• Support for Byrne JAG funding community project to address violent crime in Louisiana.
• Support for repeal of the Windfall Elimination Provision and the Government Pension Offset in the Social Security Program.
• Support for S. 971, the Due Process Continuity of Care Act. This bill allows an otherwise eligible individual who is in custody pending disposition of charges (i.e., pretrial detainees) to receive Medicaid benefits at the option of the state. The bill also provides for state planning grants to support the provision of such benefits.
• Opposition to H.R. 4639 and SA 1829, the Fourth Amendment Is Not for Sale Act, a bill that would restrict law enforcements access to investigative information.
• H.R.3170 and S.1514, the Homes for Every Local Protector, Educator, and Responder (HELPER) Act, a bill that would create a home loan program within the Federal Housing Administration to help law enforcement officers, firefighters, EMTs, paramedics, and pre-K-12 teachers by making homeownership more affordable.

Duration: April 3, 2017 to present

General Issues: Budget/Appropriations, Retirement, Health Issues, Law Enforcement/Crime/Criminal Justice, Housing, Disaster Planning/Emergencies

Spending: about $270,000 (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 2017: House of Representatives, U.S. Senate, Treasury - Dept of, White House Office, Justice - Dept of (DOJ), U.S. Forest Service