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VALERO ENERGY CORPORATION

TX · US

energy fossil fuels

Tracked direct giving

$0

LDA reported lobbying spend

$4,750,000

Connections

6

Lobbying Activity Detail

Disclosed lobbying expenditures from LDA filings where this entity is the client. Dollar amounts represent what was reported to the Senate Office of Public Records.

Top Lobbying Issues

FUEFuel/Gas/Oil
$7.9M
TAXTaxation/Internal Revenue Code
$6.5M
TRDTrade
$6.3M
ENGENG
$1.8M
FINFinancial Institutions/Investments
$1.3M
CHMChemicals/Chemical Industry
$440K
TRATransportation
$430K
ENVEnvironment/Superfund
$90K

Lobbying Firms Retained

In-house lobbyists (filed as its own registrant)$6.3M
MILLER STRATEGIES, LLC$1.3M
ERNST & YOUNG LLP (WASHINGTON COUNCIL ERNST & YOUNG)$360K
THE NICKLES GROUP, LLC$330K
OWEN EVANS INGOLS$120K

Bills Referenced in Lobbying Filings

renewable fuel standardH.R. 1

Lobbying data from Senate LDA filings and the LobbyView dataset (MIT/NSF, CC-BY-4.0). Dollar figures represent disclosed expenditures only and may not capture all influence activity. Issue codes follow the LDA general issue classification.

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TypeConnected ToDetailsSource
RetainedOWEN EVANS INGOLSHired OWEN EVANS INGOLS to lobby on Lower Energy Costs ActSource
Lobbied onH.R.1 - Lower Energy Costs ActLDA filing: lobbied on Lower Energy Costs Act, period 1st Quarter (Jan 1 - Mar 31), reported amount $60,000Source
Lobbied onRenewable Fuel Standard (RFS)LDA filing: lobbied on Renewable Fuel Standard, period 1st Quarter (Jan 1 - Mar 31), reported amount $510,000Source
RetainedMILLER STRATEGIES, LLCHired MILLER STRATEGIES, LLC to lobby (1st Quarter (Jan 1 - Mar 31) 2023)Source
RetainedTHE NICKLES GROUP, LLCHired THE NICKLES GROUP, LLC to lobby (1st Quarter (Jan 1 - Mar 31) 2025)Source
RetainedERNST & YOUNG LLP (WASHINGTON COUNCIL ERNST & YOUNG)Hired ERNST & YOUNG LLP (WASHINGTON COUNCIL ERNST & YOUNG) to lobby (1st Quarter (Jan 1 - Mar 31) 2023)Source