2nd Quarter - Report

THE WESSEL GROUP INCORPORATED for MCWANE, INC.

Firm
Client
Income
$50,000
Expenses
—

What was lobbied

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

Trade (domestic/foreign) TRD

Treatment of ductile iron pipe in potential trade agreements and actions under consideration by the Trump Administration

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
STEPHEN KOPLAN —
MICHAEL WESSEL —

Contacted: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Executive Office of the President (EOP); SENATE; Commerce, Dept of (DOC); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR)

Manufacturing MAN

Funding mechanisms for water and wastewater infrastructure projects, including the Water Resources Reform and Development Act (PL 113-121); National and homeland security implications of declining manufacturing base; Issues surrounding the development of critical infrastructure manufacturing base; Issues surrounding Buy America applications and the drought in California; Support for Department of Energy programs for the assistance and promotion of energy-intensive, trade-exposed industries; Buy America policies and implementation of such policies, and funding levels, for water infrastructure programs including the Clean Water State Revolving Fund, Drinking Water State Revolving Fund, Water Infrastructure Financing and Innovation Act in bills including the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2016 (PL 114-113), Water Infrastructure Improvements for the Nation Act (PL 114-322), and FY 2018 Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies appropriations bill; Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2017 (PL 155-31) Implementation of Executive Order 13788 (Buy American and Hire American), and other potential presidential actions related to procurement.

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
CHRISTOPHER REED ECKHOLD —
CHRISTOPHER TRACI —
MICHAEL WESSEL —

Contacted: U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Executive Office of the President (EOP); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; SENATE

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.