Lobbying Relationship

Client

Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated

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Lobbying firm

Williams and Jensen, PLLC

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  • General education about federal policies impacting pharmaceutical development, approval, and reimbursement.
  • General education about federal policies impacting pharmaceutical development, approval, and reimbursement. Implementation of P.L. 117-169 provisions related to Medicare prescription drugs. Education about non-opioid pain therapies.
  • General education about policies to improve outcomes for patients with APOL-1 kidney disease.

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General Issues: Health Issues, Medical/Disease Research/Clinical Labs, Medicare/Medicaid, Budget/Appropriations, Taxation/Internal Revenue Code, Defense, Trade (Domestic & Foreign)

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

Agencies lobbied since 2015: U.S. Senate, House of Representatives, White House Office, Health & Human Services - Dept of (HHS), Homeland Security - Dept of (DHS)

Bills mentioned

H.R.1628: American Health Care Act of 2017

Sponsor: Diane Black (R-Tenn.)

H.R.34: 21st Century Cures Act

Sponsor: Suzanne Bonamici (D-Ore.)

H.R.6: 21st Century Cures Act

Sponsor: Fred Upton (R-Mich.)

S.2030: Advancing Targeted Therapies for Rare Diseases Act of 2016

Sponsor: Michael Bennet (D-Colo.)

H.R.2029: Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2016

Sponsor: Charlie Dent (R-Pa.)

H.R.209: Ensuring Access to Clinical Trials Act of 2015

Sponsor: Lloyd Doggett (D-Texas)

S.139: Ensuring Access to Clinical Trials Act of 2015

Sponsor: Ron Wyden (D-Ore.)

H.R.1: An Act to provide for reconciliation pursuant to titles II and V of the...

Sponsor: Kevin Brady (R-Texas)

H.R.1625: Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2018

Sponsor: Edward Royce (R-Calif.)

H.R.1892: Bipartisan Budget Act of 2018

Sponsor: John B. Larson (D-Conn.)

S.2543: Prescription Drug Pricing Reduction Act of 2019

Sponsor: Charles E. Grassley (R-Iowa)

H.R.3: Elijah E. Cummings Lower Drug Costs Now Act

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

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

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

H.R.604: To direct the United States Postal Service to designate a single, unique...

Sponsor: Morgan Griffith (R-Va.)

H.R.748: CARES Act

Sponsor: Joe Courtney (D-Conn.)

H.R.133: Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021

Sponsor: Henry Cuellar (D-Texas)

H.R.1319: American Rescue Plan Act of 2021

Sponsor: John Yarmuth (D-Ky.)

H.R.3: Elijah E. Cummings Lower Drug Costs Now Act

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

H.R.19: Lower Costs, More Cures Act of 2021

Sponsor: Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-Wash.)

H.R.5376: Inflation Reduction Act of 2022

Sponsor: John Yarmuth (D-Ky.)

H.R.7667: Food and Drug Amendments of 2022

Sponsor: Anna G. Eshoo (D-Calif.)

S.4348: FDASLA Act of 2022

Sponsor: Patty Murray (D-Wash.)

H.R.6833: Continuing Appropriations and Ukraine Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2023

Sponsor: Angie Craig (D-Minn.)

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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?
Cheryl Jaeger Sr Policy Advisor, Majority Leader, Rep Eric Cantor Shared Employee Ofc of Speaker & Ofc VA 7 Sr. LA to Rep Christopher Cox Sr. Policy Advisor, Majority Whip Rep Blunt Sr. Policy Advisor, Republican Whip Rep Cantor Prof Staff House Committee on E&C Shared employee, Ofc of the Speaker & ofc VA 7; Sr Policy Adv, Majority Leader, Rep E Cantor; Sr Policy Adv, Republican Whip, Rep E Cantor; Sr Policy Adv, Majority Whip, Rep R Blunt; Prof Staff House Committee on E&C; Sr LA to Rep C. Cox Shd employee, Ofc of the Speaker 7 Ofc of VA 7; Sr. Policy Adv, Maj Leader, Rep Cantor; Sr. Policy Adv, Rep Whip, Rep Cantor; Sr. Policy Adv, Maj Whip, Rep Blunt; Prof Staff House Committee on E&C; Sr LA to Rep C. Cox Shared employee, Ofc of the Speaker & Ofc of VA 07; Sr Policy Adv, Maj Leader, Rep Cantor; Sr. Policy Adv, Republican Whip, Rep Cantor; Sr Policy Adv, Majority Whip, Rep Blunt; Prof Staff House Committee on E&C; Sr. LA to Rep Cox Shared employee, Ofc of the Speaker & Ofc of VA 07; Sr Policy Adv, Maj Leader, Rep. Cantor; Sr Policy Adv, Republican Whip, Rep. Cantor; Sr Policy Adv, Majority Whip, Rep. Blunt; Prof Staff House Committee on E & C; Sr LA to Rep. Cox
Andrew Jones Legislative Counsel, Rep. Hinojosa; Legislative Director and Counsel, Rep. Lujan
Nicholas Karellas LA to Senator Christopher Bond; Tax Counsel, Rep Lynn Jenkins
Christopher Hatcher Sch C, Treasury; LD, Rep Scott McInnis Sch. C, Treasury; Associate Staff, House Rules Committee; LD, Rep. Scott McInnis
Karina Lynch Staff, Senate Special Committee on Aging; Staff, Senate Committee on Government Affairs; Senate Committees on Aging and Gov. Affairs
Susan Hirschmann COS, Rep.Van Hilleary and Majority Whip COS, Rep. Van Hilleary and Majority Whip Tom DeLay
Grant Barbosa Legislative Assistant, Sen. Harris; Legislative Assistant, Rep. Sander M. Levin; Congressional Hispanic Caucus Institute Fellow, Rep. Xavier Becerra
Mathew Hoekstra n/a
Matthew Hoekstra 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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