1st Quarter - Report · 2026

LBR — Labor Issues/Antitrust/Workplace

Issues related to workforce Issues related to the National Labor Relations Act/National Labor Relations Board H.R. 5267 The American Franchise Act S. 3525 A Bill to Preserve the Franchise Business Model

Lobbyists: MARC LAMPKIN; ms ELIZABETH ANNE MAIER; DAVID REID; NADEAM ELSHAMI; mr GEOFFREY GRANT BURR; BRIAN THOMAS MCGUIRE; ANDREW USYK; DOUGLAS MAGUIRE; mr JOHN REISING (covered position: Scheduler, Operations Director, Member Services Director, Deputy Chief of Staff- Majority Leader Steve Scalise; Operations Director, Rep. Bill Flores; Scheduler, Rep. Austin Scott; Intern, Senator Trent Lott.) [new]

Government entities lobbied: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Labor, Dept of (DOL); SENATE

EDU — Education

Issues related to workforce access to education

Lobbyists: MARC LAMPKIN; DAVID REID; ms ELIZABETH ANNE MAIER; mr GEOFFREY GRANT BURR; ANDREW USYK; NADEAM ELSHAMI

AGR — Agriculture

Issues related to nutrition, food quality, and food ingredients.

Lobbyists: MARC LAMPKIN; ANDREW USYK

TAR — Tariff (miscellaneous tariff bills)

Tariff issues affecting the restaurant supply chain.

Lobbyists: MARC LAMPKIN; mr JOSEPH BRADY HOWELL (covered position: Treas., Leg. Aff., Sr Adv.; H. For. Aff. Comm., Rep Royce, Asst. Staff Dir., Pol. An., Spec. Asst.; H. Admin. Comm., Rep Miller, Int.; H. For. Aff. Comm., Eur./Eurasia Sub., Rep Burton, Prof. Staff, Rep./Policy Adv., Assoc., Rep.; Rep Burton, Int.) [new]