NATIONAL RESTAURANT ASSOCIATION

Member	From its PAC	Its lobbyists (LD-203)	Sits on, in its lobbying areas
Kevin McCarthy R CA	—	$100,000
Mike Johnson R LA	—	$91,500
Kevin Hern R OK	$10,000	$45,000	Ways and Means
Jason Smith R MO	—	$45,500	Ways and Means
Tom Emmer R MN	$10,000	$35,000	Financial Services
Bryan Steil R WI	$10,000	$26,562	Financial Services
Katherine M. Clark D MA	$10,000	$22,500
Guy Reschenthaler R PA	$10,000	$22,500	Appropriations
Young Kim R CA	—	$32,500	Financial Services
Zoe Lofgren D CA	$7,500	$22,500	Judiciary, Science, Space, and Technology
Rodney Davis R IL	—	$30,000
Pete Aguilar D CA	$10,000	$17,500	Appropriations
Lisa C. McClain R MI	$10,000	$17,500	Financial Services, Education and Workforce
Tim Walberg R MI	$10,000	$17,500	Education and Workforce
David G. Valadao R CA	$5,000	$20,500	Agriculture, Appropriations
Richard Hudson R NC	$2,500	$22,500	Energy and Commerce
Lance Gooden R TX	$5,000	$17,500	Judiciary
Jimmy Panetta D CA	$5,000	$17,500	Budget, Ways and Means
Josh Gottheimer D NJ	—	$20,500	Financial Services
Brett Guthrie R KY	$5,000	$15,000	Energy and Commerce
Brian K. Fitzpatrick R PA	—	$20,000	Ways and Means
Mike Bost R IL	$2,500	$15,000	Agriculture, Transportation and Infrastructure
Virginia Foxx R NC	$2,500	$15,000	Education and Workforce
Blake D. Moore R UT	$5,000	$12,500	Budget, Ways and Means
Adrian Smith R NE	$5,000	$12,500	Ways and Means
Elise M. Stefanik R NY	—	$17,500	Education and Workforce
Darin LaHood R IL	$2,500	$13,500	Ways and Means
Jim Costa D CA	$2,500	$12,500	Agriculture
Ron Estes R KS	$5,000	$10,000	Budget, Ways and Means
Jennifer A. Kiggans R VA	$2,500	$10,000
Maria Elvira Salazar R FL	$2,500	$10,000	Financial Services
Lloyd Smucker R PA	$2,500	$10,000	Budget, Ways and Means
Roger Williams R TX	$5,000	$7,500	Financial Services, Small Business
Tom Cole R OK	—	$12,500	Appropriations
Mike Thompson D CA	—	$12,500	Ways and Means
Peter Welch D VT	—	$12,500
Jay Obernolte R CA	$2,500	$9,500	Budget, Energy and Commerce, Science, Space, and Technology
Michelle Steel R CA	—	$11,000
William R. Timmons IV R SC	$2,500	$8,000	Financial Services
Aaron Bean R FL	$2,500	$7,500	Ways and Means
Scott Fitzgerald R WI	$2,500	$7,500	Financial Services, Judiciary
Erin Houchin R IN	$2,500	$7,500	Budget, Energy and Commerce
Carol D. Miller R WV	$2,500	$7,500	Ways and Means
Ryan Mackenzie R PA	$5,000	$5,000	Education and Workforce
Jim Banks R IN	—	$10,000
Lisa Blunt Rochester D DE	—	$10,000
Ted Budd R NC	—	$10,000
A. Drew Ferguson IV R GA	—	$10,000
Andrew R. Garbarino R NY	—	$10,000	Financial Services
Ashley Hinson R IA	—	$10,000	Appropriations
Daniel T. Kildee D MI	—	$10,000
Kurt Schrader D OR	—	$10,000
Troy Balderson R OH	$2,500	$7,000	Energy and Commerce
John Joyce R PA	$2,500	$6,000	Energy and Commerce
Chip Roy R TX	$2,500	$6,000	Budget, Judiciary
Don Bacon R NE	—	$8,500	Agriculture
Nancy Mace R SC	—	$8,000
Ed Case D HI	$2,500	$5,000	Appropriations
Chuck Edwards R NC	$2,500	$5,000	Appropriations, Budget
Steven Horsford D NV	$2,500	$5,000	Ways and Means

Its lobbying, by year

What its quarterly reports (LD-2) total each year: the fees it paid its lobbying firms, or its own lobbying spending when it lobbies for itself. Latest version of each report.

What it lobbied on

Issues

Taxation/Internal Revenue Code

70 reports

Trade (domestic/foreign)

48 reports

Labor Issues/Antitrust/Workplace

47 reports

Immigration

44 reports

Food Industry (safety

34 reports

Consumer Issues/Safety/Products

29 reports

Transportation

16 reports

Environment/Superfund

15 reports

Small Business

14 reports

Budget/Appropriations

9 reports

Bills it named

16 reports

16 reports

16 reports

15 reports

14 reports

13 reports

13 reports

13 reports

11 reports

10 reports

The lobbying firms it hired

MEHLMAN CONSULTING, INC.

$1.7M

QUILL ADVISERS LLC

$900K

RESOLUTION PUBLIC AFFAIRS, LLC

$800K

URBAN SWIRSKI & ASSOCIATES, LLC

$300K

AKIN GUMP STRAUSS HAUER & FELD

$20K

CAPITOL LEGISLATIVE STRATEGIES LLC

See the data

Firm	Reports	Fees reported
MEHLMAN CONSULTING, INC.	23	$1.7M
QUILL ADVISERS LLC	18	$900K
RESOLUTION PUBLIC AFFAIRS, LLC	16	$800K
URBAN SWIRSKI & ASSOCIATES, LLC	6	$300K
AKIN GUMP STRAUSS HAUER & FELD	2	$20K
CAPITOL LEGISLATIVE STRATEGIES LLC	4	$0