1st Quarter - Report — CORNERSTONE GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS, INC. for RICE UNIVERSITY (2026)

Firm

CORNERSTONE GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS, INC.

Client

RICE UNIVERSITY

Income

$30,000

Expenses

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What was lobbied

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

Education EDU

College affordability; student loans; open source textbooks; name image likeness policy; endowments.

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)
SUSAN SWEAT	LC, LA & LD House Office (Wicker); LD Senate Member Office (Wicker)

Contacted: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Executive Office of the President (EOP); SENATE; Education, Dept of

Science/Technology SCI

Nanotechnology; funding for National Science Foundation & NIST; OSTP; NASA; Department of Energy Office of Science.

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)
SUSAN SWEAT	LC, LA & LD House Office (Wicker); LD Sen Member Office (Wicker)

Contacted: Natl Aeronautics & Space Administration (NASA); Office of Science & Technology Policy (OSTP); SENATE; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Natl Institute of Standards & Technology (NIST)

Energy/Nuclear ENG

Policies and legislation impacting federal extramural research grantmaking, particularly related to basic research.

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)
SUSAN SWEAT	LC, LA & LD House Office (Wicker); LD Sen Member Office (Wicker)

Contacted: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; SENATE

Defense DEF

Issues related to material science research.

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
SUSAN SWEAT	LC, LA & LD House Office (Wicker); LD Senate Member Office (Wicker)

Contacted: Defense, Dept of (DOD); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Army, Dept of (Corps of Engineers); SENATE

Budget/Appropriations BUD

Funding for Health & Human Services, National Science Foundation, Department of Defense, and Department of Energy.

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)
SUSAN SWEAT	LC, LA & LD House Office (Wicker); LD Senate Member Office (Wicker)

Contacted: SENATE; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Foreign Relations FOR

Supporting Rice's Baker Institute for Public Policy proposals related to the U.S.-Mexico border.

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)

Contacted: SENATE; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; State, Dept of (DOS)

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.