3rd Quarter - Report — NETWORK LOBBY FOR CATHOLIC SOCIAL JUSTI… for NETWORK (2017)

Environment/Superfund ENV

NETWORK supports bipartisan efforts to protect people and the earth from damage due to climate change.

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
LAURA TRACY PERALTA-SCHULTE	—

Contacted: Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); Justice, Dept of (DOJ); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Labor, Dept of (DOL); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); White House Office; SENATE; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Civil Rights/Civil Liberties CIV

NETWORK strongly supports the restoration the Voting Rights Act. NETWORK strongly oppose President Trump's Executive Orders that restrict the entrants of refugees from Muslim majority countries. NETWORK strongly opposes efforts to undermine Civil Rights protections for communities of color and other vulnerable communities.

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
LAURA TRACY PERALTA-SCHULTE	—

Contacted: Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD); SENATE; U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); White House Office; Justice, Dept of (DOJ); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Labor, Dept of (DOL)

Defense DEF

NETWORK strongly opposes increased funding the the military and urges Congress to audit Pentagon spending to ensure taxpayer funds are used appropriately. NETWORK strongly opposes the use of the Overseas Contingency Operations account and believes all military funding should be on budget to increase transparency. NETWORK opposes an increase in funding for more nuclear weapons.

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
MARGE M CLARK	—

Contacted: White House Office; Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Justice, Dept of (DOJ); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); SENATE; Labor, Dept of (DOL); Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; U.S. Trade Representative (USTR)

Housing HOU

NETWORK believes that housing is a basic human right, and a foundation for a persons ability to meet their own needs. NETWORK strongly supports full funding for critical housing programs including HOME and Community Block Grant programs. NETWORK strongly support full funding of housing voucher programs which provide accessibility to housing for low and extremely low income people. NETWORK strongly supports fully fund the National Housing Trust Fund (HTF) and rental assistance programs. NETWORK strongly supports increased funds for the McKinney-Vento program for the homeless and the Rapid Re-Housing program which is being successful in getting homeless people into affordable units. NETWORK strongly supports fully funding programs for construct of new and maintain existing affordable housing units. NETWORK supports reform of the Mortgage Interest Deduction. This tax incentive costs the federal government $70 billion a year and largely benefits the highest-income families. Those funds should be reinvest in housing program for low income families and to create a new renter tax credit to help the lowest-income renters afford decent, stable housing. NETWORK support the Low Income Housing Tax Credit as a way to encourage the development of low income housing.

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
MARGE M CLARK	—

Contacted: Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Justice, Dept of (DOJ); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; SENATE; White House Office; Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD); Labor, Dept of (DOL)

Consumer Issues/Safety/Products CSP

NETWORK strongly supports the work of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and believes the agency should continue to receive funding from the Federal Reserve as required by the Dodd-Frank. NETWORK strongly opposes President Trumps Executive Order which requires the elimination of two regulations for every new regulation believing it puts at risk the health and safety of people and the environment. NETWORK opposes the Financial Choice Act because it fails to protect the public interest and defend consumers and investors from Wall Street wrongdoing and the economy from financial risks created by too big to fail financial institutions. NETWORK opposes the Midnight Rules Relief Act because it repeals key health and safety safeguards. NETWORK opposes the Regulatory Accountability Act because it would cripple the Federal Government's ability to protect the health and safety of people and the environment.

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
MARGE M CLARK	—

Contacted: White House Office; Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Justice, Dept of (DOJ); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Labor, Dept of (DOL); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); SENATE; U.S. Trade Representative (USTR)

Homeland Security HOM

NETWORK strongly supports Comprehensive Immigration Reform that provides a pathway to citizenship for 11 million undocumented individuals currently living in America. NETWORK strongly opposes the Trump Administration termination of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrival Program (DACA). NETWORK strongly supports the bi-partisan DREAM Act that provides a pathway to citizenship for recipients of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrival program (DACA) and believe Congress should pass the act immediately. NETWORK strongly opposes the Department of Homeland Security and the Department of Justice efforts to engage in the mass deportation of 11 million aspiring Americans who live in communities across the U.S. NETWORK strongly opposes efforts to restrict asylum seekers from entering the United States at our southern border and believes this is in violation of U.S. and international obligations. NETWORK strongly opposes any funding for a mass deportation force, expanded immigrant detention centers and a border wall. NETWORK strongly supports local governments who have taken steps to protect immigrant community members by laws and policies and opposes the Trump Administration's efforts to take any funds away from sanctuary jurisdictions. NETWORK strongly oppose President Trump's Executive Orders that restrict the entrants of refugees from Muslim majority countries. NETWORK opposes the Administration's Presidential Determination (PD) for Refugee Admissions for Fiscal Year 2018 at 45,000 as woefully inadequate in this time of crisis around the globe. NETWORK supports the extension of Temporary Protected Status for Haiti, El Salvador, and Honduras.

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
LAURA TRACY PERALTA-SCHULTE	—

Contacted: Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD); Labor, Dept of (DOL); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); White House Office; Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); Justice, Dept of (DOJ); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Office of Management & Budget (OMB); SENATE

Trade (domestic/foreign) TRD

NETWORK believes that the rules of the global economy must work for the benefit of all, rather then the privileged few and corporate interests. The goal of U.S. trade policy should be to promote sustainable development that mutually benefits all members of society. NETWORK supports a renegotiation of NAFTA which is transparent and focuses on increasing protections for all workers, including the ability of workers to unionize, increases environmental protections, increases food security for vulnerable farmers particularly in developing countries, limits corporate control of tribunals and encourage access to medicines by rejecting industry efforts to increase periods of patent protection or data exclusivity. NETWORK strongly supports trade policies that promote food security and eradication of poverty. NETWORK strongly supports trade policies that promote the access of life-saving medicines for patients around the world. NETWORK strongly supports trade policies that guarantee accountability through robust and transparent dispute resolution mechanisms that protect the rights of citizens against powerful corporate interests. NETWORK opposes the current ISDS system and asks the Administration to terminate the system in NAFTA and other treaties. NETWORK strongly supports trade policies that enhance workers' rights in the U.S. and around the world. Such rights must be fully enforceable in trade agreements. NETWORK strongly supports trade policies that enhance the environment in the U.S. and around the world. Such rights must be fully enforceable in trade agreements. NETWORK strongly supports trade policies that enhance the the protection of human rights and enforceable standards that eradicate human slavery and child labor.

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
LAURA TRACY PERALTA-SCHULTE	—

Contacted: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Justice, Dept of (DOJ); White House Office; SENATE; Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Labor, Dept of (DOL); Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS)

Taxation/Internal Revenue Code TAX

NETWORK believes a strong and prosperous society requires everyone to contribute. Without taxes there would be no public education and health systems, safe communities, secure retirements, reliable transportation systems, breakthrough research for medical cures, clean renewable energy, and an economic security system to protect and boost struggling families. NETWORK believes the current federal tax system allows and encourages the wealthy and corporations to avoid paying their fair share of taxes and is fundamentally unjust. To create an economy that works for all, the wealthy and corporations should pay more in taxes than they pay now. NETWORK believes corporations derive enormous benefits from the public investments and protections that our tax dollars support and they have a responsibility to contribute. The tax incentives for multinational corporations to shift jobs and profits offshore to avoid taxation should be eliminated, which would level the playing field for small businesses and domestic corporations For decades, wealth and income have grown more and more concentrated in fewer and fewer hands. NETWORK opposes any tax plan that provides tax relief for wealthy individuals and further skews the economy and the tax code away from the vast majority of working people. NETWORK opposes President Trumps tax plan because it is regressive and provides massive tax relief to the very wealthy and big corporations. NETWORK supports expanding the Earned Income Tax Credit for younger low income workers and workers with grown children who are currently taxed into poverty. NETWORK supports expanding the Child Tax Credit by making the credit fully refundable and indexing the credit to make it more accessible for low income children. NETWORK supports reform of the Mortgage Interest Deduction. This tax incentive costs the federal government $70 billion a year and largely benefits the highest-income families. Those funds should be reinvest in housing program for low income families and to create a new renter tax credit to help the lowest-income renters afford decent, stable housing. NETWORK support the Low Income Housing Tax Credit as a way to encourage the development of low income housing.

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
LAURA TRACY PERALTA-SCHULTE	—

Contacted: Labor, Dept of (DOL); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); SENATE; White House Office; Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); Justice, Dept of (DOJ); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Law Enforcement/Crime/Criminal Justice LAW

NETWORK strongly supports legislation that restores equity and proportionality in sentencing and eliminates racial inequality in sentencing. NETWORK strongly supports investment that reduces recidivism and builds viable pathways for reintegration into society. NETWORK strongly supports reduced spending on public prisons and the elimination of the private prison system.

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
MARGE M CLARK	—

Contacted: Labor, Dept of (DOL); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); SENATE; Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); White House Office; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD); Justice, Dept of (DOJ)

Health Issues HCR

NETWORK believes that healthcare is a fundamental human right not a privilege for those that can afford coverage. NETWORK believes the Affordable Care Act has been a success. Under the law, 20 million Americans have gained health care coverage including vulnerable families and individuals through the expansion of MEDICAID. NETWORK strongly believes that all states should immediately expand Medicaid coverage under the ACA to provide care for low income Americans. NETWORK believes any changes to the Affordable Care Act must immediately result in an equitable replacement that maintains or improves access to stable, affordable, quality healthcare and healthcare coverage. NETWORK strongly opposes the American Health Care Act and the Better Care Reconciliation Act because of the detrimental impacts it will have on the health and well being of millions of Americans. NETWORK opposes Graham-Cassidy bill or any effort to alter the Medicaid Program by replacing the current entitlement structure to a "Per Capita Cap or Block Granting"scheme. Those changes would severely cut federal funding for Medicaid and thus millions of vulnerable Americans would lose coverage. NETWORK urges Congress to take swift action to fund the Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP) to ensure health coverage for 8.9 million children who rely on the program. NETWORK urges Congress to protect the Prevention and Public Health Fund. Repealing this fund will leave funding gaps in essential public health programs that states use to keep communities healthy and safe. NETWORK supports bipartisan efforts to stabilize health exchanges under the Affordable Care Act including the Alexander-Murray bill which provides cost sharing reduction subsidies to providers in order to keep costs low for patients. NETWORK urges the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services to prioritize outreach and enrollment efforts for the 2018 open enrollment period.

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
LAURA TRACY PERALTA-SCHULTE	—

Contacted: Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Justice, Dept of (DOJ); Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD); White House Office; Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); SENATE; U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); Labor, Dept of (DOL); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Foreign Relations FOR

NETWORK supports maintaining the Office of Religion and Global Affairs in the U.S. State Department. NETWORK strongly opposes the Trump Administrations decision to set the presidential determination for refugee admissions at 45,000 for Fiscal Year 2018.

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
LAURA TRACY PERALTA-SCHULTE	—

Contacted: U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; SENATE; Justice, Dept of (DOJ); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Labor, Dept of (DOL); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD); White House Office

Medicare/Medicaid MMM

NETWORK believes that healthcare is a fundamental human right not a privilege for those that can afford coverage. NETWORK believes the Affordable Care Act has been a success. Under the law, 20 million Americans have gained health care coverage including vulnerable families and individuals through the expansion of MEDICAID. NETWORK strongly believes that all states should immediately expand Medicaid coverage under the ACA to provide care for low income Americans. NETWORK believes any changes to the Affordable Care Act must immediately result in an equitable replacement that maintains or improves access to stable, affordable, quality healthcare and healthcare coverage. NETWORK strongly opposes the American Health Care Act and the Better Care Reconciliation Act because of the detrimental impacts it will have on the health and well being of millions of Americans. NETWORK opposes the Graham-Cassidy bill or any effort to alter the Medicaid Program by replacing the current entitlement structure to a "Per Capita Cap or Block Granting"scheme. Those changes would severely cut federal funding for Medicaid and thus millions of vulnerable Americans would lose coverage. NETWORK urges Congress to take swift action to fund the Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP) to ensure health coverage for 8.9 million children who rely on the program. NETWORK urges Congress to protect the Prevention and Public Health Fund. Repealing this fund will leave funding gaps in essential public health programs that states use to keep communities healthy and safe. NETWORK supports bipartisan efforts to stabilize health exchanges under the Affordable Care Act including the Alexander-Murray bill which provides cost sharing reduction subsidies to providers in order to keep costs low for patients. NETWORK urges the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services to prioritize outreach and enrollment efforts for the 2018 open enrollment period.

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
LAURA TRACY PERALTA-SCHULTE	—

Contacted: U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Justice, Dept of (DOJ); Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD); Labor, Dept of (DOL); White House Office; SENATE; Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS)

Budget/Appropriations BUD

NETWORK strongly supports removing sequester cuts for all human needs programs aimed at providing assistance to people living in or near poverty. NETWORK strongly supports increasing the budget for non-discretionary programs to invest in community, expand economic opportunity, and meet the needs of people living in poverty. NETWORK supports a federal budget which asks all taxpayers to pay their fair share of taxes to support the common good. NETWORK believes that funding for military programs should be reduced and that military funding should not be paid for by cuts to human needs spending programs. NETWORK does not support the inclusion of ideological riders in any budget agreement. NETWORK opposes increased funding to build a bigger wall on our southern border, to expand a deportation force or to expand immigrant detention centers.

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
MARGE M CLARK	—
LAURA TRACY PERALTA-SCHULTE	—

Contacted: Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Labor, Dept of (DOL); Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; White House Office; Justice, Dept of (DOJ); SENATE; Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR)

Family issues/Abortion/Adoption FAM

NETWORK supports the expansion of the Child Tax Credit by making the credit fully refundable and indexing the credit to assist low income families receiving the credit. NETWORK supports the Paycheck Fairness Act so that all workers are paid equal wages for equal work. NETWORK supports the Family and Medical Insurance Leave Act that provides workers with access to paid medical leave to care for their family. NETWORK supports the Healthy Families Act which provides earned paid sick days. NETWORK supports the Schedules that Work Act that gives workers more control over their schedules. NETWORK supports fully funding after school programs, early childhood education programs, and child care programs for low income families so that working families can be successful at work and their children can thrive. NETWORK supports the expansion of the Earned Income Tax Credit so that young workers and workers who do not have dependent children living at home are not taxed into poverty.

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
MARGE M CLARK	—

Contacted: U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Justice, Dept of (DOJ); White House Office; SENATE; Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD); Labor, Dept of (DOL)

Immigration IMM

NETWORK strongly supports Comprehensive Immigration Reform that promotes family unity and provides a pathway to citizenship for 11 million undocumented individuals currently living in America. NETWORK strongly supports the bi-partisan DREAM Act that provides a pathway to citizenship for recipients of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrival program (DACA) and believes it should be passed immediately to protect Dreamers. NETWORK strongly opposes the Department of Homeland Security and the Department of Justice efforts to engage in the mass deportation of 11 million aspiring Americans who live in communities across the U.S. NETWORK strongly opposes efforts to restrict asylum seekers from entering the United States at our southern border and believes this is in violation of U.S. and international obligations. NETWORK strongly opposes any funding for a mass deportation force, expanded immigrant detention centers and a border wall. NETWORK strongly supports local governments who have taken steps to protect immigrant community members by laws and policies and opposes the Trump Administration's efforts to take any funds away from sanctuary jurisdictions. NETWORK strongly oppose President Trump's Executive Orders that restrict the entrants of refugees from Muslim majority countries. NETWORK opposes the Administration's Presidential Determination (PD) for Refugee Admissions for Fiscal Year 2018 at 45,000 as woefully inadequate in this time of crisis around the globe. NETWORK supports the extension of Temporary Protected Status for Haiti, El Salvador, and Honduras.

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
LAURA TRACY PERALTA-SCHULTE	—

Contacted: Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); SENATE; Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Labor, Dept of (DOL); Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD); Justice, Dept of (DOJ); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); White House Office; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Labor Issues/Antitrust/Workplace LBR

NETWORK strongly supports the Raise the Wage Act of 2017 which raises the federal minimum wage to 15$ by 2024. NETWORK strongly supports the Pay Equity for All Act to address the pervasive pay gap that women and people of color experience. NETWORK strongly supports the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act that promotes healthy pregnancies and economic security for pregnant women and their families. NETWORK strongly supports the Family and Medical Insurance Leave Act so that all workers have access to paid medical leave to care for their family. NETWORK supports the Healthy Families Act which provides earned paid sick days. NETWORK supports the Schedules that Work Act that gives workers more control over their schedules. NETWORK strongly supports the expansion of the Earned Income Tax Credit so that young workers and workers who do not have dependent children living at home are not taxed into poverty.

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
MARGE M CLARK	—
LAURA TRACY PERALTA-SCHULTE	—

Contacted: Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Labor, Dept of (DOL); Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD); Justice, Dept of (DOJ); White House Office; U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); SENATE; Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS)

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