Industries and Coverage

• Budget Committee relating to defense
• Defense Authorization
• Defense Appropriations
• Politics
• Aerospace
• Defense
• Foreign policy
• Foreign sales
• Contract Awards

Rob Rains

• Electric Utilities
• Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) regulations
• The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC)
  • Demand Response
  • Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) terminals
  • Pipelines
  • Electric Transmission
• Renewables
  • Distributed Generation/Rooftop solar
  • Energy storage
  • State mandates and incentives
  • Production Tax Credit/Investment Tax Credit
• Nuclear
  • Small Modular Reactors (SMRs)
• Regional Transmission Organizations (RTOs)/Independent System Operators
  • ERCOT
  • CAISO
  • ISO-NE
  • PJM
  • MISO

Whitney Stanco

• Oil & Gas
  • Upstream
  • Midstream
  • Downstream
• Transportation
• Mining Markets
• Energy Tax Policy
• Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG)
• Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) regulations
• Department of Interior (DOI) leasing and planning
• Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC)
• Department of Energy (DOE)
• Refiners
• Pipelines
• Biofuels
  • Advanced Biofuels
  • Biodiesel
  • Corn-based ethanol
  • Renewable Identification Numbers (RINs)
• Natural Resources
  • Coal
• Master Limited Partnerships
• Vehicle Technology:  Electric and Automated
• CAFE Standards

Ryan Schoen

• Consumer Finance
• Bank Regulation
• Asset Management/Private Equity
• Insurance
• Housing Policy
• Securities Regulation
• Exchanges/Derivatives
• Student Lending
• For-Profit Education
• Private Student Lending
• Student Loan Servicing
• General Financial Services

Geopolitical events as they arise

• Trade Policy
• Sanction Policy
• Policy Impacting Energy Flows
• Emerging Markets/IMF Programs

Beth Mantz Steindecker

• Health care providers (hospitals, post-acute care providers, clinical labs, dialysis centers, durable medical equipment suppliers, ambulatory surgery centers, hospital staffing and physician companies, ambulatory surgery centers, hospices, etc.)
• Health insurers (diversified health insurers, Medicare Advantage plans and Medicaid managed care organizations)
• Pharmacy benefit managers

Ira S. Loss

• FDA
• Pharmaceuticals
• Biotechnology

John J. Leppard

• Medical Devices
• Medicare Product Coverage Policy
• Health Information Technology
• Lab Developed Tests and Individualized Medicine
• Healthcare Services
• Insurers and Medicare Advantage
• Pharmaceuticals

• Tax Reform
• Tax Extenders
• Repatriation
• Budget and Appropriations
• Reconciliation
• Miscellaneous
  • Highway Spending
  • Online Gaming
  • Online Sales Tax
  • Trade

• Telephone
• Wireless
• WiFi
• Towers
• CLECs
• TV Radio Broadcasters
• Cable Operators
• Internet Regulation
• Satellite Operators
• Hollywood
• Equipment Suppliers
• Music Industry
• Government TMT Contractors
• Online Advertising
• USF
• Copyright Legislation
• Patent Troll Legislation
• Taxes

• Long-term Company/Sector Impacts of Trade Policy: Geo-politics, China, Mexico, EU, Autos, Metals, Digital, financials, tariff/dumping cases, emerging markets
• M&A: Antitrust, CFIUS, Tax, China Deals, Emerging Antitrust Landscape for Tech
• Binary near-term/catalyst driven coverage of issues relating to highly regulated sectors: healthcare, financials, energy, consumer, industrials, autos, materials
• Technology policy and restrictions: Export Controls, Semis, National Security Issues
• Sanctions and Implications: Telecom/5-G, Energy markets, Shipping
• Special projects and bespoke due diligence projects from private market situations
• Tax Policy Issues:  Inversions, repatriation, MLP, REITs, Renewable Energy Tax Policy,
• Government Contract Awards and Debarments
• Consumer Product Regulations: Tobacco, Food and Beverage
• Government Spending/Safety Net Programs: Food Stamps, Earned Income Credits etc