Federal Lobbying
Budd Darr, the organization's Senior Vice President of Technical and Regulatory Affairs, told CNN that CLIA spent almost $10 million lobbying in Washington D.C. from 2004 to 2011. Lobbying efforts have focused on issues like vessel sanitation and passenger safety.
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