4th Quarter - Report

MEHLMAN CONSULTING, INC. for CLOUDFLARE

Firm
Client
Income
$40,000
Expenses
—

What was lobbied

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

Computer Industry CPI

Cyber-security; Internet industry growth and network management. Encryption to protect consumers and online privacy. The role of Internet intermediaries in addressing hate speech and similar content online. Section 230 reform. Competition policy and cloud services. Privacy legislation and regulation. DNS over HTTPSIP protection and web security/consumer privacy. Federal Procurement of COTS cyber solutions. Network Usage Fees. S.1199 - STOP CSAM Act of 2023.

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
LAUREN ARONSON —
ERICA JAY CHABOT New Staff Asst, Leg Corres, Asst Schd, Asst to COS, Press Asst, Dep Press Sec, Leg Dir (Senator Patrick Leahy); Prof Staff (Sen Approp Comm); LD (Sen Pres Pro Temp Emeritus); Dep COS (Senate Consult); Staff Dir (Sen Ag Comm)
STEPHEN M. COTE —
NICHOLE DISTEFANO —
SAGE EASTMAN —
ELISE FINLEY PICKERING —
VICTORIA D FLOOD —
LISA GOLDMAN —
ROSEMARY GUTIERREZ —
CONSTANTINE HINGSON —
ZACHARY MALLOVE —
BRUCE MEHLMAN —
ALYENE MLINAR New Pol Adv (Maj Leader Scalise); Pol Adv (Min Whip Scalise); Pol Adv (House Oversight/Govt Reform Comm); Prof Staff Member (Ways and Means Subcom on Health/Brady), Pol Adv (Sen Rep Policy Comm/Barrasso); Leg Asst (Senator Ben Sasse)
ALEXANDER PERKINS —
MICHAEL ROBINSON —
DEAN ROSEN —
DAVID R THOMAS —
PAUL THORNELL —
HELEN TOLAR —
CAITLIN VAN SANT —

Contacted: SENATE; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Bills named: S. 1199 (118th)

Homeland Security HOM

Cyber-security. Information sharing. Encryption policy. Protecting networks form DDoS attacks. IoT policy. Privacy legislation and regulation. Federal Procurement of COTS cyber solutions. Artificial Intelligence policy proposals.

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
LAUREN ARONSON —
ERICA JAY CHABOT New Staff Asst, Leg Corres, Asst Schd, Asst to COS, Press Asst, Dep Press Sec, Leg Dir (Senator Patrick Leahy); Prof Staff (Sen Approp Comm); LD (Sen Pres Pro Temp Emeritus); Dep COS (Senate Consult); Staff Dir (Sen Ag Comm)
STEPHEN M. COTE —
NICHOLE DISTEFANO —
SAGE EASTMAN —
ELISE FINLEY PICKERING —
VICTORIA D FLOOD —
LISA GOLDMAN —
ROSEMARY GUTIERREZ —
CONSTANTINE HINGSON —
ZACHARY MALLOVE —
BRUCE MEHLMAN —
ALYENE MLINAR New Pol Adv (Maj Leader Scalise); Pol Adv (Min Whip Scalise); Pol Adv (House Oversight/Govt Reform Comm); Prof Staff Member (Ways and Means Subcom on Health/Brady), Pol Adv (Sen Rep Policy Comm/Barrasso); Leg Asst (Senator Ben Sasse)
ALEXANDER PERKINS —
MICHAEL ROBINSON —
DEAN ROSEN —
DAVID R THOMAS —
PAUL THORNELL —
HELEN TOLAR —
CAITLIN VAN SANT —

Contacted: SENATE; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Intelligence INT

Global internet freedom of speech. Internet Governance. Privacy legislation and regulation.

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
LAUREN ARONSON —
ERICA JAY CHABOT New Staff Asst, Leg Corres, Asst Schd, Asst to COS, Press Asst, Dep Press Sec, Leg Dir (Senator Patrick Leahy); Prof Staff (Sen Approp Comm); LD (Sen Pres Pro Temp Emeritus); Dep COS (Senate Consult); Staff Dir (Sen Ag Comm)
STEPHEN M. COTE —
NICHOLE DISTEFANO —
SAGE EASTMAN —
ELISE FINLEY PICKERING —
VICTORIA D FLOOD —
LISA GOLDMAN —
ROSEMARY GUTIERREZ —
CONSTANTINE HINGSON —
ZACHARY MALLOVE —
BRUCE MEHLMAN —
ALYENE MLINAR New Pol Adv (Maj Leader Scalise); Pol Adv (Min Whip Scalise); Pol Adv (House Oversight/Govt Reform Comm); Prof Staff Member (Ways and Means Subcom on Health/Brady), Pol Adv (Sen Rep Policy Comm/Barrasso); Leg Asst (Senator Ben Sasse)
ALEXANDER PERKINS —
MICHAEL ROBINSON —
DEAN ROSEN —
DAVID R THOMAS —
PAUL THORNELL —
HELEN TOLAR —
CAITLIN VAN SANT —

Contacted: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; SENATE

Trade (domestic/foreign) TRD

Cross-border data flows. Platform liability and copyright protection. EU General Data Protection Regulation. Network usage fees. Proposal to require verified identification of global cloud services customers. Monitoring H.R. 2670/S. 2226 - The National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2024.

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
LAUREN ARONSON —
ERICA JAY CHABOT New Staff Asst, Leg Corres, Asst Schd, Asst to COS, Press Asst, Dep Press Sec, Leg Dir (Senator Patrick Leahy); Prof Staff (Sen Approp Comm); LD (Sen Pres Pro Temp Emeritus); Dep COS (Senate Consult); Staff Dir (Sen Ag Comm)
STEPHEN M. COTE —
NICHOLE DISTEFANO —
SAGE EASTMAN —
ELISE FINLEY PICKERING —
VICTORIA D FLOOD —
LISA GOLDMAN —
ROSEMARY GUTIERREZ —
CONSTANTINE HINGSON —
ZACHARY MALLOVE —
BRUCE MEHLMAN —
ALYENE MLINAR New Pol Adv (Maj Leader Scalise); Pol Adv (Min Whip Scalise); Pol Adv (House Oversight/Govt Reform Comm); Prof Staff Member (Ways and Means Subcom on Health/Brady), Pol Adv (Sen Rep Policy Comm/Barrasso); Leg Asst (Senator Ben Sasse)
ALEXANDER PERKINS —
MICHAEL ROBINSON —
DEAN ROSEN —
DAVID R THOMAS —
PAUL THORNELL —
HELEN TOLAR —
CAITLIN VAN SANT —

Contacted: SENATE; Natl Security Council (NSC); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); State, Dept of (DOS); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; U.S. Trade Representative (USTR)

Bills named: H.R. 2670 (118th), S. 2226 (118th)

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.