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CORNERSTONE GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS, INC.

Lobbying for RICE UNIVERSITY · Government Relations

 Filing 3rd Quarter - Report
Reporting period
3rd Quarter 2025
July 1 - Sep 30 · Posted Oct 15, 2025
Income
$30,000.00
What the client paid this registrant for the period.
Client based in
Texas

Official filing document

 Lobbyists on this filing 2
  • TONY ESSALIH
    Previously held: COS, LD, LA House Member Office (Culberson); LA House Member Office (Archer); SA House Member Office (Hastings); Intern House Member Office (Bliley)
  • SUSAN SWEAT
    Previously held: LC, LA & LD House Office (Wicker); LD Senate Member Office (Wicker)

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 10
  • Army, Dept of (Corps of Engineers)
  • Defense, Dept of (DOD)
  • Education, Dept of
  • Executive Office of the President (EOP)
  • HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
  • Natl Aeronautics & Space Administration (NASA)
  • Natl Institute of Standards & Technology (NIST)
  • Office of Science & Technology Policy (OSTP)
  • SENATE
  • State, Dept of (DOS)

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

 Lobbying activity 6
Education

College affordability; student loans; open source textbooks; name image likeness policy; endowments.

Science/Technology

Nanotechnology; funding for National Science Foundation & NIST; OSTP; NASA; Department of Energy Office of Science.

Energy/Nuclear

Policies and legislation impacting federal extramural research grantmaking, particularly related to basic research.

Defense

Nanotechnology research; bioengineering.

Budget/Appropriations

Funding for Health & Human Services, National Science Foundation, and Department of Defense.

Foreign Relations

Supporting Rice's Baker Institute for Public Policy proposals related to the U.S.-Mexico border.

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

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