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Many people are curious who their Member of Congress and his or her staff meet with in the course of representing them.  To further my commitment to increasing transparency in our government, below you will find a list of organizations and individuals who my staff and I have met with recently.

Please note, this page will not allow you to request a meeting with me or my staff.  To request a meeting, please contact the appropriate office (contact information is located at the bottom of this page).




DECEMBER 2009

December 28, 2009 - December 31, 2009

  • Embassy of Jordan

December 19, 2009 - December 27, 2009

  • Environment America

December 14, 2009 - December 18, 2009

  • Department of Transportation (DOT)
  • Entergy
  • Federal Aviation Administration (FAA)
  • Israeli Ambassador to the United States Michael Oren
  • Syrian Ambassador to the United States Imad Moustapha

December 7, 2009 - December 11, 2009

  • Amnesty International
  • Association of American Railroads
  • Community Partnership Group
  • Egyptian Civil Society and Business Delegation
  • General Motors
  • National Parks Conservation Association
  • Nature Conservancy
  • U.S. Air Force Academy

December 1, 2009 - December 4, 2009

  • American Veterinary Medical Association (AVMA)
  • Mennonite Central Committee
  • Prudential
  • Riverside Community Bank
  • United States Coast Guard
  • Wildlife Conservation Society

NOVEMBER 2009

November 23, 2009 - November 27, 2009

  • Embassy of Syria
  • Embassy of Turkey

November 16, 2009 - November 20, 2009

  • Catholic Relief Services (CRS)
  • Florida Hospital Association (FHA)
  • National Installment Lenders Association
  • Secretary Michael W. Sole of the Florida Department of Environmental Protection
  • Senator Lindsey Graham of South Carolina
  • WRScompass

November 2, 2009 - November 6, 2009

  • Association of American Veterinary Medical Colleges (AAVMC)
  • Clark Atlanta University
  • Earth Justice
  • King Engineering
  • National Air Traffic Controllers Association (NATCA)

OCTOBER 2009


October 26, 2009 - October 30, 2009

  • Amnesty International
  • J Street
  • FAA Administrator Randy Babbitt
  • Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood


October 19, 2009 - October 23, 2009

  • American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU)
  • Arab American Institute
  • Biotechnology Industry Organization
  • Commissioner Tammy Hall of Lee County
  • Embassy of Turkey
  • General Motors (GM)
  • Pollinator Partnership
  • Ride Ocean Zoom
  • Strategic Policy Consulting, Inc.


October 12, 2009 - October 16, 2009

  • American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations (AFL-CIO) of Florida
  • Cross International
  • Indian River State College
  • National Association of Social Workers
  • Pittsburg Joint Readiness Center


October 5, 2009 - October 9, 2009

  • Blue Cross Blue Shield of Florida
  • Coalition to End Homelessness
  • Human Rights Campaign (HRC)
  • National Air Traffic Controllers Association (NATCA)
  • National Alliance to End Homelessness


October 1, 2009 - October 2, 2009

  • American Federation of Teachers
  • Apotex

SEPTEMBER 2009


September 21, 2009 - September 25, 2009

  • American Association of Responsible Auto Lenders
  • Butera & Andrews
  • Children’s Home Society
  • City of Lauderdale Lakes Alcalde & Fay
  • DME Group
  • Drummer & Associates
  • Fair Housing Association
  • Florida’s Municipal Electric Association
  • Greater Miami Chamber of Commerce
  • Healthcare Information Management System Society (HIMS)
  • Isle of Capri Casinos
  • Monument Strategies, LLC
  • Mosnar Group, LLC
  • NACo (National Association of Counties)
  • Private Care Associates
  • Sierra Club
  • SkillsUSA
  • Soap Box Consulting
  • Sunrise Community, Inc.


September 14, 2009 - September 18, 2009

  • Advocates for Youth
  • Alcalde & Fay
  • American Jewish International Relations Institute
  • Assistant City Administrator El Balbis of West Palm Beach
  • Brookings Institution
  • Broward County Jewish Federation
  • California Department of Fish and Game
  • CARE
  • Cintas Corporation
  • Diabetes Access to Care Coalition
  • The Ferguson Group
  • Florida Banker’s Association
  • Florida Cattlemen’s Association
  • The Goodman Corporation
  • Holland & Knight
  • Homecare Association
  • Kurdish Human Rights Watch
  • Marine Wildlife Veterinary Care and Research Center
  • Mayor Richard Kaplan of Lauderhill
  • National Association for Behavioral Health
  • NEADS (Dogs for Deaf and Disabled Americans)
  • Paralyzed Veterans of America
  • South Florida Water Management District
  • U.S. Coast Guard
  • Van Scoyoc Associates

September 8, 2009 - September 11, 2009

  • The Jewish Federation of South Palm Beach County
  • Martin County Delegation

September 1, 2009 - September 4, 2009

  • Bethesda Health Care System
  • Institute for Policy Studies
  • Professional Golfers Association (PGA)


AUGUST 2009

 

August 24, 2009 - August 31, 2009

  • Diplomacy International Consulting
  • Drinker Biddle and Reath
  • Fair Housing Alliance
  • National Association for Behavioral Health

 

August 17, 2009 - August 21, 2009

  • The Boeing Company
  • Capitol Solutions
  • Department of Education
  • Miami Bayside Foundation
  • The National Association for Equal Opportunity for Higher Education
  • New Planet Energy/NPE Florida
  • Petrizzo Strategic Group
  • South Florida Holocaust Museum
  • The Thurgood Marshall College Fund
  • The United Negro College Fund

 

August 10, 2009 - August 14, 2009

  • Broward College
  • Florida Power & Light (FPL)
  • Music First Coalition
  • Reform Immigration for America

 

August 3, 2009 - August 9, 2009

  • Army Corp of Engineers
  • Broward College
  • CFED
  • Financial Planning Association Florida, Gold Coast Chapter
  • The Lord’s Place of West Palm Beach
  • National Religious Campaign against Torture
  • South Florida Water Management District
  • WRS Compass Inc.
  • YWCA

 

JULY 2009


July 27, 2009 - July 31, 2009

  • American Beverage Association
  • Barlow Consulting, Inc.
  • Bright Pink
  • Coalition for Union Principles
  • Ferguson Group
  • Florida International University
  • Haiti One
  • National Air Traffic Controllers Association (NATCA)
  • U.S. EPA Office of Congressional and International Relations
  • U.S. EPA Office of Environmental Justice

 

July 20, 2009 - July 24, 2009

  • American Association of Responsible Auto Lenders
  • Broward Health
  • Christians United for Israel
  • Council for a Democratic Iran (CDI)
  • Edison State College
  • Florida Health Care Union
  • National Association of Minority & Women Owned Law Firms (NAMWOLF)
  • Safe Blood
  • Southwest Airlines
  • U.S. Strategies Corporation

 

July 13, 2009 - July 17, 2009

  • AFRICOM
  • American Israel Public Affairs Committee
  • Center for Disability Rights
  • Congressional Youth Leadership Council
  • Core Communities
  • INSIGHT
  • National Air Traffic Controllers Association (NATCA)
  • National Automobile Dealers Association (NADA)
  • Members of the Palm Beach County Commission
  • Planned Parenthood of South Florida and the Treasure Coast
  • Regions Bank
  • Spectra Energy
  • Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood and FAA Administrator Randy Babbitt
  • U.S. Strategies
  • Williams Petroleum

 

July 6, 2009 - July 10, 2009

  • Alcalde & Fay
  • City of Belle Glade
  • Embassy of Taiwan
  • Florida International University
  • Patton Blogs LLP
  • RAND Corporation
  • Shelter2Home
  • Small Business and Technology Council
  • South Florida Water Management District
  • WRS Compass

 

July 1, 2009 - July 3, 2009

  • Earthjustice

 

JUNE 2009

 

June 22, 2009 - June 26, 2009

  • Broward County Continuum of Care Advisory Board
  • Embassy of Australia

  • Formosa Foundation
  • Friends Committee on National Legislation (Quakers)
  • National Council for Latin American Advancement
  • National Health Care for the Homeless Consumer Advisory Board

  • National Parks Conservation Association

  • Results

 

June 15, 2009 - June 19, 2009

  • A Child Is Missing
  • Barrio Productions
  • Fair Housing Coalition (FHC)

  • Financial Services Centers of Florida

  • Florida Power & Light (FPL)

  • National Iranian American Council

  • Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine

  • University of Miami

 

June 8, 2009 - June 12, 2009

  • Association of Jewish Family and Children's Agencies

  • HRC Manor Care

  • H.E. Habib Mansour, Ambassador of Tunisia to the United States

  • National Council for Community Behavioral Healthcare

  • Opportunities Industrialization Center (OIC) of Broward County

  • Palm Beach American Red Cross

  • Policy Impact Communications Policy Impact Communications
  • Smith Free Group

  • United Transportation Union

  • The White House Office of Legislative Affairs
  • The White House Office of Political Affairs

 

June 1, 2009 - June 5, 2009

  • American Association for Homecare
  • Ability Medical Supply, Inc.
  • Accredited Medical Equipment Providers of America
  • Atlantic Medical Supply
  • Florida Alliance of Home Care Services
  • Florida Immigrant Coalition
  • Florida Secretary of Transportation Stephanie Kopelousous
  • Home Diagnostics Inc.
  • International Committee of the Red Cross
  • National Commission on Correctional Health Care (NCCHC)
  • Natural Resources Defense Council

 

MAY 2009

 

May 25, 2009 - May 29, 2009

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  • Amnesty International
  • Be Bright Pink
  • City of Belle Glade
  • City of Ft. Lauderdale
  • Disaster Survival House of Deerfield Beach, FL
  • Everglades Foundation
  • Federal Aviation Administration
  • Florida Rural Area Construction Co-op
  • Forever Family in Ft. Lauderdale
  • Human Rights First
  • Human Rights Watch
  • National Parks Service
  • South Florida Water Management District
  • WRS Compass
  • YWCA

 

May 18, 2009 - May 22, 2009

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  • AgFirst Farm Credit
  • American Association for Justice
  • Cash America
  • Citizens for Space Exploration
  • Corporation for Atmospheric Research
  • Florida Justice Association
  • FL National Air Traffic Controllers Association
  • Employee Owned Corporations of America
  • Entergy Corporation
  • Florida International University
  • Green the Capitol Office
  • Haitian Baptist Church of the Grace
  • Mayor Bishop Maters of Riviera Beach
  • National Postal Mail Handlers Union
  • The Nature Conservancy
  • North Political Action Committee(NORPAC)
  • University of Miami University

 

May 11, 2009 - May 15, 2009

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  • ALS Association
  • California Nurses Association and the National Nurses Organizing Committee
  • Collier Mosquito Control District
  • Convanta Energy Corporation
  • European Parliament
  • Florida Dental Association
  • Ion Media Networks
  • Iraqi Refugee Project
  • Jones Consulting, Inc.
  • King & Spalding, LLP
  • National Association of Realtors (FL)
  • National Rural Letter Carriers' Association
  • U.S. Solar

 

May 4, 2009 - May 8, 2009

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  • AARP
  • American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC)
  • The Coalition of State Rheumatology Organization
  • Florida Breast Cancer Coalition Foundation
  • Human Rights Campaign (HRC)
  • Jesuit Refugee Services
  • McDonald's Corporation
  • Mr. Elliot Conway, Director of the Parliamentary Committee Against Anti-Semitism
  • Nova Southeastern University
  • Pew Environmental Group
  • The Right Honourable John Mann, British Member of Parliament and Chair of the Parliamentary Committee Against Anti-Semitism
  • South Florida Water Management District

 

APRIL 2009

 

April 27, 2009 - April 30, 2009

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  • Afterschool Alliance
  • AIDS Project Los Angeles
  • Community Broadcaster's Association
  • Cross International
  • Direct Care Alliance, Inc. and Texas Association of Nurse Assistants
  • Goodwill Industries of Southwest Florida, Inc.
  • Law Enforcement Against Prohibition
  • Lewis-Burke
  • Miami VA
  • Progress Center for Independent Living
  • Sojourners
  • Southern Alliance for Clean Energy
  • US-Cuba Democracy
  • Veterans History Project (VHS)
  • YWCA

 

April 20, 2009 - April 24, 2009

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  • Anti-Defamation League (ADL)
  • Coalition to End Homelessness
  • Florida Association of Nurse Anesthetists
  • Music Coalition First
  • Professional Aviation Safety Specialists (PASS)
  • Transportation Trades Department, AFL-CIO

 

April 13, 2009 - April 17, 2009

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  • American Federation of Government Employees (AFGE)
  • National Air Traffic Controllers Association (NATCA)
  • Nova Southeastern University Health Professions Division

 

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  • Embassy of Jordan
  • Veterans History Project (VHS)
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MARCH 2009

 

March 30, 2009 - April 3, 2009

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  • Association of Americans Resident Overseas
  • Covanta Energy
  • Cultural Division of Broward County
  • Lee County Solid Waste Division
  • MTV
  • National Association Postal Supervisor
  • Overseas Americans Remember
  • Solid Waste Authority of Palm Beach County

 

March 23, 2009 - March 27, 2009

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  • American Alzheimer Association
  • Green for All
  • Homecare Association of Florida
  • Indian River State College
  • AHVED - TPS for Haitians
  • National Association of Postmasters of the United States (NAPUS)
  • The Nature Conservancy
  • Neighborhood Housing Association of Florida
  • Palm Beach Community College
  • Podiatric Medical Association
  • Reynolds American, Inc.
  • Thomas Langley Medical Center
  • Urban League of Broward County, Inc.
  • World Bank
  • Zionist Organization of America

 

March 16, 2009 - March 20, 2009

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  • American Hotel and Lodging Association
  • Broward County Mayor Stacy Ritter
  • City of Lauderdale Lakes
  • City of Lauderhill
  • City of North Miami
  • City of Sunrise
  • Egyptian Parliamentarians
  • Embassy of Afghanistan
  • Forever Family of Ft. Lauderdale
  • Northrop Grumman
  • Palm Beach County School District
  • Peace Corps
  • St. John's Lutheran Church in Lake Park, FL
  • State University System of Florida
  • Zero: the Project to End Prostate Cancer

March 9, 2009 - March 13, 2009

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  • City of South Bay
  • Advance America
  • American Association of Retired Persons (AARP)
  • American College of Rheumatology
  • Association of Flight Attendants-CWA
  • Association of Public Hospitals
  • Boca Raton Airport Authority
  • Career College Association
  • Department of Children and Families
  • Feld Entertainment
  • Ferguson Medical Group
  • Florida Office of Refugee Services
  • Florida PTA
  • H.E. Samir Sumaida'ie, Ambassador of Iraq
  • Lincoln Educational Services
  • City of Belle Glade
  • City of Pahokee
  • National Apartment Association
  • National Association of Water Companies (NAWC)
  • National Multi Housing Council
  • Office of Governor Christ
  • OMNIFLIGHT Helicopters
  • Palm Beach County Commission
  • Palm Beach Medical Society
  • Transportation Department of Broward County
  • U.S. Fiduciary Services
  • University of Central Florida
  • Workforce Board of Palm Beach County

 

March 2, 2009 - March 6, 2009

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  • American College of Obstetrician and Gynecology
  • American Medical Association
  • American Osteopathic Association
  • Association of Floral Importers of Florida (AFIF)
  • Broward County Jewish Federation
  • Business Loan Fund of the Palm Beaches
  • Commissioner Albert C. Jones of the South Broward Hospital District
  • Fitness in America
  • Florida Inland Navigation District
  • Florida Jewish War Veterans
  • Human Rights Campaign Florida
  • MP Murat Mercan, Chairman of the Foreign Affairs Committee of the Turkish Parliament
  • Mr. Tom Gustafson, Former Speaker of the Florida House of Representatives
  • Ms. Eka Tkeshelashvili, Secretary of the National Security Council of the Republic of Georgia
  • National Association for Behavioral Health
  • National Treasury Employees Union
  • Palm Beach County Jewish Federation
  • Paralyzed Veterans Association of Florida
  • Prague Conference on Holocaust Era Assets
  • Progress Energy
  • School Based Operations for Nutrition
  • South Florida Regional Planning Council
  • University of Miami's Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science

 

FEBRUARY 2009

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February 23, 2009 - February 27, 2009

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  • American Chiropractic Association
  • American Jewish Committee
  • Bahcesehir University (Istanbul, Turkey)
  • Center for Responsible Lending
  • Civil Air Patrol
  • Commissioner Chris Craft, St. Lucie County
  • Credit Union National Association (CUNA)
  • Embassy of Iraq
  • Environmental Defense Fund
  • Florida Association of Volunteer Action in the Caribbean and Americas (FAVACA)
  • Florida Council of the Blind
  • Florida Fish & Wildlife Conservation
  • Florida Housing Alliance
  • Florida International University
  • Florida League of Cities
  • Florida Trail Association
  • Florida Wildlife Federation
  • Gold Coast Down Syndrome Organization
  • The Nature Conservancy
  • South Florida Fishermen
  • South Florida Water Management District
  • Triangle Coalition for Science and Technology Education
  • Tuberous Sclerosis Alliance
  • Turkish Coalition of America
  • U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) (Boynton Beach, FL)
  • University of Florida
  • Utah Wilderness Coalition
  • World Literacy Crusade of Florida, Inc.'s Girl Power Program

 

February 16, 2009 - February 20, 2009

  • The Audubon Society
  • Elizabeth Ward, Australian Minister-Counsellor of Trade
  • Everglades Foundation
  • Florida International University Hurricane Research Center
  • League of Women Voters
  • National Parks Conservation Association
  • National Wildlife Federation
  • South Florida Water Management District
  • Sugar Cane Growers Cooperative of Florida
  • U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom

 

February 9, 2009 - February 13, 2009

  • American Association for Homecare
  • American Federation of Government Employees, Local 507
  • American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC)
  • ARISE Foundation
  • Army Corps of Engineers
  • Business Loan Fund of the Palm Beaches
  • City of Riviera Beach
  • City of West Palm Beach
  • Environment America
  • Environment Florida
  • Fair Housing Center of the Greater Palm Beaches
  • Florida Association of Letter Carriers
  • Florida PIRG (Public Interest Research Group)
  • Florida Rural Water Association
  • National Federation for the Blind
  • Palm Beach County Community College
  • Refugees International
  • Royal Caribbean International
  • Sea Grant
  • Strategic Community Services Central Broward Teen Alliance Coalition
  • TransCore
  • Vice, Intelligence, Narcotics

 

February 2, 2009 - February 6, 2009

  • Army Corps of Engineers, Jacksonville District
  • Association of Flight Attendants
  • Bethune Cookman University
  • Business Loan Fund of the Palm Beaches
  • City of Miramar
  • Cross International
  • Forever Family
  • Iraqi Sustainable Democracy Project
  • National Air Traffic Controllers Association (NATCA)
  • National Association for Behavioral Health
  • National Trust for Historical Preservation
  • Pulp and Paperworkers' Resources Council

 

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JANUARY 2009

 

January 22, 2009 - January 30, 2009

  • Florida Coalition for Safe Highways
  • Broward County
  • U.S. Naval Sea Cadet Corps
  • Memorial Healthcare
  • Florida Hospital Association
  • FEMA
  • Seminole Tribe
  • National Trust for Historic Preservation