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Koch Industries and Other Corporations Lobbied for Donald Trumps Cabinet Picks, Filings Show
Koch Industries and Other Corporations Lobbied for Donald Trump’s Cabinet Picks, Filings Show
Lee Fang, Nick Surgey
April 25 2017, 8:41 a.m.
Many of Donald Trump’s cabinet nominations faced vocal opposition from constituents and public interest groups. But well-connected corporate lobbyists stalked the halls of Congress to make sure Trump’s team was confirmed by the Senate, new filings show. ... Koch Industries, a fossil fuel conglomerate that owns a variety of business interests that have clashed with environmental regulators, directly lobbied to help confirm Scott Pruitt to head the Environmental Protection Agency. ... The firm’s latest disclosure form reports that its in-house corporate lobbying team spent $3.1 million to influence lawmakers over the first three months of the year on a variety of issues affecting its bottom line, including the EPA’s Clean Power Rule on carbon emissions, carbon pricing, the Clean Air Act and “nominations for various positions at the Department of Energy.”
Other groups with a vested stake in the administration’s agenda also disclosed they had lobbied senators to confirm Trump’s nominees. ... The American Apparel & Footwear Association, a trade group that lobbies largely on trade and labor standard issues on behalf of clothing manufacturers and retailers, lobbied in support of Andrew Puzder, Trump’s initial pick to lead the Labor Department — and, after Republican senators balked at the fast-food executive, in support of replacement nominee Alexander Acosta. The group’s filing showed it spent $176,485 on advocacy in the beginning of the year, though it did not specify how much of the lobbying total was spent on the confirmation efforts. ... “Mr. Puzder has seen, firsthand, the impact of burdensome regulations promulgated by the previous administration, and he has seen both the negative impacts and unintended consequences they can have on employers and employees alike,” a group of business interests including the AAFA wrote in a letter to the Senate.
The National Roofing Contractors Association also lobbied in support of Trump’s labor nominees. The NRCA is a major construction trade group that has opposed new Labor Department rules that require corporations to disclose consultants and law firms hired to influence efforts by workers to engage in labor organizing.
Nestlé, the sprawling food and beverage firm, disclosed lobbying on food safety issues — and the nomination of Sonny Perdue, Trump’s pick to lead the Department of Agriculture.
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Contact the author:
Lee Fang
lee.fang@theintercept.com
@lhfang
Nick Surgey
nick@prwatch.org
@nicksurgey
Lee Fang, Nick Surgey
April 25 2017, 8:41 a.m.
Many of Donald Trump’s cabinet nominations faced vocal opposition from constituents and public interest groups. But well-connected corporate lobbyists stalked the halls of Congress to make sure Trump’s team was confirmed by the Senate, new filings show. ... Koch Industries, a fossil fuel conglomerate that owns a variety of business interests that have clashed with environmental regulators, directly lobbied to help confirm Scott Pruitt to head the Environmental Protection Agency. ... The firm’s latest disclosure form reports that its in-house corporate lobbying team spent $3.1 million to influence lawmakers over the first three months of the year on a variety of issues affecting its bottom line, including the EPA’s Clean Power Rule on carbon emissions, carbon pricing, the Clean Air Act and “nominations for various positions at the Department of Energy.”
Other groups with a vested stake in the administration’s agenda also disclosed they had lobbied senators to confirm Trump’s nominees. ... The American Apparel & Footwear Association, a trade group that lobbies largely on trade and labor standard issues on behalf of clothing manufacturers and retailers, lobbied in support of Andrew Puzder, Trump’s initial pick to lead the Labor Department — and, after Republican senators balked at the fast-food executive, in support of replacement nominee Alexander Acosta. The group’s filing showed it spent $176,485 on advocacy in the beginning of the year, though it did not specify how much of the lobbying total was spent on the confirmation efforts. ... “Mr. Puzder has seen, firsthand, the impact of burdensome regulations promulgated by the previous administration, and he has seen both the negative impacts and unintended consequences they can have on employers and employees alike,” a group of business interests including the AAFA wrote in a letter to the Senate.
The National Roofing Contractors Association also lobbied in support of Trump’s labor nominees. The NRCA is a major construction trade group that has opposed new Labor Department rules that require corporations to disclose consultants and law firms hired to influence efforts by workers to engage in labor organizing.
Nestlé, the sprawling food and beverage firm, disclosed lobbying on food safety issues — and the nomination of Sonny Perdue, Trump’s pick to lead the Department of Agriculture.
....
Contact the author:
Lee Fang
lee.fang@theintercept.com
@lhfang
Nick Surgey
nick@prwatch.org
@nicksurgey
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