To be clear, I will only detail the medical / health-care delivery items, and (of course!) employee welfare related spend items, from Q4 2024 below, for Amazon. It spends LOTS on hauling / shipping regulations, and FTC issues. . . and worker/unionization rights / NLRB issues, of course -- with nearly 2 million workers globally now.
In any event, here is what the company kept on bending Congressional and agency ears about -- even as the 2024 national election took place:
. . .▲ Issues related to broadband access and affordability, satellite communications, space safety, spectrum, including the Spectrum and National Security Act of 2024 (S. 4207), device accessibility, Section 230 reform, content moderation, and online video, including the Satellite and Telecommunications Streamlining Act (S. 4010), the Farm, Food, and National Security Act of 2024 (H.R. 8467), and implementation of the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (P.L. 117-58). . . .
▲ Issues related to intellectual property, including copyright reform and artificial intelligence; counterfeits, including the SHOP Safe Act (S. 3934 / H.R. 8684), music licensing, and issues related to patent reform, intermediary liability, and rights of publicity. Issues related to patent reform, including the PREVAIL Act (S. 2220) and the Patent Eligibility Restoration Act (S. 2140). . . .
▲ Issues related to taxes, including renewable energy tax credits, digital goods and services, international and corporate taxation, and implementation of the Tax Cut and Jobs Act (P.L. 115-97). . . .
▲ Issues related to data protection, encryption, data retention, data breach notification, data security, cross border data flows, privacy, including the American Privacy Rights Act of 2024 (H.R. 8818), law enforcement access, fraud prevention, product safety related to the sale of counterfeit and/or stolen products, including the Combating Organized Retail Crime Act (H.R. 895 / S. 140), cloud computing, including the American Data Privacy and Protection Act (H.R. 8152), Esther's Law (S. 4298), and implementation of the Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act of 2008 (P.L. 110-314). Issues related to artificial intelligence safety and research and development, including the Future of AI Innovation Act (S. 4178), the AI Research Innovation, and Accountability Act (S. 3312), the Protecting Consumers from Deceptive AI Act (H.R. 7766), the National AI Commission Act (H.R. 4223), and the Create AI Act (S. 2714). . . .
▲ Issues related to postal rates, service performance, implementation of the Postal Service Reform Act of 2022 (P.L. 117-108), and the transportation of hazardous materials. . . .
▲ Issues related to immigration, high-skilled immigration, and non-immigrant visas, including issues related to employment-based visas, green card backlog, and the STEM visa exemption provision. . . .
▲ Issues related to US trade policy, including USMCA, the World Trade Organization, the World Customs Organization, China, country of origin labeling, US customs policy and procedures, US tariffs, foreign direct investment. . . including in the EU, Asia, and Latin America, the COOL Online Act (H.R. 6299 / S. 1421), and the ENFORCE Act (H.R. 8315). . . .
▲ Issues related to USDA SNAP online purchasing, including reauthorization of the Agricultural Improvement Act of 2018 (P.L. 115-334), the Farm, Food, and National Security Act of 2024 (H.R. 8467), Electronic Benefit Transfer, the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC), and food safety. . . .
▲ Issues related to veterans hiring and training, employee compensation and benefits, workplace safety, competition, contracting, and minimum wage, including the AMERICA Act (S. 1073), and the Warehouse Worker Protection Act (H.R. 8639 / S. 4260). . . .
▲ Issues related to STEM education, computer science education, and job training in the CHIPS and Science Act of 2022 (P.L. 117-167), and implementation of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2024 (P.L. 118-31). . . .
▲ Issues related to IT modernization, cybersecurity. . . implementation of the Foundations for Evidence-Based Policymaking Act of 2018 (P.L. 115-435). . .
▲ Issues related to health information technology, Medicare, healthcare and telehealth, including the Telehealth Expansion Act (H.R. 1843 / S. 1001), the Telehealth Benefit Expansion for Workers Act (H.R. 824), the CONNECT for Health Act (S. 2016 / H.R. 4189), the Telehealth Modernization Act (H.R. 7623 / S. 3967), and the Primary Care Enhancement Act (H.R. 3029 / S. 628); issues related to pharmacy, including the Better Mental Health Care, Lower-Cost Drugs, and Extenders Act (S. 3430); and issues related to Fiscal Year 2025 appropriations bills and the Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2025 (H.R. 9029). . . .
▲ Issues related to Amazons Climate Pledge, including alternative fuel vehicles, electric vehicle charging infrastructure, renewable electricity data, federal fleet electrification, maritime and shipping decarbonization, data center energy, sustainable aviation fuel (SAF), low-carbon R&D, and plastics. Issues related to energy and environmental provisions in the Infrastructure and Jobs Investment Act (P.L. 117-58) and the Department of the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2025 (H.R. 8998). . . .
And. . . there you have it -- all while the company fires 2,000 team members in Quebec, Canada for joining a union. Closed shop. Damnation.
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