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hands 2014-06-27T01:53

TL-DR. My states house leader, and little bit about who he represents, because he sure as hell doesn't represent you or I.

This was more for my own research but why don't you give it a try. I am interested in who doesn't represent you, and who they represent.

Steve Israel

Representative (D - NY)

1 Deloitte LLP $25,600 Lobbying firm.

8 Phibro Animal Health $15,000 Hires Lobbying firms.

11 Amneal Pharmaceuticals $12,900 Hires Lobbying firms.

13 Ernst & Young $10,500 Lobbying firm.

14 Barclays $10,400 Lobbying firm.

14 Talon Air $10,400 Lobbying firm.

Deloitte

is the largest professional services network in the world by revenue and by the number of professionals. Deloitte provides audit, tax, consulting, enterprise risk and financial advisory services with more than 200,000 professionals in over 150 countries.[3] In FY 2012–13, it earned a record $32.4 billion USD in revenues

Phibro Animal Health Corporation

is one of the leading animal health companies in the world and is dedicated to helping meet the growing demand for animal protein. We are a global diversified animal health and mineral nutrition company. We concentrate exclusively on animals for food production and are one of the few global companies offering a comprehensive range of animal health and mineral nutrition products. For nearly 40 years we have been committed to providing livestock producers with value-based products and solutions to help them maintain and enhance the health and productivity of their animals. We develop, manufacture and market a broad range of products for food animals including poultry, swine, beef and dairy cattle and aquaculture. Our products help prevent, control and treat diseases, enhance nutrition to help improve health and performance and contribute to balanced mineral nutrition.

Our annual net sales are more than $650 million. Our more than 1,100 employees are proud to manufacture and market our products for more than 2,850 customers around the world. We are headquartered in Teaneck, New Jersey, and have offices across the United States and around the world.

Amneal

manufactures generic pharmaceuticals in a variety of forms. Oral solids range from tablets to capsules and softgels in immediate and modified release varieties. We also produce liquid-form pharmaceuticals from suspensions to solutions. Controlled substance, hormonal and high potency production suites further compliment our ever-expanding repertoire. Throughout all of our facilities we are capable of producing over 20-billion oral solid units and up to10 million liquid bottles each year.

Breakthrough Successes To-Date

Amneal is proud to stand alone as the first company ever to secure FDA approval using the Bin-to-Hopper manufacturing process. By streamlining the manufacturing process with this move, we managed to increase efficiency while also improving quality. It's just one more example of how we strive to be remarkable—and succeed.

We'd be remiss not to mention another aspect of our supply chain-API. Our superb and unique API supplier relationships around the world-and, certainly, in India-ensure optimum product flow and market-leading pricing as our product portfolio continues to expand. We count several strategic alliances and exclusive supply agreements for the US market among these relations.

Ernst & Young

(known as EY) is a multinational professional services firm headquartered in London, United Kingdom. It was the third largest professional services firm in the world by aggregated revenue in 2012 and is one of the "Big Four" audit firms.[6][7]

The organization operates as a network of member firms which are separate legal entities in individual countries. It has 175,000 employees and more than 700 offices in over 150 countries. It provides assurance (including financial audit), tax, consulting and advisory services to companies.[8]

The firm dates back to 1849 with the founding of Harding & Pullein in England. The current firm was formed by a merger of Ernst & Whinney and Arthur Young & Co. in 1989.[9] It was known as Ernst & Young until 2013, when it underwent a rebranding to EY. The acronym "EY" was already an informal name for the firm prior to its official adoption.[10]

Barclays

/ˈbɑːkliz/ is a British multinational banking and financial services company headquartered in London. It is a universal bank with operations in retail, wholesale and investment banking, as well as wealth management, mortgage lending and credit cards. It has operations in over 50 countries and territories and has around 48 million customers.[2] As of 31 December 2011 Barclays had total assets of US$2.42 trillion, the seventh-largest of any bank worldwide.[3]

Barclays is organised within these business clusters: Corporate and Investment Banking, Wealth and Investment Management; and Retail and Business Banking.[2] The Corporate and Investment Banking, Wealth and Investment Management cluster comprises three business units: Corporate banking; Investment banking; and Wealth and investment management.[2] The Retail and Business Banking cluster comprises four business units: Africa Retail and Business Banking (including Absa Group); Barclaycard (credit card and loan provision); Europe Retail and Business Banking; and UK Retail and Business Banking.[2]

Barclays traces its origins to a goldsmith banking business established in the City of London in 1690. James Barclay became a partner in the business in 1736. In 1896 several banks in London and the English provinces, including Backhouse's Bank and Gurney's Bank, united as a joint-stock bank under the name Barclays and Co. Over the following decades Barclays expanded to become a nationwide bank. In 1967, Barclays deployed the world's first cash dispenser. Barclays has made numerous corporate acquisitions, including of London, Provincial and South Western Bank in 1918, British Linen Bank in 1919, Mercantile Credit in 1975, the Woolwich in 2000 and the North American operations of Lehman Brothers in 2008.

Barclays has a primary listing on the London Stock Exchange and is a constituent of the FTSE 100 Index. It had a market capitalisation of approximately £22 billion as of 23 December 2011, the 22nd-largest company of any company with a primary listing on the London Stock Exchange.[4] It has a secondary listing on the New York Stock Exchange.

Talon Air

Private jet manufacturers like GulfStream and Boeing are industry experts in building light, midsize, super midsize or heavy jet aircraft that seat just a few passengers for short flights, to large corporate jets that are ideal for trans Atlantic and international trips.

Imagine cruising through a deep blue sky in the height of luxury, enjoying in-flight amenities, in an aircraft fitted with deluxe appointments, equipped with spacious cabin sizes for increased passenger comfort and capacity.

Talon’s fleet of private aircraft will enable you to do just that. We offer our clients a truly seamless private air travel experience.

Private Jet Manufacturers

Private jet manufacturers build light, midsize, super midsize or heavy jet aircraft that seat just a few passengers for short flights, to large corporate jets that are ideal for trans Atlantic and international trips. These aircraft are fitted with luxurious appointments and are equipped with spacious cabin sizes for increased passenger capacity.