2nd Quarter - Report — CHECKMATE GOVERNMENT RELATIONS for VORTEX OPTICS (2025)

Firm

CHECKMATE GOVERNMENT RELATIONS

Client

VORTEX OPTICS

Income

$150,000

Expenses

—

What was lobbied

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

Tariff (miscellaneous tariff bills) TAR

There is no current bill filed. Issues related to optic technology manufacturing.

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
CHRISTOPHER LACIVITA New	—
CHARLES MCDOWELL	—
FREDERICK VAUGHAN	Principal Deputy Asst. Secretary, Treasury Dept.; Deputy Asst. Secretary, Treasury Dept.; Senior Counsel, House Financial Services Cmte.; Associate Director, The White House; Confidential Asst., Office of Management & Budget; Writer, The White House

Contacted: U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); White House Office; Defense, Dept of (DOD); Commerce, Dept of (DOC)

Manufacturing MAN

There is no current bill filed. Issues related to optic technology manufacturing.

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
CHRISTOPHER LACIVITA New	—
CHARLES MCDOWELL	—
FREDERICK VAUGHAN	Principal Deputy Asst. Secretary, Treasury Dept.; Deputy Asst. Secretary, Treasury Dept.; Senior Counsel, House Financial Services Cmte.; Associate Director, The White House; Confidential Asst., Office of Management & Budget; Writer, The White House

Contacted: U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Defense, Dept of (DOD); White House Office; Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS)

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.