Lobbying Relationship

Client

DISH Network, LLC

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Lobbying firm

Mehlman Consulting, Inc.

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  • Monitor legislation and regulations related to the wireless industry, including wireless technologies, spectrum management, infrastructure, broadband funding, and competition. Policies to promote 5G deployment based on technologies leveraging Open RAN standards.
  • Monitor legislation and regulations related to the video services industry.

Duration: to

General Issues: Telecommunications, Communications/Broadcasting/Radio/TV, Budget/Appropriations, Defense

Spending: about $1,910,000 (But it's complicated. Here's why.)

Agencies lobbied since 2016: U.S. Senate, House of Representatives, Commerce - Dept of (DOC), Federal Communications Commission (FCC)

Bills mentioned

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

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

H.R.5035: Television Viewer Protection Act of 2019

Sponsor: Mike Doyle (D-Pa.)

H.R.5140: Satellite Television Community Protection and Promotion Act of 2019

Sponsor: Jerrold Nadler (D-N.Y.)

H.R.748: CARES Act

Sponsor: Joe Courtney (D-Conn.)

S.3189: A bill to use proceeds from spectrum auctions to support supply chain...

Sponsor: Mark Warner (D-Va.)

H.R.6624: USA Telecommunications Act

Sponsor: Frank Pallone (D-N.J.)

S.3905: Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021

Sponsor: Marco Rubio (R-Fla.)

S.4049: National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021

Sponsor: James M. Inhofe (R-Okla.)

H.R.7856: Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021

Sponsor: Adam B. Schiff (D-Calif.)

H.R.6395: William M. (Mac) Thornberry National Defense Authorization Act for...

Sponsor: Adam Smith (D-Wash.)

H.R.133: Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021

Sponsor: Henry Cuellar (D-Texas)

S.1260: United States Innovation and Competition Act of 2021

Sponsor: Charles E. Schumer (D-N.Y.)

H.R.3685: Hamas International Financing Prevention Act

Sponsor: Josh Gottheimer (D-N.J.)

H.R.2731: Endless Frontier Act

Sponsor: Ro Khanna (D-Calif.)

H.R.3684: Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act

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

H.R.5376: Inflation Reduction Act of 2022

Sponsor: John Yarmuth (D-Ky.)

H.R.4521: United States Innovation and Competition Act of 2021

Sponsor: Eddie Bernice Johnson (D-Texas)

H.R.4346: Supreme Court Security Funding Act of 2022

Sponsor: Tim Ryan (D-Ohio)

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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?
Bruce Mehlman Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Tech Policy; General Counsel and Policy Director, House Republican Conference
David Castagnetti Chief of Staff, Senator Max Baucus; Chief of Staff, Rep. Norm Mineta; EA, Rep. Ed Markey
Dean Rosen Health Policy Director, Senate Majority Leader Frist; Staff Director, Senate Subcommittee on Public Health; Majority Health Policy Counsel, House Committee on Ways & Means, Subcommittee on Health Health Policy Coordinator and Counsel, Senate Committee on Labor and Human Resources; Counsel and Professional Staff, Senate Committee on Labor & Human Resources, Subcommittee on Disability Policy; Case Worker, Rep. R. Boschwitz
David Thomas Chief of Staff, Rep. Zoe Lofgren; Director of Congressional Relations, FTC; Deputy Director for Legislative Affairs, VP Gore; Staff Assistant, Senator Metzenbaum
Elise Pickering Executive Director, House Republican Policy Committee; Chief of Staff, Rep. John Shadegg; Legislative Assistant, Rep. Dannemeyer; Legislative Director, Rep. Bartlett
Sohini Gupta Health and Social Policy Counsel, Senator Bayh
Charles Wooters Chief of Staff, Rep. Chris Van Hollen; Director of Member Services, Office of the Assistant to the Speaker; Chief of Staff, Rep. Louise Slaughter
Sage Eastman Strategy Director, Committee on Ways & Means; Deputy Staff Director (Majority), Committee on Ways & Means; Senior Advisor, Committee on Ways & Means; Communications Director, Rep. Dave Camp
Lauren Aronson Professional Staff Member, Committee on Ways & Means; Policy Director, White House; Policy Director, HHS Office of Health Reform (detailed to the White House); Policy Advisor, Rep. Rahm Emanuel; Health LA, Rep. Carolyn McCarthy Director, Office of Legislation, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Professional Staff Member, Committee on Ways & Means; Policy Director, White House; Policy Director, HHS Office of Health Reform (detailed to the White House);
Michael Robinson Member Services and Coalitions Director, House Appropriations Committee; Policy Advisor/Dep. Chief of Staff, House Majority Leader/Rep.Tom DeLay; Leg Dir, Rep. Hal Rogers; Sr Leg Assistant, Rep. Ralph Regula; Sr Leg Assistant, Rep. Bob Franks; Leg Assistant, Rep. Hal Rogers; Special Projects Assistant, House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee; Staff Assistant, Rep. Bud Shuster
Michael Collins Chief of Staff, Senator Tom Udall Legislative Director, Senator Tom Udall Legislative Director, Representative Tom Udall Legislative Assistant, Representative Tom Udall Staff Assistant/Legislative Correspondent, Representative Tom Udall
Constantine Hingson Chief of Staff, Senator Dan Coats; Counsel/Legislative Director, Senator Judd Gregg; General Counsel, Senator Elizabeth Dole
Steve Haro Chief of Staff, Senator Dianne Feinstein; Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Legislative and Intergovernmental Affairs; Chief of Staff, Senator Martin Heinrich; Chief of Staff, Representative Martin Heinrich; Senior Advisor, Representative Xavier Becerra; Director of Legislation and Communication, Representative Xavier Becerra; Press Secretary, Representative Xavier Becerra
Helen Tolar Chief of Staff, Senator John Boozman; Staff Director/Chief Counsel, House Veterans Affairs Committee (Representative Jeff Miller); Professional Staff/Counsel, Senate Veterans Affairs Committee (Senator Larry Craig); Counsel/Legislative Director, Representative Jeff Miller; Legislative Assistant, Representative Jeff Miller; Scheduler, Representative Jeff Miller; Law Clerk, House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee
Nichole Distefano Legislative Director, Senator Claire McCaskill; Associate Administrator, Office of Congressional and Intergovernmental Relations, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency; Deputy Associate Administrator, Office of Congressional and Intergovernmental Relations, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency; Senior Advisor, Office of Congressional and Intergovernmental Relations, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency; Senior Counsel, Senator Claire McCaskill; Counsel, Senator Claire McCaskill
McKenzie Bennett Senior Health Policy Advisor, Senator Maggie Hassan; Policy Advisor, Senator Harry Reid; Legislative Assistant, Senator Harry Reid Legislative Aide/Legislative Correspondence Manager, Senator Harry Reid; Legislative Correspondent, Senator Harry Reid; Legislative Correspondent, Senator Jim Webb Senior Health Policy Advisor, Senator Maggie Hassan; Policy Advisor, Senator Harry Reid; Legislative Assistant, Senator Harry Reid;
Paul Thornell Deputy Director of Legislative Affairs, Office of Vice President Al Gore, The White House; Associate Director, Senate Democratic Steering Committee, Senator Tom Daschle
Stephen Cote Staff Dir/Shrd Emp(House Fin Srvs/McHenry), Staff Dir, Dpt. Staff Dir, Sr. Pro Staff, Asst to L. Diaz Balart (House Rules), Pol Coord Maj (House Homeland), Assoc Dir, Dpty Assoc. Dir (OMB), CoS-DC, LD, LA (L Diaz Balart), LA, Staff Asst (Sen C. Mack)
Alexander Perkins Counsel, (Senator Ron Wyden), Trade Counsel (Ways and Means Subcommittee on Trade)
Victoria Flood Sr. Policy Advisor and LA (Sen. Capito); Staff Assist. (Cong. Capito)
Rosemary Gutierrez DEP COS, LEG DIR, Senator Cantwell; Prof staff, US Small Business Comm; Foreign Affairs Leg. Asst., Sen. Harkin
Zachary Mallove Sr Pol Adv, LA, Leg. Aide (Senator Murray); Leg. Aide, Joint Comm on Deficit Reduc.
Caitlin Van Sant Sr Pol Adv, Leg Dir, Interim COS (Rep. Butterfield)
Alyene Mlinar Pol Adv (Maj Leader Scalise); Pol Adv (Min Whip Scalise); Pol Adv (House Oversight/Govt Reform Comm); Prof Staff Member (Ways and Means Subcom on Health/Brady), Pol Adv (Sen Rep Policy Comm/Barrasso); Leg Asst (Senator Ben Sasse)
Erica Chabot Staff Asst, Leg Corres, Asst Schd, Asst to COS, Press Asst, Dep Press Sec, Leg Dir (Senator Patrick Leahy); Prof Staff (Sen Approp Comm); LD (Sen Pres Pro Temp Emeritus); Dep COS (Senate Consult); Staff Dir (Sen Ag Comm)
Steven Haro n/a
McKenzie Brice (Bennett) 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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