Lobbying

Harbor Freight Tools USA's latest lobbying report covers Q2 2026, at $40K. The four quarters Q4 2025–Q3 2026 total $110K. Its first report covers Q4 2022; the issues it reports most are Budget/Appropriations and Education.

Harbor Freight Tools USA

Latest quarter
No record
Q3 2026 · 0 reports
Last 12 months
$110K
Last 4 quarters
vs last quarter
−100.0%
Q3 2026 against the quarter before
First report
Q4 2022
The first quarter a report named it

Lobbying by quarter

Harbor Freight Tools USA lobbying by quarter
Harbor Freight Tools USA lobbying by quarter
QuarterAmountReports
Q4 2022$40K1
Q1 2023$30K1
Q2 2023$100K2
Q3 2023$90K2
Q4 2023$100K2
Q1 2024$50K2
Q2 2024$40K1
Q3 2024$30K1
Q4 2024$40K1
Q1 2025$30K1
Q2 2025$40K1
Q3 2025$30K1
Q4 2025$40K1
Q1 2026$30K1
Q2 2026$40K1
Q3 2026$00

By issue

  • Consumer protection and safety$200K · 4 reports
  • Budget and appropriations$176.7K · 15 reports
  • Education$176.7K · 15 reports
  • Labor, antitrust and workplace$176.7K · 15 reports

An issue's amount splits each report's amount equally over the issues the report lists.

Who was lobbied

  • SENATE18 reports
  • HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES15 reports
  • Education, Dept of6 reports
  • Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC)4 reports
  • Executive Office of the President (EOP)3 reports
  • Labor, Dept of (DOL)2 reports
  • Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)1 reports

Firms it paid

Firm
Penn Hill Group$530K15 quarters
ML Strategies$200K4 quarters

Former officials lobbying for it

Former position
CHRISTIAN TAMOTSU FJELDSubcommittee Staff Director, Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and TransportationQ1 2024
VICTOR F KLATT iiiEducation Policy Director, House Committee on Education & Workforce; and Staff Director, House Committee on Education & LaborQ4 2022

Lobbying reports

Filed by
07/20for Q2Penn Hill Group$40K
04/20for Q1Penn Hill Group$30K
01/20for Q4 2025Penn Hill Group$40K
25/10/20for Q3 2025Penn Hill Group$30K
25/07/21for Q2 2025Penn Hill Group$40K
25/04/21for Q1 2025Penn Hill Group$30K
25/01/21for Q4 2024Penn Hill Group$40K
24/10/21for Q3 2024Penn Hill Group$30K
24/10/21for Q2 2024Penn Hill Group$40K
24/07/22for Q2 2024Penn Hill Group$10K
24/04/22for Q1 2024Penn Hill Group$30K
24/04/22for Q1 2024ML Strategies$20K
24/01/22for Q4 2023Penn Hill Group$40K
24/01/19for Q4 2023ML Strategies$60K
23/10/20for Q3 2023ML Strategies$60K
23/10/20for Q3 2023Penn Hill Group$30K
23/07/20for Q2 2023Penn Hill Group$40K
23/07/20for Q2 2023ML Strategies$60K
23/04/24for Q2 2023ML StrategiesUnder $5,000
23/04/20for Q1 2023Penn Hill Group$30K