How to pronounce “lobbyists” in English

of lobbyists and they are calling the

the lobbyists, the lobbyists, individual lobbyists for individual companies, their interest is seen as, as important, if not more important, than the broader public.

excellent army of lobbyists in DC, but

better diplomatic lobbyists, which is one of the core things that we do.

I think that lobbyists, they wouldn't exist if they weren't moderately effective.

And so the lobbyists got to Congress people-- and this is the frozen food and tomato lobbyists and the pizza lobbyists-- got to Congress

by whatever the lobbyists come in and deliver.

role that lobbyists play in this economy of influence right this economy of

the high-powered lobbyists that the people on the copyright holders do like the mpa and the Raa if they were them

It's not giving in to lobbyists and it's enforcement of policies that will make marine protected areas really work.

It's about these fucking lobbyists who are trying to slow the-- you know, I mean, the first car was electric.

I've spoken to actually political lobbyists.

It's been taken over by lobbyists.

And we are not registered lobbyists, so we have to, by law, keep it to about 20% of our total resource allocation,

10 times increase in the number of lobbyists in Washington, DC.

imagine that institution and those people--the lobbyists, the members of Congress, the staffers, the bureaucrats--ever organizing to change that deeply corrupt system?

and the interest behind them and the lobbyists who are paying for the campaigns that determine the shape of things, determine the nature of proposals, determine what gets in and out

Clinton left office the number of lobbyists in Washington has doubled the

price per hour of those lobbyists has doubled as well now if you've got a market where the supply is going up and

You've hired some nice-priced lobbyists in Washington -- contradiction.

enough pressure from the powers that be and from lobbyists from both Lilly and Novo Nordisk that, which are the two

This is now a standard expense for lawyers and lobbyists.

And they pay the most money through their lobbyists to various political organizations in Sacramento.

And I'd go to hearings where the lobbyists for the flame retardant industry would be saying it's not sound science to say there's

The only thing they didn't mention was lobbyists, how it really works.

And it disenfranchises the rest of us because the lobbyists can get the rules written in their favor.

of the democratic party uh always gotten corporate corporations lobbyists to

And I'm sure-- I mean, obviously lobbyists have a big influence on policies that encourage meat consumption and how much meat we sell in our grocery stores

The aggressors are-- I don't know, the lobbyists for big tobacco, and for guns and pharmaceuticals and agribusiness.

I said, where are all lobbyists in this city?

But there are options in spite of what the regional Airlines Association lobbyists say there are options besides just flying banner tows along the beach or being a flight instructor

And that leads to this extender mania, as lobbyists and Congress race around to try to extend the particular tax provision for another period of time.

of Congress, interviewing politicians and lobbyists for environmental groups and all

environment, they um they're strong advocates and lobbyists for for bicycling.

He was the only congressman of my lifetime, who the lobbyists simply stopped visiting.

Meanwhile, the other group that's working on the inside raised $2 million for lobbyists.

They did the thing you would always do if you are Airbnb; they got their lobbyists and got their lobbyists to be influential over the government.

I think there's lots that I try to use in the book that we can learn from watching lobbyists and how they operate in order to be

But you know what, the airline industry and their lobbyists are fighting as hard as they can tooth and nail.

How inconvenient it is for them, and of course they and their lobbyists are fighting anything that's deemed to be either the least bit more costly or the least but more inconvenient

The business model is focused on their life after government, their life as lobbyists.

Public Citizen calculated between 1998 and 2004, 50 percent of Senators left to become lobbyists.

So the lobbyists are still there and they're getting what they want and that's how the system worked.

We didn't take any money from lobbyists or PACs.

Even when fishermen think that they are fishing to the quotas, the quotas are being shifted by lobbyists all the time.

Laws are passed in silence, in the corridors of power, where the lobbyists, whom I first met when I was too young to be there, at about 21, 22, operate.

So it's mostly for sold through membership associations like that, and there are a huge group of lobbyists or activists now who are working on trying to legalize

And we will get laws enacted, enforced, we'll get budgets put in place, and we will be the lobbyists and the advocates for foster kids because God knows they've got

He told me "the problem with Capitol Hill is it has become a quote 'Farm league for K Street.'" K Street, the home of lobbyists.