Lobbying Relationship

Client

America's Essential Hospitals

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Lobbying firm

McDermott+Consulting LLC

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  • Issues relating to COVID-19, Medicare, Medicaid, 340B, safety net providers, and health care workforce.

Duration: to

General Issues: Health Issues, Medicare/Medicaid

Spending: about $490,000 (But it's complicated. Here's why.)

Agencies lobbied since 2019: House of Representatives, U.S. Senate

Bills mentioned

H.R.1865: Further Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2020

Sponsor: Bill Pascrell Jr. (D-N.J.)

H.R.3: Elijah E. Cummings Lower Drug Costs Now Act

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

H.R.6201: Families First Coronavirus Response Act

Sponsor: Nita M. Lowey (D-N.Y.)

H.R.748: CARES Act

Sponsor: Joe Courtney (D-Conn.)

S.1895: Lower Health Care Costs Act

Sponsor: Lamar Alexander (R-Tenn.)

S.2543: Prescription Drug Pricing Reduction Act of 2019

Sponsor: Charles E. Grassley (R-Iowa)

H.R.6800: The Heroes Act

Sponsor: Nita M. Lowey (D-N.Y.)

H.R.4538: Closing Loopholes for Orphan Drugs Act

Sponsor: Peter Welch (D-Vt.)

S.4160: A bill to enable certain hospitals that were participating in or applied...

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

H.R.7838: To provide for certain temporary waivers with respect to the 340B drug...

Sponsor: Doris Matsui (D-Calif.)

H.R.8337: Continuing Appropriations Act, 2021 and Other Extensions Act

Sponsor: Nita M. Lowey (D-N.Y.)

H.R.925: The Heroes Act

Sponsor: Mike Thompson (D-Calif.)

H.R.133: Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021

Sponsor: Henry Cuellar (D-Texas)

H.R.1868: To prevent across-the-board direct spending cuts, and for other purposes.

Sponsor: John Yarmuth (D-Ky.)

H.R.1319: American Rescue Plan Act of 2021

Sponsor: John Yarmuth (D-Ky.)

H.R.3684: Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act

Sponsor: Peter A. DeFazio (D-Ore.)

H.R.1686: Examining Opioid Treatment Infrastructure Act of 2021

Sponsor: Bill Foster (D-Ill.)

H.R.4390: PROTECT 340B Act of 2021

Sponsor: David McKinley (R-W.Va.)

H.R.7666: Restoring Hope for Mental Health and Well-Being Act of 2022

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

S.2938: Bipartisan Safer Communities Act

Sponsor: Marco Rubio (R-Fla.)

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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?
Rodney Whitlock 2011-2015: Health Policy Director, Sen. Chuck Grassley; 2005-2010: Health Policy Advisor, Senate Finance Committee; 2003-2005: Legislative Director, Rep. Charlie Norwood; 1997-2002: Legislative Assistant, Rep. Charlie Norwood
Meg Gilley 2005-2010: Executive Assistant, Legislative Assistant, Senior Policy Advisor, Rep. Jack Kingston
Amy Kelbick 2015-2017: Senior Policy Advisor, Rep. Jan Schakowsky; 2013-2015: Senior Legislative Assistance, Rep. Bill Foster; 2009-2013: Legislative Assistant, Staff Assistant, Rep. Maurice Hinchey
Debra Curtis 1998-2013: Legislative Director, Chief of Staff, Rep. Pete Stark; jointly Professional Staff on Committee on Ways and Means, Health Subcommittee
Katie Weider n/a
Emma Zimmerman n/a
Katie Waldo 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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