" We shouldn't have to exist, " says anti-gambling lobbyist Connie Fogal of Citizens Against Gambling Expansion (CAGE). " We elect people to protect the citizenry and they are corrupting the citizens instead. Our elected people have become our gambling industry" .

一个来自" 反赌博扩张的公" (CAGE)的反赌游说家康尼•福格尔说道：" 我们这个组织不必存在的。我们选举政府官员为了保护我们全体公，然而事实上，他们正在腐蚀我们。我们所选举的政府官员已经成了赌博业的代言人。"

I am a social worker, a lobbyist, and a special assistant to the executive director at the National Association of Social Workers.

我社会工作，游说，也全国社会工作协会常务理事的特别助理。

And she indeed took on the New York government, exposing the actions of a prominent lobbyist who was essentially bribing lawmakers.

她对纽约政府发起了挑战，揭露了一名著名游说行贿议员的行为。

Though he is obviously not an expert (and not really a lobbyist, either), officials say the effort is a lighthearted way to underline Mr Bush's message.

尽管诺亚并不专家，也不真正的政客，但布什政府充分相信诺亚对改革的推行有帮助。

There were many cases of lobbyists buying the votes of lawmakers.

有很多说客花钱买立法的投票的案例。

For example, to get favorable laws passed, lobbyists may cozy up to lawmakers.

例如，为了通过有利的法律，说客们可能会去讨好立法。

There are more than 20 registered lobbyists for every member of Congress.

每名国会议员都有20多名注册说客。

While the city council vote was met with applause inside the council room, opponents to the measure, including soda lobbyists, made sharp criticisms and a promise to challenge the tax in court.

虽然市议会投票结果在议会厅内赢得了欢呼，但该项提案的反对，包括苏打水游说，却对此进行了尖锐的批判，并且发誓会在法庭上反对这一税收。

Biden would later work as a Washington lobbyist, trying to influence U.S. lawmakers.

拜登后来成为华盛顿的一名活动议案通过，影响美国国会议员。

Let ex-pharma lobbyist Alex Azar refuse to guarantee affordable vaccines to all.

让制药行业的前说客亚历克斯·阿扎拒绝为所有人提供负担得起的疫苗。

What a surprise. They have their lobbyists.

多么令人意外呀。他们有自己的说客。

Amazon has hired lobbyists to try to change that.

亚马逊雇佣了一些游说人士改变这一规定。

Rand O'Reilly. He's a lobbyist for climate-change deniers.

兰德·奥莱利 他个反气候变化论说客。

A lot of lobbyists pushing back against regulations against synthetic food dyes, which is a big, big industry.

许多游说反对针对合成食品染料的法规，而这一项庞大的产业。

Here's where it gets a little complicated, though, because even as some legislators are working with Facebook lobbyists to write rules for the industry, others have introduced a bill to break up Facebook and punish it for its sheer size.

这就复杂的地方，因为就算有些立法 和 Facebook 的说客一起制订了行业的规定，有其他的立法 制订了一个拆解 Facebook 的法案，制裁 Facebook 的大体量。

Kathy Kyle with the Sunlight Foundation says it's a revolving door of lobbyists and politicians and staff members and big pay off jobs that eroded Americans' faith in a system, that seems to be driven by special interst access and money.

阳光基金会的凯西·凯尔表示这说客，政客们，工作人员及大量工作变化的结果, 影响美国人的信任体系, 这似乎由特殊利益和金钱所驱使。

A couple months ago, y'all saw that a couple months ago at Mar-a-Lago, he literally promised big oil companies, big oil lobbyists, he would do their bidding for $1 billion in campaign donations.

几个月前， 大家在海湖庄园都看到了，他确实向大型石油公司、大型石油游说团体承诺，他将按照他们的要求， 为石油公司和游说团体提供 10 亿美元的竞选捐款。

Mr. Wehrum, who worked as a lawyer and lobbyist for chemical manufacturers and fossil fuel businesses before moving to the E.P.A., echoed that position in two interviews.

韦鲁姆曾为化工企业和化石燃料企业担任律师和说客，后来加入了环保署，他在两次采访中都曾表达这一观点。

You might imagine there was some culture clash between Pomerance, a Friends of the Earth lobbyist, and MacDonald, a secret military scientist, but they made a powerful team.

你可以想象，地球之友的说客Pomerance和秘密军事科学家麦克唐纳之间会有一些文化冲突，但他们一个强大的团队。

Moreover, channels for reaching customers, like media coverage and advertising, and suppliers, like candidates and lobbyists, have been co-opted to serve the duopoly's agenda.

此外，接触客户的渠道，如媒体报道和广告，以及供应商，如候选人和游说，都被用来为双头垄断的议程服务。