https://www.reuters.com/article/us-tech-lobbying/google-facebook-spend-big-on-u-s-lobbying-amid-policy-battles-idUSKCN1PG2TD

Alphabet Inc's Google disclosed in a quarterly filing on Tuesday that it spent a company-record $21.2 million on lobbying the U.S. government in 2018, topping its previous high of $18.22 million in 2012, as the search engine operator fights wide-ranging scrutiny into its practices.