Cloudflare
Protects and accelerates websites online
Based in CA
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AI Overview
With $1.3M in lobbying spend across 33 quarterly filings, Cloudflare is a significant lobbying presence. They deploy 31 individual lobbyists Their lobbying covers 5 issue areas. Active from 2018 to 2025.
$1.3M
Total Spend
8
Years Active
1
Firms Hired
31
Lobbyists Deployed
5
Issues Lobbied
Spending Trend
View as table
| Year | Lobbying Spend |
|---|---|
| 2018 | $160K |
| 2019 | $160K |
| 2020 | $200K |
| 2021 | $160K |
| 2022 | $160K |
| 2023 | $160K |
| 2024 | $160K |
| 2025 | $160K |
Issues Lobbied
Lobbying Firms
Lobbyists
Bruce MehlmanDavid CastagnettiDean RosenDavid ThomasElise Finley PickeringCharles WootersSohini GuptaSage EastmanLauren AronsonMichael RobinsonMichael CollinsConstantine HingsonSteve HaroNichole DistefanoMckenzie BriceHelen TolarPaul ThornellStephen CoteAlexander PerkinsVictoria FloodRosemary GutierrezZachary MalloveCaitlin Van SantLisa GoldmanAlyene MlinarErica ChabotAnnie WolfNaveen ParmarJon AdameJoseph BrownEarl Flood
What They Lobby About
These are actual descriptions from their quarterly lobbying disclosure filings, summarizing what they lobbied Congress and federal agencies about.Issue areas: Trade, Intelligence, Computer Industry, Homeland Security, Copyright/Patent
- •Issues related to customs problems in Europe and Latin America.
- •Issues related to Korean interconnection policy.
- •Global internet freedom of speech. Internet Governance.
- •Cyber security; Internet industry growth, network management.
- •The role of Internet intermediaries in addressing hate speech and similar content online.
- •Encryption to protect consumers.
- •Legislation pro
- •Cyber security; Information sharing; Encryption policy; Protecting networks from DDoS attacks; IOT policy.
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Data Sources: Senate LDA Filings
Last updated: February 2026
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