Federal Prohibition of Female Genital Mutilation Act of 2019

Preserve Medicaid funding and Medicaid disproportionate share hospital payments. Support increased FY 2020 appropriations for Centers for Disease Control sexually transmitted disease prevention and control, Public Health Emergency Preparedness and Hospital Preparedness programs. Support easing the Medicaid IMD exclusion and the Medicaid inmate exclusion. Support amending 42 C.F.R Part 2 to align with HIPAA (H.R. 2062 and S. 1012). Support the Prevention and Public Health Fund, including HR 3447. Support medically assisted treatment , including H.R. 2482 and S. 2017. Support H.R. 2848 to address "Valley Fever." Support school based mental health programs, including H.R. 1109. Support women's cancer screenings, including H.R. 3129. Support TB elimination, including H.R. 3080 and S. 834. Support gun safety legislation from a public health perspective, including H.R. 8/S. 42, H.R 1186/S. 447, H.R. 1236/S. 506, H.R. 2708/S. 1462.

Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $40,000

Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), SENATE

Support the H.R. 1500, the Consumer First Act, which reestablishes the vitality of the CFPB Oppose the proposed rescission of the commonsense ability-to-repay requirements of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (the Bureau)s 2017 payday and vehicle title loan rule Support HR 3948, the The Debt Collection Harmonization Act which expands consumer protection laws to include debts owed to the US government and ensures that civil damages awarded for abusive practices are adjusted for inflation. Finally, the bill also bars private debt collectors from going after debts related to natural disasters. Oppose the debt collection rule as proposed by the CFPB as it does far more to protect abusive debt collectors than consumers. The proposal opens consumers up to harassment, abuse and violations of their privacy by telephone, email, text and other means; obscures information about consumers rights; and protects debt collectors and collection attorneys who pursue debts after the legal deadline or with false, deceptive or misleading representations. CFPB must strengthen the rule to fulfill the Bureaus obligation to faithfully implement the Fair Debt Collection Practices Acts (FDCPA)

Client expense: $72,500 · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: Alcohol & Tobacco Tax & Trade Bureau (TTB), Army, Dept of (Corps of Engineers), Bureau of Alcohol Tobacco Firearms & Explosives, Bureau of Citizenship & Immigration Services (BCIS), Bureau of the Census, Centers For Disease Control & Prevention (CDC), Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), Defense, Dept of (DOD), Economic Development Administration, Education, Dept of, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Federal Communications Commission (FCC), Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA), Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, Federal Reserve System, Food & Drug Administration (FDA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS), Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD), Internal Revenue Service (IRS), Justice, Dept of (DOJ), Labor, Dept of (DOL), Natl Credit Union Administration (NCUA), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), Office of Personnel Management (OPM), Office of Policy Development, Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), SENATE, Small Business Administration (SBA), State, Dept of (DOS), Treasury, Dept of, U.S. Customs & Border Protection, U.S. Immigration & Customs Enforcement (ICE), White House Office

Preserve Medicaid funding and Medicaid disproportionate share hospital payments. Support increased FY 2020 appropriations for Centers for Disease Control sexually transmitted disease prevention and control, Public Health Emergency Preparedness and Hospital Preparedness programs. Support easing the Medicaid IMD exclusion and the Medicaid inmate exclusion. Support amending 42 C.F.R Part 2 to align with HIPAA (H.R. 2062 and S. 1012). Support the Prevention and Public Health Fund, including HR 3447. Support medically assisted treatment , including H.R. 2482 and S. 2017. Support H.R. 2848 to address "Valley Fever." Support school based mental health programs, including H.R. 1109. Support women's cancer screenings, including H.R. 3129. Support TB elimination, including H.R. 3080 and S. 834. Support gun safety legislation from a public health perspective, including H.R. 8/S. 42, H.R 1186/S. 447, H.R. 1236/S. 506, H.R. 2708/S. 1462.

Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $40,000

Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), SENATE

Support S. 331 / HR 963, Introduced by Senator Cortez Masto and Congresswoman Velazquez which restores comprehensive HMDA reporting requirements to 25 for mortgages and 100 for HELOCs with the exclusion for banks and credit unions with fewer than $30 million in assets Support NCUA Chairman McWaters meeting with consumer and civil rights groups to discuss potential new rules to expand small dollar loans by credit unions Support the H.R. 1500, the Consumer First Act, which reestablishes the vitality of the CFPB Support Credit score companies developing a way to distinguish individuals harmed by the partial government shutdown Support Credit score companies developing a way to distinguish individuals harmed by natural disasters Support the FDIC preventing high-cost bank payday and installment loans Support credit reporting relief for federal contractors and their employees who are harmed by the government shutdown Oppose the proposal by the FDIC, the OCC, and the FRB to increase the appraisal exemption threshold from $250,000 to $400,000, which means that disconcertingly, under this proposal, all properties under $400k would not require an appraisal anymore Oppose proposal by Senator Crapo to privatize Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac Oppose CFPB claims that it can authorize a Bureau employee to give companies letters, approvals or exemptions that exempt them from consumer protection laws and enforcement, giving them immunity from enforcement by states or other government agencies and from private litigation Oppose the CFPB's proposal to delay its payday lending rule Oppose the CFPB proposal to delay its 2017 payday lending ability-to-repay rule Support the restoration of the power and mission of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau; Support the Consumers First Act; Support HR 1500 Support H.R. 1018, which instructs companies to disclose the race, ethnicity, gender, Veterans status and disability status of members of their Boards of Directors and C-Suite level executives. Support the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau opening its consumer complaint procedure to accept complaints about Property Assessed Clean Energy (PACE) loans. Support hr 2684, the FAIR RATES Act, which directs the Federal Insurance Office (FIO) to collect specific loss data from large auto insurance providers, publicly disclose the data, and submit an analysis to Congress on disparate impact along racial lines in automobile insurance Oppose the proposed rescission of the commonsense ability-to-repay requirements of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (the Bureau)s 2017 payday and vehicle title loan rule Support publicly available, broad-based data collection, tracking and disclosure of investment in areas that have been historically under-capitalized through the Opportunity Zone program. This data is essential to helping ensure any community development policy including the Opportunity Zone program can achieve its goals Support that the CFPB not weaken the 2009 opt-in rule, which has saved consumers billions of dollars, and to establish stronger protections against overdraft fees.

Support the H.R. 1500, the Consumer First Act, which reestablishes the vitality of the CFPB Oppose the proposed rescission of the commonsense ability-to-repay requirements of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (the Bureau)s 2017 payday and vehicle title loan rule

Client expense: $72,500 · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA), Alcohol & Tobacco Tax & Trade Bureau (TTB), Army, Dept of (Corps of Engineers), Bureau of Alcohol Tobacco Firearms & Explosives, Bureau of Citizenship & Immigration Services (BCIS), Bureau of the Census, Centers For Disease Control & Prevention (CDC), Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), Defense, Dept of (DOD), Economic Development Administration, Education, Dept of, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Federal Communications Commission (FCC), Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA), Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, Federal Reserve System, Food & Drug Administration (FDA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS), Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD), Internal Revenue Service (IRS), Justice, Dept of (DOJ), Labor, Dept of (DOL), Natl Credit Union Administration (NCUA), Natl Park Service (NPS), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), Office of Personnel Management (OPM), Office of Policy Development, Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), SENATE, Small Business Administration (SBA), State, Dept of (DOS), U.S. Customs & Border Protection, U.S. Immigration & Customs Enforcement (ICE), White House Office

Support S. 331 / HR 963, Introduced by Senator Cortez Masto and Congresswoman Velazquez which restores comprehensive HMDA reporting requirements to 25 for mortgages and 100 for HELOCs with the exclusion for banks and credit unions with fewer than $30 million in assets Support NCUA Chairman McWaters meeting with consumer and civil rights groups to discuss potential new rules to expand small dollar loans by credit unions Support the H.R. 1500, the Consumer First Act, which reestablishes the vitality of the CFPB Support Credit score companies developing a way to distinguish individuals harmed by the partial government shutdown Support Credit score companies developing a way to distinguish individuals harmed by natural disasters Support the FDIC preventing high-cost bank payday and installment loans Support credit reporting relief for federal contractors and their employees who are harmed by the government shutdown Oppose the proposal by the FDIC, the OCC, and the FRB to increase the appraisal exemption threshold from $250,000 to $400,000, which means that disconcertingly, under this proposal, all properties under $400k would not require an appraisal anymore Oppose proposal by Senator Crapo to privatize Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac Oppose CFPB claims that it can authorize a Bureau employee to give companies letters, approvals or exemptions that exempt them from consumer protection laws and enforcement, giving them immunity from enforcement by states or other government agencies and from private litigation Oppose the CFPB's proposal to delay its payday lending rule Oppose the CFPB proposal to delay its 2017 payday lending ability-to-repay rule Support the restoration of the power and mission of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau; Support the Consumers First Act; Support HR 1500 Support H.R. 1018, which instructs companies to disclose the race, ethnicity, gender, Veterans status and disability status of members of their Boards of Directors and C-Suite level executives. Support hr 2684, the FAIR RATES Act, which directs the Federal Insurance Office (FIO) to collect specific loss data from large auto insurance providers, publicly disclose the data, and submit an analysis to Congress on disparate impact along racial lines in automobile insurance Oppose the proposed rescission of the commonsense ability-to-repay requirements of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (the Bureau)s 2017 payday and vehicle title loan rule Support publicly available, broad-based data collection, tracking and disclosure of investment in areas that have been historically under-capitalized through the Opportunity Zone program. This data is essential to helping ensure any community development policy including the Opportunity Zone program can achieve its goals Support that the CFPB not weaken the 2009 opt-in rule, which has saved consumers billions of dollars, and to establish stronger protections against overdraft fees.