Lobbying Relationship

Client

Solugen, Inc.

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Lobbying firm

Invariant LLC

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  • Support the use of bio-based chemicals in the Department of Defense; educate and advocate for domestic precursor chemical supply chains in the FY 2025 National Defense Authorization Act.
  • Educate policymakers about Solugen's technology to produce bio-based chemicals; monitor P.L.117-58, Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act; monitor P.L.117-169, Inflation Reduction Act. Monitor implementation of Executive Order on Advancing Biotechnology and Biomanufacturing. Educate policymakers on Premanufacture Notice decision for glucaric acid under TSCA and on the Environmental Protection Agency's chemical review process.
  • Educate policymakers about Solugen's technology; advocate for 2024 Farm Bill language directing the U.S. Department of Agriculture to produce a report describing the extent to which agricultural chemical needs in the United States are reliant on foreign supply chains.

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General Issues: Defense, Environmental/Superfund, Agriculture, Chemicals/Chemical Industry

Spending: about $1,540,000 (But it's complicated. Here's why.)

Agencies lobbied since 2019: U.S. Senate, House of Representatives, Defense - Dept of (DOD), Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Agriculture - Dept of (USDA), Executive Office of the President (EOP), Energy - Dept of, Transportation - Dept of (DOT), Office of Science & Technology Policy (OSTP)

Bills mentioned

H.R.6395: William M. (Mac) Thornberry National Defense Authorization Act for...

Sponsor: Adam Smith (D-Wash.)

S.4049: National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021

Sponsor: James M. Inhofe (R-Okla.)

H.R.4350: National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2022

Sponsor: Adam Smith (D-Wash.)

S.2792: National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2022

Sponsor: Jack Reed (D-R.I.)

H.R.4432: Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2022

Sponsor: Betty McCollum (D-Minn.)

H.R.5376: Inflation Reduction Act of 2022

Sponsor: John Yarmuth (D-Ky.)

H.R.8236: Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2023

Sponsor: Betty McCollum (D-Minn.)

H.R.7900: National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2023

Sponsor: Adam Smith (D-Wash.)

S.4543: James M. Inhofe National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2023

Sponsor: Jack Reed (D-R.I.)

H.R.2670: National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2024

Sponsor: Mike D. Rogers (R-Ala.)

S.2226: National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2024

Sponsor: Jack Reed (D-R.I.)

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Lobbyists

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Lobbyist Covered positions?
Benjamin Klein Legislative Director, Senator Byron Dorgan (2007-2010); Legislative Assistant, Senator Byron Dorgan (2005-2007)
Landon Stropko Leg. Dir., Sen. Mike Enzi (2017-2018); Rep. Cynthia Lummis (2009-2016): Chief of Staff (DC), Leg. Dir., Sr. Leg. Asst, Leg. Asst; Rep. Barbara Cubin (2003-2008): Sr. Leg. Asst, Leg. Asst, Leg. Aide, Leg. Correspondent, Intern
Anne MacMillan Sr Advisor, Deputy Chief of Staff, US Dept. of Agriculture (2010-2014); Policy Advisor, Speaker Nancy Pelosi (2009-2010); Legislative Assistant/Legislative Director, Rep. Dennis Cardoza (2003-2009); Staff Assistant, Rep. Bob Matsui (2001-2002)
Annie Palisi Dir. Special Projects, Education and the Workforce Committee (2016-2016) Member Services Advisor, House Homeland Security Comm. (2015) Deputy Dir. of Member Services, Speaker John Boehner (2013-2015); Chief of Staff, Rep. Diane Black (2011-2013)
Mark Friedmann Director of Operations, Office of Presidential Personnel, Executive Office of the President (2016-2017); Special Assistant to the White House Liaison, Office of the Secretary, Department of Energy (2015-2016)
Logan Hollers Policy Advisor / Counsel, Senator Jeff Merkley (2018-2021); Legislative Assistant, Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz (2017-2018)
Dena Baron Smith Subcmte Staff Dir/Clerk, Appropriations Cmte, U.S. House of Representatives (2005-2021); Pro Staff Member/Staff Asst, Appropriations Cmte, U.S. House of Representatives (1999-2004); Program Analyst, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (1995-1999)
Paul Arcangeli House Armed Services committee: Staff Dir. (2019-2022), Minority Staff Dir. (2011-2019), Staff Dir. (2009-2011), Deputy Staff Dir. (2008-2009), Professional Staff Member (2004-2008); DOD Humanitarian Demining training center: Dir. (2001-2004)
Ian Foley Leg. Dir, 22nd District of CA (2022) Leg. Dir, Rep. Devin Nunes (2018-2022) Sr Policy Advisor, Rep. Ken Calvert (2015-2018) Leg. Asst, Rep. Ken Calvert (2013-2015) Sr Leg. Asst, Rep. Chip Cravaack (2011-2013)
Adam Tarr Sr Pro Staff, Sen Cmte on Ag, Nutrition & Forestry 19-22; Leg Asst, Sen Casey 17-19; Sr Advisor, USDA, Off of the Sec 16-17; COS, USDA, Off for Food Safety 14-16; Sen Specter: Leg Asst 09-10, Leg Aide 08-09, Leg Correspondent 07-09, Staff Asst 06-07
Elizabeth Thompson Acting Team Chief for A&S, OSD/LA, Pentagon (2022); Special Asst., A&S, OSD/LA, Pentagon (2021-2022); Rep Garamendi: Sr. Defense & Foreign Policy Advisor (2019-2021); Military Leg. Asst. (2017-2019); Leg. Correspondent (2015-2017)
Jared Soncrant Leg. Ast., Rep. Steve Scalise (2021-2023); Leg. Ast., Sen, Mike Enzi (2020-2021); Leg. Aide, Sen. Cory Gardner (2018-2020); Leg. Correspondent, Sen. Cory Gardner (2016-2018); Staff Ast., Sen. Cory Gardner (2015-2016)
Annie D'Amato Democratic Counsel, Senate Environment and Public Works Committee (2023); Professional Staff; Senate Environment and Public Works Committee (2019-2022)
Morgan Vina COS, International Security Affairs, Office of the Sec. of Defense (19-21); COS, U.S. Mission to UN, DOS (18-19); Sr Advisor, U.S. Mission to UN, DOS (17-18); Sr Policy Analyst, U.S. Senate Committee on Foreign

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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