administration to end Title 42 and to stop separating families at the US Border.
| Lobbyist | Covered position, as disclosed |
|---|---|
| RONNATE ASIRWATHAM New | — |
Labor Issues/Antitrust/Workplace LBR
NETWORK strongly supports the Raise the Wage Act and urges immediate passage. NETWORK strongly supports the Equal Pay Act. NETWORK supports the inclusion of permanent national paid family and medical leave programs in the upcoming recovery bill. It must have progressive wage replacement, job guarantees, and anti-retaliation language, inclusive definitions of family, and must center women of color in all decisions to ensure racially equitable access. NETWORK strongly supports the PRO Act (H.R. 842) to end right-to-work laws across the country and provide strong labor protections for workers. NETWORK strongly support the Pregnancy Workers Fairness Act and urges immediate passage.
| Lobbyist | Covered position, as disclosed |
|---|---|
| LAURA TRACY PERALTA-SCHULTE | — |
Law Enforcement/Crime/Criminal Justice LAW
NETWORK supports the George Floyd Justice and Policing Act and urges Congress pass it immediately. NETWORK strongly supports efforts to end discrimination in sentencing particularly related to drug convictions and to fully implement the First Step Act. We strongly support the Equal Act, which would end sentencing disparities between crack and cocaine convictions. NETWORK strongly supports ensuring returning citizens have timely access to critical benefit programs such as healthcare, housing and food as well as immediate rights to participate in elections. NETWORK urges Congress to end the 1033 and 1122 programs which have lead to increased militarization of our communities and at the border.
| Lobbyist | Covered position, as disclosed |
|---|---|
| LAURA TRACY PERALTA-SCHULTE | — |
Medicare/Medicaid MMM
NETWORK believes all people living in the United States, including immigrants, should have access to healthcare. NETWORK urges Congress to close the Medicaid coverage gap and to provide Medicaid services to Incarcerated people as increase funding for individuals living in Puerto Rico. NETWORK supports the Lift the Bar Act so that immigrants have access to healthcare. NETWORK strongly supports Momnibus legislation to end the Black maternal health crisis. Congress should immediately ensure all states provide mothers 12 months of post-partum health coverage.
| Lobbyist | Covered position, as disclosed |
|---|---|
| LAURA TRACY PERALTA-SCHULTE | — |
Taxation/Internal Revenue Code TAX
NETWORK strongly supported making the expanded, fully refundable, monthly Child Tax Credit and the Earned Income Tax Credit permanent. NETWORK strongly supports closing tax loopholes so that corporations and the wealthy pay their fair share of taxes. This includes seeking repeal of many tax provisions passed in the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act that benefits the rich and well-connected. NETWORK supports increased funding for the IRS to enable the agency to ensure the wealthy and corporations pay their fair share. NETWORK supports the passage of a bill to ensure tax preparers are required to pass a competency test before providing services, particularly related to understanding complexity around the refundable credits. NETWORK supports efforts at the IRS to create a simple free file/no file system/s to allow low-income individuals access to refundable credits.
| Lobbyist | Covered position, as disclosed |
|---|---|
| LAURA TRACY PERALTA-SCHULTE | — |
Trade (domestic/foreign) TRD
NETWORK strongly urges USTR to pursue a waiver to the TRIPs Agreement for COVID Vaccines, tests and treatments to enable mass production of COVID Vaccines. NETWORK strongly urges USTR to enforce new labor and environmental standards in the USMCA to ensure all countries are meeting obligations. NETWORK strongly supports USTR efforts to review all trade policies from a worker-centered perspective and to promote strong labor and environmental standards.
| Lobbyist | Covered position, as disclosed |
|---|---|
| LAURA TRACY PERALTA-SCHULTE | — |
Welfare WEL
NETWORK strongly supports permanent expansions of SNAP and WIC programs in the upcoming FY 23 Appropriation bill.
| Lobbyist | Covered position, as disclosed |
|---|---|
| LAURA TRACY PERALTA-SCHULTE | — |
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