Lobbying Relationship

Client

The Kroger Co.

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Lobbying firm

The Smith-Free Group, LLC

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  • Discussions involving organized retail crime. Discussions involving pending business transactions.
  • S.2258, Hot Foods Act of 2023 (All sections of full text) H.R.3159, Hot Foods Act of 2023 (All sections of full text) Discussions related to online SNAP benefits.
  • Discussions involving proposed pharmacy legislation. Monitored discussions involving in-store pharmaceutical access.
  • Discussions regarding labor relations.

Duration: to

General Issues: Consumer Issues/Safety/Protection, Food Industry (Safety, Labeling, etc.), Health Issues, Labor Issues/Antitrust/Workplace, Energy/Nuclear, Agriculture, Taxation/Internal Revenue Code, Environmental/Superfund, Immigration, Budget/Appropriations

Spending: about $960,000 (But it's complicated. Here's why.)

Agencies lobbied since 2020: U.S. Senate, House of Representatives, White House Office, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Health & Human Services - Dept of (HHS)

Bills mentioned

H.R.133: Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021

Sponsor: Henry Cuellar (D-Texas)

H.R.133: David’s Law

Sponsor: Sheila Jackson Lee (D-Texas)

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

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

S.936: INFORM Consumers Act

Sponsor: Richard J. Durbin (D-Ill.)

H.R.5502: To require online marketplaces to verify certain information regarding...

Sponsor: Jan Schakowsky (D-Ill.)

S.2258: Hot Foods Act of 2023

Sponsor: Michael Bennet (D-Colo.)

H.R.3159: Food Date Labeling Act of 2023

Sponsor: Chellie Pingree (D-Maine)

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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?
Jack S. Deuser Ch. of Staff, U.S. Sen. Jim Bunning; Leg. Dir., U.S. Sen. Jim Bunning
Trevor Kolego Leg. Assist, Rep. Chris Cannon; Leg. Director, Rep. Jon Porter; Manager of Member Services, Leader John Boehner; Director of Member Services, Speaker John Boehner
Michael A. Gaffin Leg. Director, Sen. Sherrod Brown; Leg. Director, Rep. Rob Andrews; Leg. Asst., Rep. Anna Eshoo; Jr. Leg. Assoc., House Ed. and Labor Committee, Rep. George Miller; Staff Asst., Senate HELP Committee, Sen. Edward Kennedy
Sarah Dumont-Merchak Director of Congressional Affairs, Federal Housing Finance Agency; Professional Staff Member, Senate Banking Committee
John Christie Ch. Rep. of Staff, Rep. Alma Adams; Leg. Director, Rep. Alma Adams; Senior Leg. Assist., Rep. Alma Adams; Leg. Assist., Rep. Alma Adams; Leg. Correspondent/Leg. Aide, Rep. Norma Torres
James C. Free n/a
Alicia W. Smith n/a
W. Timothy Locke n/a
Robert Hickmott n/a
Ian S.D. Mair n/a
Alicia Smith n/a
Chris Scribner 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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