• Issues related to infrastructure funding and permitting for infrastructure related projects.
• Support funding of transportation and housing, law enforcement, immigration, border security, homeland security, inland port issues and health programs in appropriations legislation; Support binational park efforts.
• FY 2024 and FY 2025 appropriations and federal funding initiatives related to the City of Laredo priorities and interests, including funding for transportation, housing, law enforcement, border security, homeland security, inland port issues, and health programs in FY 2024 appropriations legislation.
• Federal funding initiatives related to the City of Laredo priorities and interests; Issues related to the Presidential permitting process, including implementation of National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2024 (PL 118-31), Sec. 5414 - Permitting for international bridges.
• Issues related to securing VA support for Veterans Affairs Supportive Housing (VASH) vouchers for the city.
• Issues regarding the Presidential permit process impacting the expansion of bridges to facilitate U.S.- Mexico trade, including National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2024 (PL 118-31), Sec. 5414 - Permitting for international bridges.

Duration: October 24, 2019 to present

General Issues: Transportation, Immigration, Budget/Appropriations, Economics/Economic Development, Veterans, Trade (Domestic & Foreign), Taxation/Internal Revenue Code, Apparel/Clothing Industry/Textiles

Spending: about $880,000 (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 2019: House of Representatives, U.S. Senate, State - Dept of (DOS), Interior - Dept of (DOI), Natl Park Service (NPS), White House Office, Housing & Urban Development - Dept of (HUD), Transportation - Dept of (DOT), Energy - Dept of, Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Justice - Dept of (DOJ), Natl Endowment for the Arts, Agriculture - Dept of (USDA), Homeland Security - Dept of (DHS), U.S. Customs & Border Protection, U.S. Citizenship & Immigration Services (USCIS), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), Health & Human Services - Dept of (HHS), U.S. Trade Representative (USTR), Treasury - Dept of