2nd Quarter - Report

PUBLIC CITIZEN for PUBLIC CITIZEN

Period 2nd Quarter 2020 Filed Jul 15, 2020 Signed by Joseph Stoshak

Official filing
Firm
PUBLIC CITIZEN
Client
PUBLIC CITIZEN
Income
—
Expenses
$110,000
Expense method
A: Lobbying Disclosure Act definitions

What was lobbied

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

Trade (domestic/foreign) TRD

USMCA, COVID-crash of globalized supply chain

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
LORI WALLACH —

Contacted: SENATE; White House Office; Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC)

Financial Institutions/Investments/Securities FIN

Corporate ESG disclosures, discussions

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
LISA JEAN GILBERT —

Contacted: White House Office; SENATE; Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC)

Postal POS

USPS solvency and COVID-19 pandemic, funding for USPS

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
SUSAN ELAINE HARLEY —

Contacted: SENATE; Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC); White House Office

Banking BAN

CARES act, CARES Act successor, Oversight including Congressional Oversight Commission

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
BARTLETT NAYLOR —

Contacted: Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC); Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; White House Office; SENATE

Taxation/Internal Revenue Code TAX

Bright Lines project legislation, forthcoming legislation on nonprofit political activity limits, Disclosure of Tax Havens and Offshoring Act, Repeal of excess business loss provisions in CARES act, taxing wall street trades, End double taxation of successful consumer claims, COVID bailout tax-related provisions (offensive and defensive), Ways and Means testimony re:COVID tax related priorities, S 3640-CARES windfall for the wealthiest repeal act.

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
SUSAN ELAINE HARLEY —
EMILY PETERSON CASSIN —

Contacted: Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC); White House Office; SENATE

Disaster Planning/Emergencies DIS

Privacy in Covid Relief bills,

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
EMILY PETERSON CASSIN —

Contacted: White House Office; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC); Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC); SENATE

Telecommunications TEC

CDA-230 reform

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
JASON ALEXANDER HARMAN —

Contacted: SENATE; White House Office; Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC)

Health Issues HCR

S. 3548/HR 748-CARES Act, COVID-19 response legislation, Medicare for all Act of 2019-HR 1384, S 1804, Health Care Emergency Guarantee Act, Surprise medical billing, COVID-19 testing and contact tracing, Fourth COVID-19 package,

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
EAGAN KEMP —

Contacted: Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC); SENATE; White House Office

Bills named: H.R. 748 (116th), S. 3548 (116th), H.R. 1384 (116th)

Environment/Superfund ENV

FLEET Act

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
MATT KENT —

Contacted: Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; SENATE; Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC); White House Office

Consumer Issues/Safety/Products CSP

Regulatory reform, House privacy bills, senate data brokers, House platform misinformation, Privacy for CARES 2, S. 3749-COVID privacy, FTC reform, Online bill of rights, Public Health Emergency Privacy Act, CDA 230 reforms, S 3858/HR 6450-Price Gouging Prevention Act, Consumer safety, business immunity issue-opposing it for COVID-19, testifying at CPSC priorities hearing

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
REMINGTON GREGG —
SUSAN ELAINE HARLEY —
JASON ALEXANDER HARMAN —
MATT KENT —
AMIT NARANG —
EMILY PETERSON CASSIN —

Contacted: Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; SENATE; White House Office; Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC)

Bills named: H.R. 6450 (116th), S. 3749 (116th)

Government Issues GOV

Congressional insider trading (STOCK Act), Coronavirus Aid Relief and Economic Security Act (HR 748, S 3548), Amend STOCK act to enhance transparency, Ban stock trading by members of Congress (S 1393/HR 6401), Mandate lawmakers place investments in a blind trust, CARES Act-HR 6201,Department of Defense authorization act (revolving door policy for the Pentagon), National Emergency Powers, ARTICLE 1 S 764/HR 1755, CARES Act-S 3855 (accountability in the COVID-19 spending), oversight of bailout funds, anti-corruption components of CARES 2.0, vote by mail and Oversight CARES, corporate accountability for stimulus spending

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
LISA JEAN GILBERT —
SUSAN ELAINE HARLEY —
CRAIG HOLMAN —

Contacted: Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC); Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC); SENATE; White House Office; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Bills named: H.R. 6201 (116th), H.R. 6401 (116th), H.R. 748 (116th), H.R. 1755 (116th)

Labor Issues/Antitrust/Workplace LBR

FTC Whistleblower policy, antitrust reform, Liberty/iheart merger, HR 6450-Price gouging reform, Merger moratorium, S.3975-CFPB whistleblowers Protection act, SEC whistleblower bill, S 3963/HR 7227-COVID19 Whistleblower Protection Act

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
JULEY FULCHER New —
JASON ALEXANDER HARMAN —

Contacted: Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC); White House Office; SENATE; Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Bills named: H.R. 6450 (116th), S. 3975 (116th), H.R. 7227 (116th)

Pharmacy PHA

Access to coronavirus treatments and vaccines, COVID-19 medicine pricing and access, COVID-19 Emergency manufacturing act, transparency for federally support COVID R&D, Pharmaceuticals and antitrust

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
STEVEN KNIEVEL —

Contacted: SENATE; Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC); White House Office

Law Enforcement/Crime/Criminal Justice LAW

Business Liability issue, Consumer focused business liability letter, business immunity issue

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
REMINGTON GREGG —

Contacted: Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC); White House Office; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; SENATE; Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC)

Budget/Appropriations BUD

Recommendations for conditions to be placed on COVID 3 and 4 stimulus funding, relief/stimulus package for COVID response-vote by mail, sick leave, inclusion of oversight guardrails, election appropriations, oversight, corporate bailouts, regular order appropriations, corporate accountability for stimulus spending, pushing for appropriations packages without poison pills, clean budget

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
LISA JEAN GILBERT —
SUSAN ELAINE HARLEY —

Contacted: Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC); SENATE; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; White House Office; Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC)

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.