1st Quarter - Report — TARPLIN, DOWNS & YOUNG, LLC for PFIZER (2018)

Firm

TARPLIN, DOWNS & YOUNG, LLC

Client

PFIZER

Income

$80,000

Expenses

—

What was lobbied

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

Health Issues HCR

PL 114-255 - 21st Century Cures, implementation S. 771 - Improving Access to Affordable Prescription Drugs Act S. 637 - Creating Transparency to Have Drug Rebates Unlocked Act of 2017 Stopping the Pharmaceutical Industry From Keeping Drugs Expensive Act of 2017 S. 469 - Affordable and Safe Prescription Drug Importation Act H.R. 749 - Lower Drug Costs Through Competition Act H.R. 2430 - FDA Reauthorization Act of 2017 no specific bills - innovation, non-interference, biosimilars

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
RAISSA H DOWNS	—
MICHELLE P EASTON	—
CHARLOTTE SPEARS IVANCIC	—
ELIZABETH T MURRAY	—
PAMELA SMITH	—
JENNIFER B YOUNG	—

Contacted: Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); SENATE; Office of Management & Budget (OMB); White House Office; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Bills named: H.R. 749 (115th), H.R. 2430 (115th), S. 637 (115th), S. 771 (115th), S. 469 (115th)

Medicare/Medicaid MMM

Medicare priorities, coverage and payment policies, discount cards, MedPAC S. 260/H.R. 849 - Protecting Seniors' Access to Medicare Act of 2017 H.R. 3921 - Healthy Kids Act S. 1827 - Kids Act of 2017 no specific bill, Sunshine implementation, biosimilars, Part B, Medicare Part D, Smoking cessation, donut hole, Part D cliff

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
RAISSA H DOWNS	—
MICHELLE P EASTON	—
CHARLOTTE SPEARS IVANCIC	—
ELIZABETH T MURRAY	—
PAMELA SMITH	—
JENNIFER B YOUNG	—

Contacted: White House Office; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); SENATE; Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); Office of Management & Budget (OMB)

Bills named: S. 260 (115th), H.R. 3921 (115th), H.R. 849 (115th), S. 1827 (115th)

Budget/Appropriations BUD

budget resolution, reconciliation, deficit reduction, debt ceiling, appropriations H.R. 1625 - Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2018 H.R. 1892 - Bipartisan Budget Act of 2018

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
RAISSA H DOWNS	Prin. Dep. Asst. Sec. for Leg. - HHS; Dep. Asst. Sec. for Leg. - HHS; Staff Dir., Sub. Cmte. on Employment, Sen. HELP Cmte.
MICHELLE P EASTON	Chief Health Counsel, Sen. Cmte. on Finance; Staff Dir., Senate Aging Cmte.; Leg. Asst., Congressman Billy Tauzin
CHARLOTTE SPEARS IVANCIC	Legislative Counsel, Senator Jim DeMint; Health Counsel, Majority Leader Bill Frist; Counsel and Budget Analyst, House Budget Committee; Asst. to the Speaker for Policy, Speaker John Boehner
ELIZABETH T MURRAY	Senior Policy Advisor, Democratic Whip Steny Hoyer; Legislative Asst. for Rep. Mike Thompson, Rep. Bob Matsui, and Senator Bob Graham
PAMELA SMITH	Leg. Dir., Sen. Tom Harkin; Dep. Staff Dir., Senate HELP Cmte; Staff Dir., Senate HELP Cmte; Counselor to the Asst. AG, Civil Div., Dept of Justice; Spec Counsel, Ofc of Leg. Affairs, Dept of Justice; Counsel and LA, Senator Carol Moseley-Braun
JENNIFER B YOUNG	Asst. Sec. for Leg. - HHS; Dep. Asst. Sec. for Leg. - HHS; Cmte. Staff, House Cmte. on Ways and Means; Cmte. Staff, Sen. Cmte. on Finance

Contacted: SENATE; Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); White House Office; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS)

Bills named: H.R. 1892 (115th), H.R. 1625 (115th)

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.