• Inflation Reduction Act - RFI and RFP process for funds toward Environmental Product Declarations PFAS regulations - impact on small businesses, reporting requirements, and support of a federal law versus state legislation.
• Employment - lack of employees available specifically in rural areas where manufacturing is located. Seeking help to fund employees, open immigration, etc. Regulatory Environment - increased legislation with little understanding of enforcement.

Duration: January 1, 2008 to present

General Issues: Environmental/Superfund, Economics/Economic Development, Small Business, Consumer Issues/Safety/Protection, Manufacturing, Miscellaneous Tariff Bills, Clean Air & Water (Quality), Government Issues, Trade (Domestic & Foreign), Energy/Nuclear, Chemicals/Chemical Industry, Education, Taxation/Internal Revenue Code, Civil Rights/Civil Liberties

Spending: about $1,250,194 (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: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), U.S. Senate, House of Representatives, Small Business Administration (SBA), General Services Administration (GSA), Defense - Dept of (DOD), Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ), Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC), President of the U.S., Energy - Dept of, Intl Trade Administration (ITA), Natl Institute of Standards & Technology (NIST), Government Accountability Office (GAO), U.S. Trade Representative (USTR), Natl Economic Council (NEC), Treasury - Dept of, Commerce - Dept of (DOC), Agriculture - Dept of (USDA), Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC), Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC), Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP), White House Office, Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA), Army - Dept of (Corps of Engineers), Small Business Adminstration (SBA), House of Representatives, Senate, Energy, Dept of, Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS), Agriculture, Dept of (USDA), Commerce, Dept of (DOC), Federal Trade Commission (FTC), Army, Dept of (Other), Internal Revenue Service (IRS), Office of Management & Budget (OMB)