2nd Quarter - Report

BLANK ROME GOVERNMENT RELATIONS for VIA METROPOLITAN TRANSIT

Firm
Client
Income
$30,000
Expenses
—

What was lobbied

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

Transportation TRA

P.L. 117-58 - Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA) - support for transit funding. Monitor surface transportation reauthorization process and stakeholder issues related to transit. Monitor federal grant funding flows. Grant applications at the Federal Transit Administration. FY25 Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies Appropriations bill - support Community Project Funding and the Presidents Budget request for the Capital Investment Grant program. FY26 THUD Appropriations- support funding the Capital Investment Grant program at authorized level and the Presidents Budget request. Monitor federal grant processing of previously awarded grants. Support legislative proposals in the next surface transportation authorization bill.

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
KATIE KACHEL —

Contacted: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Federal Transit Administration (FTA); SENATE; Transportation, Dept of (DOT)

Budget/Appropriations BUD

FY26 THUD Appropriations - support funding the Capital Investment Grant program at authorized level and the Presidents Budget request.

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
KATIE KACHEL —

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.