NATIONAL ADVOCACY CENTER OF THE SISTERS OF THE GOOD SHEPHERD for CONFERENCE OF PROVINCIALS OF NORTH AMERICA
What was lobbied
13 issue areas, each in the filer's own words, with who lobbied on it and where.
Civil Rights/Civil Liberties CIV
Support H.R.40, which would establish a commission to study the brutality and inhumanity of slavery, its legacy, and its ongoing contemporary impacts, as well as develop proposals for redress and repair. Promote statehood for the District of Columbia.
| Lobbyist | Covered position, as disclosed |
|---|---|
| LAWRENCE COUCH | — |
Housing HOU
Prevent a catastrophic wave of evictions this winter by extending, improving, and enforcing the federal eviction moratorium due to COVID-19. Provide $100 billion in emergency rental assistance in order to prevent a wave of evictions due to COVID-19.
| Lobbyist | Covered position, as disclosed |
|---|---|
| LAWRENCE COUCH | — |
Health Issues HCR
Endorse the plan to end the current COVID-19 pandemic and prevent the pandemics of the future that is being advanced by Sen. Elizabeth Warren, Rep. Ro Khanna, and Rep. Barbara Lee. The plan would invest in domestic programs to improve health outcomes, support global public health efforts, create public health jobs, and erase systemic racism in our healthcare system. Support the Health Equity and Accountability Act of 2020 (H.R.6637), which would take measures to eliminate racial and ethnic health disparities. Ensure that any changes made to the 340B Drug Discount Program would not have the effect of limiting access to affordable, clinically appropriate, pharmaceuticals for low-income, uninsured, underinsured, and other vulnerable patients. Pursue common-sense reforms that make health coverage and care affordable for all families in America; Bring down health care costs and transform our health care system by ending health industry abuses and prioritizing high-quality, consumer-centered health care; and, End racial injustice in health and health care. Fund investments in clean energy, healthcare, and peacebuilding by decreasing the Pentagon budget. Prevent a catastrophic wave of evictions this winter by extending, improving, and enforcing the federal eviction moratorium due to COVID-19. Support an issuance of 2 trillion Special Drawing Rights in the International Monetary Fund to strengthen the global response to the pandemic. Pass a COVID-19 relief package that: provides resources for those experiencing homelessness; increases SNAP benefits; includes policies that encourage and support employers to retain and rehire workers; ensures affordable healthcare access; safeguard incarcerated individuals who are most vulnerable to COVID-19; ensures that mixed-status families are eligible for stimulus payments; automatically extends work authorization and visa renewal deadlines for refugees and immigrants who are providing economic and recovery assistance to our country; and provides no-cost COVID-19 testing, treatment, and vaccination for all. Provide funding for nonprofit organizations in COVID-19 relief package.
| Lobbyist | Covered position, as disclosed |
|---|---|
| LAWRENCE COUCH | — |
Environment/Superfund ENV
Recommend executive actions that the president can take to address the plastic pollution crisis, such as holding plastic manufacturers accountable for the pollution they produce. Urge the US Army Corps of Engineers to withdraw the Draft Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement (DSEIS) and halt the Yazoo Pumps Project. Urge the US Army Corps of Engineers to withdraw its rushed Proposal to Reissue and Modify Nationwide Permits (NWPs) that would weaken clean water protections and fast-track greater destruction and degradation of water quality and aquatic habitat. Fund investments in clean energy, healthcare, and peacebuilding by decreasing the Pentagon budget.
| Lobbyist | Covered position, as disclosed |
|---|---|
| LAWRENCE COUCH | — |
Government Issues GOV
Prioritize the For the People Act (H.R.1) in the 117th Congress to ensure a well-functioning democracy by addressing voter access, election integrity, election security, political spending, and ethics for the three branches of government. Restore the White House Office of Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships. Extend the deadlines for 2020 Census processing and reporting to ensure adequate and accurate apportionment of representatives and federal funding for social services.
| Lobbyist | Covered position, as disclosed |
|---|---|
| LAWRENCE COUCH | — |
Immigration IMM
Pass a comprehensive COVID-19 relief package that includes assistance for immigrant families. Enact a moratorium on all deportations to Cameroon and review all cases of Cameroonians in ICE custody. Promote the Adoptee Citizenship Act (H.R.2731). The Act would close the loophole in the Child Citizenship Act of 2000 that left the adopted children of thousands of Americans without citizenship. Call on new presidential administration to enact humane and equitable reforms to our immigration policies, such as border security, detention policy, refugee resettlement, and public benefits. Prioritize the needs of immigrant children in early actions of new presidential administration. Urge incoming administration to take immediate action to reunite the over 500 migrant children with their families who were separated at our border. Protect Liberian immigrants by reopening the Liberian Refugee Immigration Fairness program. Cease imminent deportations of asylum seekers to Cameroon, a country which the US has recently condemned for extrajudicial killings and other human rights abuses. Cut funding to agencies that increase family separation. Invest in a compassionate, just, and humane immigration and refugee resettlement system that supports refugees, asylees, asylum-seekers, and other forcibly displaced populations in Fiscal Year 2021 (FY21). Oppose federal funding that drives unjust immigration enforcement, detention, and border militarization policies. Support the Missing Persons and Unidentified Remains Act of 2019 (H.R.8772 and S.2174), which would authorize funding for identifying and transporting the remains of people who died attempting to cross the southern border. Address the root causes of poverty, violence, and corruption which compel people to leave their homes in Mexico and Central America. Provide meaningful language access in the debt collection process for people with Limited English Proficiency. Consider additional funding for refugee accounts in FY 2021. Extend TPS for Honduras, Nicaragua, El Salvador, and Guatemala due to the recent devastation of Hurricanes Eta and Iota. Urge the incoming presidential administration to end the Muslim Ban, the African Ban, The Asylum Ban, the Refugee Bans, and the Health Care Proclamation, and to increase the refugees admission goal. Ensure immigrants' equitable access to the COVID-19 vaccine. Establish a White House Task Force on Black immigrants. Prevent the diversion of funds to the construction of a wall along the southern border. Affirm the importance of safe sanctuary for those fleeing persecution.
| Lobbyist | Covered position, as disclosed |
|---|---|
| LAWRENCE COUCH | — |
Welfare WEL
COVID-19 relief package should: increase the maximum SNAP benefit by 15%; extend the moratorium on evictions; allocate more money for housing and homelessness assistance; extend expanded unemployment assistance; expand the EITC and Child Tax Credit; authorize another economic impact payment; and authorize the Pandemic TANF Assistance Act. Call on the U.S. Chamber of Commerce to urge Senate Republicans to stop blocking coronavirus relief efforts unless the proposal immunizes businesses from coronavirus-related lawsuits. Pass a comprehensive COVID-19 relief package that includes funding for the Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP) and other critical basic needs. Pass a COVID-19 relief package that: provides resources for those experiencing homelessness; increases SNAP benefits; includes policies that encourage and support employers to retain and rehire workers; ensures affordable healthcare access; safeguard incarcerated individuals who are most vulnerable to COVID-19; ensures that mixed-status families are eligible for stimulus payments; automatically extends work authorization and visa renewal deadlines for refugees and immigrants who are providing economic and recovery assistance to our country; and provides no-cost COVID-19 testing, treatment, and vaccination for all. Provide funding for nonprofit organizations in COVID-19 relief package. Extend the deadlines for 2020 Census processing and reporting to ensure adequate and accurate apportionment of representatives and federal funding for social services.
| Lobbyist | Covered position, as disclosed |
|---|---|
| LAWRENCE COUCH | — |
Law Enforcement/Crime/Criminal Justice LAW
Advocate for fair and equitable access to communications by incarcerated people, whether they have communication disabilities or are detained because of their immigration status. End the use of solitary confinement in prisons.
| Lobbyist | Covered position, as disclosed |
|---|---|
| LAWRENCE COUCH | — |
Budget/Appropriations BUD
Consider additional funding for refugee accounts in FY 2021.
| Lobbyist | Covered position, as disclosed |
|---|---|
| LAWRENCE COUCH | — |
Consumer Issues/Safety/Products CSP
Enact effective policies to protect consumers from predatory lenders.
| Lobbyist | Covered position, as disclosed |
|---|---|
| LAWRENCE COUCH | — |
Foreign Relations FOR
Increase humanitarian aid to Central America after Hurricanes Eta and Iota. Restore State Department Office of International Religious Freedom.
| Lobbyist | Covered position, as disclosed |
|---|---|
| LAWRENCE COUCH | — |
Taxation/Internal Revenue Code TAX
Urge Congress to invest in fair and robust enforcement of tax laws; Enforcement should not disproportionately focus on low-income individuals.
| Lobbyist | Covered position, as disclosed |
|---|---|
| LAWRENCE COUCH | — |
Defense DEF
Fund investments in clean energy, healthcare, and peacebuilding by decreasing the Pentagon budget.
| Lobbyist | Covered position, as disclosed |
|---|---|
| LAWRENCE COUCH | — |
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