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Rep. Hoyer picks up energy utilities lobbyist

Posted by Keturah Hetrick on Dec. 4, 2023

Rep. Steny Hoyer (D-MD) has powered up his staff with an energy lobbyist.

Lydia Angel joined Hoyer's staff from Alliant Energy, where she was a federal affairs specialist and registered lobbyist. The utility holding company, which serves Wisconsin and Iowa, spent just shy of $1 million on its federal in-house lobbying program in the last year.

Angel is now Hoyer's policy adviser on energy and environmental issues. Hoyer sits on the powerful House Appropriations Committee and is ranking member of its Financial Services and General Government Subcommittee.

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Joe Calvello, Communications Director, Sen. John Fetterman (D-PA); and Darin Miller, Communications Director, Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) (current staffer) – Bravo!
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Greg Nasif, Rep. Alma Adams (D-NC), Press Secretary
Jeff Morehouse, Rep. Richard Hudson (R-NC), Leadership Chief of Staff
Cassandra Johnson, Rep. Joyce Beatty (D-OH), Digital Director
Sophie Machalec, Rep. Ralph Norman (R-SC), Scheduler/Legislative Assistant

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Zach Barnett, now Communications Director to Sen. Roger Wicker (R-MS)
(formerly Communications Director to Rep. Garret Graves (R-LA))