• Raising awareness of innovative LAMP technology, which can test more accurately and quickly than alternatives in the marketplace for COVID19 and future pathogenic threats. Seeking grants, PO and other assistance from the federal government for scale up of U.S. domestic manufacturing, in addition to seeking an EUA.

Duration: January 7, 2022 to June 30, 2022

General Issues: Health Issues

Spending: about $90,000 (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 2022: House of Representatives, U.S. Senate, Health & Human Services - Dept of (HHS), Natl Institutes of Health (NIH)