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 Lobby supported a Clean Debt Ceiling bill. NETWORK Lobby urges Congress to pass appropriation bills that invest in the protection of the planet and in vulnerable people so they can thrive. We call for increased funding for housing, healthcare, election protection assistance, job training, and community supports for returning citizens. NETWORK opposed increased funding for the military and wasteful border militarization.
| Lobbyist | Covered position, as disclosed |
|---|---|
| RONNATE ASIRWATHAM | — |
Civil Rights/Civil Liberties CIV
Free and fair elections are the hallmark of our democracy. NETWORK strongly supports the following bills: the Support Our Election Workers Act which responds to the critical need to improve the support and retention of election workers; the Protecting Election Administration from Interference Act which responds to the ongoing need to expand protections for election workers and strengthens protections for election infrastructure; the John Lewis Voting Rights Act and the Freedom to Vote Act. NETWORK opposes H.R. 4563-the American Confidence in Elections Act.
| Lobbyist | Covered position, as disclosed |
|---|---|
| LAURA TRACY PERALTA-SCHULTE | — |
Consumer Issues/Safety/Products CSP
None to date.
| Lobbyist | Covered position, as disclosed |
|---|---|
| LAURA TRACY PERALTA-SCHULTE | Senior Government Relations Advocate |
Family issues/Abortion/Adoption FAM
NETWORK strongly supports the Black Maternal Health Momnibus Act includes the following individual bills: 1. Make critical investments in social determinants of health that influence maternal health outcomes, like housing, transportation, and nutrition. 2. Extend WIC eligibility in the postpartum and breastfeeding periods. 3. Provide funding to community-based organizations that are working to improve maternal health outcomes and promote equity. 4. Increase funding for programs to improve maternal health care for veterans. 5. Grow and diversify the perinatal workforce to ensure that every mom in America receives maternal health care and support from people they trust. 6. Improve data collection processes and quality measures to better understand the causes of the maternal health crisis in the United States and inform solutions to address it. 7. Support moms with maternal mental health conditions and substance use disorders. NETWORK also supports passage of a fully refundable, inclusive, monthly Child Tax Credit to reduce child poverty in America.
| Lobbyist | Covered position, as disclosed |
|---|---|
| LAURA TRACY PERALTA-SCHULTE | — |
| JARRETT SMITH | — |
Foreign Relations FOR
NETWORK strongly supports the reauthorization of the Presidents Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR), the U.S. governments signature global health effort in the fight against HIV, which has saved tens of millions of lives saved over the past 20 years. NETWORK urges the Biden Administration to include the following provisions in all new trade agreements: facility-specific, rapid-response labor enforcement tools and include real penalties for labor rights violations; binding requirements for countries to meet their Paris climate obligations backed with facility-specific enforcement tools; right to healthy and culturally appropriate food produced through sustainable methods and local inputs and removal of rules on intellectual property rights that prevent farmers from saving and sharing seeds; no new digital trade rules that include secrecy guarantees that restrict pre-screening or general review of algorithms or source code for racial biases, gender biases, labor law violations, and other potential abuses.
| Lobbyist | Covered position, as disclosed |
|---|---|
| LAURA TRACY PERALTA-SCHULTE | — |
Health Issues HCR
The Catholic faith teaches that healthcare is a human right and thus all people deserve access to quality, affordable care. NETWORK supports the work of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid to ensure children, women and men do not lose healthcare coverage due to the ending of the COVID pandemic-related continuous coverage requirement that safeguarded care for millions. NETWORK supports MOMNIBUS legislation to end the Black Maternal health crisis in America. NETWORK rejects the Limit, Save, Grow Act which would put over 10 million Medicaid expansion enrollees - more than 1 in 5 of all Medicaid enrollees in expansion states - at risk of losing Medicaid coverage under the policy. New requirements would cause many low-income adults to lose coverage due to bureaucratic hurdles that dont reflect the complexity of peoples circumstances, as failed experiments in several states show.
| Lobbyist | Covered position, as disclosed |
|---|---|
| LAURA TRACY PERALTA-SCHULTE | — |
Homeland Security HOM
NETWORK strongly opposes H.R. 2794, the Border Reinforcement Act of 2023. NETWORK opposed increased militarization and criminalization of the Southern border. Instead, the US should uphold the promise of freedom and safety for those fleeing violence. NETWORK opposes increased funding for militarization of the US border through the Homeland Security appropriations bill or any supplemental funding request.
| Lobbyist | Covered position, as disclosed |
|---|---|
| RONNATE ASIRWATHAM New | — |
Housing HOU
NETWORK Lobby strongly supports increased vouchers for families and individuals to access housing.
| Lobbyist | Covered position, as disclosed |
|---|---|
| JARRETT SMITH New | — |
Immigration IMM
NETWORK strongly supports President Biden's Executive Order providing healthcare to DACA recipients. NETWORK strongly supports Temporary Protective Status to persons from Central America and Sudan. NETWORK strongly opposes increased militarization at the border.
| Lobbyist | Covered position, as disclosed |
|---|---|
| RONNATE ASIRWATHAM New | — |
Labor Issues/Antitrust/Workplace LBR
NETWORK strongly supports the extension of paid medical and family leave for all workers. NETWORK strongly supports PRO Act so that all workers have a rights to organize and form a union. NETWORK strongly supports an expanded Earned Income Tax Credit so that no worker is taxed INTO poverty. NETWORK supports the Biden Administration's proposed rule to increase nursing home standards. This will save lives and provide greater dignity for low-paid workers.
| Lobbyist | Covered position, as disclosed |
|---|---|
| JARRETT SMITH New | — |
Law Enforcement/Crime/Criminal Justice LAW
NETWORK strongly supports returning citizens to receive SNAP and TANF to support reintegration. NETWORK strongly supports the Equal Act to end sentencing disparities between cocaine and crack cocaine. NETWORK strongly supports the MORE Act which provides robust sentencing reform for those incarcerated for the sale of marijuana. We also support the bill's provisions which invest in communities targeted in the "war on drugs."
| Lobbyist | Covered position, as disclosed |
|---|---|
| LAURA TRACY PERALTA-SCHULTE | — |
Medicare/Medicaid MMM
NETWORK strongly supports all efforts to strengthen Medicaid. This is the nation's largest health program and is critical to support life. We call on all states to expand Medicaid immediately. NETWORK strongly supports extending pre and post natal health coverage for all pregnant persons.
| Lobbyist | Covered position, as disclosed |
|---|---|
| LAURA TRACY PERALTA-SCHULTE | — |
Taxation/Internal Revenue Code TAX
NETWORK Lobby strongly supports efforts to ensure that the wealthy and corporations are paying their fair share of taxes. This includes support for: Robust funding for the Internal Revenue Service to allow the agency to ensure the wealthy and corporation meet their tax obligations. Support for the Billionaire Minimum Tax Support for closing the carried interest tax loophole. Opposes the extension of the Trump Tax Cuts which overwhelmingly provided tax relief to the wealthy and corporations. Supports permanent, fully refundable, monthly Child Tax Credit to help end child poverty in America. Supports a permanent, expanded Earned Income Tax Credit to ensure no worker is taxed into poverty.
| Lobbyist | Covered position, as disclosed |
|---|---|
| LAURA TRACY PERALTA-SCHULTE | — |
| JARRETT SMITH | — |
Trade (domestic/foreign) TRD
NETWORK urges the Biden Administration to include the following provisions in all new trade agreements: facility-specific, rapid-response labor enforcement tools and include real penalties for labor rights violations; binding requirements for countries to meet their Paris climate obligations backed with facility-specific enforcement tools; ensure countries have a right to healthy and culturally appropriate food produced through sustainable methods and local inputs and removal of rules on intellectual property rights that prevent farmers from saving and sharing seeds; no new digital trade rules that include secrecy guarantees that restrict pre-screening or general review of algorithms or source code for racial biases, gender biases, labor law violations, and other potential abuses.
| Lobbyist | Covered position, as disclosed |
|---|---|
| LAURA TRACY PERALTA-SCHULTE | — |
Welfare WEL
NETWORK strongly supports strengthening the SNAP and WIC food programs in the Farm Bill. These are vitally important to ensure families and individuals have the food they need for health. NETWORK strongly opposed the Speaker's debt ceiling bill that would provide 10 years of cuts to domestic human needs programs and would restructure Medicaid and SNAP.
| Lobbyist | Covered position, as disclosed |
|---|---|
| LAURA TRACY PERALTA-SCHULTE | — |
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