2nd Quarter - Report — VENTURE GOVERNMENT STRATEGIES, LLC (FKA… for POET, LLC (2026)

Firm

VENTURE GOVERNMENT STRATEGIES, LLC (FKA HOBART HALLAWAY & QUAYLE VENTURES, LLC)

Client

POET, LLC

Income

$50,000

Expenses

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What was lobbied

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

Taxation/Internal Revenue Code TAX

Monitor and support the implementation of the Section 45Z clean fuel production tax credit, Section 45Q, the Section 40B sustainable aviation fuel credit, and related provisions of P.L.117-169, Inflation Reduction Act.

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
JONATHAN BLUM	—
WILL BREWSTER	—
RASHID HALLAWAY	—
JACOB HOCHBERG	—
CLAUDIA RYCHLIK	—

Contacted: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); Executive Office of the President (EOP); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; SENATE; Treasury, Dept of; Energy, Dept of

Fuel/Gas/Oil FUE

Issues related to year-round sale of E15. Issues related to carbon capture and sequestration. Issues related to Class VI permits.

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
JONATHAN BLUM	—
WILL BREWSTER	—
RASHID HALLAWAY	—
JACOB HOCHBERG	—
CLAUDIA RYCHLIK	—

Contacted: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Executive Office of the President (EOP); SENATE; Energy, Dept of; Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)

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.