If you give it to the railways, the road lobby will massacre you.

如工作交给铁路，公路说客会灭了。

Both of whom who are now registered lobbyists.

两人现在都已经注册成为说客。

What a surprise. They have their lobbyists.

多么令人意外呀。他们有自己的说客。

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。

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。

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。

The world is full of talkers, but it is rare to find anyone who listens.

这世上到处都是说客，但却很难找到一个听众。

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说客。

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。

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。

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。

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。

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？

During the early years of the United States, lobbyists had a bad name.

美国早期候，说客名声不太好。

Lobbyists and lobby groups have an active part in making laws.

说客和说客团体在立法方面起到了积极的作用。

This, however, does not make you a lobbyist.

但这并不能使你成为说客（lobbyist）。

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。

Business lobbyists in Washington seem resigned to tariffs being phased out only gradually as agreed-upon milestones are passed.

华盛顿商业说客似乎顺从于只是随着商定里程碑的通过而逐步解除的关税。

He's already under fire over first-class air flights and a bargain condo lease linked to an energy lobbyist.

他已经因头等舱和租住廉价公寓而遭受指责，这套公寓与一名能源说客有关。

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

所以，在民众接待厅见立法的人被称为" 说客" 。