(The Associated Press circulated the following on February 21.)
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Burlington Northern Santa Fe Corp. paid Arthur P. Endres Jr. $240,000 in the 2007 to lobby the federal government on measures that would improve rail security and require background checks for railroad employees and contractors, among other issues.
The railroad company, based in Fort Worth, Texas, paid Endres $120,000 in the second half of the year, according to a disclosure form posted online last week by the Senate’s public records office.
Endres is a former majority staff director on the House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Transportation and Hazardous Materials. Endres also served as assistant vice president for government affairs at Burlington Northern.
Lobbyists are required to disclose activities that could influence members of the executive and legislative branches, under a federal law enacted in 1995.