Every filing period on record, as reported. One column per filed period — a period with no column is a period with no filing, not a zero.
Basis · Amendments and terminations supersede the original report for the same registrant, client and period, so a revised quarter is counted once at its latest filed value. Registration-only filings carry no activity money and are excluded from these totals.
Who lobbies for them
Every outside firm that has filed on this client's behalf, by fees reported.
This record groups every filed spelling of the client's name into one entity, so "MERCK & CO., INC." and "MERCK & CO INC" read as the same company. The grouping is the client's normalized name — organizations that file under genuinely different names appear separately. Handle: valero-energy-corporation.
Reading this · LD-2 reports a hired firm's fee and a registrant's reported expenses on separate lines and never both on one filing, so the two lists above are different quantities and are ranked separately rather than against each other. Firm names link to their own record as the firms chapter lands.
TRD
55 filings
$20.1M on those filings
Homeland Security
HOM
38 filings
$10.8M on those filings
Environment/Superfund
ENV
24 filings
$8.8M on those filings
Marine/Maritime/Boating/Fisheries
MAR
21 filings
$4.1M on those filings
Banking
BAN
16 filings
$3.4M on those filings
Clean Air and Water (quality)
CAW
16 filings
$3M on those filings
Energy/Nuclear
ENG
15 filings
$3M on those filings
Transportation
TRA
8 filings
$3.5M on those filings
Financial Institutions/Investments/Securities
FIN
8 filings
$1.7M on those filings
Food Industry (safety, labeling, etc.)
FOO
7 filings
$1.3M on those filings
Note · A filing names one to several issue areas and reports a single dollar figure for the period, so the same money appears beside every issue that filing declares. The dollar column is therefore spend on filings that named this issue — it is not a split of the total, and these figures sum above it. Filing counts do not double-count.
116th Congress
The Heroes Act
6 filingsthrough 2020
H.R. 910112th CongressEnergy Tax Prevention Act of 20116 filingsthrough 2012
S. 482112th CongressEnergy Tax Prevention Act of 20116 filingsthrough 2012
H.R. 1938112th CongressNorth American-Made Energy Security Act5 filingsthrough 2012
H.R. 5376117th CongressAn act to provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of S. Con. Res. 14.4 filingsthrough 2022
H.R. 4345112th CongressDomestic Fuels Protection Act of 20124 filingsthrough 2012
S. 3198118th CongressForeign Pollution Fee Act of 20233 filingsthrough 2024
H.R. 5089117th CongressNext Generation Fuels Act of 20213 filingsthrough 2022
H.R. 4367112th CongressTo amend the Electronic Fund Transfer Act to limit the fee disclosure requirement for an automatic teller machine to the screen of that machine.3 filingsthrough 2012
H.J.Res. 88119th CongressProviding congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Environmental Protection Agency relating to "California State Motor Vehicle and Engine Pollution Control Standards; Advanced Clean Cars II; Waiver of Preemption; Notice of Decision".2 filingsthrough 2025
H.R. 1319117th CongressAmerican Rescue Plan Act of 20212 filingsthrough 2021
How these are found · Bill references are extracted from the free-text activity description each filing writes, then matched to the Congress in session that filing year. A reference we can't match to a bill on file is still shown, unlinked — we cite what the filing said rather than guess at what it meant. Naming a bill is not a position on it: LD-2 records that a client lobbied on the bill, never which side.
Valero Energy Corporation
36 filingsthrough 2026
Craig FelnerValero Energy Corporation36 filingsthrough 2017
George Nicholas CaramMiller Strategies, LLCCovered position: Staff Officer, Special Assistant, National Security Council; Sr. Legislative Assistant, Legislative Assistant, Legislative Correspondent, Sr. Staff Assistant, Rep. Kevin McCarthy; Special Assistant, Rep. C.W. Bill Young.32 filingsthrough 2026
Stephen Adam FrancisErnst & Young LLP (Washington Council Ernst & Young)Covered position: 96-00 LD to Rep. John Kasich; 01-11 Deputy CoS to Rep. Tiberi25 filingsthrough 2025
Stephen RuppelMiller Strategies, LLC13 filingsthrough 2026
Tim UrbanErnst & Young LLP (Washington Council Ernst & Young)Covered position: 93-97 W&M Staff Assoc to Rep. Wally Herger12 filingsthrough 2019
Jonathan HilerMiller Strategies, LLCCovered position: Director of Legislative Affairs, Office of the Vice President, Mike Pence; Legislative Director, Senator Tom Cotton; Legislative Director, Rep. Tom Cotton; Policy Advisor, Rep. Mike Pence; Policy Advisor, Rep. Jeb Hensarling10 filingsthrough 2021
Lauren RubinErnst & Young LLP (Washington Council Ernst & Young)Covered position: Legislative Director - Rep. Suzan DelBene - 2015-20187 filingsthrough 2022
Rachel Jones HenslerThe Nickles Group, LLCCovered position: U.S. Senate Budget Committee, Tax Policy Dir.; Office of U.S. Senator Fred Thompson, Legislative Assistant; Office of U.S. Senator Dave Durenberger, Legislative Assistant; Office of U.S. Senator Dave Durenberger, Legislative Correspondent6 filingsthrough 2026
Lucas HollandThe Nickles Group, LLCCovered position: Office of U.S. Senator Inhofe - Chief of Staff; Legislative Director; Legislative Assistant; Legislative Correspondent; Correspondence Coordinator6 filingsthrough 2026
Molly FrommThe Nickles Group, LLCCovered position: U.S.. House Cmte on Oversight and Government Reform, Dep. GC, Parliamentarian, Professional Staff Member; U.S. Rep. Darrell Issa, Leg. Asst., Leg. Corr., Staff Asst., Intern5 filingsthrough 2026
Jessica Anne MandelMiller Strategies, LLC5 filingsthrough 2021
Rebecca BurchErnst & Young LLP (Washington Council Ernst & Young)5 filingsthrough 2019
Marc C HebertJones Walker, LLP5 filingsthrough 2012
Michael McdonaldJones Walker, LLP5 filingsthrough 2012
Jeff ChoudhryThe Nickles Group, LLCCovered position: U.S. Rep. Trent Franks, Legislative Director; U.S. Rep. Trent Franks, Legislative Assistant / Staff Assistant; House Small Business Committee, Intern4 filingsthrough 2026
Weston CoulamErnst & Young LLP (Washington Council Ernst & Young)Covered position: 98 - Legislative Assistant, Office of Sen. Hatch; 03-06 Staff Dir. Senate Committee on Small Business4 filingsthrough 2018
John GreenCrossroads Strategies, LLCCovered position: ​Dep Chief of Staff/Leg Aide, Senator Trent Lott4 filingsthrough 2017
Stewart HallCrossroads Strategies, LLCCovered position: ​Legislative Director, Senator Richard Shelby4 filingsthrough 2017
