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Ecolab

Corporate PAC FEC C00101485

Influence at a glance · Jan 2025 – Sep 2026Jan 25 – Sep 26 How we count
PAC giving to candidates$134K
Company lobbying, all issues $3.0M

Giving: FEC filings, net of refunds. Lobbying: the company’s own LD-2 reports, all issues, rounded to the nearest $10,000 each quarter. Two different filers, same 21 months.Lobbying: all issues, rounded to the nearest $10,000. Two filers, same 21 months. This PAC gives money raised from the company’s employees; the company itself can’t give to campaigns from its treasury.

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What they lobby on

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Ecolab reported federal lobbying in 8 of the last 8 quarters (Q4 2024 to Q3 2026), with its own in-house lobbyists and 3 outside firms. What follows is what the filings say it lobbied on, not which way.

Issue areas ranked by quarters filedQ4 24 → Q3 26

  • Energy/Nuclear8 of 88/8
  • Environment/Superfund8 of 88/8
  • Pharmacy8 of 88/8
  • Taxation/Internal Revenue Code8 of 88/8
  • Trade (domestic/foreign)8 of 88/8
Chemicals/Chemical Industry 5 of 8 · Transportation 2 of 8 · 1 more · Show all 8
  • Chemicals/Chemical Industry5 of 85/8
  • Transportation2 of 82/8
  • Food Industry (safety, labeling, etc.)1 of 81/8

From the filings

“Discussions regarding scope of Sec. 48D investment tax credit. Discussions related to corporate taxation; H.R.1, One Big Beautiful Bill Act (P.L.119-21) implementation. Discussions related to water reuse tax credit; H.R.2940/S.4506, Advancing Water Reuse Act.”
Q3 2026 filing · Taxation/Internal Revenue Code
“Discussions related to supply chain challenges. Discussions regarding trade policy and tariffs.”
Q3 2026 filing · Trade (domestic/foreign)

Contacted as listed on the filings

  • U.S. House
  • U.S. Senate
  • CommerceDOC
  • Energy
  • Executive Office of the PresidentEOP
  • StateDOS
  • Environmental Protection AgencyEPA
  • Health & Human ServicesHHS
  • Food & Drug AdministrationFDA
  • InteriorDOI
  • AgricultureUSDA
  • Office of Science & Technology PolicyOSTP
  • 1 more

The House and Senate appear in every quarter; agencies in all 8 quarters.

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Source: Lobbying Disclosure Act filings (LD-2) by Ecolab, Senate Office of Public Records. Filings are due 20 days after each quarter ends.

From FEC filings: direct gifts this PAC reported, net of refunds · How we count

Gave directly to 48 sitting members of Congress in 2025–26.

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