W.l. Gore & Associates

Based in DE

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AI Overview

With $6.5M in lobbying spend across 32 quarterly filings, W.l. Gore & Associates is one of the biggest lobbying spenders in Washington. Their lobbying covers 9 issue areas. Active from 2018 to 2025.

$6.5M

Total Spend

Years Active

Firms Hired

Lobbyists Deployed

Issues Lobbied

Spending Trend

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Year	Lobbying Spend
2018	$400K
2019	$560K
2020	$670K
2021	$990K
2022	$1.1M
2023	$1.0M
2024	$860K
2025	$920K

Issues Lobbied

Energy Tariffs Trade Defense Health Issues Natural Resources Environment Copyright/Patent Taxation

Lobbying Firms

W.l. Gore & Associates

Lobbyists

Michael Ratchford Raphael Goodstein

Government Agencies Targeted

These are the government entities that W.l. Gore & Associates disclosed contacting in their lobbying filings.

Commerce, Dept of (DOC)HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVESSENATEU.S. International Trade Commission (ITC)U.S. Trade Representative (USTR)Defense, Dept of (DOD)Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)

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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: Energy, Tariffs, Trade, Defense, Health Issues and 4 more

Issues related to hydrogen power and fuel cell programs.

H.R. 4318, Miscellaneous Tariff Bill Act of 2018, provisions related to performance footwear, coatings for medical products, and gaskets.

H.R. 2735 and S. 2032, GSP Footwear Act; The U.S. OUTDOOR Act, including related provisions of H.R. 1295, H.R. 2029, S. 935, and S. 1267.

High performance military clothing; Issues related to the Kissell Amendment; Best value contracting; Funding issues related to the Soldier Enhancement Program and Rapid Equipping Force.

H.R. 2735 and S. 2032, GSP Footwear Act; The U.S. OUTDOOR Act, including related provisions of H.R. 1295, H.R. 2029, S. 925, and S. 1267.