FEDERAL ELECTION COMMISSION In the matter of: Andrew Heaney 2 Bontecou Rd. Millbrook, NY 12545 Heaney for Congress and Patrick Gosselin, Treasurer 154 Church St. Millbrook, NY 12545 Heaney Energy Corp. MUR No.: 7 Stage Stop Way Bangall, NY 12506 Little Deep, LLC 2608 Route 44 Millbrook, NY 12545 Submarine Rock, LLC 2608 Route 44 Millbrook, NY 12545 New York Jobs Council and Elizabeth B. White, Treasurer 601 Ave. NW, Suite 1000 Washington, DC 20004 COMPLAINT 1. Campaign for Accountability brings this complaint before the Federal Election Commission (?Commission?) seeking an immediate investigation and enforcement action against Andrew Heaney, Heaney for Congress, Patrick Gosselin, Heaney Energy Corp., Little Deep, LLC, Submarine Rock, LLC, New York Jobs Council and Elizabeth B. White for direct and serious violations of the Federal Election Campaign Act and Commission regulations. Complainants 2. Complainant is a 501(c)(3) project dedicated to ensuring accountability in public officials and compliance with federal laws. Toward that end, seeks to protect and advance the right of citizens to be informed about the activities of government officials and to ensure the integrity of government officials and the government decision-making process by exposing unethical and illegal conduct of those involved in government. uses research, litigation, and communications to advance its mission. 3. In furtherance of its mission, also monitors the campaign finance activities of those who finance federal elections and publicizes information regarding those who violate federal campaign finance laws. In order to assess whether an individual or entity is complying with federal campaign finance law, needs the information contained in disclosure reports political committees must file pursuant to the FECA, 2 U.S.C. 434(a), 11 CPR. 104.1, 104.3. is hindered in its programmatic activity when an individual or entity fails to disclose campaign finance information in reports required by the FECA. 4. relies on the proper administration of the reporting requirements because the FECA-mandated disclosure reports are the only source of information can use to determine if an individual or entity is complying with the FECA. The proper administration of the reporting requirements includes mandating that all disclosure reports required by the FECA are properly and timely filed with the FEC. is hindered in its pro grammatic activity when the FEC fails to properly administer the reporting requirements. 5. Complainant Anne Weismann is the executive director of Campaign for Accountability, a citizen of the United States, and a registered voter and resident of the state of Maryland. As a registered voter, Ms. Weismann is entitled to receive information contained in disclosure reports required by the FECA, 2 U.S.C. 434; 11 CPR. 104.1, 104.3. Ms. Weismann is harmed when an individual, candidate, political committee, or other entity fails to report campaign finance activity as required by the FECA. See FEC v. Akins, 524 US. ll, 19 (1998), quoting Buckley v. Valeo, 424 US. 1, 66-67 (1976) (political committees must disclose contributors and disbursements to help voters understand who provides which candidates with financial support). Ms. Weismann is further harmed when the FEC fails to properly administer the reporting requirements, limiting her ability to review campaign finance information. Respondents 6. Andrew Heaney is a candidate for Congress running in the 19th congressional district of the State of New York; Heaney for Congress is his principal campaign committee; Patrick Gosselin is the treasurer of Heaney for Congress; Heaney Energy Corp., Little Deep, LLC, and Submarine Rock, LLC are established, owned, or controlled by candidate Andrew Heaney (collectively, the ?Andrew Heaney Companies?); New York Jobs Council Jobs Council?) is a super PAC supporting Andrew Heaney?s campaign for Congress, and Elizabeth B. White is the treasurer of NY Jobs Council. Factual Allegations 7. According to government filings, Andrew Heaney is the owner and chief executive officer of Heaney Energy Corporation,1 a New York fuel oil dealer, and the owner and Heaney Energy Corp. Entity Information, New York State Department of State, as of Sept. 15, 2015 (listing ?Andrew Heaney? as ?Chief Executive Officer?) (attached as Exhibit see also Obama for America, FEC Form 2007 Year?End Report, Amended, August 29, 2008 (listing $2,300 contribution from ?Andrew Heaney? identifying ?employer? as ?Heaney Energy Corp? and ?occupation? as ?owner?) (attached as Exhibit ?Terms (continued. . .) founder of Submarine Rock, LLC, a propane company.2 On August 5, 2015, Andrew Heaney filed a Statement of Candidacy with the Commission stating that he was seeking the Republican nomination for Congress in New York?s 19th Congressional District.3 Only weeks before, at a time when Mr. Heaney had presumably already decided he would run for Congress, Mr. Heaney, as the apparent principal owner of these corporate entities, almost certainly directed his companies to funnel at least $20,000 dollars to a recently-created Washington, D.C.-based independent expenditure?only political committee called NY Jobs Council. Specifically: 0 On June 17, 2015, Submarine Rock, LLC contributed $5,000 to NY Jobs Council.4 0 On June 23, 2015, Heaney Energy Corp. contributed $10,000 to NY Jobs Council.5 I On June 23, 2015, Little Deep LLC, which shares an address with Submarine Rock and appears to be an affiliate of Heaney Energy Corp, contributed $5,000 to NY Jobs Council.6 8. In addition to these contributions, on June 25, 2015, Skaggs-Walsh, Inc., a company led by Mr. Heaney?s sister, Allison Heaney, made two contributions to NY Jobs Conditions,? (as of Sept. 16, 2015) (stating that Submarine Rock does business as ?Propane.pro?) (attached as Exhibit Propanepro Calls for Creation of National Strategic Propane Reserve, Propane.pro, January 27, 2014 (identifying Andrew Heaney as the company?s ?founder?) (attached as Exhibit D). 2 NY Republican Federal Campaign Committee FEC Form 3X, 2015 July Report, Amended, December 15, 2015 (listing contribution from ?Andrew Heaney" and identifying ?Submarine Rock? as ?employer? and ?owner? as ?occupation?) (attached as Exhibit E). 3 Andrew Heaney, FEC Form 2, Statement of Organization, August 5, 2015 (attached as Exhibit F). 4 New York Jobs Council, FEC Form 3X. 2015 Mid-Year Report. July 31, 2015 available at 5 Id. 6 Id; Largest US. Consumer Energy Buying Group Expanding to Electric, Gas Brokering, April 25, 2012 EnergyC/roiceMatters.com (describing Little Deep, LLC as ?affiliate? of Heaney Energy Corp) (attached as Exhibit G). Council totaling $35 ,000.7 In total, at least $55,000 of the $60,000 reportedly received by NY Jobs Council in its first month of existence, were made by the Andrew Heaney Companies or companies controlled by his family, with at least $20,000 coming from companies apparently controlled by Mr. Heaney personally. 9. In the ensuing months, NY Jobs Council used those funds to attack Mr. Heaney?s Republican primary opponent John Faso. NY Jobs Council, for example, has produced and posted 83 tweets under the twitter handle @JobsCouncil, 21 of which have attacked John Faso. Many of those tweets have expressly called for Mr. Faso?s defeat, using the twitter hashtags ?#saynotofaso? and 10. At the same time NY Jobs Council was expressly advocating for Mr. Faso?s defeat, the Heaney campaign was working with the same two vendors who had consulted for the super PAC and, presumably, were continuing to do so. The campaign, for example, reported paying the ackson?Alvarez Group $3,000 on August 14, 2015 and an additional $10,000 on ?39 November 4, 2015 for ?research. According to NY Jobs Council?s FEC report, the Jackson- Alvarez Group also provided ?research consulting? services to the super PAC.10 11. James ?Jake? Menges and Rob Cole are two New York Republican political operatives. The two men appear to have at least two businesses together: In the Field, LLC, and 7 New York Jobs Council, FEC Form 3X, 2015 Mid-Year Report, July 2015; Skaggs?Walsh, Inc. Entity Information, New York State Department of State, as of Sept. 15, 2015 (attached as Exhibit H). 8 See (attached as Exhibit 1). 9 Heaney for Congress FEC Form 3, 2015 October Quarterly Report, October 15, 2015 available at Heaney for Congress, FEC Form 3, 2015 Year-End Report, January 31, 2016 available at 10 New York Jobs Council, FEC Form 3X, 2015 Mid-Year Report, July 31, 2015. Crimson Public Affairs, LLC. Simultaneously, Mr. Cole also serves as the executive director of NY Jobs Council.'2 The Heaney campaign reported paying Mr. Menges a $5,000 ?consulting fee? on August 28, 2015.13 It also paid Crimson Public Affairs $31,016.50 over the course of 2015, largely for ?legal? and ?consulting? fees.I4 New York Jobs Council paid In the Field $18,000 for ?communications consulting services? in the first half of 2015, and an additional $46,230.50 for ?general campaign consulting? in the second half of the year.15 12. In his role as executive director of the super PAC, Mr. Cole disingenuously (to say the least) claimed in October that NY Jobs Council hadn?t decided which candidate to back in the 19th District, but said ?We know Mr. Faso is not going to be our chosen candidate?? This is unsurprising given that Mr. Cole and Mr. Menges? firm apparently established NY Jobs Council using corporate money from Andrew Heaney and his family, and eight out of the ten individual donors to the super PAC are associated with the Heaney campaign.l8 COUNT I 13. The FECA provides that ?a candidate or an entity directly or indirectly established, financed, maintained or controlled by or acting on behalf of candidate[] shall Ben Smith, A merger in Giuliani, Pataki-land, Politico, May 18, 2011 (?Rob Cole and Jake Menges are joining up to form a new venture, In The Field Consulting?) (attached as Exhibit Florida Department of State, Division of Corporations, Detail by Entity Name, last visited on February 1, 2016 (attached as Exhibit K). 12 The Fray: GOP Scramble for Congressional Seat Heats Up. Times Herald-Record, October 17, 2015 (attached as Exhibit L). '3 Heaney for Congress, FEC Form 3, 2015 October Quarterly Report, October 15, 2015. '4 Id.; Heaney for Congress, FEC Form 3, 2015 Year-End Report, January 31, 2016. '5 New York Jobs Council, FEC Form 3X, 2015 Mid-Year Report, July 31, 2015; New York Jobs Council, Form 3X. 2015 Year-End Report. January 29, 2016 available at ?7 Times Herald-Record, Oct. 17, 2015. 18 Heaney for Congress, FEC Form 3, 2015 October Ouarterlv Report, October 15, 2015; Heaney for Congress, FEC Form 3, 2015 Year-End Report, January 31, 2016; New York Jobs Council, FEC Form SK. 2015 Year-End Report, January 29, 2016. not solicit, receive, direct, transfer, or spend funds in connection with an election for Federal office, including funds for any Federal election activity, unless the funds are subject to the limitations, prohibitions, and reporting requirements? of FECA. 52 U.S.C. 30125(e)(1). FEC regulations repeat this prohibition, making it illegal for ?federal candidates? and ?entities that are directly or indirectly established, financed, maintained, or controlled by, or acting on behalf of? federal candidates to ?solicit, receive, direct, transfer, spend, or disburse funds in connection with an election for Federal office unless the amounts consist of Federal funds that are subject to the limitations, prohibitions, and reporting requirements of the Act.? 11 CPR. 300.60, 61. 14. Here, Andrew Heaney, a candidate for federal office, almost certainly ?directed? three companies he owns or controls to make contributions totaling $20,000 to the super PAC attacking his opponent. Because those funds came from at least one corporate entity (Heaney Energy Corporation) and exceeded $5,000, Mr. Heaney?s apparent decision to direct or solicit his companies to make these contributions violated the Act. See FEC Adv. Op?n 2011?12 (Majority PAC) (soft money ban applies to corporate contributions and contributions in excess of $5,000). 15. Similarly, the Andrew Heaney Companies appear to have violated the Act?s bans on certain candidate-affiliated entities ?transferring? and ?spending? corporate funds and funds in excess of $5,000 to super PACs. As noted above, these restrictions apply not just to the candidate himself but also to any ?entity directly or indirectly established, financed, maintained or controlled by or acting on behalf of Because Mr. Heaney appears to be the owner and Chief Executive Officer of the Heaney Energy Corp., the Heaney Energy Corp. is an entity financed, maintained, and controlled by a candidate. Similarly, because Andrew Heaney appears to be the owner and founder of Submarine Rock, LLC, that company is also ?established, financed, maintained, or controlled? by a candidate. The same is likely true for 7 Little Deep, LLC, which shares an address with Submarine Rock, and is reportedly an ?affiliate? of Heaney Energy Corp. 16. There is also reason to believe that NY Jobs Council violated the ?soft money? ban by ?receiving? these contributions. Because at least $55,000 of the initial $60,000 of the super reported receipts was contributed by companies related to Mr. Heaney or a family member, NY Jobs Council is likely a super PAC ?financed? by a candidate, Mr. Heaney. See 11 CPR. (in determining whether an entity is ?financed? by a candidate, the Commission looks at whether the candidate ?directly or through its agent, causes or arranges for funds in a significant amount or on an ongoing basis to be provided to the entity?). Moreover, the timing of the creation of NY Jobs Council only weeks before Mr. Heaney filed his Statement of Candidacy with the Commission suggests he may have played a role in ?establishing? the super PAC. 17. Respondents cannot escape these soft money prohibitions by claiming Mr. Heaney was not a ?candidate? at the time NY Jobs Council was established and received these contributions. Although the super PAC was created and received its funding from the Heaney Companies several weeks before Mr. Heaney filed a Statement of Candidacy with the FEC in early August 2015, the filing of a Statement of Candidacy is not determinative of when an individual becomes a ?candidate.? Under FEC regulations, a ?candidate? includes an individual who seeks nomination for election for federal office and consents to another person receiving contributions or making expenditures on behalf of the individual in excess of $5,000. 11 CPR. Accordingly, by directing and consenting to the Andrew Heaney Companies? expenditures in excess of $5,000 to a super PAC that would attack his opponent, Mr. Heaney became a ?candidate.? If he consented to NY Jobs Council?s receipt of the contributions, he 8 would have become a ?candidate? for that reason, too. Put another way, Mr. Heaney?s decision to direct the transfer of tens of thousands of dollars of corporate funds to a super PAC that would assist his candidacy evidences his status as a ?candidate? at the time of the transfer. See 11 CPR. 100.72 (an individual becomes a ?candidate? if the individual raises ?funds in excess of what could reasonably be expected to be used for exploratory activities or undertakes activities designed to amass campaign funds that would be spent after he or she becomes a candidate?). Thus, in June 2015, Mr. Heaney would have been a ?candidate? and his activities and those of entities he established, financed, maintained, or controlled would have been subject to the ?soft money? bans in the Act. 18. Even if Mr. Heaney did not meet the technical definition of ?candidate? in June 2015, the ?soft money? ban would still make the contributions from the Heaney Companies unlawful. FEC advisory opinions, for example, have concluded that an entity is ?established? by a federal candidate even if the person created the entity before becoming a candidate. See FEC Adv. Op?n 2007?1 (McCaskill) (a state campaign committee was ?directly established, financed, maintained, and controlled? by a candidate even though it was established years before the person became a federal candidate); FEC Adv. Op?n 2009-6 (Risch) (same). To prevent circumvention of the soft money ban, the Act also imposes a two~year time?out for entities created by a candidate before the entity can raise and spend money. 11 CPR. These advisory opinions and regulations make clear that a super PAC established by a future candidate cannot avoid application of the soft money ban merely by claiming that it was established shortly before, rather than after, the individual filed a Statement of Candidacy. COUNT II 19. At the end of the June 2015, NY Jobs Council had approximately $34,410 in cash-on-hand available to pay for mailers, digital advertising, social media advertising, and television and radio advertising, among other things. 19 At the end of the year, the figure was $72,287.52.20 Presumably, NY Jobs Council will use at least some of these funds, together with other funds that it raises, for communications. There is a strong likelihood, however, that by paying for these mailers and advertisements, the super PAC will have made, and the Heaney campaign will have received, excessive and illegal in-kind contributions. Because there is reason to believe that these violations have already occurred or are ?about to occur,? federal regulations require the Commission to open an investigation. See 11 C.F.R. 111.4(a) (?any person who believes that a violation of any statute or regulation over which the Commission has jurisdiction has occurred or is about to occur may file a complaint?); id. (?an investigation shall be conducted in any case in which the Commission finds reason to believe that a violation of statute or regulation over which the Commission has jurisdiction has occurred or is about to occur?) (emphases added). 20. The Act limits the amounts that any person may contribute to a Federal candidate. 52 U.S.C. 30116(a)(1)(A). For the 2015-2016 election cycle, the making and receipt of contributions in excess of $2,700 per election is prohibited. Id. FECA treats coordinated expenditures by any federal PAC (including a super PAC) as in-kind contributions to the candidate with whom they were coordinated. See id. 30116(a)(7)(B)(i) (?expenditures made by any person in cooperation, consultation, or concert, with, or at the request or suggestion of, a candidate, his authorized political committees, or their agents, shall be considered to be a :9 New York Jobs Council, FEC Form 3x. 2015 Mid-Year Report, July 31, 2015. "0 New York Jobs Council, FEC Form 3X, 2015 Year-End Report, January 29, 2016. 10 contribution to such candidate?). To the extent those in-kind contributions exceed $2,700 per election, or involve corporate funds, they are prohibited. 21. Pursuant to FEC regulations, a communication is coordinated with a campaign? and therefore amounts to a potentially unlawful in?kind contribution?if the communication is paid for by a person other than the candidate, authorized committee, or political party committee; (2) satisfies at least one of the ?content standards?; and (3) satisfies at least one of the ?conduct standards.? 11 CPR. The first two prongs of this test are met when a super PAC pays for a public communication that expressly advocates the election or defeat of a clearly-identified candidate or references a candidate for House 90 days or fewer before the primary or general election. Id. 22. The ?conduct standardsseveral ways, one of which involves the retention of a ?common vendor? by the campaign and the SUper PAC. Under the ?common vendor? test, three conditions must be satisfied. First, the super PAC must contract with a commercial vendor to create, produce, or distribute a communication. Second, the commercial vendor, ?including any owner, officer, or employee of the commercial vendor? must have provided certain services to the candidate during the previous 120 days, including development of media strategy, developing the content of a public communication, producing a public communication, or ?consulting or otherwise providing political or media advice.? 11 CPR. (emphasis added). Third, the vendor must ?use? or ?convey? to the super PAC material non?public ?information about the campaign plans, projects, activities, or needs of the? candidate or (ii) ?information used previously by the commercial vendor in providing services? to the candidate. 11 23. In this case, when NY Jobs Council begins to pay for public communications expressly advocating the defeat of Mr. Heaney?s opponent in the New York Republican Primary for the 19th Congressional District?as is likely ?those communications will likely be prohibited ?coordinated communications? under the Commission?s ?common vendor? regulations. Each of the three elements of the common vendor test likely will be satisfied with respect to the Jackson?Alvarez Group and In the Field LLC, the only two vendors reportedly retained by the Super PAC. 24. The ackson-Alvarez Group was paid by NY Jobs Council for ?research consulting? services. Presumably, those services will inform the content, production, and distribution of public communications made by the super PAC. At the same time, NY Jobs Council relied on the consulting services of the ackson-Alvarez Group, so did Mr. Heaney?s campaign cormnittee. In providing its consulting services to NY Jobs Council, it strains credulity to believe the ackson-Alvarez Group would not ?use? or ?convey? to the super PAC information about the Heaney campaign?s ?plans, projects, activities, or needs? or information that it used previously when providing services to the Heaney campaign. Accordingly, any future public communications by NY Jobs Council in connection with the Republican primary in New York?s 19th Congressional District likely will involve prohibited in?kind contributions from the super PAC to the campaign. 25. NY Jobs Council?s retention of In the Field results in the same conclusion. In the Field, LLC has remained on the super payroll, and paid for ?general campaign consulting,? likely related to advertisements and other public communications. These activities, however, presumably are informed by the ?consulting? services provided to the Heaney campaign by Jake Menges and Rob Coles, partners in Crimson Public Affairs, which has been 12 paid by the Heaney campaign for consulting services. These facts create a strong inference that Mr. Menges and Mr. Cole will ?use? or ?convey? or have used and conveyed to the super PAC run by Mr. Cole information about the Heaney campaign?s ?plans, projects, activities, or needs? or information that they used previously when providing services to the Heaney campaign. The notion that somehow Menges and Cole, apparent partners in the same consulting businesses, are not sharing confidential information about campaign strategies, needs, plans, projects, or activities with each other defies logic and common sense and represents a shocking and blatant disregard of campaign finance rules. 26. In light of the retention of common vendors, future public communications in the New York 19th District Congressional primary likely will result in prohibited in-kind contributions from the corporate-funded super PAC to the Heaney campaign. Because such a violation is ?about to occur,? the FEC should immediately open an investigation. 27. Finally, even if NY Jobs Council makes no further expenditures, the super activities may have already amounted to an in?kind contribution to the Heaney campaign. As described above, NY Jobs Council has drafted and posted many tweets that have expressly called for the defeat of Mr. Heaney?s opponent. If the super PAC paid ackson-Alvarez Group or In the Field to help create the content for, produce, or disseminate those tweets, those payments would be prohibited in-kind contributions to the campaign. Regardless of whether those expenditures satisfy the regulatory definition of a ?coordinated communication,? they would satisfy the statutory definition of a ?contribution? because they would have been made with the ?cooperation, consultation, or concert? of the Heaney campaign and its agents, Jake Menges, Rob Cole, and/or the ackson-Alvarez Group. 13 Conclusion WHEREFORE, Campaign for Accountability and Anne Weisman request that the FEC investigate whether respondents have violated the FECA and Commission regulations by directing, soliciting, transferring, spending, and receiving funds in excess of the source and amount limitations, and whether NY Jobs Council is unlawfully coordinating with the Heaney campaign and its agents, declare the respondents to have violated the FECA and applicable FEC regulations, impose sanctions to these violations and take such further action as may be my OF COMPLAINANTS appropriate. Anne Weismann Executive Director Campaign for Accountability 1201 New York Avenue, NW, Ste 300 Washington, DC. 20036 (202) 780-5750 (phone) 14 "29% 51h? 2ev?vw 111,,? ,4 Veri?cation Campaign for Accountability and Anne Weismann hereby verify that the statements made in the attached Complaint are, upon information and belief, true. Sworn pursuant to 18 U.S.C. 1001. l/ Ann?Welsmann 5 SUBSCRIBED AND SWORN to before me this 2nd day of February, 2016. ,1 Notary Public My Commission Expires: Tam?, 1?1, ml 15 EXHIBIT A 9Il8f20l5 Emily Information NYS Department of State Division of Corporations Entity Information The information contained in this database is current through September 17, 2015. Selected Entity Name: I-IEANEY ENERGY CORP. Selected Entity Status Information Current Entity Name: HEANEY ENERGY CORP. DOS ID 1825538 Initial DOS Filing Date: JUNE 01, 1994 County: NEW YORK Jurisdiction: NEW YORK Entity Type: DOMESTIC BUSINESS CORPORATION Current Entity Status: ACTIVE Selected Entity Address Information DOS Process (Address to which DOS will mail process if accepted on behalf of the entity) HEANEY ENERGY CORP. 154 CHURCH STREET MILLBROOK, NEW YORK, 12545 Chief Executive Of?cer ANDREW HEANEY 154 CHURCH STREET MILLBROOK, NEW YORK, 12545 Principal Executive Office HEANEY ENERGY CORP. 154 CHURCH STREET MILLBROOK, NEW YORK, 12545 Registered Agent NONE This of?ce does not record information regarding the names and addresses of of?cers, shareholders II2 91181205 Entity Information or directors of nonprofessional corporations except the chief executive of?cer, if provided, which would be listed above. 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Free Propane .Pro customer service to answer questions, about quotes, or resolve problems if they arise. 2014 PropanePro I 4J4 EXHIBIT l?mpane.pro Calls for Creation of National Strategic l?iopaue Reserve Propanel?m log Contact About Home .t'll i Propanepro Calls for Creation of National Strategic Propane Reserve by Propanepro As the nation?s largest online propane marketplace, Propanepro, has seen first hand the personal and economic damage wrought by the recent propane shortage. The company?s founder, Andrew Heaney, is calling on the Federal Government to fund the creation of a Strategic Propane Reserve to ensure a dangerous shortage never happens again. ?in 2000, the Northeast US experienced a similar shortage of heating oil due to extreme temperatures and frozen waterways that prevented the delivery of product to the region,? Heaney remarked today, ?the Clinton administration and Congress responded with the creation of a Strategic Heating Oil Reserve that continues to provide consumers with reliable supply to this day he continued, ?propane consumers demand and deserve the same level of safety that a Strategic Propane Reserve would provide.? Propane is a flexible fuel that consumers and businesses use for everything from space heating to grilling and cooking. Roughly 8,000,000 US households rely on it for home heating making the recent combination of frigid weather and a supply disruption a potential public health emergency. In addition, with wholesale prices surging in the Midwest and elsewhere, propane delivery companies and consumers are being hammered with outrageous costs for their fuel. Strategic Propane Reserve would not only protect health and property, but would be a boon to the economy long term by providing more stable fuel prices for consumers and businesses,? Heaney says. Heaney also points out that the United States exported a record amount of propane this year as producers sought higher prices for their product abroad. ?The tragedy of this situation is the United States has never produced as much propane as it does now with all the natural gas exploration that we have in the Heaney remarked, ?this didn?t need to happen, and it should never be allowed to happen again.? Categories: propane demand, propane legisiation, Uncategorized Posted on Jan 27 20 [4 Subscribe Scroll it up 1 EXHIBIT 07120I2015 15 20 lmege? 201507209000301710 PAGE 1 102 FEC REPORT OF RECEIPTS FORM 3x AND DISBURSEMENTS For Other Than An Authorized Committee O?ice Use Only 1, NAME OF TYPE 0R PRINT Example: It typing, type COMMITTEE (in lull) over the lines. 12FE4M5 NY Republican Federal Campaign Committee ADDRESS (number and sum) I 3I53Itaite SImalt Check?di?emnt than previously Nban NY 12210-2001 (ACCFEC IDENTIFICATION NUMBER CITYA ZIP CODE A 3. 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[Electronically Filed] Date 07 20 2015 NOTE: Submission at tatse. erroneous. or Incomplete intormation may subject the person sinlng this Report to the penalties of 2 use. ?437g. FEC FORM 3x I 9 Rev. 1212004 Only FEGANDZE Imageti 201507209000301735 SCHEDULE A (FEC Form 3X) ITEMIZED RECEIPTS Use separate schedule(s) for each category at the Detailed Summary Page FOFI LINE NUMBER: 18 0F 82 (check only one) H12 16 I717 118 110 116 13 14 15 Any inionnation copied from such Reports and Statements may not be sold or used by any person for the purpose of soliciting contributions or for commercial purposes. other titan using the name and address of any political committee to solicit contributions from such committee. NAME OF COMMITTEE (in Full) NY Republican Federal Campaign Committee Fuil Name (Last. First. Middle initial) A. Stephen Sherrill Mailing Address 765 Park Avenue Date of Receipt II I I 00 26 2015 Transaction ID: 1213614237424: Amount of Each Receipt this Period 1000 Floor 4; City State Zip Code New York NY 10021-4271 FEC ID number at contributing federal political committee. Name of Employer Occupation Bruckmann Rosser Shertill Co private equity investing Receipt For: Primary General Other (speclty) Aggregate Year-to-Daie 1000 I I Full Name (Last, First. Middle initial) B. Zuqi Su Date oi Receipt Mailing Address 5337 103"} street it Apt. 1K 06 26 2015 City State Zip Code Hangman ID - 1339534237514; Forest Hills NY 11375-3332 Amount oi Each Receipt this Period FEC iD number oi contributing iederat political committee. 190? Name at Employer Occupation New City Consulting CEO Race? Aggregate Year-to-Daie Primary General Other (specify) 7 1000 Full Name (Last. First. Middle initial) 0. Andrew Heaney Date or Receipt Mailing Address 2603 Rowe? I 06 26 2015 City State Zip Code 1399704237464 m'i'brook NY 12545 Amount ol Each Receipt this Period FEC in number of contributing federal political committee. 0 1.000 Name at Employer Occupation submarine rock owner Hamil? Aggregate Year-to-Date Primary General Other (specify) 7 I 1000 SUBTOTAL oi Receipts This Page (optional) 300?.? FEEANDEB TOTAL This Period (test page this line number only) FEC Schedule A (Form an Rev. 0212003 EXHIBIT 0810512015 12 32 Imagett 201508059000801434 PAGE 1 1 1. Name of Candidate (in tull) Andrew Heaney Address (number and street) El Check it address changed 2. Candidate's FEC ldentT?cation Number 2 BOMBOOU Rd City. State. and ZIP Code 3. is This New Amended Milibrook NY 12545 Statement (N) on (A) 4. PariyA?aTion 5. ctr?Ea Sought 6. State a. of Candidate REPUBLICAN PARTY House NY 19 DESIGNATION 0F PRINCIPAL CAMPAIGN COMMITTEE 7. I hereby designate the following named political committee as my Principal Campaign Committee for the 2015 election(s). (year of election) NOTE: This designation should be tiled with the appropriate office listed in the instructions. Name of Committee (in full) Heaney for Congress Address (number and street) 154 Church St City. State. and ZIP Code Milibrook NY 12545 DESIGNATION OF OTHER AUTHORIZED COMMITTEES (including Joint Fundraising Representatives) 8. I hereby authorize the Ioliowlng named committee. which is NOT my principal campaign committee. to receive and expend funds on behalf of my candidacy. NOTE: This designation should be ?led with the principal campaign committee. Name of Committee (in full) Address (number and street) (0) City. State. and ZIP Code i that have examined this Statement and to the best of my knowledge and better it Is true. correct and complete. Signature of Candidate Date And ewP [Electrontcotb Filed] 03?05?2015 NOTE: Submission of false. erroneous. or incomplete intormation may subject the person signing this Statement to penalties of 2 U.S.C. ?14379. FEC FORM 2 (REV. 022009) EXHIBIT 9llb'l20I5 Energy Choice Matters Affiliated Energy Group Mergers and Acquisitions Division In thall Energy Mort-tr. Home Largest U.S. Consumer Energy Buying Group Expanding to Electric. Gas Brokering April 25. 2012 - 1 I 1 Copyright 2010-12 Energy Choice Matters An at?lrate oi Heaney Energy Corp. (Heat USA), which describes itself as the largest consumer energy buying consortium in the United States. is entering the retail electricity and natural gas hrokenng business The af?liate, Little Deep LLC dthta Power USA has tiled aggregator. broker, andtor marketer applications in New Jersey. one. and Little Deep LLC also ptans to provide similar services In Heat USA currently serves 80,000 members In New York. New Jersey, Connecticut. Massachusetts, and Rhode Istanct, providing reierrals to heating at and propane suppliers Heat USA in panicutar otters ai?nity programs tor various unions. and Little Deep LLC. said that it, "plans to use its relationships unions and other consumer groups to provrde reierrals to discounted energy supplier." In Ohio, for natural gas. Little Deep LLC sought authority to serve residential customers in ail service areas. In for Little Deep LLC sought authority to serve all customer classes. and said that it would reter customers to Constetlation NewEnergy. i r? HQME Copyright 2010-12 Energy Choice Matters. it you wish to share this story. please email or post the website link: unauthorized copying. retransmission, or republication prohibited. i r'.i EXHIBIT 9I18I2015 Entity Information NYS Department of State Division of Corporations Entity Information The information contained in this database is current through September 17, 2015. Selected Entity Name: SKAGGS-WALSH INC. Selected Entity Status Information Current Entity Name: SKAGGS-WALSH INC. DOS 48668 Initial DOS Filing Date: AUGUST 10, 1935 County: QUEENS Jurisdiction: NEW YORK Entity Type: DOMESTIC BUSINESS CORPORATION Current Entity Status: ACTIVE Selected Entity Address Information DOS Process (Address to which DOS will mail process if accepted on behalf of the entity) SKAGGS-WALSH INC. 1 19-02 23RD AVE COLLEGE POINT, NEW YORK, 1356 Chief Executive Officer ALLISON HEANEY 5909 NORTHERN BLVD MUTTONTOWN, NEW YORK, 1 1771 Principal Executive Office ALLISON HEANEY 5909 NORTHERN BLVD NEW YORK, 11771 Registered Agent NONE This of?ce does not record information regarding the names and addresses of of?cers, shareholders I ?1367. . . 1?2 9567. . . Entity Information or directors of nonprofessional corporations except the chief executive of?cer, if provided, which would be listed above. Professional corporations must include the name(s) and address(es) of the initial of?cers, directors, and shareholders in the initial certi?cate of incorporation, however this information is not recorded and only available by *Stock Information of Shares Type of Stock Value per Share 600 No Par Value *Stock information is applicable to domestic business corporations. Name History Filing Date Name Type Entity Name MAR 04, 1937 Actual SKAGGS-WALSH AUG 10, 1935 Actual THE GOULD OIL BURNER SALES INC. A Fictitious name must be used when the Actual name of a foreign entity is unavailable for use in New York State. The entity must use the fictitious name when conducting its activities or business in New York State. NOTE: New York State does not issue organizational identi?cation numbers. Erivggy PQligy Agmssibility Pglicy Disclaimer I 20 EXHIBIT I 10f22/2015 NY Jobs Council New York Jobs Council is supporting candidates for Congress who are dedicated to public policies that create jobs for our great state. Lil-3 Photos and NY Jobs Council (@JobsCouncil) Twitter Tweets Tweets replies Photos 8: Videos NY Jobs Council "mm" Interesting that claims to get unreturned calls when she never called in the ?rst place and didn't report Faso 550k lobbyist fine. Rep. Pete King realDonaldTrump attacking Bush for 9/11 sounds like (QiMMFlint. Mike Durant "j Someone should buy/giltlloan Hillary a map. Reid J. Epstein Hillary on CNN calls upstate New York "a big. vast. rural area with some towns." cc: @JimmyVIelk nd ??33 Ray Walter "i proudiy endorse Ray Walter for Erie County Executive." - RobAslorino m" lg'sattiadtiaa. il? 10/22/2015 tter.comf]obscouncil 5?rielp?ll?itll? . swam .ilolistanilarit; latJobs Cocnml Roll-meted National Review MRO - Oct 16 NR .r??leezeldin speaks softly and carries a big stick and plans to defeat the lranDeal. nail.re/N0q41l Hi NY Jobs; Councrl Rem-eh Bill O'Reilly mm. on @335 Good lord: Trump blames Bush for 9111: Twin towers 'came down during his reign' dailym.ai/leSnJL via MailOnline 2 1 View summary NY Jobs ll tic-l? untril Rep. Elise Stefanik Rep-SII-lil Keep up with my work on behalf of NY21 by signing up for my weekly email updates here 'l.usa.govlanySrO 1 MY JUUS lunar! Rutwemert Chris Gibson Encouraging developments for those wl intellectual developmental disabilities in Broome Cty. CV Chris Gibson 1: Thank you Navy Sailor Ralph Avery of Hudson who served on LOT 571 carrying the Big Red One to Omaha Beach on D-Day! 2:3 10/221201 5 NY Jobs Council HIWYORK Nice work! teezuldtn Lee Zeldin Big news - Team Zeldrn raised over $600k in Third Quarter. has more than 81.2 million on hand. Read more here: ow. yITrch NY Jobs Council ICYMI: JohnFasoNy paid the single highest Fine in NY history NoToFaso out View summary NY Jobs Council It's really sad that JohnFasoNy is making untrue claims against our group. We only state the facts. He doesn't. NoToFaso. ny19 RWHW Nina Easlon @EtiseSteianIk .03 pt of members of congress have been women. Hard work fearlessness needed for more women to run fortunempw NY Jobs Council followed Elizabeth Harrington, Ray Walter. Mike Durant an I 110 others - . .sonmecoumvmcunva ?gment: rrnumsm .. Follow Elizabeth Harrington Ray Waiter @RaynondWWalter 'Faux journalist' @FreeBeacon. An Husband, father, attorney berving the 'impoitani person? goo glrieABXX Email: people of the ?ltl?th DISii?lCi In the NYS elizabeth@freel3ear:un com - Candidate for Erie County Executive 33 10/22/2015 NY Jobs Council (@JobsCouncil) [Twitter W1- John Katko Congress must continue to govern despite DC uncertainty - read more re: legislation to avoid govt shutdown 1.usa gov/1 Nye-all Rep. Elise Stefanik Today signed 3 Di 1 to allow a vote on ExlmBank. We need to reauthorize this important program f0r our NY21 economy. 2 aha-d Chris Gibson Oct It Congrats to Roosevelt Fire District, Company #3 in Hyde Park as they celebrate the opening of their new Fire House. 3 i In A Lee Zeldin LetsGoM Take care of business tonight guys! Flt" I Joe Lhota NYC lost a great friend today - - former councilmember and Minority Leader Tom Ognibene. May he rest in peace. NY Jobs Council dohsCuunul I Looks like JohnFasoNy can go and lobby NYS Comptroller again HEW you till! 1012212015 in.? NY Jobs Council (@JobsCouncit) 1 Twitter after 5 year "Pay to Play" ban. nle SayNoToFaso View sunnth NY Jobs Council lot?, uncrl i Ex-pol's ?rm settles in pay-to?play probe nydailynows.comlnew? york/new-y. .. View summer NY Jobs Council Anyone want to guess how many Insider PAC donations JohnFasoNy ?le this 1/4? I'm sure it's huge. JimmyVielkind NickReisman NY Jobs Council I Anyone want to guess how many lobbyists witl be donating to JohnFasoNy campaign this 1/4? NickReisman JimmyVielkind GannettAlbany NY Jobs Council We don't need another ins establishment candidate like JohnFasoNy in congress. We need Real jobs, not talk. NYJobs Council a - I Should we let insider lobbyists like -JohnFasoNy represent us in Washington? Voters say no. 'voteNOtoFASO .NY19 Hi. I simuld I 'ffifg?tsfzinsider ohn Faso NY Jobs Council when? Before John Faso formed his campaign for congress he terminated his superPac and paid l1imseil58k. JonCampbellGAN . Vurw summary NY Jobs Council SIB 10/221201 5 NY Jobs Council (@JobsCouncit) Twilier i-aso's law firm settles an pay-to-piay probe Crain's New York Business View summary NY Jobs Council ?mm? Former Gubernatorial Hopeful John Faso's Law Firm To Settle Pay-To- Play Scandal - The facts don't lie, politicians do .. a Tom Reed Congress has 2 weeks until the ?nal deadline for the hanDeai. NOW if you agree this is a dangerous deal! 51 Catholic Charities . RepTomReed shares his icomeThePop message i Pontifex. Watch his video here: bufny/lVerWi it . awn? 1 - Jar: mmiu $.?4909' ?r .. a i lilillil - Its: mm. om Chris Gibson SIB 1012212015 ..1 .. I . NY Jobs Council (@JobsCouncit) Twitter 1- . .vents interview w/ Brian Jones of I in to hear Sunday morning 13 SEP 21530: . I w?T?n? I .. NEW ORK EW YORK JOBS COUNCIL Home About ree that the tran Deal is dangerous for our national St??url "twitter 0. - . . ?no? Jobs awccia run.uwu?l?5 FOLLOWEF 0 . I I - @JobsCouncul 39 218 263 FAVORITES ?1 I. 12.: Lo; 12 IF YOU. ARE AGAINST THE: 135.29?? 1 . NY Jobs Council followed Jay Faison. ore. inside HV Politics and 163 others l' Follow . - Follow Jay Faison ore @JayFaisom @OreJacinto ClearPath Founder and Managing Cubano from Mets enthusmst. Partner. Chairman SnapAV NYGOP Finance Director NY Jobs Council [21.3.1 New York Jobs Council is supporting candidates for Congress who are dedicated to public policies that create jobs for our great stale. NB 10/22/2015 NY Jobs Council (@JobsCouncil) Twitter Until: 10 mp New to Twitterli'nelinel ?ibl??ilz You ay also It Rel 3&2! Mall Coleman 591130 Hahn?a- JakeMenges 6?5 5i? Vince Casale Ju Gallairg?e Plataki Michael Lawler a. f! 2 Trends 171? Phum i;Bengha:uConuniHee #LaurenApprecimionDay Don Lulhull House #lShoultintBragBut Amaechi Mushah Donnie Baseball 818 EXHIBIT A merger in Glullani. PaIaki-land POLITICO POLITICO Ben Smith Blog Political News and Analysis wFouow @benpolmcp 4 330 A merger in Giuliani, Pataki-land By BEN SMITH I 05/18/11 09:49 AM EDT Maggie Haberman reports: 1I3 10I2212015 A merger in Giuliani, Pataki-land - POLITICO Rob Cole and Jake Menges, alumni of George Pataki's world and Rudy Giuliani's world, respectively, are joining up to form a new venture, In The Field Consulting. They both come from a blue state where their bosses were among the few Republicans to win New York City and New York State in the last 30 years. Pataki won his last race by 18 points and Giuliani won by 15 points, margins that the NY GOP has been losing by in its latest statewide races. Cole also worked on the Scott Brown race when he was with the Shawmut Group, and Menges was involved in steering Rep. Michael Grimm to victory in Staten Island last year. Cole was a political director/Advisor to Mitt Romney's Free and Strong PAC. 2008 to January 2011, though it's unclear whether he will continue with Romney or work for another campaign this cycle (like a Giuliani or a Pataki, both of whom still ?irt with running). Menges was the City Council liaison for Mayor Giuliani and worked on his 2008 presidential run. Giuliani: ?Jake and Rob are two of the brightest stars out of today's GOP consultants. I can?t think of anyone I would rather have advising me in a tough race." Pataki: ?Rob and Jake have experience skillfully guiding winning candidates in some of the toughest political environments in America. I am sure they will make a terri?c and successful team." EXHIBIT 212/2016 1 FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF STATE .DIVISION OF CORPORATIONS Detail by Entity Name Florida Limited Liability Company CRIMSON PUBLIC AFFAIRS, LLC Filing Information Document Number L15000?l45012 Number NONE Date Filed 08/24/2015 State FL Status ACTIVE Principal Address 224 DATU RA ST., STE 401 WEST PALM BEACH, FL 33401 Mailing Address 224 DATURA ST., STE 401 WEST PALM BEACH, FL 33401 Registered Agent Name Address MENGES, JAMES 224 DATURA ST., STE 401 WEST PALM BEACH, FL 33401 Authorized Personls) Detail Name Address Title AMBR COLE, ROBERT 224 DATURA ST., STE 401 WEST PALM BEACH, FL 33401 Title AMBR MENGES, JAMES 224 DATURA ST., STE 401 WEST PALM BEACH, FL 33401 Annual Reports No Annual Reports Filed Detail by Entity Name jail} 1l'2 2/2/2016 Detail by Entity Name Document Images 08/24/2015 -- Florida Limited Liability View image in PDF format ry/C orporati onSearch/SearchResuitD etai l?i nqui EntityN am e&di recti onType= Previ ousUst&searchN ameOrder= RIM 2/2 EXHIBIT 10/22/2015 The Fray: GOP scramble for congressional seat heats up - Gate House recordonline.com liuisthnuolbmi October 17. 2015 Page The Fray: GOP scramble for congressional seat heats up The fight for New York?s Congressional District is already getting ugly. The campaign for GOP contender John Faso says a "serious legal explanation is needed from fellow Republimn contender Andrew l-leaney after accusing him ofengaging in ?underhanded politics" stemming from a super PAC. Mooney and l-?aso are both competing to take over the district from Rep. Chris Gibson, a retired Army colonel who says he won't run again next year as he considers whether to run for statewide office in 2018. 'ampaign, in a press release, questioned Heaney's connection to a Washington D.C.-bascd super PAC. called ?New Yorkdobs Council." According to a mid-year report ?led with the Federal Election Commission documents, the super has received $60,000 this year. Super PACS are allowed to spend unlimited amounts of money but they're not allowed to conununicate or coordinate with specific candidates. But l?aso's czunpaign says the super PAC is completely funded by llcaney's family. filings that were examined by the Record show that lieaney Energy Comp., l?lcaney?s company, gave the super PAC $10,000 in June. Skaggs Walsh, Casmonc l-Ieaney's father's heating oil company, gave $35,000. Submarine Rock LLC. a company Heaney has used to contribute money to political campaigns in the past, gave over 85,1100. ?Mr. lleaney seems to be engaged in a type of underhanded politics that even New Yorkers thuitl find eye-opening,? said Bill O'Rcilly, a Faso spokesman. ?Forget ethics; how this is even close to legal is anybody?s guess. Maybe Mr. i-leaney can explain.? David Catalfamo, ilcaney?s spokesman, said his boss hasn?t done anything wrong. ?Ander has obviously contributed to the super PAC before he was a candidate." he said. ?He's not involved in running the PAC in any way. shape or form." Catalfamo also took a shot at FaSo, saying he's a lobbyist who has run several PACs himself. ?He knows the rules, and it?sjust sad that he has gone so negative in a campaign that has just started,? be said. Rob Cole, executive director of the New York Jobs Council, also denied any wrongdoing. Cole criticized I-?aso several times, calling him a lobbyist and pointing to a $550,000 fine that was given to Faso?s law ?rm, Manatt Phelps 8: Phillips, in 2010 after a settlement with the state Attorney General's office over a pay-to- play probe. l-?aso was a lobbyist anti partner at the firm hilt never admitted wrongdoing. ?We?ve done everything by the law,? Cole said. ?There is no quid pro quo.? Cole said his super PAC is aimed at electing a ?coinmon?sense Republican candidate? in the 19th Congressional District, and though he?s met and spoke to l-icancy before, he said he hadn't spoken to him ?in a long time." He said they haven?t chosen who they'll support in the district yet, but have already know who they don't support. ?We know Mr. base is not going to be our chosen unididate," Cole said. James Nani 'l?wo Republicans start runs for Mnloncy?s seat A former Orange County legislator and a former school board president each have registered as Republican candidates for the congressional scat held by Democratic Rep. Sean Patrick Maloney for the 2010 election. 'l?uscdo resident and former county lawmaker Dan Castriconc ?led his statements of candidacy and organimtion on Tuesday. Castriconc, who served a single legislature term from 2010 to 2014, ran unsuccessfully for state Assembly last year but was supported by the United Monroe citizens group and won nearly 9,100 votes on its third-ballot ballot line alone. Karl Itrahencc, the Republican who beat Castricoue in a GOP primary for that seat, won a three-way race against Castrirone and Deniocrat Elisa 'l?utiui in the general election. Saltima Brown, who led the I?oughkecpsie school board form 2010 to 2013 and lost a race for a different Assembly seat Frank Skartadus? last year, registered as a candidate for New York's 18th Congressional District on Sept. 23 and already ?led her first campaign ?nance report, showing $1,079.52 in her coffers. b-laloncy, a Cold iug Democrat. is serving his second term in Congress after unseating former Republican Rep. Nan Hayworth in 2012 and defeating her again in a 201.1 rematch. His campaign reported 'l?hursday that it had raised $428,000 in the third quarter ofam? and had 51.2 million on hand as ofSept. 30. ttayworth recently ruled out a third race against Malone}; in 2016. Chris McKenna TIN EW31151019445?tem plate: printart 112 1012212015 The Fray: GOP scramble for congresslonal seat heats up - Gate House Print Page 22