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Ctia-The Wireless Association

Lobbying group · Jul 2025 – Sep 2026

Ctia-The Wireless Association spent $20.1M lobbying the federal government (Jul 2025 – Sep 2026), mostly on telecom, broadcasting, defense. It used 15 lobbyists, including people who worked for 6 members of Congress.

Spent on lobbying: $20.1M
Lobbyists: 15
Bills lobbied: 12
Issues: 10

Spending by quarter

2025 Q3$3.9M
2025 Q4$5.5M
2026 Q1$7.1M
2026 Q2$3.6M

Issues lobbied

Telecom
Broadcasting
Defense
Consumer safety
Budget & spending
Taxes
Law enforcement
Computers
Disasters & emergencies
Intelligence

Bills lobbied on

H.R. 1: One Big Beautiful Bill Act9 reports
H.R. 35779 reports
S. 2296: National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 20268 reports
H.R. 33538 reports
H.R. 3838: SPEED Act7 reports
H.R. 4669: FEMA Act of 20256 reports
S. 13376 reports
H.R. 22896 reports
S. 36396 reports
S. 7365 reports
S. 23165 reports
H.R. 6514 reports

Lobbying firms hired

Ctia-The Wireless Association$20.1M
Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck, LLP$340K
Mintz Levin Cohn Ferris Glovsky And Popeo, P.C.$300K
Alpine Advisors$240K
Forbes-Tate$240K
Ogr$240K
S-3 Group$240K
Mayer Brown LLP$200K
Polaris Government Relations, LLC$200K
Bl Partners Group, LLC$200K
Origin Advocacy LLC$200K
Avoq, LLC$200K
Mercury Strategies, LLC$200K
Telemedia Policy Corp.$195K
Hillnorth LLC$150K

Lobbyists who worked in Congress

Malloy Mcdaniel
Policy Advisor, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell; Whip Liaison, Senate Majority Whip Mitch McConnell; Floor…Mitch McConnell (R-KY)
Shimon Stein
Senior Policy Advisory, House Majority Leader Eric Cantor, Program Manager, US Department of Justice, Legislative…Robert B. Aderholt (R-AL)
Matt Bravo
Director of Floor Operations for Maj. Whip Steve Scalise; Prof Staff, E&C; Floor Asst to Maj. Leader Eric CantorSteve Scalise (R-LA)
Martin Reiser
Policy Director, Republican Whip Steve Scalise, professional staff House Ways and Means Committee, Chief of Staff…Steve Scalise (R-LA)
Sean Mclean
Associate Director, Executive Office of the President; White House Liaison, Dept of Commerce; Legislative…Marsha Blackburn (R-TN)
Elliott Guffin
CoS, Rep R.Hudson; DepCoS, Rep Hudson; LD, Rep Hudson; Sr LegAst, Rep Hudson; LegAst, Rep Hudson; LegAide, Rep Hudson…Rick W. Allen (R-GA)
Eric Einhorn
Chief of Staff, U.S. Sen. Brian Schatz, 2019-2023; Senior Counsel for Technology and Communications Policy, U.S. Sen…Brian Schatz (D-HI)

Agencies contacted

House Of Representatives · 126
Senate · 124
Federal Communications Commission (Fcc) · 13
Executive Office of the President (Eop) · 9
Commerce, Dept of (Doc) · 6
White House Office · 1

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From Lobbying Disclosure Act reports filed with the Senate and House.

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Capitol Receipts, “Ctia-The Wireless Association: Lobbying Spending, Issues & Bills,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/lobbying/cctiawirelessassociation/ctia-the-wireless-association (accessed 2026-10-16).