Human Rights First

Based in NY

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AI Overview

With $5.3M in lobbying spend across 43 quarterly filings, Human Rights First is one of the biggest lobbying spenders in Washington. They deploy 15 individual lobbyists Their lobbying covers 9 issue areas. Active from 2018 to 2025.

$5.3M

Total Spend

Years Active

Firms Hired

Lobbyists Deployed

Issues Lobbied

Spending Trend

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Year	Lobbying Spend
2018	$790K
2019	$570K
2020	$600K
2021	$620K
2022	$1.1M
2023	$779K
2024	$521K
2025	$297K

Issues Lobbied

Defense Civil Rights Immigration Foreign Relations Homeland Security District of Columbia Law Enforcement Education Budget/Appropriations

Lobbying Firms

Human Rights First

Lobbyists

Raha Wala Katherine Cosgrove Scott Cooper Heather Brandon Jennifer Quigley Olga Byrne Robert Berschinski Melissa Hooper Ana Ortega Robyn Barnard Kennji Kizuka Emilee Cutright Christopher Purdy Emma Horseman Katherine Stagner

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: Defense, Civil Rights, Immigration, Foreign Relations, Homeland Security and 4 more

•Oppose nomination of Gina Haspel to serve as director of the Central Intelligence Agency as a result of her central role in the CIAs torture program
•Oppose nomination of Howard Nielson to serve as a

•H.R.391: Asylum Reform and Border Protection Act of 2017
• Opposed provisions that would block access to asylum or other protection in the United States
•H.R.3362: Department of State, Foreign Operat