Lobbying Relationship

Client

Bayer US LLC

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Lobbying firm

Venture Government Strategies, LLC (fka Hobart Hallaway & Quayle Ventures, LLC)

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  • Agricultural issues including pesticide policy, pesticide registration, and monitored infrastructure issues; agriculture markets consolidation.
  • Agriculture and pesticide policy issues; FY25 budget and appropriations process; FY24 Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, H.R.4368/S.2131; FY24 Department of the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, H.R.4821/S.2605; H.R.4366, Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2024, P.L.118-42; H.R.2882, Further Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2024, P.L.118-47.
  • Water related issues; Superfund related matters; Climate and sustainability policy and its impact on the agriculture sector.

Duration: to

General Issues: Agriculture, Budget/Appropriations, Environmental/Superfund, Health Issues, Economics/Economic Development, Telecommunications

Spending: about $1,260,000 (But it's complicated. Here's why.)

Agencies lobbied since 2019: U.S. Senate, House of Representatives, Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC), Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Natl Economic Council (NEC)

Related Foreign Entities: Bayer AG (Leverkusen, GER); contribution to lobbying: $0; ownership 100%

Bills mentioned

H.R.2960: Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2020

Sponsor: Marcy Kaptur (D-Ohio)

H.R.3164: Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and...

Sponsor: Sanford D. Bishop Jr. (D-Ga.)

H.R.3052: Department of the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies...

Sponsor: Betty McCollum (D-Minn.)

H.R.2740: Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, Defense, State, Foreign...

Sponsor: Rosa DeLauro (D-Conn.)

H.R.3055: Further Continuing Appropriations Act, 2020, and Further Health...

Sponsor: José E. Serrano (D-N.Y.)

S.2470: Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2020

Sponsor: Lamar Alexander (R-Tenn.)

S.2522: Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and...

Sponsor: John Hoeven (R-N.D.)

S.2580: Department of the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies...

Sponsor: Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska)

H.R.1158: Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2020

Sponsor: Michael McCaul (R-Texas)

H.R.1865: Further Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2020

Sponsor: Bill Pascrell Jr. (D-N.J.)

H.R.6074: Coronavirus Preparedness and Response Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2020

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

H.R.6201: Families First Coronavirus Response Act

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

H.R.748: CARES Act

Sponsor: Joe Courtney (D-Conn.)

H.R.7613: Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2021

Sponsor: Marcy Kaptur (D-Ohio)

H.R.7610: Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and...

Sponsor: Sanford D. Bishop Jr. (D-Ga.)

H.R.7612: Department of the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies...

Sponsor: Betty McCollum (D-Minn.)

H.R.7608: State, Foreign Operations, Agriculture, Rural Development, Interior,...

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

H.R.7617: Defense, Commerce, Justice, Science, Energy and Water Development,...

Sponsor: Peter J. Visclosky (D-Ind.)

H.R.8337: Continuing Appropriations Act, 2021 and Other Extensions Act

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

H.R.133: Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021

Sponsor: Henry Cuellar (D-Texas)

H.R.133: David’s Law

Sponsor: Sheila Jackson Lee (D-Texas)

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

Sponsor: John Yarmuth (D-Ky.)

H.R.748: Ethan's Law

Sponsor: Rosa DeLauro (D-Conn.)

S.1251: Growing Climate Solutions Act of 2021

Sponsor: Mike Braun (R-Ind.)

H.R.3684: Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act

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

H.R.4549: Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2022

Sponsor: Marcy Kaptur (D-Ohio)

S.2605: Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2022

Sponsor: Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.)

H.R.4502: Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, Agriculture, Rural...

Sponsor: Rosa DeLauro (D-Conn.)

H.R.4356: Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and...

Sponsor: Sanford D. Bishop Jr. (D-Ga.)

S.2599: Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and...

Sponsor: Tammy Baldwin (D-Wis.)

H.R.4372: Department of the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies...

Sponsor: Chellie Pingree (D-Maine)

H.R.4505: Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2022

Sponsor: Matt Cartwright (D-Pa.)

S.CON.RES.14: A concurrent resolution setting forth the congressional budget for the...

Sponsor: Bernard Sanders (ID-Vt.)

H.R.5376: Inflation Reduction Act of 2022

Sponsor: John Yarmuth (D-Ky.)

S.3034: Department of the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies...

Sponsor: Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.)

S.3042: Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2022

Sponsor: Jeanne Shaheen (D-N.H.)

H.R.2471: Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2022

Sponsor: Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.)

H.R.8255: Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2023

Sponsor: Marcy Kaptur (D-Ohio)

H.R.8239: Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and...

Sponsor: Sanford D. Bishop Jr. (D-Ga.)

H.R.8262: Department of the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies...

Sponsor: Chellie Pingree (D-Maine)

H.R.8256: Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2023

Sponsor: Matt Cartwright (D-Pa.)

S.4661: Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and...

Sponsor: Tammy Baldwin (D-Wis.)

S.4686: Department of the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies...

Sponsor: Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.)

H.R.2617: Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2023

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

S.1251: First Step Implementation Act of 2023

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

H.R.4368: Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and...

Sponsor: Andy Harris (R-Md.)

S.2131: Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and...

Sponsor: Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.)

H.R.4821: Department of the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies...

Sponsor: Mike Simpson (R-Idaho)

S.2605: Department of the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies...

Sponsor: Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.)

H.R.4366: Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2024

Sponsor: John Carter (R-Texas)

H.R.2882: Further Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2024

Sponsor: Juan Ciscomani (R-Ariz.)

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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?
Robert Hobart Dep COS, Cong. Zach Wamp; LD, Cong. Rick Hill; LA, Cong. B. Vucanovich
Rashid Hallaway Legislative Assistant, U.S. Senator Evan Bayh
Benjamin Quayle Former U.S. Congressman
Kevin Yoder Member of the U.S. House of Representatives; Intern, Rep. Jerry Moran; Special Asst, Office of Counternarcotics, U.S. Dept of Defense
Hamilton Bloom Minority Staff Director/Clerk, Majority Staff Director/Clerk, Appropriations Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, Science, & Related Agencies; Legislative Assistant, Legislative Correspondent, Sen. Richard Shelby

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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Registration

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

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