• Advocated for the maintenance and strengthening of steel Section 232 tariffs and quotas. Sought support from U.S. House and Senate members for a tin mill steel anti-dumping/countervailing duty trade case pending before the U.S. International Trade Commission and the Department of Commerce. Lobbied in support of H.R. 3882/S. 1856, The Leveling the Playing Field Act 2.0. Identification of possible approaches to addressing Chinese transportation and logistics policies and their impact on trade and production. Participated in the International Trade Commission's Section 332 Investigation of Greenhouse Gas Emissions Intensities of the U.S. Steel and Aluminum Industries at the Product Level. Lobbied in support of H.R. 7638/S. 3917, The Stop Mexico's Steel Surge Act.
• Lobbied in response to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's Integrated Iron and Steel Risk and Technology Review proposed rule, EPA's Taconite Iron Ore Processing Source Category Proposed Rule and EPA's Proposed National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants for Coke Ovens. Lobbied in response to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's revised PM 2.5 National Ambient Air Quality Standard (NAAQS).
• Lobbied on electrical steel-related matters in response to the Department of Energy's proposed Energy Conservation Standards for Distribution Transformers - Agency/Docket Number: EERE-2019-BT-STD-0018. Sought Congressional support for grant applications submitted by Cleveland-Cliffs as part of the Department of Energy's Industrial Demonstrations Program Funding Opportunity Announcement. Lobbied in support of S. 3627/H.R. 7171, The Distribution Transformer Efficiency & Supply Chain Reliability Act of 2024.
• Briefed policymakers on Cleveland-Cliffs' concerns regarding the trade enforcement, worker protection and national security implications of the proposed acquisition of United States Steel Corporation by Nippon Steel Corporation.
• Lobbied the Federal Highway Administration in response to its implementation of low-embodied carbon material standards under "Buy Clean". Advocated for "bifurcated" standards distinguishing integrated steel production from electric arc furnace steel production.

Duration: January 1, 2008 to present

General Issues: Trade (Domestic & Foreign), Clean Air & Water (Quality), Energy/Nuclear, Manufacturing, Government Issues, Financial Institutions/Investments/Securities, Transportation, Roads/Highway, Retirement, Natural Resources, Taxation/Internal Revenue Code, Environmental/Superfund, Banking, Railroads, Labor Issues/Antitrust/Workplace, Budget/Appropriations, Agriculture, Chemicals/Chemical Industry, Health Issues

Spending: about $6,510,000 (But it's complicated. Here's why.)

It can be tricky to figure out how much an organization spent on a particular lobbying engagement. The law only requires lobbyists to report the amount they were paid for federal lobbying each quarter rounded to the nearest $10,000—and if it's less than $3,000 in a given quarter (or less than $13,000 for organizations with in-house lobbyists), they don't have to disclose it at all. Plus, some organizations include spending that doesn’t belong in the report—for instance, money spent lobbying state governments or other legal work.

Agencies lobbied since 2008: U.S. Senate, House of Representatives, U.S. Trade Representative (USTR), Commerce - Dept of (DOC), Transportation - Dept of (DOT), Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Natl Economic Council (NEC), Energy - Dept of, White House Office, Federal Highway Administration (FHA), General Services Administration (GSA), Executive Office of the President (EOP), Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ), Natl Security Council (NSC), Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC), U.S. Customs & Border Protection, Army - Dept of (Corps of Engineers), U.S. Coast Guard (USCG), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), President of the U.S., U.S. Forest Service, Treasury - Dept of, Council of Economic Advisers (CEA), Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA), Export-Import Bank of the United States (EXIM Bank), Mine Safety & Health Administration (MSHA), U.S. Senate,, House of Representatives,, Agriculture - Dept of (USDA)