3rd Quarter - Report — CORNERSTONE GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS, INC. for AMERICAN SHEEP INDUSTRY ASSOCIATION (2026)

Firm

CORNERSTONE GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS, INC.

Client

AMERICAN SHEEP INDUSTRY ASSOCIATION

Income

$40,000

Expenses

—

What was lobbied

7 issue areas, each in the filer's own words, with who lobbied on it and where.

Natural Resources NAT

Farm Bill, Agriculture and Interior Appropriations, Immigration Reform and Public Land Management, trade

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
MACEY HAMMERSTROM	—
LAVERNE PATRICK HUBERT	Min Chief Counsel, Senate Ag Cmte, Chief Counsel, LD & COS House Ag Cmte
PRESCOTT MARTIN	Dep General Counsel, U.S. Dept of Ag; Senior Counsel, U.S. Dept of Ag; Chief Counsel, House Ag Cmte Majority; Chief Counsel, House Ag Cmte minority [Scott] Senior Counsel, House Ag Cmte [Peterson]; Counsel, House Ag Cmte [Peterson]
JAMES RICHARDS	COS House Member Office (Pearce); Director IGA USDA; Appropriations Associate House Member Office (Skeen & Bonilla)
SARAH ROSASCO	—

Contacted: SENATE; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Agriculture, Dept of (USDA)

Agriculture AGR

Issues related to Farm Bill, Agriculture and Interior Appropriations, Immigration Reform and Public Land Management, Risk Management, Trade.

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
MACEY HAMMERSTROM	—
LAVERNE PATRICK HUBERT	Min Chief Counsel, Senate Ag Cmte, Chief Consl, LD & COS House Ag Cmte
PRESCOTT MARTIN	Dep General Counsel, U.S. Dept of Ag; Senior Counsel, U.S. Dept of Ag; Chief Counsel, House Ag Cmte Majority; Chief Counsel, House Ag Cmte minority [Scott] Senior Counsel, House Ag Cmte [Peterson]; Counsel, House Ag Cmte [Peterson]
JAMES RICHARDS	COS House Member Office (Pearce); Director IGA USDA; Appropriations Associate House Member Office (Skeen & Bonilla)
SARAH ROSASCO	—
TERRY VAN DOREN	Confidential Assistant, U.S. Department of Agriculture; Legislative Director and Deputy Chief of Staff, Office of U.S. Senator Mike Johanns; Senior Policy Advisor, Office of Republican Leader Mitch McConnell

Contacted: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); SENATE

Trade (domestic/foreign) TRD

Issues related to the farm bill, lamb/wool markets, and foreign imports; and Section 201 ITC foreign lamb imports case

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
TONY ESSALIH	COS, LD, LA House Member Office (Culberson), LA House Member Office (Archer), SA House Member Office (Hastings), Intern House Member Office (Bliley)
MICHAEL GOODMAN	Chief of Staff House Member Office (Kind), Legislative Staff House Member Office (Braley, Barrow)
MACEY HAMMERSTROM	—
LAVERNE PATRICK HUBERT	Min Chief Counsel, Senate Ag Cmte, Chief Counsel, LD & COS House Ag Cmte
PRESCOTT MARTIN	Dep General Counsel, U.S. Dept of Ag; Senior Counsel, U.S. Dept of Ag; Chief Counsel, House Ag Cmte Majority; Chief Counsel, House Ag Cmte minority [Scott] Senior Counsel, House Ag Cmte [Peterson]; Counsel, House Ag Cmte [Peterson]
TYLER BRIAN NELSON	Chief of Staff House Member Office, Deputy Chief of Staff House Member Office, District Director (Olson)
JAMES RICHARDS	—
SARAH ROSASCO	—
MICHAEL SMITH	—
TERRY VAN DOREN	Confidential Assistant, U.S. Department of Agriculture; Legislative Director and Deputy Chief of Staff, Office of U.S. Senator Mike Johanns; Senior Policy Advisor, Office of Republican Leader Mitch McConnell
TODD WEBSTER	Communications Senate Member Office (Murray, Daschle), Chief of Staff Senate Member Office (Coons)

Contacted: SENATE; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Agriculture, Dept of (USDA)

Animals ANI

Issues related to the Farm Bill, Agriculture and Interior Appropriations, Immigration Reform and Public Land Management, Animal welfare, and trade.

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
MACEY HAMMERSTROM	—
LAVERNE PATRICK HUBERT	Min Chief Counsel, Senate Ag Cmte, Chief Consl, LD & COS House Ag Cmte
PRESCOTT MARTIN	Dep General Counsel, U.S. Dept of Ag; Senior Counsel, U.S. Dept of Ag; Chief Counsel, House Ag Cmte Majority; Chief Counsel, House Ag Cmte minority [Scott] Senior Counsel, House Ag Cmte [Peterson]; Counsel, House Ag Cmte [Peterson]
JAMES RICHARDS	COS House Member Office (Pearce); Director IGA USDA; Appropriations Associate House Member Office (Skeen & Bonilla)
SARAH ROSASCO	—
TERRY VAN DOREN	Confidential Assistant, U.S. Department of Agriculture; Legislative Director and Deputy Chief of Staff, Office of U.S. Senator Mike Johanns; Senior Policy Advisor, Office of Republican Leader Mitch McConnell

Contacted: SENATE; U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Budget/Appropriations BUD

Farm Bill, Agriculture and Interior Appropriations, Immigration Reform and Public Land Management.

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
MACEY HAMMERSTROM	—
LAVERNE PATRICK HUBERT	Min Chief Counsel, Senate Ag Cmte, Chief Counsel, LD & COS House Ag Cmte
PRESCOTT MARTIN	Dep General Counsel, U.S. Dept of Ag; Senior Counsel, U.S. Dept of Ag; Chief Counsel, House Ag Cmte Majority; Chief Counsel, House Ag Cmte minority [Scott] Senior Counsel, House Ag Cmte [Peterson]; Counsel, House Ag Cmte [Peterson]
JAMES RICHARDS	COS House Member Office (Pearce); Director IGA USDA; Appropriations Associate House Member Office (Skeen & Bonilla)

Contacted: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; SENATE

Food Industry (safety, labeling, etc.) FOO

Farm Bill, Agriculture and Interior Appropriations, Immigration Reform and Public Land Management.

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
MACEY HAMMERSTROM	—
LAVERNE PATRICK HUBERT	Min Chief Counsel, Senate Ag Cmte, Chief Counsel, LD & COS House Ag Cmte
PRESCOTT MARTIN	Dep General Counsel, U.S. Dept of Ag; Senior Counsel, U.S. Dept of Ag; Chief Counsel, House Ag Cmte Majority; Chief Counsel, House Ag Cmte minority [Scott] Senior Counsel, House Ag Cmte [Peterson]; Counsel, House Ag Cmte [Peterson]
JAMES RICHARDS	COS House Member Office (Pearce); Director IGA USDA; Appropriations Associate House Member Office (Skeen & Bonilla)

Contacted: SENATE; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Immigration IMM

Farm Bill, Agriculture and Interior Appropriations, Immigration Reform and Public Land Management.

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
PRESCOTT MARTIN	Dep General Counsel, U.S. Dept of Ag; Senior Counsel, U.S. Dept of Ag; Chief Counsel, House Ag Cmte Majority; Chief Counsel, House Ag Cmte minority [Scott] Senior Counsel, House Ag Cmte [Peterson]; Counsel, House Ag Cmte [Peterson]
JAMES RICHARDS	COS House Member Office (Pearce); Director IGA USDA; Appropriations Associate House Member Office (Skeen & Bonilla)

Contacted: SENATE; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Shown as published by the Senate Office of Public Records and the House Clerk under the Lobbying Disclosure Act. The official filing is the record; open it for the full form.