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ELEVATE GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS, LLC

Lobbying for GATX CORPORATION · Transportation leasing industry.

Filing 3rd Quarter - Report

Reporting period

3rd Quarter 2025

July 1 - Sep 30 · Posted Oct 20, 2025

Income

$50,000.00

What the client paid this registrant for the period.

Client based in

Illinois

Official filing document

Lobbyists on this filing 4

JEFFREY D MARKEY

Previously held: LD/Deputy Chief of Staff, Representative Doc Hastings.
BRET MANLEY

Previously held: Chief of Staff, Rep. Rodney Davis 19-22; Chief of Staff, Rep. Jeff Denham 17-18; Legislative Director, Rep. Jeff Denham11-17; Financial Services Policy Advisor, Rep. Gary Miller08-10; Legislative Correspondent, Rep. Gary Miller 07-08.
ROBERT WILLIAM CHAMBERLIN

Previously held: Chief Counsel, US Senate Commerce Committee; Senior Counsel, US Senate Commerce Committee; Assistant Counsel, House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee.
STEVEN SCHULTZ

Previously held: Legislative Assistant and Legislative Correspondent, Legislative Assistant, Senior Legislative Assistant, and Legislative Counsel for the office of Rep. Donald M. Payne, Jr.; Shared Staff for the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.

A "covered position" is a government job the lobbyist held in the 20 years before registering, which the law requires them to name. See the revolving door for former members of Congress across all filings.

Government bodies contacted 2

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
SENATE

The chambers, agencies and offices the filer named. It does not say who inside them was contacted, or when.

Bills named in this filing 2

HR 4552
Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2026
S 2465
Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2026

Lobbying activity 8

Railroads

Issues related to car hire rules. Issues related to box car parity. Issues related to rail car owners and leasers.

Transportation

Issues related to car hire rules. Issues related to box car parity. Issues related to surface transportation reauthorization.

Financial Institutions/Investments/Securities

Issues related to taxes and depreciation.

Tariff (miscellaneous tariff bills)

Issues related to tariffs.

Taxation/Internal Revenue Code

Issues related to business deductibility and bonus depreciation. One Big Beautiful Bill Act (P.L. 119-21).

Clean Air and Water (quality)

Issues related to rail safety.

Environment/Superfund

Issues related to rail safety.

Budget/Appropriations

Issues related to Transportation, Housing, Urban Development, and Related Agencies Fiscal Year 2026 Appropriations Act (H.R.4552/S.2465

Source: federal Lobbying Disclosure Act filing, reproduced as filed. Bills are parsed from the activity descriptions.