Lobbying Relationship

Client

Thai Union Group PCL

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Lobbying firm

Invariant LLC

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  • Educate policymakers of the need to update and modernize federal guidance on seafood consumption; inform policymakers about efforts to improve working conditions in the international seafood supply chain.
  • Educate Members of Congress on matters related to the international seafood industry and the importance of imported seafood.
  • Educate Members of Congress on domestic footprint and production of seafood.
  • Monitored efforts to reform the corporate tax code.

Duration: to

General Issues: Food Industry (Safety, Labeling, etc.), Trade (Domestic & Foreign), Manufacturing, Taxation/Internal Revenue Code, Foreign Relations, Agriculture, Labor Issues/Antitrust/Workplace, Environmental/Superfund

Spending: about $440,000 (But it's complicated. Here's why.)

Agencies lobbied since 2016: U.S. Senate, House of Representatives, Food & Drug Administration (FDA)

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?
Heather Podesta Counsel, Representative Robert Matsui; Counsel, Representative Earl Pomeroy; Legislative Fellow, Senator Bill Bradley; Research Assistant, Congressional Budget Office
Anne MacMillan Staff Assistant, Representative Bob Matsui; Legislative Assistant/Legislative Director, Representative Dennis Cardoza; Policy Advisor, Speaker Nancy Pelosi; Deputy Chief of Staff, US Department of Agriculture
Annie Palisi Chief of Staff, Diane Black; Deputy Director of Member Services, Speaker John Boehner; Director Special Projects, Education and the Workforce Committee
Steve Bailey Sr Tax Csl, Cong Jnt Comm on Deficit Reduction; Sr Analyst, Revenue/Tax Csl, Sen. Budget Comm.; Leg Asst/ Tax Counsel, Sen. Kent Conrad
Larissa Martinez Executive Director and Senior Policy Advisor, Senator Deb Fischer; Legislative Assistant, Senator Chuck Hagel; Legislative Correspondent, Representative Nathan Deal; Assistant Scheduler, Senator Johnny Isakson Executive Director and Senior Policy Advisor, Senator Deb Fischer; Legislative Assistant, Senator Chuck Hagel; Legislative Correspondent, Representative Nathan Deal; Assistant Scheduler, Senator Johnny Isakson

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.

Termination
Q2 Report
Q1 Report
Q4 Report
Registration

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

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