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)