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August Pfluger (R) sponsored hjres35-119; Oil & Gas is their largest tracked donor sector (11%) with 7320 active lobbying filings
Representative August Pfluger is the primary sponsor of hjres35-119, which would nullify an EPA rule requiring Oil & Gas companies to pay annual charges on methane emissions exceeding specified thresholds. Pfluger sponsored this bill to facilitate congressional disapproval of the EPA's Waste Emissions Charge rule. Oil & Gas donors represent 10.7% of Pfluger's identifiable donor base ($1.85M, ranking fourth among their party), and Oil & Gas industry groups filed 7,320 lobbying reports since 2022 on related issues.
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Oil & Gas
donor sector
gave $1.85M
11% of their funding
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August Pfluger
R-TX · House
sponsored
7,320 sector filings
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HJRES35-119
their bill
11%
of their classified donations are from this sector
$1.85M
from Oil & Gas
#4
most-funded by this sector in their party (of 266)
7,320
lobbying filings by this sector since 2022
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How we built this: a statistical pattern surfaced from public records — FEC campaign finance, Senate/House Lobbying Disclosure Act filings, and Congress.gov. The donor concentration and the legislative action are concurrent facts; this does not imply contributions caused the action, that the member acted improperly, or that the bill specifically benefits the named sector. Generated June 10, 2026 · internal signal score 91/100.