Lobbying Relationship

Client

ABBOTT LABORATORIES

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Lobbying firm

Williams & Jensen, PLLC.

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  • Drug safety; Drug importation; authorized generics; drug company settlements; Preserve Access to Affordable Generics Act; H.R. 6446; childhood nutrition issues; Federal preemption for drugs and devices; Medical device safety; Prescription drug advertising; Congressional oversight issues; General health care reform (Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act).
  • Issues related to corporate tax, including tax reform.
  • Financial services

Duration: to

General Issues: Health Issues, Taxation/Internal Revenue Code, Financial Institutions/Investments/Securities, Budget/Appropriations, Food Industry (Safety, Labeling, etc.), Medicare/Medicaid, Trade (Domestic & Foreign)

Spending: about $840,000 (But it's complicated. Here's why.)

Agencies lobbied since 2008: House of Representatives, U.S. Senate

Bills mentioned

H.R.6446: Improving Diagnostic Innovations Act of 2012

Sponsor: Peter Roskam (R-Ill.)

H.R.579: To require the Secretary of the Interior to assemble a team of...

Sponsor: Donna M.C. Christensen (D-Virgin Islands)

S.525: Positive Aging Act of 2011

Sponsor: Susan Collins (R-Maine)

H.R.1298: Veterans' Efficiencies Through Savings Act of 2011

Sponsor: Frank A. LoBiondo (R-N.J.)

S.1232: A bill to modify the definition of fiduciary under the Employee...

Sponsor: Kelly Ayotte (R-N.H.)

H.R.573: To amend section 310 of the Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2009 to...

Sponsor: Betty Sutton (D-Ohio)

S.501: Fostering Independence Through Technology Act of 2011

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

S.369: A bill to award posthumously a Congressional Gold Medal to Giuseppe...

Sponsor: Michael B. Enzi (R-Wyo.)

H.R.1706: Commercial Motor Vehicle Advanced Safety Technology Tax Act of 2011

Sponsor: Geoff Davis (R-Ky.)

S.540: Tyler Clementi Higher Education Anti-Harassment Act of 2011

Sponsor: Frank R. Lautenberg (D-N.J.)

H.R.2749: Nanotechnology Advancement and New Opportunities Act

Sponsor: Michael M. Honda (D-Calif.)

S.510: ROADS SAFE Act of 2011

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

H.R.4853: To extend the temporary suspension of duty on Methoxycarbonyl-terminated...

Sponsor: Robert E. Andrews (D-N.J.)

H.R.579: School Building Enhancement Act

Sponsor: Rush Holt (D-N.J.)

S.525: Pharmaceutical Market Access and Drug Safety Act of 2009

Sponsor: Byron L. Dorgan (D-N.D.)

H.R.1298: Pharmaceutical Market Access and Drug Safety Act of 2009

Sponsor: Marion Berry (D-Ark.)

S.1232: Pharmaceutical Market Access and Drug Safety Act of 2009

Sponsor: Byron L. Dorgan (D-N.D.)

H.R.573: To amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to prohibit the...

Sponsor: Jo Ann Emerson (R-Mo.)

S.501: Fair Prescription Drug Competition Act

Sponsor: John D. Rockefeller IV (D-W.Va.)

S.369: Preserve Access to Affordable Generics Act

Sponsor: Herb Kohl (D-Wis.)

H.R.1706: Protecting Consumer Access to Generic Drugs Act of 2009

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

H.R.1346: Medical Device Safety Act of 2009

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

S.540: Medical Device Safety Act of 2009

Sponsor: Edward M. Kennedy (D-Mass.)

S.3793: Job Creation and Tax Cuts Act of 2010

Sponsor: Max Baucus (D-Mont.)

H.R.4853: Tax Relief, Unemployment Insurance Reauthorization, and Job Creation Act...

Sponsor: James L. Oberstar (D-Minn.)

H.R.2749: Food Safety Enhancement Act of 2009

Sponsor: John D. Dingell (D-Mich.)

S.510: FDA Food Safety Modernization Act

Sponsor: Richard J. Durbin (D-Ill.)

S.3306: Big Oil Bailout Prevention Trust Fund Act of 2010

Sponsor: Robert Menendez (D-N.J.)

H.R.5504: Improving Nutrition for America's Children Act

Sponsor: George Miller (D-Calif.)

H.R.3590: Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act

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

H.R.1548: Pathway for Biosimilars Act

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

S.726: Promoting Innovation and Access to Life-Saving Medicine Act

Sponsor: Charles E. Schumer (D-N.Y.)

H.R.1427: Promoting Innovation and Access to Life-Saving Medicine Act

Sponsor: Henry A. Waxman (D-Calif.)

H.R.3962: Preservation of Access to Care for Medicare Beneficiaries and Pension...

Sponsor: John D. Dingell (D-Mich.)

H.R.4872: Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010

Sponsor: John M. Spratt Jr. (D-S.C.)

S.301: Physician Payments Sunshine Act of 2009

Sponsor: Charles E. Grassley (R-Iowa)

S.1213: Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Act of 2009

Sponsor: Max Baucus (D-Mont.)

H.R.3200: America's Affordable Health Choices Act of 2009

Sponsor: John D. Dingell (D-Mich.)

S.547: Drug Rebate Equalization Act of 2009

Sponsor: Jeff Bingaman (D-N.M.)

H.R.904: Medicaid Prescription Drug Rebate Equalization Act of 2009

Sponsor: Bart Stupak (D-Mich.)

H.R.1725: Voluntary State Discount Prescription Drug Plan Act of 2009

Sponsor: Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.)

S.330: Medicare Prescription Drug Savings and Choice Act of 2009

Sponsor: Richard J. Durbin (D-Ill.)

H.R.684: Medicare Prescription Drug Savings and Choice Act of 2009

Sponsor: Marion Berry (D-Ark.)

S.266: Medicare Prescription Drug Gap Reduction Act of 2009

Sponsor: Bill Nelson (D-Fla.)

H.R.1: American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009

Sponsor: David R. Obey (D-Wis.)

S.593: Ban Poisonous Additives Act of 2009

Sponsor: Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.)

S.2029: Physician Payments Sunshine Act of 2007

Sponsor: Charles E. Grassley (R-Iowa)

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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?
Karina Lynch Senate Committees on Aging and Gov. Affairs Staff, Senate Special Committee on Aging
Susan Hirschmann COS, Rep.Van Hilleary and Majority Whip DeLay
Christopher Hatcher Sch. C, Treasury. ; LD, Rep. Scott McInnis Staff Asst.; Special Asst,; & Leg. Manger, Treasury
Becky Anderson White House Office of Legislative Affairs
Joel Oswald Prof. Staff, Senate Banking; LA, Sen. Enzi Prof.Staff,, Senate Banking; LA,Sen.Enzi.
Michael Beer LA, Rep. Dave Hobson
Karina Lynch continued Staff, Senate Committe on Government Affairs Staff, Senate Committee on Government Affairs
Christopher Hatcher continued LD, Rep. Scott McInnis
KARINA V. LYNCH n/a
GEORGE G. OLSEN n/a
Robert E. Glennon n/a
George Olsen n/a
J.Steven Hart n/a
Erin Book n/a
Matthew Hoekstra n/a
J. Steven Hart n/a
Jenny DiJames n/a
Karina Lynch Lynch 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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