Lobbying Relationship

Client

Cencora Inc. (formerly AmerisourceBergen Corporation)

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Lobbying firm

Kountoupes Denham Carr & Reid, LLC

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  • Issues related to the pharmaceutical supply chain, drug shortages, and national stockpiles. Legislation that would permanently provide Medicare coverage of services provided by a pharmacist, including incidental services and supplies relating to testing, drug regimens, and vaccines for COVID-19, influenza, and certain other illnesses, including H.R. 1770/S.2477, The Equitable Community Access to Pharmacist Services Act. Issues related to drug distribution and access. Issues related to the reauthorization of the Pandemic and All Hazards Preparedness Act.
  • Issues related to the pharmaceutical supply chain, drug shortages, and national stockpiles. Issues related to drug pricing transparency. Legislation that would permanently provide Medicare coverage of services provided by a pharmacist, including incidental services and supplies relating to testing, drug regimens, and vaccines for COVID-19, influenza, and certain other illnesses, including H.R. 1770/S. 2477, The Equitable Community Access to Pharmacist Services Act.
  • Issues related to drug shortages and stockpile issues at the U.S. Department of Defense.

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General Issues: Health Issues, Pharmacy, Defense, Animals

Spending: about $1,420,000 (But it's complicated. Here's why.)

Agencies lobbied since 2018: U.S. Senate, House of Representatives, Executive Office of the President (EOP), Health & Human Services - Dept of (HHS), Office of Management & Budget (OMB)

Bills mentioned

H.R.3204: On-the-Job Training Tax Credit Act of 2017

Sponsor: Pete Aguilar (D-Calif.)

H.R.748: CARES Act

Sponsor: Joe Courtney (D-Conn.)

H.R.6800: The Heroes Act

Sponsor: Nita M. Lowey (D-N.Y.)

S.1903: Advancing Emergency Preparedness Through One Health Act of 2019

Sponsor: Tina Smith (D-Minn.)

H.R.133: Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021

Sponsor: Henry Cuellar (D-Texas)

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

Sponsor: John Yarmuth (D-Ky.)

H.R.2870: Essential Medicines Strategic Stockpile Act of 2021

Sponsor: Buddy Carter (R-Ga.)

H.R.5067: Preserving Patient Access to Home Infusion Act

Sponsor: Terri Sewell (D-Ala.)

H.R.4350: National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2022

Sponsor: Adam Smith (D-Wash.)

H.R.5376: Inflation Reduction Act of 2022

Sponsor: John Yarmuth (D-Ky.)

S.1605: National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2022

Sponsor: Rick Scott (R-Fla.)

S.3799: PREVENT Pandemics Act

Sponsor: Patty Murray (D-Wash.)

H.R.7900: National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2023

Sponsor: Adam Smith (D-Wash.)

H.R.405: Essential Medicines Strategic Stockpile Act of 2023

Sponsor: Buddy Carter (R-Ga.)

H.R.1770: Equitable Community Access to Pharmacist Services Act

Sponsor: Adrian Smith (R-Neb.)

S.2477: Equitable Community Access to Pharmacist Services Act

Sponsor: John Thune (R-S.D.)

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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?
Lori Denham Chief of Staff, Legislative Director, Legislative Assistant, Senior Policy Advisor, Communications Director, Staff Assistant - Rep. Cal Dooley, D-CA; Legislative Director - Rep. Darlene Hooley, D-OR.
Julie Hershey Carr Senior Policy Advisor, Legislative Director, Legislative Assistant - Rep. Joe Pitts, R-PA.
Lisa Kountoupes Deputy Asst. to the President&House Liaison, Special Assistant to the President for Legislative Affairs, Asst. Director for Legislative Affairs at OMB, Special Asst. to Undersecretary,Dept.of Energy,Policy Advisor to Chairman of Energy&Commerce Comm.
David Peluso Chief of Staff - Representative Cathy McMorris Rodgers, R-WA; Chief of Staff, Communications Director, Legislative Assistant, Deputy Press Secretary and Executive Assistant - Representative Gus Bilirakis, R-FL.
Rose Sullivan Chief of Staff, Legislative Director, Legislative Assistant, Outreach Director, Constituent Services Advocate - Sen. Amy Klobuchar, D-MN
Patrick Hayes Chief of Staff, Legislative Director - Sen. Joe Manchin, D-WV; Deputy Legislative Director, Legislative Assistant - Sen. Evan Bayh, D-IN; Staff Director - Senate Democratic Steering and Outreach Committee.
Mary Dee Beal Policy Analyst,Senate Republican Policy Committee;Acting Chief of Staff to the Deputy Secretary,USDA;Senior Advisor to the Secretary,USDA;Legislative Director,Cong. Drew Ferguson,R-GA; Legis. Director, Legis. Assistant, Scheduler Cong. Austin Scott,R
Leslie Zelenko Deputy Assistant Secretary for Legislation, Senior Advisor/Congressional Liaison-HHS; Legislative Director,Senior Legislative Assistant,Legislative Assistant,Legislative Correspondent-Cong. Mark Pocan, D-WI; Staff Assistant-Cong. Tammy Baldwin, D-WI
Denise Mousouris 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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