• Tracked the FY 2019 Appropriations process and advocated for full funding of key federal programs for the county
• Support County in its effort to negate the retroactive penalties being assessed by HHS due to the refinancing of pension obligations bonds.
• Monitor and advise on federal legislative proposals regarding the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program; Monitored the development of several immigration reform bills proposed in the House of Represenatives
• Monitoring the 2018 Farm Bill; advocate for expanded crop insurance funding with a particular focus on the Tree Assistance Program; Opposing $20 billion in cuts and add work requirements to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP). Monitoring the passage of the House and Senate bill, and preparing for the final Farm Bill voting.
• supported the County in its efforts to negate new financial assurance test for post-closure maintenance of non-operating hazardous waste facility located in the County

Duration: January 1, 2008 to December 31, 2018

General Issues: Budget/Appropriations, Retirement, Immigration, Agriculture, Financial Institutions/Investments/Securities, Natural Resources, Railroads, Medicare/Medicaid, Taxation/Internal Revenue Code, Law Enforcement/Crime/Criminal Justice, Real Estate/Land Use/Conservation, Transportation, Government Issues, Communications/Broadcasting/Radio/TV, Housing, Welfare, Economics/Economic Development, Disaster Planning/Emergencies, Environmental/Superfund, Homeland Security, Roads/Highway

Spending: about $880,000 (But it's complicated. Here's why.)

It can be tricky to figure out how much an organization spent on a particular lobbying engagement. The law only requires lobbyists to report the amount they were paid for federal lobbying each quarter rounded to the nearest $10,000—and if it's less than $3,000 in a given quarter (or less than $13,000 for organizations with in-house lobbyists), they don't have to disclose it at all. Plus, some organizations include spending that doesn’t belong in the report—for instance, money spent lobbying state governments or other legal work.

Agencies lobbied since 2008: U.S. Senate, House of Representatives, Health & Human Services - Dept of (HHS), Federal Railroad Administration, Army - Dept of (Corps of Engineers), House of Representatives,, Bureau of Reclamation, White House Office, Transportation - Dept of (DOT), Internal Revenue Service (IRS), Health & Human Services - Dept of (HHS), Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA),, U.S. Senate,, Agriculture - Dept of (USDA), Justice - Dept of (DOJ), Bureau of Justice Assistance, Office of Juvenile Justice & Deliquency Prevention