Lobbying Relationship

Client

Rice University

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Lobbying firm

Cornerstone Government Affairs, Inc.

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  • College affordability; student loans; open source textbooks; name image likeness policy; endowments.
  • Nanotechnology; funding for National Science Foundation & NIST; OSTP; NASA; Department of Energy Office of Science
  • policies and legislation impacting federal extramural research grantmaking, particularly related to basic research
  • Nanotechnology research; bioengineering
  • Funding for Health & Human Services, National Science Foundation, and Department of Defense.

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General Issues: Education, Science/Technology, Energy/Nuclear, Defense, Budget/Appropriations, Foreign Relations

Spending: about $1,440,000 (But it's complicated. Here's why.)

Agencies lobbied since 2011: U.S. Senate, House of Representatives, Executive Office of the President (EOP), Education - Dept of, Office of Science & Technology Policy (OSTP), Natl Aeronautics & Space Administration (NASA), Natl Institute of Standards & Technology (NIST), Defense - Dept of (DOD), Army - Dept of (Corps of Engineers), Interior - Dept of (DOI), Veterans Affairs - Dept of (VA), Interior - Dept of (DOI)

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?
James Richards COS House Member Office, Dir IGA USDA COS House Member Office (Pearce); Director IGA USDA; Appropriations Associate House Member Office (Skeen & Bonilla) COS House Member Office (Pearce); Director IGA USDA; Appropriations House Member Office (Skeen & Bonilla) COS House Member Office (Pearce); Director IGA USDA; Appropriations Association House Member Office (Skeen & Bonilla) Approps Assoc House Member Office Appropriations Associate House Mem Office (Skeen & Bonilla)
Laverne Hubert Min Chief Counsel. Senate Agriculture Committee Min Chief Counsel Sen Ag Cmte Chief Counsel, LS COS House Ag Committee Min Chief Counsel, Sen Ag Committee Chief Counsel, LS, COS House Ag Committee Chief Counsel, LD, COS House Ag Committee
Campbell Kaufman Staff House Member Office (McCrery & Cooksey)
Tony Essalih COS, LD, LA House Member Office (Culberson); LA House Member Office (Archer); SA House Member Office (Hastings); Intern House Member Office (Bliley) COS, LD, LA House Member Office (Culberson);LA House Member Office (Archer); SA House Member Office (Hastings); Intern House Member Office (Bliley) COS House Member Office COS, LD, LA House Mem Office (Culberson), LA House Mem Office (Archer), SA House Mem Office (Hastings) Intern House Mem Office (Bliley) LA House Mem Office (Archer), SA House Mem Office(Hastings) COS, LD, LA House Member Office (Culberson), LA House Member Office (Archer), SA House Member Office (Hastings), Intern House Member Office (Bliley)
Susan Sweat LC, LA & LD House Office (Wicker); LD Senate Member Office (Wicker) LC, LA & LD House Office (Wicker); LD Sen Member Office (Wicker) Legis Aide, LD; House & Senate Member Office Legis Aide, LD; Hosue & Senate Member Office LC, LA & LD House Offce (Wicker);LD Sen Mem Offce (Wicker) LC, LA & LD House Office (Wicker);LD Sen Mem Offce (Wicker)
Erik Fatemi Prof Staff Senate Approps Cmte (Byrd, Inouye, Mikulski) Prof Staff Sen Approps Cmte
Tyler Nelson Chief of Staff House Member Office, Deputy Chief of Staff House Member Office, District Director (Olson)
Eric Tober Staff Asst House Member (Bruce); Sen Project Dir (Johnston) LA & LD House and Senate Member Office Staff Ast House Mem (Bruce); Sen Project Dir (Johnston)
Christopher Sarley Policy Coordinator, House Energy & Commerce Committee; Policy Director, Sr Legis Asst, House Member Office (Shimkus); Sr Legis Asst, Legislative Assistant, Legislative Correspondent, Staff Assistant, House Member Office (Hastert)
Tony Essaliah COS House Member Office
John Keast COS House Member Office (Wicker)
Todd Webster Communications Senate Member Office (Murray, Daschle), Chief of Staff Senate Member Office (Coons)
Laura Bozell LA House Member Office (McCrery), Prof Staff Ways & Means Cmte (Camp)
John Sandell Tax Counsel, Legislative Assistant; Ways and Means Committee (Camp, Ryan, Brady)
Anthony Lazarski Senior Legislative Advisor, Senate Member Office (Inhofe); Professional Staff Member, Senate Armed Services Committee; Military Legislative Assistant, Senate Member Office (Inhofe)
Christopher Hodgson Legislative Assistant (Scalise), Floor Assistant & Deputy Floor Director for House Majority Whip (Scalise), Deputy Director & Director of Legislative Affairs (Pence)
Charles Carithers Prof Staff, House Homeland (Thompson); Brookings Legis Fellow, Senate Homeland (Carper)
William Smith Staff Director, House Approps Cmte; Deputy Staff Director, House Approps Cmte; Chief of Staff, Legislative Director, Senior Legislative Assist, House Member Office (Rogers); Staff Assistant, Senate Approps Cmte
Timothy Wolfmeyer n/a
Michael Smith n/a
John Leggieri n/a
Denise Bode n/a
Daniel Fleming n/a
Katherine Eltzroth n/a
Dan Fleming n/a
Joseph Bischoff PhD n/a
John Crumbliss 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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