Lobbying Relationship

Client

Austin Air Systems, Limited

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Lobbying firm

Capitol Counsel LLC

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  • Effectiveness and consumer transparency regarding portable air purifiers to improve indoor air quality, including federal funding for indoor air quality improvements and use of HEPA portable air purifiers in: (1) the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Reopening Schools Supplement to the Epidemiology and Laboratory Capacity program; and (2) provisions in the Inflation Reduction Act, P.L. 117-169, Sec. 60201, Environmental and Climate Justice Block Grants, to provide funding for reducing indoor toxics and indoor air pollution.

Duration: to

General Issues: Environmental/Superfund, Health Issues

Spending: about $350,000 (But it's complicated. Here's why.)

Agencies lobbied since 2015: Executive Office of the President (EOP), Centers For Disease Control & Prevention (CDC), U.S. Senate, House of Representatives, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)

Affiliated organizations: Austin Research Labs Corp

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?
Martin B. Gold Floor Advisor & Counsel, Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist
Sara Franko Legislative Director/AA, Rep. Ted Strickland AA, Rep. Gerald Kleczka, LD/LA, Rep. Dennis Eckart Legislative Director/Admin. Asst., Rep. Ted Strickland (D-OH); Admin. Asst., Rep. Gerald Kleczka; Legislative Director/Legislative Asst., Rep. Dennis Eckart.
Dena Battle Legislative Director, Rep. Dave Camp Legislative Director, Rep. Nick Smith
Aaron K. Cohen Chief of Staff & Leg Asst., Sen. John Ensign Legislative Aide, Sen. Richard Bryan Legislative Corresp., Sen. Richard Bryan
De'Ana Dow Staff Assistant to Senator Walter Huddleston Counsel to Chairman William Rainer (CFTC) Special Advisor to Chairman James Newsome (CFTC)
Jenn Fogel Counsel, Senate Banking Committee Presidential Management Fellow, HUD
Luke Hatzis LD & LA, Cong. Peter Roskam Republican Clerk, House Rules Committee Legislative Aide, House Republican Conference Floor Assistant, Speaker J. Dennis Hastert
Joshua Kardon Chief of Staff, LD & Press Secretary, Senator Ron Wyden Staff Director, House Government Affairs Committee
Drew Goesl Chief of Staff, Rep. Mike Ross Communications Director, Sen. Blanche Lincoln
Jim McCrery Former Member of Congress, Louisiana 4th Ranking Member, House Ways and Means Committee Committee Member, Joint Committee on Taxation
Bradley Mollet Staff & Research Assistant, Sen. Tim Johnson Legislative Assistant, Cong. Jim Matheson Legislative Director, Joint Committee on Taxation
Richard Sullivan Special Assistant to House Majority Leader Gephardt
Jeffery Walter Special Projects Director for Senator Alfonse D'Amato Special Projects Director for Senator Connie Mack Deputy Staff Director, Joint Economic Committee
Robert Diamond Special Assistant to the President and Director of Private Sector Engagement, President Barack Obama.
Jeffrey Carroll Staff Director House Energy and Commerce Committee; Chief of Staff, Rep. Frank Pallone; Legislative Director, Rep. Frank Pallone; Legislative Assistant, Rep. Frank Pallone.
Jonathan Kott Sr. Advisor & Communications Dir., Sen. Joe Manchin; Sr. Advisor &Communications Dir., Sen. Chris Coons; Press Sec., Rep. Brad Ellsworth; Press Sec., Rep. Anthony Weiner; Speechwriter, Sen. Evan Bayh; Public Affrs. Spec., Ofc. of the Director, OPM.
Bob Brooks Chief of Staff, Rep. Jim McCrery & Rep. Jay Dickey.
Denise Henry Morrisey n/a
Shannon Finley n/a
Marty Gold n/a
De'Ana H. Dow n/a
Jennifer Fogel-Bublick n/a
John D. Raffaelli 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.

Termination
Q2 Report
Q1 Report
Q4 Report
Registration
Termination
Q2 Report
Q1 Report
Registration

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

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