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1st Quarter - Report · 2026

Filing UUID
b3b35a98-130f-4e20-97a7-34127ea20895
Type
Q1 — 1st Quarter - Report
Period
first_quarter
Year
2026
Posted
2026-04-08 17:59:41
Income (reported)
$30,000
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

RICE UNIVERSITY

Government Relations

State
TX
Country
US
Government-entity client
false
Effective date
2011-06-01

Issues lobbied + lobbyists

EDU — Education

College affordability; student loans; open source textbooks; name image likeness policy; endowments.

Lobbyists: TONY ESSALIH (covered position: COS, LD, LA House Member Office (Culberson); LA House Member Office (Archer); SA House Member Office (Hastings); Intern House Member Office (Bliley)); SUSAN SWEAT (covered position: LC, LA & LD House Office (Wicker); LD Senate Member Office (Wicker))

Government entities lobbied: Education, Dept of; Executive Office of the President (EOP); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; SENATE

SCI — Science/Technology

Nanotechnology; funding for National Science Foundation & NIST; OSTP; NASA; Department of Energy Office of Science.

Lobbyists: SUSAN SWEAT (covered position: LC, LA & LD House Office (Wicker); LD Sen Member Office (Wicker)); TONY ESSALIH (covered position: COS, LD, LA House Member Office (Culberson); LA House Member Office (Archer); SA House Member Office (Hastings); Intern House Member Office (Bliley))

Government entities lobbied: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Natl Aeronautics & Space Administration (NASA); Natl Institute of Standards & Technology (NIST); Office of Science & Technology Policy (OSTP); SENATE

ENG — Energy/Nuclear

Policies and legislation impacting federal extramural research grantmaking, particularly related to basic research.

Lobbyists: SUSAN SWEAT (covered position: LC, LA & LD House Office (Wicker); LD Sen Member Office (Wicker)); TONY ESSALIH (covered position: COS, LD, LA House Member Office (Culberson);LA House Member Office (Archer); SA House Member Office (Hastings); Intern House Member Office (Bliley))

Government entities lobbied: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; SENATE

DEF — Defense

Issues related to material science research.

Lobbyists: SUSAN SWEAT (covered position: LC, LA & LD House Office (Wicker); LD Senate Member Office (Wicker))

Government entities lobbied: Army, Dept of (Corps of Engineers); Defense, Dept of (DOD); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; SENATE

BUD — Budget/Appropriations

Funding for Health & Human Services, National Science Foundation, Department of Defense, and Department of Energy.

Lobbyists: SUSAN SWEAT (covered position: LC, LA & LD House Office (Wicker); LD Senate Member Office (Wicker)); TONY ESSALIH (covered position: COS, LD, LA House Member Office (Culberson), LA House Member Office (Archer), SA House Member Office (Hastings), Intern House Member Office (Bliley))

Government entities lobbied: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; SENATE

FOR — Foreign Relations

Supporting Rice's Baker Institute for Public Policy proposals related to the U.S.-Mexico border.

Lobbyists: TONY ESSALIH (covered position: COS, LD, LA House Member Office (Culberson), LA House Member Office (Archer), SA House Member Office (Hastings), Intern House Member Office (Bliley))

Government entities lobbied: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; SENATE; State, Dept of (DOS)

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