Lobbying Relationship

Client

Catfish Farmers of America

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Lobbying firm

CAUSEY LAW FIRM

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  • Senate and House Agriculture Committee work regarding development of the next Farm Bill. Specific issues under consideration by Congress for the next Farm Bill include areas impacting catfish farmers and processors. These issues areas include disaster programs under the Farm Service agency under the United States Department of Agriculture, development of a Process Verified Program by Agriculture Marketing Service under USDA, continued Food Safety Inspection Service inspections of catfish and catfish-like products and the definition of agriculture labor.
  • No lobbying activities were conducted in this issue area during the time covered by this report.
  • CFA advocated to Congress the need for reform in the non-immigrant labor visa system. CFA advocated for changes in the cap number for the H-2B non-immigrant visas regarding seafood processors.

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General Issues: Agriculture, Budget/Appropriations, Immigration, Food Industry (Safety, Labeling, etc.), Labor Issues/Antitrust/Workplace, Natural Resources

Spending: about $850,000 (But it's complicated. Here's why.)

Agencies lobbied since 2017: U.S. Senate, House of Representatives, Agriculture - Dept of (USDA), U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (USFWS), Interior - Dept of (DOI)

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 Causey Legislative Assistant, Rep. Marion Berry, 2001-02; Legislative Director, Rep. Marion Berry 2003-06; Chief of Staff, Rep. Marion Berry, 2006-10

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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