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1st Quarter - Report · 2026

Filing UUID
84990958-87e7-48a4-95ef-54e7ef1c0517
Type
Q1 — 1st Quarter - Report
Period
first_quarter
Year
2026
Posted
2026-04-15 21:01:47
Income (reported)
$20,000
Expenses (reported)
Filing document
Open on lda.senate.gov

Registrant (lobbying firm)

CORNERSTONE GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS, INC.

Government relations and consulting.

Contact
STACEY SCHOLL
Phone
+1 202-370-1015
Address
zip:20024, city:Washington, state:DC, street:800 Maine Ave. SW Floor 7

Client

AMERICAN CRITICAL MINERALS ASSOCIATION

Advocating for the critical mineral industry.

State
DC
Country
US
Effective date
2024-04-15

Issues lobbied + lobbyists

DEF — Defense

Education and advocacy focused on advancing domestic capabilities and incentives for the permitting, production, processing, refining and recycling of critical minerals to strengthen national supply chains and promote sustainability.

Lobbyists: BRENT GREENFIELD (covered position: Special Counsel, Federal Communications Commission); SARAH VENUTO (covered position: Senior Advisor(Manchin); Counsel, Comm Energy & Natural Resources Chief Counsel; Chief Counsel (Manchin); Staff Director, Comm on Energy & Natural Resources; Director, Office of External Affairs, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission); JOSEPH BARTON (covered position: LA House Member Office (Boehner)) [new]; mrs COLLEEN KAVENEY MOSS (covered position: Legislative Correspondent, Staff Assistant, Senator Roy Blunt) [new]; RONALD STORHAUG (covered position: Dep Asst Sec, Dep of Treasury; Director of Tax and Econ Policy, Tax and Econ Policy Advisor, Senate Small Business Cmte; Sr Econ Policy Advisor, Econ Policy Advisor, Legis Asst, Senate Member Office(Kaine);Staff Asst, Senate Budget Committee) [new]; ADAM YEZERSKI (covered position: Professional Staff Member, Senate Committee on Appropriations; Military Legislative Assistant, Senate Member Office (Shelby);Legislative Correspondent, Senate Member Office (Shelby))

Government entities lobbied: Defense, Dept of (DOD); Energy, Dept of; Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); Executive Office of the President (EOP); Export-Import Bank of the United States (EXIM Bank); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Interior, Dept of (DOI); SENATE; State, Dept of (DOS)

MAN — Manufacturing

Education and advocacy focused on advancing domestic capabilities and incentives for the permitting, production, processing, refining and recycling of critical minerals to strengthen national supply chains and promote sustainability.

Lobbyists: BRENT GREENFIELD (covered position: Special Counsel, Federal Communications Commission); SARAH VENUTO (covered position: Policy Coordinator, House Energy & Commerce Committee; Policy Director, Sr Legis Asst, House Member Office (Shimkus); Sr Legis Asst, Legislative Assistant, Legislative Correspondent, Staff Assistant, House Member Office (Hastert)); JOSEPH BARTON (covered position: LA House Member Office (Boehner)) [new]; mrs COLLEEN KAVENEY MOSS (covered position: Legislative Correspondent, Staff Assistant, Senator Roy Blunt) [new]; RONALD STORHAUG (covered position: Dep Asst Sec, Dep of Treasury; Director of Tax and Econ Policy, Tax and Econ Policy Advisor, Senate Small Business Cmte; Sr Econ Policy Advisor, Econ Policy Advisor, Legis Asst, Senate Member Office(Kaine);Staff Asst, Senate Budget Committee) [new]; ADAM YEZERSKI (covered position: Professional Staff Member, Senate Committee on Appropriations; Military Legislative Assistant, Senate Member Office (Shelby);Legislative Correspondent, Senate Member Office (Shelby))

Government entities lobbied: Defense, Dept of (DOD); Energy, Dept of; Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); Executive Office of the President (EOP); Export-Import Bank of the United States (EXIM Bank); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Interior, Dept of (DOI); SENATE; State, Dept of (DOS)

NAT — Natural Resources

Education and advocacy focused on advancing domestic capabilities and incentives for the permitting, production, processing, refining and recycling of critical minerals to strengthen national supply chains and promote sustainability.

Lobbyists: BRENT GREENFIELD (covered position: Special Counsel, Federal Communications Commission); SARAH VENUTO (covered position: Senior Advisor(Manchin); Counsel, Comm Energy & Natural Resources Chief Counsel; Chief Counsel (Manchin); Staff Director, Comm on Energy & Natural Resources; Director, Office of External Affairs, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission); JOSEPH BARTON (covered position: LA House Member Office (Boehner)) [new]; mrs COLLEEN KAVENEY MOSS (covered position: Legislative Correspondent, Staff Assistant, Senator Roy Blunt) [new]; RONALD STORHAUG (covered position: Dep Asst Sec, Dep of Treasury; Director of Tax and Econ Policy, Tax and Econ Policy Advisor, Senate Small Business Cmte; Sr Econ Policy Advisor, Econ Policy Advisor, Legis Asst, Senate Member Office(Kaine);Staff Asst, Senate Budget Committee) [new]

Government entities lobbied: Defense, Dept of (DOD); Energy, Dept of; Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); Executive Office of the President (EOP); Export-Import Bank of the United States (EXIM Bank); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Interior, Dept of (DOI); SENATE; State, Dept of (DOS)

SCI — Science/Technology

Education and advocacy focused on advancing domestic capabilities and incentives for the permitting, production, processing, refining and recycling of critical minerals to strengthen national supply chains and promote sustainability.

Lobbyists: BRENT GREENFIELD (covered position: Special Counsel, Federal Communications Commission); SARAH VENUTO (covered position: Senior Advisor(Manchin); Counsel, Comm Energy & Natural Resources Chief Counsel; Chief Counsel (Manchin); Staff Director, Comm on Energy & Natural Resources; Director, Office of External Affairs, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission); JOSEPH BARTON (covered position: LA House Member Office (Boehner)) [new]; mrs COLLEEN KAVENEY MOSS (covered position: Legislative Correspondent, Staff Assistant, Senator Roy Blunt) [new]; RONALD STORHAUG (covered position: Dep Asst Sec, Dep of Treasury; Director of Tax and Econ Policy, Tax and Econ Policy Advisor, Senate Small Business Cmte; Sr Econ Policy Advisor, Econ Policy Advisor, Legis Asst, Senate Member Office(Kaine);Staff Asst, Senate Budget Committee) [new]; ADAM YEZERSKI (covered position: Professional Staff Member, Senate Committee on Appropriations; Military Legislative Assistant, Senate Member Office (Shelby);Legislative Correspondent, Senate Member Office (Shelby))

Government entities lobbied: Defense, Dept of (DOD); Energy, Dept of; Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); Executive Office of the President (EOP); Export-Import Bank of the United States (EXIM Bank); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Interior, Dept of (DOI); SENATE; State, Dept of (DOS)

TAX — Taxation/Internal Revenue Code

Education and advocacy focused on advancing domestic capabilities and incentives for the permitting, production, processing, refining and recycling of critical minerals to strengthen national supply chains and promote sustainability.

Lobbyists: BRENT GREENFIELD (covered position: Special Counsel, Federal Communications Commission); SARAH VENUTO (covered position: Senior Advisor(Manchin); Counsel, Comm Energy & Natural Resources Chief Counsel; Chief Counsel (Manchin); Staff Director, Comm on Energy & Natural Resources; Director, Office of External Affairs, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission); JOSEPH BARTON (covered position: LA House Member Office (Boehner)) [new]; mrs COLLEEN KAVENEY MOSS (covered position: Legislative Correspondent, Staff Assistant, Senator Roy Blunt) [new]; RONALD STORHAUG (covered position: Dep Asst Sec, Dep of Treasury; Director of Tax and Econ Policy, Tax and Econ Policy Advisor, Senate Small Business Cmte; Sr Econ Policy Advisor, Econ Policy Advisor, Legis Asst, Senate Member Office(Kaine);Staff Asst, Senate Budget Committee) [new]; STEPHEN SANDORA (covered position: Sr Counselor, Office of the Dep Secretary, DoT; Proff Staff, House Financial Services Cmte ; Special Advisor, Office of Economic Policy, DoT, Leg Assistant (Capito); Leg Aide (Fitzpatrick)); ADAM YEZERSKI (covered position: Professional Staff Member, Senate Committee on Appropriations; Military Legislative Assistant, Senate Member Office (Shelby);Legislative Correspondent, Senate Member Office (Shelby))

Government entities lobbied: Defense, Dept of (DOD); Energy, Dept of; Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); Executive Office of the President (EOP); Export-Import Bank of the United States (EXIM Bank); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Interior, Dept of (DOI); SENATE; State, Dept of (DOS)

ENG — Energy/Nuclear

Education and advocacy focused on advancing domestic capabilities and incentives for the permitting, production, processing, refining and recycling of critical minerals to strengthen national supply chains and promote sustainability.

Lobbyists: BRENT GREENFIELD (covered position: Special Counsel, Federal Communications Commission); SARAH VENUTO (covered position: Senior Advisor(Manchin); Counsel, Comm Energy & Natural Resources Chief Counsel; Chief Counsel (Manchin); Staff Director, Comm on Energy & Natural Resources; Director, Office of External Affairs, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission); JOSEPH BARTON (covered position: LA House Member Office (Boehner)) [new]; mrs COLLEEN KAVENEY MOSS (covered position: Legislative Correspondent, Staff Assistant, Senator Roy Blunt) [new]; RONALD STORHAUG (covered position: Dep Asst Sec, Dep of Treasury; Director of Tax and Econ Policy, Tax and Econ Policy Advisor, Senate Small Business Cmte; Sr Econ Policy Advisor, Econ Policy Advisor, Legis Asst, Senate Member Office(Kaine);Staff Asst, Senate Budget Committee) [new]; ADAM YEZERSKI (covered position: Professional Staff Member, Senate Committee on Appropriations; Military Legislative Assistant, Senate Member Office (Shelby);Legislative Correspondent, Senate Member Office (Shelby))

Government entities lobbied: Defense, Dept of (DOD); Energy, Dept of; Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); Executive Office of the President (EOP); Export-Import Bank of the United States (EXIM Bank); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Interior, Dept of (DOI); SENATE; State, Dept of (DOS)

TRD — Trade (domestic/foreign)

Education and advocacy focused on advancing domestic capabilities and incentives for the permitting, production, processing, refining and recycling of critical minerals to strengthen national supply chains and promote sustainability.

Lobbyists: BRENT GREENFIELD (covered position: Special Counsel, Federal Communications Commission); SARAH VENUTO (covered position: Senior Advisor(Manchin); Counsel, Comm Energy & Natural Resources Chief Counsel; Chief Counsel (Manchin); Staff Director, Comm on Energy & Natural Resources; Director, Office of External Affairs, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission); JOSEPH BARTON (covered position: LA House Member Office (Boehner)) [new]; mrs COLLEEN KAVENEY MOSS (covered position: Legislative Correspondent, Staff Assistant, Senator Roy Blunt) [new]; RONALD STORHAUG (covered position: Dep Asst Sec, Dep of Treasury; Director of Tax and Econ Policy, Tax and Econ Policy Advisor, Senate Small Business Cmte; Sr Econ Policy Advisor, Econ Policy Advisor, Legis Asst, Senate Member Office(Kaine);Staff Asst, Senate Budget Committee) [new]; ADAM YEZERSKI (covered position: Professional Staff Member, Senate Committee on Appropriations; Military Legislative Assistant, Senate Member Office (Shelby);Legislative Correspondent, Senate Member Office (Shelby)); STEPHEN SANDORA (covered position: Sr Counselor, Office of the Dep Secretary, DoT; Proff Staff, House Financial Services Cmte ; Special Advisor, Office of Economic Policy, DoT, Leg Assistant (Capito); Leg Aide (Fitzpatrick))

Government entities lobbied: Defense, Dept of (DOD); Energy, Dept of; Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); Executive Office of the President (EOP); Export-Import Bank of the United States (EXIM Bank); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Interior, Dept of (DOI); SENATE; State, Dept of (DOS)

FOR — Foreign Relations

Education and advocacy focused on advancing domestic capabilities and incentives for the permitting, production, processing, refining and recycling of critical minerals to strengthen national supply chains and promote sustainability.

Lobbyists: BRENT GREENFIELD (covered position: Special Counsel, Federal Communications Commission); SARAH VENUTO (covered position: Policy Coordinator, House Energy & Commerce Committee; Policy Director, Sr Legis Asst, House Member Office(Shimkus); Sr Legis Asst, Legislative Assistant, Legislative Correspondent, Staff Assistant, House Member Office(Hastert)); JOSEPH BARTON (covered position: LA House Member Office (Boehner)); mrs COLLEEN KAVENEY MOSS (covered position: Legislative Correspondent, Staff Assistant, Senator Roy Blunt); RONALD STORHAUG (covered position: Dep Asst Sec, Dep of Treasury; Director of Tax and EconPolicy, Tax and Econ Policy Advisor, Senate Small BusinessCmte; Sr Econ Policy Advisor, Econ Policy Advisor, LegisAsst, Senate Member Office(Kaine);Staff Asst, Senate BudgetCommittee); ADAM YEZERSKI (covered position: Professional Staff Member, Senate Committee on Appropriations; Military Legislative Assistant, Senate Member Office (Shelby);Legislative Correspondent, Senate Member Office (Shelby))

Government entities lobbied: Defense, Dept of (DOD); Energy, Dept of; Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); Executive Office of the President (EOP); Export-Import Bank of the United States (EXIM Bank); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Interior, Dept of (DOI); SENATE; State, Dept of (DOS)

ENV — Environment/Superfund

Education and advocacy focused on advancing domestic capabilities and incentives for the permitting, production, processing, refining and recycling of critical minerals to strengthen national supply chains and promote sustainability.

Lobbyists: BRENT GREENFIELD (covered position: Special Counsel, Federal Communications Commission); SARAH VENUTO (covered position: Senior Advisor(Manchin); Counsel, Comm Energy & Natural Resources Chief Counsel; Chief Counsel (Manchin); Staff Director, Comm on Energy & Natural Resources; Director, Office of External Affairs, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission); JOSEPH BARTON (covered position: LA House Member Office (Boehner)); mrs COLLEEN KAVENEY MOSS (covered position: Legislative Correspondent, Staff Assistant, Senator Roy Blunt); RONALD STORHAUG (covered position: Dep Asst Sec, Dep of Treasury; Director of Tax and Econ Policy, Tax and Econ Policy Advisor, Senate Small Business Cmte; Sr Econ Policy Advisor, Econ Policy Advisor, Legis Asst, Senate Member Office(Kaine);Staff Asst, Senate Budget Committee); JIMMY PEACOCK (covered position: Chief of Staff (Senator Eric Schmitt), Chief of Staff (Congresswoman Ashley Hinson), Special Assistant (U.S. Senator Marco Rubio)); ADAM YEZERSKI (covered position: Professional Staff Member, Senate Committee on Appropriations; Military Legislative Assistant, Senate Member Office (Shelby);Legislative Correspondent, Senate Member Office (Shelby))

Government entities lobbied: Defense, Dept of (DOD); Energy, Dept of; Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); Executive Office of the President (EOP); Export-Import Bank of the United States (EXIM Bank); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Interior, Dept of (DOI); SENATE; State, Dept of (DOS)

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