Lobbying Relationship

Client

CVS Health

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Lobbying firm

KLEIN/JOHNSON GROUP

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  • Issues related to CVS Healths acquisition of Aetna; Issues related to competition and consumer protection in pharmaceutical supply chain.
  • General education about the pharmacy benefit manager/pharmacy and insurance industry; issues related to PBMs, including insulin.
  • Issues related to organized retail crime enforcement.

Duration: to

General Issues: Labor Issues/Antitrust/Workplace, Pharmacy, Consumer Issues/Safety/Protection, Copyright/Patent/Trademark, Health Issues

Spending: about $1,770,000 (But it's complicated. Here's why.)

Agencies lobbied since 2017: U.S. Senate, House of Representatives, Federal Trade Commission (FTC)

Bills mentioned

H.R.2376: Prescription Pricing for the People Act of 2019

Sponsor: Doug Collins (R-Ga.)

S.1227: Prescription Pricing for the People Act of 2019

Sponsor: Charles E. Grassley (R-Iowa)

S.64: Preserve Access to Affordable Generics and Biosimilars Act

Sponsor: Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.)

S.340: CREATES Act of 2019

Sponsor: Patrick J. Leahy (D-Vt.)

H.R.965: CREATES Act of 2019

Sponsor: David Cicilline (D-R.I.)

S.659: Biologic Patent Transparency Act

Sponsor: Susan Collins (R-Maine)

H.R.803: Improving Transparency and Accuracy in Medicare Part D Spending Act

Sponsor: Peter Welch (D-Vt.)

S.988: Improving Transparency and Accuracy in Medicare Part D Spending Act

Sponsor: Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.)

H.R.1034: Phair Pricing Act of 2019

Sponsor: Doug Collins (R-Ga.)

S.640: Phair Pricing Act of 2019

Sponsor: John Kennedy (R-La.)

H.R.1614: John S. McCain Opioid Addiction Prevention Act

Sponsor: John Katko (R-N.Y.)

S.724: John S. McCain Opioid Addiction Prevention Act

Sponsor: Kirsten E. Gillibrand (D-N.Y.)

S.1895: Lower Health Care Costs Act

Sponsor: Lamar Alexander (R-Tenn.)

S.4317: SAFE TO WORK Act

Sponsor: John Cornyn (R-Texas)

H.R.748: CARES Act

Sponsor: Joe Courtney (D-Conn.)

H.R.3630: No Surprises Act

Sponsor: Frank Pallone (D-N.J.)

H.R.3502: Protecting People From Surprise Medical Bills Act

Sponsor: Raul Ruiz (D-Calif.)

H.R.1418: Competitive Health Insurance Reform Act of 2020

Sponsor: Peter A. DeFazio (D-Ore.)

H.R.1418: Family Friendly Schools Act

Sponsor: Joe Morelle (D-N.Y.)

H.R.748: Ethan's Law

Sponsor: Rosa DeLauro (D-Conn.)

H.R.1319: American Rescue Plan Act of 2021

Sponsor: John Yarmuth (D-Ky.)

S.936: INFORM Consumers Act

Sponsor: Richard J. Durbin (D-Ill.)

H.R.6800: IRS PRIORITIES Act of 2022

Sponsor: Bruce Westerman (R-Ark.)

H.R.2617: Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2023

Sponsor: Gerald E. Connolly (D-Va.)

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Lobbyists

Lobbyists named here were listed on a filing related to this lobbying engagement. They may not be working on it now. Occasionally, a single lobbyist whose name is spelled two different ways on filings may be represented twice here.

Lobbyist Covered positions?
Israel Izzy Klein Deputy Staff Director, Joint Economic Committee, Chairman Chuck Schumer; Senior Communications Advisor, Representative Ed Markey; Communications Director, Senator Chuck Schumer; Press Secretary and Legislative Assistant, Representative Ed Markey
Matthew Johnson Chief Counsel, Sen. John Cornyn; Senate Judiciary Committee
Israel "Izzy" Klein Deputy Staff Director, Joint Economic Committee, Chairman Chuck Schumer; Senior Communications Advisor, Representative Ed Markey; Communications Director, Senator Chuck Schumer; Press Secretary and Legislative Assistant, Representative Ed Markey
Brian Greer Staff Assistant, Leg Correspondent, Leg Asst - Rep. David Scott, Military Leg Asst - Rep. Parker Griffith, Military Leg Asst - Rep. John Boccieri, Special Asst - Sec. of Defense, Military Leg Asst - Sen. Chuck Schumer, Prof Staff - House Armed Serv Prof Staff - House Armed Serv, Military Leg Asst - Sen. Chuck Schumer, Special Asst - Sec. of Defense, Military Leg Asst - Rep. John Boccieri, Military Leg Asst - Rep. Parker Griffith, Leg Asst - Rep. David Scott, Staff Assistant, Leg Correspondent
IAN RAYDER Deputy Chief of Staff, Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz
Kate Lynch Senior Leg. Asst., Rep John Larson; Leg. Asst., Rep Niki Tsongas; Leg. Asst., Rep. Martin Meehan
Israel Klein Deputy Staff Director, Joint Economic Committee, Chairman Chuck Schumer; Senior Communications Advisor, Representative Ed Markey; Communications Director, Senator Chuck Schumer; Press Secretary and Legislative Assistant, Representative Ed Markey
Kelli Briggs Chief of Staff, Rep. Pat Tiberi; DC Chief of Staff, Rep. Tiberi; Deputy Chief of Staff, Rep. Tiberi; Legislative Director, Rep. Tiberi; Legislative Assistant, Rep. Tiberi; and Staff Assistant, Rep. Tiberi
Norman Lent n/a

Disclosures Filed

Once a lobbying engagement begins, the lobbyist or firm is required to file updates four times a year. Those updates sometimes change which lobbyists are involved or add new issues being discussed. When lobbyists stop working for a client, the firm is also supposed to file a report disclosing the end of the relationship.

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Source: Clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives and Secretary of the Senate

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