Lobbying Relationship

Client

Illinois Soybean Association

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Lobbying firm

Torrey Advisory Group (formerly Michael Torrey Associates, LLC)

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  • Farm Bill issues relating to soybeans, including farm safety net, research, and MAP and FMD.
  • Agriculture market access. Agriculture trade provisions in the Farm Bill.
  • Funding for locks and dams. Issues relating to rail service.

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General Issues: Agriculture, Trade (Domestic & Foreign), Transportation, Environmental/Superfund

Spending: about $1,010,000 (But it's complicated. Here's why.)

Agencies lobbied since 2015: U.S. Senate, House of Representatives, Agriculture - Dept of (USDA), Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), U.S. Trade Representative (USTR), Natl Economic Council (NEC), Natl Security Council (NSC)

Bills mentioned

H.R.525: Cuba Agricultural Exports Act

Sponsor: Rick Crawford (R-Ark.)

S.808: Surface Transportation Board Reauthorization Act of 2015

Sponsor: John Thune (R-S.D.)

H.R.1393: Innovation in Surface Transportation Act of 2015

Sponsor: Rodney Davis (R-Ill.)

S.762: Innovation in Surface Transportation Act of 2015

Sponsor: Roger Wicker (R-Miss.)

S.299: Freedom to Travel to Cuba Act of 2015

Sponsor: Jeff Flake (R-Ariz.)

S.491: Freedom to Export to Cuba Act of 2015

Sponsor: Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.)

H.R.274: United States-Cuba Normalization Act of 2015

Sponsor: Bobby L. Rush (D-Ill.)

H.R.403: Free Trade With Cuba Act

Sponsor: Charles B. Rangel (D-N.Y.)

H.R.634: Export Freedom to Cuba Act of 2015

Sponsor: Charles B. Rangel (D-N.Y.)

H.R.635: Promoting American Agricultural and Medical Exports to Cuba Act of 2015

Sponsor: Charles B. Rangel (D-N.Y.)

H.R.664: Freedom to Travel to Cuba Act of 2015

Sponsor: Mark Sanford (R-S.C.)

H.R.735: Cuba Reconciliation Act

Sponsor: José E. Serrano (D-N.Y.)

S.1543: Cuba Trade Act of 2015

Sponsor: Jerry Moran (R-Kan.)

S.1049: Agricultural Export Expansion Act of 2015

Sponsor: Heidi Heitkamp (D-N.D.)

S.4406: Protect America’s Children from Toxic Pesticides Act

Sponsor: Tom Udall (D-N.M.)

H.R.7940: Protect America’s Children from Toxic Pesticides Act

Sponsor: Joe Neguse (D-Colo.)

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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?
Michael K. Torrey LA for Senators Kassebaum, Dole and Frahm Asst. to Commissioner David Spears, CFTC Dpty. Asst. Secretary, Congressional Affairs, USDA Dpty. Chief of Staff, Secs Veneman and Johanns, USDA
Tara Smith Senate Ag Comm., Senior Professional Staff
Trey Forsyth Confidential Assistant to USTR Chief Agricultural Negotiator.
Ashley Willits USDA Deputy Director External and Intergovernmental Affairs, USDA Advance Lead
Jacqueline Muhammad Legislative Correspondent and Legislative Aide for Senator Mark Kirk; Outreach Director for Rep Lauren Underwood Legislative Correspondent and Legislative Aide for Senator Mark Kirk; Outreach Director for Rep Lauren Underwood. Legislative Correspondent and Legislative Aide for Senator Mark Kirk; Outreach Director for Rep Laruen Underwood.
Sarah Hubbart n/a
Kerry Lynch n/a
Michael Torrey 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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