LobbyingSamsung Electronics America lobbying by quarter
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Samsung Electronics America's latest lobbying report covers Q2 2026, at $1.8M. The four quarters Q4 2025–Q3 2026 total $5.8M. Its first report covers Q4 2022; the issues it reports most are Trade (Domestic & Foreign) and Manufacturing.
Samsung Electronics America
Samsung group
- Latest quarter
- No record
- Q3 2026 · 0 reports
- Last 12 months
- $5.9M
- 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
| Quarter | Amount | Reports |
|---|---|---|
| Q4 2022 | $1.4M | 10 |
| Q1 2023 | $1.8M | 10 |
| Q2 2023 | $1.7M | 11 |
| Q3 2023 | $2M | 13 |
| Q4 2023 | $1.6M | 13 |
| Q1 2024 | $2.4M | 13 |
| Q2 2024 | $1.5M | 13 |
| Q3 2024 | $2.2M | 12 |
| Q4 2024 | $1.5M | 12 |
| Q1 2025 | $2.1M | 13 |
| Q2 2025 | $1.9M | 13 |
| Q3 2025 | $2.1M | 12 |
| Q4 2025 | $1.9M | 12 |
| Q1 2026 | $2.1M | 11 |
| Q2 2026 | $1.8M | 11 |
| Q3 2026 | $0 | 0 |
By issue
- Trade$4M · 110 reports
- Manufacturing$3.1M · 108 reports
- Budget and appropriations$2.9M · 102 reports
- Taxation$2.7M · 48 reports
- Telecommunications$2.7M · 84 reports
- Computer industry$2.4M · 73 reports
- Education$2.2M · 57 reports
- Foreign relations$1.7M · 15 reports
- Government issues$1.7M · 15 reports
- Science and technology$1.7M · 17 reports
- Labor, antitrust and workplace$1.4M · 21 reports
- Copyright, patent and trademark$832K · 14 reports
- Health issues$451.6K · 4 reports
- Energy and nuclear$111.5K · 11 reports
- Defense$96.7K · 9 reports
An issue's amount splits each report's amount equally over the issues the report lists.
Who was lobbied
- SENATE159 reports
- HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES158 reports
- Commerce, Dept of (DOC)51 reports
- Executive Office of the President (EOP)45 reports
- Treasury, Dept of30 reports
- White House Office29 reports
- Energy, Dept of22 reports
- Natl Economic Council (NEC)19 reports
- U.S. Trade Representative (USTR)18 reports
- State, Dept of (DOS)16 reports
- Federal Communications Commission (FCC)15 reports
- Federal Trade Commission (FTC)15 reports
- Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA)15 reports
- Defense, Dept of (DOD)13 reports
- Natl Aeronautics & Space Administration (NASA)13 reports
- Natl Institute of Standards & Technology (NIST)13 reports
- Natl Science Foundation (NSF)13 reports
- Bureau of Citizenship & Immigration Services (BCIS)10 reports
- Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS)8 reports
- Transportation, Dept of (DOT)4 reports
- Intl Trade Administration (ITA)3 reports
- Natl Security Council (NSC)3 reports
- Office of Science & Technology Policy (OSTP)3 reports
- Interior, Dept of (DOI)1 reports
- Patent & Trademark Office (PTO)1 reports
- Small Business Administration (SBA)1 reports
Firms it paid
| Firm | ||
|---|---|---|
| In-houseSamsung Electronics America | $19.6M | 15 quarters |
| Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer | $2.1M | 15 quarters |
| Cornerstone Government Affairs | $1.2M | 15 quarters |
| Roberti Global | $960K | 15 quarters |
| The Duberstein Group | $820K | 15 quarters |
| Avoq | $750K | 11 quarters |
| Capitol Consulting Group | $750K | 15 quarters |
| CGCN Group | $605K | 15 quarters |
| Continental Strategy | $480K | 6 quarters |
| Covington & Burling | $480K | 12 quarters |
| Dla Piper | $210K | 5 quarters |
| BGR Government Affairs | $110K | 15 quarters |
| Anndyl Policy Group | $80K | 10 quarters |
Former officials lobbying for it
| Former position | ||
|---|---|---|
| ALBERTO ENRIQUE MARTINEZ | Chief of Staff to Marco Rubio | Q2 2026 |
| ANDREW FLICK | Spec Asst to the Pres & Sr Adv for Cong Affairs and Strategic Outreach, Office of the VP; Exec Dir, New Democrat Coalition; Chief of Staff (Trone); Dep Chief of Staff (Moulton); Leg Director (Costa); Leg Asst (Skelton) | Q2 2026 |
| CHRISTOPHER HODGSON | Legislative Assistant (Scalise), Floor Assistant & Deputy Floor Director for House Majority Whip (Scalise), Deputy Director & Director of Legislative Affairs (Pence) | Q2 2026 |
| ELIZABETH TEED GRIFFIN | Legislative Assistant, House Member Office (Westerman) | Q2 2026 |
| HAYES KENNETH HEREDIA | Legislative Assistant to Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith | Q2 2026 |
| JOHN SANDELL | Tax Counsel, Legislative Assistant; Ways and Means Committee (Camp, Ryan, Brady) | Q2 2026 |
| MICHAEL GOODMAN | Chief of Staff House Member Office (Kind), Legislative Staff House Member Office (Braley, Barrow) | Q2 2026 |
| STACY RICH | Leadership Staff Director, Senior Leadership Advisor and Floor Director, Leadership Advisor (Senate -Murray); Senate Cloakroom Asst, Dem Cloakroom (Reid, Daschle); Staff/Press Asst (Daschle) | Q2 2026 |
| TONY ESSALIH | COS, LD, LA House Member Office (Culberson), LA House Member Office (Archer), SA House Member Office (Hastings), Intern House Member Office (Bliley) | Q2 2026 |
| GRACE SUCHANYC | Intern, House Ways and Means Committee (2025); Intern, Rep. Miller (2023) | Q1 2026 |
| TIMOTHY COSTA | Chief of Staff to Dan Meuser | Q1 2026 |
| BRIAN BOMBASSARO | International Trade Counsel, Senate Committee on Finance (2025 and 2017-2019) | Q4 2025 |
| CAITLIN KOVALKOSKI | Director of Leg. & Intergov. Affairs, ITA, U.S. Dept. of Commerce (2022-2025); Legislative Specialist, Office of Leg. & Intergov. Affairs, Office of the Secretary, U.S. Dept. of Commerce (2022); Legislative Assistant, Rep. Judy Chu (2019-22) | Q3 2025 |
| CRAIG PATRICK CARBONE | Former Chief of Staff to Rick Scott | Q3 2025 |
| DANIEL GOMEZ | Legislative Aide to Senator Deb Fischer | Q3 2025 |
| EMILY MAHAFFY | Intern, Rep. Donald Norcross (2024), Intern, DOJ, Environment and Natural Resources Division (2023) | Q3 2025 |
| RON KIND | Member of Congress, U.S. House of Representatives (1997-2023) | Q3 2025 |
| ALLISON JARUS | COS, Rep. Mike Quigley (2021-2024); LD, Rep. Mike Quigley (2019-2021); Sr. Policy Advisor, Rep. Mike Quigley (2016-2019); LA, Rep. Mike Quigley (2015-2016); LA, Rep. Marcy Kaptur (2013-2015); SA, Rep. Marcy Kaptur (2013); Intern, Rep. Tim Ryan (2011) | Q2 2025 |
| CARLOS TRUJILLO | US OAS Ambassador | Q2 2025 |
| GRACE MAGALETTA | Legislative Correspondent, Sen. Schumer (2019-2023). | Q2 2025 |
| DAO NGUYEN | Executive Director, Future Forum Caucus (Murphy), Senior Policy Advisor (Murphy), Senior Policy Advisor, Senior Legislative Assistant, Legislative Assistant, Legislative Aid, Staff Assistant (Schiff) | Q4 2024 |
| MIKAYLA MARCUM | Intern, Rep. ORourke (2018) | Q3 2024 |
| KELSEY CONRADI | Deputy Policy Advisor, Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation (2020-23); Senior Policy Advisor and Counsel, White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (2017-19); Counsel, House Committee on Energy and Commerce (2013-17) | Q1 2024 |
| PAUL JAMES WATERS | Intern, Rep. Scott Peters (2020). | Q3 2023 |
| KATHRYN VERONA | Science Fellow - Senate Commerce Committee, Space and Science Subcommittee (2019-2020) | Q2 2023 |
| ANDREW J LEWIN | See prior filing | Q1 2023 |
| ERSKINE W WELLS | See prior filing | Q1 2023 |
| FRED TURNER | See prior filing | Q1 2023 |
| JONATHAN MANTZ | See prior filing | Q1 2023 |
| JUSTIN RZEPKA | See prior filing | Q1 2023 |
| MARTHA BEATRICE MILLER | Deputy Director of Scheduling, Sen. Ted Cruz (TX), 2019-2020; Scheduler, Rep. Warren Davidson (OH-08), 2020-2022. | Q1 2023 |
| ROBIN COLWELL | See prior filing | Q1 2023 |
Lobbying reports
| Filed by | ||
|---|---|---|
| 07/20for Q2 | Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer | $80K |
| 07/20for Q2 | Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer | $120K |
| 07/20for Q2 | In-house | $1.2M |
| 07/20for Q2 | Capitol Consulting Group | $70K |
| 07/20for Q2 | The Duberstein Group | $60K |
| 07/20for Q2 | BGR Government Affairs | Under $5,000 |
| 07/20for Q2 | CGCN Group | $50K |
| 07/20for Q2 | Cornerstone Government Affairs | $80K |
| 07/19for Q2 | Continental Strategy | $90K |
| 07/17for Q2 | Covington & Burling | $50K |
| 07/16for Q2 | Roberti Global | $60K |
| 04/22for Q1 | Roberti Global | $60K |
| 04/20for Q1 | CGCN Group | $50K |
| 04/20for Q1 | Capitol Consulting Group | $70K |
| 04/20for Q1 | In-house | $1.5M |
| 04/20for Q1 | Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer | $80K |
| 04/20for Q1 | Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer | $70K |
| 04/20for Q1 | The Duberstein Group | $60K |
| 04/20for Q1 | BGR Government Affairs | Under $5,000 |
| 04/17for Q1 | Continental Strategy | $90K |
Korean government's US agents
| Korean body | US firm | |
|---|---|---|
| Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. ("Samsung")Ended 23/12/01 | Mercury Public Affairs, LLC | Registered 22/11/06 |
| Samsung Electronics Co. LtdEnded 02/10/08 | FCB New York | Registered 02/10/08 |
| Samsung CorporationEnded 96/02/14 | Akin, Gump, Strauss, Hauer & Feld, LLP | Registered 95/07/18 |
| SamsungEnded 89/09/30 | Murphy & Demory, Ltd. | Registered 89/09/05 |
| Samsung Electronics Company, Ltd.Ended 91/04/04 | Crowell Global Advisors | Registered 89/01/19 |
| Samsung GroupEnded 88/06/30 | APCO Associates | Registered 88/02/12 |
| Samsung GroupEnded 88/06/04 | Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer LLP | Registered 88/02/11 |
| Samsung Ship Building & Heavy Industries Company, Ltd.Ended 88/08/01 | Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison | Registered 86/12/01 |
| Samsung CorporationEnded 87/07/31 | Fierce, Donald L. | Registered 86/10/08 |
| Samsung Semiconductor & Telecommunication Company, Ltd.Ended 87/12/20 | Global U.S.A., Inc. | Registered 86/06/06 |