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Posted by Keturah Hetrick on Oct. 12, 2021 As Big Tech finds itself under increased congressional scrutiny, Senate Republicans have scored a big hire from Facebook's public-policy team. Halie Craig has joined the Senate Banking Committee as she is a policy adviser under ranking member Pat Toomey (R-Pa.). She spent the last couple years at Facebook, most recently as a public-policy associate manager for actor and behavioral policy. Craig worked for Toomey's personal office and for the Senate Rules Committee before her time at the tech giant. Congress's ongoing pressure to rein in Big Tech was only heightened by last week's Senate whistleblower testimony against Facebook. Some predict a yearslong struggle to regulate Big Tech, due in part to the number of talented congressional staffers that the industry has lured through the revolving door. Some people and organizations who "caught our eye" last week:Hill Hires - John Lee, Rep. Sean Casten (D-IL), Energy and Environment Adviser
- Johanna Thomas, House Energy and Commerce Committee's Communications and Technology Subcommittee, Counsel
- Blake Deeley, Rep. Dan Meuser (R-PA), Legislative Director
Hill Departures - Alison Share, formerly Legislative Counsel to Rep. Dan Kildee (D-MI)
(now Director of Congressional Affairs at the National Endowment for the Humanities) - Sarah Renee Almgren, formerly Deputy Scheduler to Sen. John Cornyn (R-TX)
(now Senior Coordinator at the U.S. Chamber of Commerce)
Hill Moves and Promotions - Austin Higginbotham, now Communications Director for Rep. Pat Fallon (R-TX)
(formerly Press Secretary to Rep. Ralph Norman (R-SC)) - Josh Karetny, now Senior Counsel for Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI)
(formerly Acting Chief of Staff)
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