What a surprise. They have their lobbyists.

多么令人意外呀。他们有自己的说客。

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

兰德·奥莱利 他是个反气候变化论者说客。

Both of whom who are now registered lobbyists.

两人现在都已经注册成为说客。

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

国会议员都有20多注册说客。

He is a former coal lobbyist who has opposed regulations affecting that industry.

他曾是一“煤说”，曾反对影响这一产业的法规。

Amazon has hired lobbyists to try to change that.

亚马逊雇佣了一些游说人士图改变这一规定。

Follow the lineage, in the 17th, Joe Ann Emerson, a Washington D.C native, married a lobbyist named Bill Emerson.

遵从家族乔·安·爱默生这土生土长的华盛顿人在17岁嫁给了一位叫比尔·爱默生的说客。

But some rail lobbyists have said that`s difficult and expensive to do.

但是，铁路说客称这很难办到，并且伤财。

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。

Some experts say the number of registered lobbyists is decreasing.

一些专家说说客注册的数量正在减少。

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者。

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活动议案通过者，图影响美国国会议员。

Lobbyists must register with the government and they must follow many complex regulations.

说客必须在政府机关注册，并且必须遵循许多复杂的规章制度。

Technically speaking, Joe Ann Emerson is not becoming a lobbyist, at least not yet.

从技术上讲, 乔·安·爱默生不会成为一说客, 至少目前还没有。

This cements government's " built-in reliance on lobbyists" to navigate complex policy issues.

这加强了政府“对说客的内在依赖”，以解决复杂的政策问题。

Congressmen want to get reelected, and lobbyists want to advance the interests of their clients.

国会议员想要连任，说客想要提高他们客户的利益。

What happened, why couldn't these powerful companies and their lobbyists fend off these rules?

发生了什么，为什么这些强大的公司和他们的说客不能抵御这些规则呢？

This, however, does not make you a lobbyist.

但这并不能使你成为说客（lobbyist）。

So, people who met in the lobby with legislators were called lobbyists.

所以，在民众接待厅见立法者的人被称为" 说客" 。

But before you go out and become a lobbyist for farm subsidies, keep in mind that economists don't like them.

但在你成为一农业补贴的说客之前，请记住，经济学家们不喜欢它。