1st Quarter - Report

CORNERSTONE GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS, INC. for COBANK

Period 1st Quarter 2025 Filed Apr 18, 2025 Signed by Stacey Scholl

Official filing
Firm
CORNERSTONE GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS, INC.
Client
COBANK
Income
$130,000
Expenses
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What was lobbied

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

Trade (domestic/foreign) TRD

Agriculture export finance, including export credit guarantees; Reauthorization and Extension of the omnibus Farm Bill; Agriculture appropriations; Expanding Agricultural Exports Act (S. 176/H.R 648)

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
FRED JAMES CLARK Chief Counsel House Ag Cmte (Boozman); Sr Counsel & Chief Counsel Ag Cmte (Roberts)
LAVERNE PATRICK HUBERT Min Chief Counsel, Senate Ag Cmte, Chief Counsel, LD & COS House Ag Cmte
LOUIE PERRY LA House Member Office (Huckaby)
JAMES RICHARDS COS House Member Office (Pearce); Director IGA USDA, Appropriations Associate House Member Office (Skeen & Bonilla)
THOMAS HUNT SHIPMAN Maj Staff Dir Sen Ag Cmte, Dep UndSec Farm; Foreign Ag; LA Senate Member Office (Cochran); Senate Approps Cmte

Contacted: SENATE; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Bills named: H.R. 648 (119th), S. 176 (119th)

Budget/Appropriations BUD

Reauthorization and Extension of the omnibus Farm Bill; Agriculture appropriations, including for rural water, energy, and telecommunications; Agriculture export programs, including export credit guarantees; Rural development

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
FRED JAMES CLARK Chief Counsel House Ag Cmte (Boozman); Sr Counsel & Chief Counsel Ag Cmte (Roberts)
LAVERNE PATRICK HUBERT Min Chief Counsel, Senate Ag Cmte, Chief Counsel, LD & COS House Ag Cmte
LOUIE PERRY LA House Member Office (Huckaby)
JAMES RICHARDS COS House Member Office (Pearce); Director IGA USDA; Appropriations Associate House Mem Office (Skeen & Bonilla)
THOMAS HUNT SHIPMAN Maj Staff Dir Sen Ag Cmte, Dep UndSec Farm; Foreign Ag; LA Senate Member Office (Cochran); Senate Approprs Cmte

Contacted: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; SENATE

Agriculture AGR

Reauthorization and Extension of the omnibus Farm Bill; Agriculture appropriations; Agriculture export programs, including export credit guarantees; Rural development; Investing in Rural Communities Act (H.R. 4736); Producer and Agricultural Credit Enhancement Act (PACE) Act (S. 2890/H.R. 5631); Farm Credit Administration Independent Authority Act (H.R. 2423) Expanding Agricultural Exports Act (S. 176/H.R 648)

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
FRED JAMES CLARK Chief Counsel House Ag Cmte (Boozman); Sr Counsel & Chief Counsel Ag Cmte (Roberts)
LAVERNE PATRICK HUBERT Min Chief Counsel, Senate Ag Cmte, Chief Counsel, LD & COS House Ag Cmte
LOUIE PERRY LA House Member Office (Huckaby)
JAMES RICHARDS COS House Member Office (Pearce); Director IGA USDA; Appropriations Associate House Mem Office (Skeen & Bonilla)
THOMAS HUNT SHIPMAN Maj Staff Dir Sen Ag Cmte, Dep UndSec Farm; Foreign Ag; LA Senate Member Office (Cochran); Senate Approps Cmte

Contacted: SENATE; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Bills named: H.R. 5631 (119th), S. 176 (119th), H.R. 4736 (119th), S. 2890 (119th), H.R. 2423 (119th), H.R. 648 (119th)

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.