Lobbying Relationship

Client

SMITHFIELD FOODS, INC

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Lobbying firm

Williams and Jensen, PLLC

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  • Business tax issues. Implementation of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (P.L. 115-97). Issues related to tax treaties.
  • Agriculture issues related to the pork industry.
  • General trade issues; Treaty-related issues; Implementation of USMCA; Tariffs, including those under section 232 of the Trade Expansion Act of 1962, Section 301 of the Trade Act of 1974, and related retaliation.
  • General trade issues; treaty related issues; Implementation of USMCA; Tariffs

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General Issues: Taxation/Internal Revenue Code, Agriculture, Trade (Domestic & Foreign), Foreign Relations, Food Industry (Safety, Labeling, etc.), Energy/Nuclear, Fuel/Gas/Oil, Labor Issues/Antitrust/Workplace, Immigration, Environmental/Superfund, Clean Air & Water (Quality)

Spending: about $3,400,000 (But it's complicated. Here's why.)

Agencies lobbied since 2008: U.S. Senate, House of Representatives, State - Dept of (DOS), Treasury - Dept of, Commerce - Dept of (DOC), White House Office, Agriculture - Dept of (USDA), Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), U.S. Senate,, Commerce - Dept of (DOC), Agriculture - Dept of (USDA), U.S. Trade Representative (USTR), White House Office,, Executive Office of the President (EOP)

Bills mentioned

S.764: A bill to reauthorize and amend the National Sea Grant College Program...

Sponsor: Roger Wicker (R-Miss.)

S.2609: An original bill to amend the Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946 to...

Sponsor: Pat Roberts (R-Kan.)

H.R.2029: Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2016

Sponsor: Charlie Dent (R-Pa.)

S.493: SBIR/STTR Reauthorization Act of 2011

Sponsor: Mary L. Landrieu (D-La.)

H.R.4853: Tax Relief, Unemployment Insurance Reauthorization, and Job Creation Act...

Sponsor: James L. Oberstar (D-Minn.)

H.R.2751: FDA Food Safety Modernization Act

Sponsor: Betty Sutton (D-Ohio)

S.510: FDA Food Safety Modernization Act

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

H.R.1424: To name the front circle drive in front of the Oscar G. Johnson...

Sponsor: Bart Stupak (D-Mich.)

H.R.1429: Improving Head Start for School Readiness Act of 2007

Sponsor: Dale E. Kildee (D-Mich.)

H.R.6049: Energy Improvement and Extension Act of 2008

Sponsor: Charles B. Rangel (D-N.Y.)

H.R.7060: Renewable Energy and Job Creation Tax Act of 2008

Sponsor: Charles B. Rangel (D-N.Y.)

H.R.1424: A bill to provide authority for the Federal Government to purchase and...

Sponsor: Patrick J. Kennedy (D-R.I.)

H.R.1: An Act to provide for reconciliation pursuant to titles II and V of the...

Sponsor: Kevin Brady (R-Texas)

H.R.2: Agriculture Improvement Act of 2018

Sponsor: K. Michael Conaway (R-Texas)

S.3042: Agriculture Improvement Act of 2018

Sponsor: Pat Roberts (R-Kan.)

H.R.5430: United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement Implementation Act

Sponsor: Steny H. Hoyer (D-Md.)

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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?
Christopher Hatcher Sch C. Treasury; LD, Rep Scott McInnis Sch. C, Treasury. ; LD, Rep. Scott McInnis Sch.C, Treasury and LD, Rep. Scott McInnis Sch. C, Treasury; Associate Staff, House Rules Committee; LD, Rep. Scott McInnis
Susan Hirschmann COS, Rep.Van Hilleary & Majority Whip
Scott Graves DCOS, Rep Conaway; COS, Rep Farenthold; COS, Rep Conaway; Staff Director, House Ag Committee DOCS, Rep Conaway; COS, Rep Farenthold; COS, Rep Conaway; Staff Director, House Ag Committee Deputy Chief of Staff, Rep Conaway; COS, Rep Farenthold, COS, Rep Conaway; Staff Director, House Ag Committee Deputy Chief of Staff, Rep Conaway; COS, Rep Farenthold; COS, Rep Conaway; Staff Director, House Ag Committee Deputy Chief of Staff, Rep Conaway; Chief of Staff, Rep Farenthold, COS, Rep Conaway; Staff Director, House Ag Committee
Eric Stewart COS and Deputy Asst. Sec., Dept of Commerce COS and Deputy Asst. Sec., US Dept of Commerce
Joel Oswald Prof Staff, Senate Banking; LA Senator Enzi
Michael Beer LA, Rep. Dave Hobson
Jenny DiJames LA and LD, Rep. Bud Crmaer LA and LD, Rep. Bud Cramer
Mike Beer LA, Rep. Dave Hobson
Rebecca Anderson White House Office of Legislative Affairs
Joyce Rogers Rep. Steny Hoyer and Rep. Corrine Brown
Anthony Roda Leadership Staff, House Whip Gingrich
Frank Vlossak LA, Rep. Merrill Cook
James Burchfield Staff Associate, House Foreign Affairs Committee; Professional Staff Member, House Committee on Small Business; Senior Policy Advisor, Congressman Steve Chabot
J. Steven Hart n/a
Bert Carp n/a
Melinda Maxfield n/a
Tess Illos n/a
J.Steven Hart n/a
Eric Robins n/a
Bertram Carp n/a
William Canfield n/a
George Baker n/a
Tony Roda n/a
Matthew Valesko 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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