Lobbying Relationship

Client

NATIONAL POTATO COUNCIL

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Lobbying firm

MCDERMOTT WILL & EMERY LLP

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  • Farm Bill provisions for fruits and vegetables. Sanitary and phytosanitary issues. Funding for potato breeding research. Crop insurance provisions. Nutrition standards. Export promotion funding.
  • Market Access Program. Agriculture Appropriations bills.
  • Funding for the Market Access Program. Technical Assistance for Specialty Crops.
  • Immigration reform.
  • Ports Act Highway Bill

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General Issues: Agriculture, Budget/Appropriations, Trade (Domestic & Foreign), Immigration, Transportation, Food Industry (Safety, Labeling, etc.), Environmental/Superfund, Chemicals/Chemical Industry, Taxation/Internal Revenue Code

Spending: about $340,000 (But it's complicated. Here's why.)

Agencies lobbied since 2007: U.S. Senate, House of Representatives, Agriculture - Dept of (USDA), U.S. Trade Representative (USTR), Labor - Dept of (DOL), Food & Drug Administration (FDA), Agriculture - Dept of (USDA), Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), U.S. Senate,, House of Representatives,, Y Y U.S. Department of Agriculture, Y Y Office of the U.S. Trade Representative U.S. Department of Agriculture, N N U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Y Y

Bills mentioned

H.R.5054: Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and...

Sponsor: Robert B. Aderholt (R-Ala.)

S.2956: Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and...

Sponsor: Jerry Moran (R-Kan.)

H.R.3488: Safe, Flexible, and Efficient Trucking Act of 2015

Sponsor: Reid Ribble (R-Wis.)

S.1519: PORTS Act

Sponsor: Cory Gardner (R-Colo.)

H.R.3049: Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and...

Sponsor: Robert B. Aderholt (R-Ala.)

H.R.1314: Bipartisan Budget Act of 2015

Sponsor: Pat Meehan (R-Pa.)

H.R.2146: Defending Public Safety Employees' Retirement Act

Sponsor: Dave Reichert (R-Wash.)

S.744: REFUND Act

Sponsor: Marco Rubio (R-Fla.)

H.R.1773: Residue Entries and Streamlining Trade Act

Sponsor: Kenny Marchant (R-Texas)

S.954: Agriculture Reform, Food, and Jobs Act of 2013

Sponsor: Debbie Stabenow (D-Mich.)

H.R.1947: Federal Agriculture Reform and Risk Management Act of 2013

Sponsor: Frank D. Lucas (R-Okla.)

H.R.2642: Agricultural Act of 2014

Sponsor: Frank D. Lucas (R-Okla.)

H.R.4800: Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and...

Sponsor: Robert B. Aderholt (R-Ala.)

S.2389: Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and...

Sponsor: Mark Pryor (D-Ark.)

S.744: Border Security, Economic Opportunity, and Immigration Modernization Act

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

H.R.2410: Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and...

Sponsor: Robert B. Aderholt (R-Ala.)

S.1244: Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and...

Sponsor: Mark Pryor (D-Ark.)

S.3240: Agriculture Reform, Food, and Jobs Act of 2012

Sponsor: Debbie Stabenow (D-Mich.)

H.R.6083: Federal Agriculture Reform and Risk Management Act of 2012

Sponsor: Frank D. Lucas (R-Okla.)

H.R.5326: Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2013

Sponsor: Frank R. Wolf (R-Va.)

S.2375: Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and...

Sponsor: Herb Kohl (D-Wis.)

H.R.5973: Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and...

Sponsor: Jack Kingston (R-Ga.)

H.R.2885: Legal Workforce Act

Sponsor: Lamar Smith (R-Texas)

H.R.2847: American Specialty Agriculture Act

Sponsor: Lamar Smith (R-Texas)

H.R.2895: Legal Agricultural Workforce Act

Sponsor: Dan Lungren (R-Calif.)

S.2323: Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2013

Sponsor: Barbara A. Mikulski (D-Md.)

H.J.RES.48: Additional Continuing Appropriations Amendments, 2011

Sponsor: Harold Rogers (R-Ky.)

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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?
Karen Williams 2015: Leg. Director, Rep. Bob Goodlatte; 2011-14: Leg. Director, Rep. Steve Southerland; 2001-10: Leg. Director, Rep. Adam Putnam; 1999-2000: Leg. Asst., Rep. Charles Canady
W. Kam Quarles 1993: Legislative Assistant, Representative Ken Calvert; 1991-1992: District Office, Senator John Seymour
W Quarles 1993: Legislative Assistant, Representative Ken Calvert; 1991-1992: District Office, Senator John Seymour
W. Cam Quarles 1993: Legislative Assistant, Representative Ken
Kam Quarles 1993: Legislative Assistant, Representative Ken Calvert; 1991-1992: District Office, Senator John Seymour
Jerry C. Hill n/a
Jerry Hill 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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