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TAI GINSBERG & ASSOCIATES, LLC · Washington, DC · registered since 2024

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At a glance

Registered since

2024

Senate LDA system

Clients

last 3 years

Filings

8 agencies contacted

Activity

filings by quarter

Works on

Budget/Appropriations 28 Transportation 27 Railroads 6 Taxation/Internal Revenue Code 4 Trade (domestic/foreign) 2 Clean Air and Water (quality) 2 Aviation/Airlines/Airports 2 Economics/Economic Development 2 Science/Technology 1 Natural Resources 1

Background

Government experience

Professional Staff Member

U.S. Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Transportation, Housing and Urban Development and Related Agencies

Disclosed on LD-2 filings

Professional Staff Member

U.S. Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies

Disclosed on LD-2 filings

Career

TAI GINSBERG & ASSOCIATES, LLC

Washington, DC

2024 - present

Specific issues

Post-enactment issues from the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (P.L. 117-58), including railroad regulation and safety provisions. Outreach related to railroad regulations (H.R. 8996). Outreach related to railroad capital investments and district projects (no bill number).

Transportation · 2024 Q3

Brief and update Members of Congress on Metra capital projects, and partnerships with freight railroads and Amtrak. Outreach to Members of Congress regarding commuter rail services on the UP-N, UP-W, Milwaukee North, Milwaukee West, and UP-NW commuter railroad lines. Education and advocacy on Metras rail bridge funding initiative and Chicago O'Hare International Airport express rail initiative.

Railroads · 2024 Q3

Fiscal Year 2024 community project funding requests (P.L. 118-42); funding issues related to rail bridge and station infrastructure ; education and advocacy on issues related to transit funding needs, education and advocacy on funding related to the transit fiscal cliff; Fiscal Year 2025 community project funding requests (H.R. 9028 and S.4796).

Budget/Appropriations · 2024 Q3

Provisions impacting commuter rail contained in the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (P.L. 117-58) and post-passage commuter railroad and transit grant program implementation. Outreach related to federal discretionary grant programs and letters of support. Updates regarding Metra service and capital budget information for impacted constituents. Issues related to National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) clearances and backlogs.

Transportation · 2024 Q3

Outreach to Illinois Congressional Delegation regarding municipal infrastructure priorities and issues (no bill number).

Transportation · 2024 Q3

Outreach on Community Project Funding for FY25 (S. 4927).

Budget/Appropriations · 2024 Q3