Lobbying Relationship

Client

Smithfield Foods, Inc.

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Lobbying firm

Holland & Knight, LLP

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  • Promoting robust U.S. agricultural exports; ensuring African Swine Fever preparedness to protect the U.S. pork industry.
  • African Swine Fever preparedness; issues related to competition and pricing, promoting science-based animal welfare standards; Farm Bill reauthorization; issues related to foreign ownership of agricultural land.
  • S. 168/H.R. 683 - PASS Act of 2023; Senate Amendment 1410 (Rounds) - foreign farmland ownership restrictions.

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General Issues: Trade (Domestic & Foreign), Agriculture, Financial Institutions/Investments/Securities, Energy/Nuclear, Environmental/Superfund, Immigration, Taxation/Internal Revenue Code, Labor Issues/Antitrust/Workplace, Torts, Food Industry (Safety, Labeling, etc.), Health Issues

Spending: about $4,450,000 (But it's complicated. Here's why.)

Agencies lobbied since 2019: U.S. Senate, House of Representatives, Agriculture - Dept of (USDA), U.S. Trade Representative (USTR), White House Office, Commerce - Dept of (DOC), Centers For Disease Control & Prevention (CDC), Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA), Treasury - Dept of, Food & Drug Administration (FDA)

Related Foreign Entities: WH Group (Kowloon, HKG); contribution to lobbying: $0; ownership 100%

Bills mentioned

H.R.1393: Justice for Black Farmers Act of 2021

Sponsor: Alma Adams (D-N.C.)

S.300: Justice for Black Farmers Act of 2021

Sponsor: Cory Booker (D-N.J.)

H.R.4356: Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and...

Sponsor: Sanford D. Bishop Jr. (D-Ga.)

S.2599: Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and...

Sponsor: Tammy Baldwin (D-Wis.)

H.R.5376: Inflation Reduction Act of 2022

Sponsor: John Yarmuth (D-Ky.)

S.168: PASS Act of 2023

Sponsor: Mike Rounds (R-S.D.)

H.R.683: PASS Act of 2023

Sponsor: Elise Stefanik (R-N.Y.)

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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?
Christopher DeLacy ​Counsel, House Science Cmte., Technology Subcmte.; Counsel, Senator John Warner
Joel Roberson ​Committee Liaison, House Republican Conference; Floor Debate Coordinator, House Republican Conference; Law Clerk, House Judiciary Committee
Beth Viola Senior Advisor, Council on Environmental Quality
Kathryn Lehman ​​Special Assistant to Speaker of the House; Policy Director, House Majority Whip; Director of Coalition Outreach, Speaker of House; Chief of Staff, House Republican Conference
Paul Bock Chief of Staff, Sen. Herb Kohl; Counsel, Senate Judiciary Committee
Kerry Feehery ​Staff Asst., Special Asst., Dep. Press Sec., Sen. Connie Mac; Press Sec., Joint Econ. Cmte.; Policy Analyst, Sen. Budget Cmte.; Comm. Dir., Sen. Mel Martinez; Dir., State Office of Sen. George Lemieux; Chief of Staff, Sen. George Lemieux
Shawna Francis Watley LA, Sen. J. Robert Kerrey
Christopher Armstrong Attorney, Office of Special Counsel; Investigative Counsel, Senate Finance Committee; Oversight Counsel, House Ways and Means Committee; Chief Oversight Counsel, Senate Finance Committee
Karl Koch Chief of Staff, Rep. Jim Davis
Todd Wooten ​LA, Counsel, Sen. Blanche Lincoln; Leg. Dir, Sen. Debbie Stabenow; Prof. Staff, Sen. Agriculture Cmte., Prof. Staff, Sen. Energy & Natural Resources Cmte., Prof. Staff, Sen. Finance Cmte.
Richard Gold n/a
Kayla Gebeck n/a
Scott Mason n/a
Kathyrn Lehman n/a
Peter Tabor n/a

Disclosures Filed

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Source: Clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives and Secretary of the Senate

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