FLY-IN DETAILLobbying brief

AACR Legislative Action Center: Your Voice Matters

Jun 9, 2026 · Washington, DC

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Description

Directly contact your elected officials about the importance of cancer research, the need for continued funding and the latest lifesaving breakthroughs. In the United States, you can do so by sending them a letter.

Participating Organizations

American Association for Cancer Research

Trade Association · DC

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Issues & Sectors

Host Org Home State

Lobbying Intelligence

Verified via LD-2 filings

$100KTotal LDA spend (in-house + retained)1 filings on record

2026 Q1$100K

Registered Lobbyists3

Matthew GontarchickAMERICAN ASSOCIATION FOR CANCER RESEARCH

Budget & AppropriationsMedical/Disease Research/Clinical LabsTobaccoHealth Care

Carly MccallieAMERICAN ASSOCIATION FOR CANCER RESEARCH

Budget & AppropriationsMedical/Disease Research/Clinical LabsTobaccoHealth Care

Blake RostineAMERICAN ASSOCIATION FOR CANCER RESEARCH

Budget & AppropriationsMedical/Disease Research/Clinical LabsTobaccoHealth Care

Specific Issues Filed · text exactly as the org filed it

Budget & Appropriations

FY 2027 Appropriations for NIH, NCI, CDC, FDA, and related cancer research and prevention accounts.

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Medical/Disease Research/Clinical Labs

Cancer research generally Diversity in clinical trials Drug approval Pediatric cancer detection, treatment, prevention

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Tobacco

Tobacco control and prevention Tobacco cessation

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Health Care

Reducing cancer disparities Cancer survivorship Preventing HPV-related cancers

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LD-2 Filing Contact · the point of contact named on the filing — not the full lobbyist roster above

MATTHEW GONTARCHICK

AMERICAN ASSOCIATION FOR CANCER RESEARCH · +1 267-765-1030

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Topics in Filings

Policy topics named in LD-2 filings. This org's filings are topical rather than positional — these are the issues they're actively lobbying on, even without a stated verb of position.

FDA, and related cancer research and prevention accounts×4

FY 2027 Appropriations for NIH×4

Reducing cancer disparities Cancer survivorship Preventing HPV-related cancers×4

Tobacco control and prevention Tobacco cessation×4

Federal Lobbying Issue Mix

LDA-disclosed issue areas this org's federal filings cover, ranked by activity count. The curated sector tags above are the marketing lens; this is the full federal footprint.

Budget/Appropriations4 acts

Health Issues4 acts

Medical/Disease Research/Clinical Labs4 acts

Tobacco4 acts

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