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Posted by Keturah Hetrick on March 27, 2023 Sen. Markwayne Mullin's (R-Okla.) newest hire comes straight from Big Pharma's top lobbying team. Natalie Burkhalter spent the last four years as a lobbyist for the Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America, where she was most recently deputy vice president. PhRMA maintains an in-house team of 20-to-30 lobbyists and spent more than $28 million on its federal lobbying program last year. Burkhalter is now Mullin's legislative director. Before leaving for PhRMA, she was staff director to the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee's Children and Families Subcommittee under Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky). She has also worked for Paul's personal office and for then-Rep. Tom Price (R-Ga.). Some people and organizations who "caught our eye" last week:Hill Hires - Madison Dibble, Sen. John Neely Kennedy (R-LA), Speechwriter
- Caroline Drury, Rep. Alma Adams (D-NC), Health Legislative Assistant
- Danielle Cotter, House Financial Services Committee's Digital Assets, Financial Technology and Inclusion Subcommittee, Senior Counsel
- Damon Marx, Rep. Dan Goldman (D-NY), Senior Counsel
Hill Moves and Promotions - Izzie Taveras, now Press Secretary to Rep. Don Beyer (D-VA)
(formerly Press Assistant) - Mason Burrows, now Press Secretary to Rep. David Valadao (R-CA)
(formerly Press Assistant) - Diala Qasem, now Senior Legislative Assistant to Rep. André Carson (D-IN)
(formerly Legislative Assistant)
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