SAS

• TARPLIN, DOWNS & YOUNG, LLC $480,000 Outside firm · 7 filings
• GROUNDSWELL STRATEGY LLC $42,000 Outside firm · 7 filings

Spend per registrant: fees an outside firm reported, or the costs the client reported for lobbying in-house. The rows add up to the total above.

• 2026 $260,000 6 filings
• 2025 $262,000 8 filings

• Health Issues 7
• Medicare/Medicaid 7
• Agriculture 2
• Food Industry (safety, labeling, etc.) 1
• Trade (domestic/foreign) 1

The count is how many filings named that issue area. A filing reports one lump figure covering every issue on it, so the money above cannot be split between them.

• Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) 7
• HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 7
• SENATE 7
• White House Office 6
• Agriculture, Dept of (USDA) 4
• Food & Drug Administration (FDA) 1