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Presented by HCA Healthcare: Delivered daily, Influence gives you a comprehensive rundown and analysis of all lobby hires and news on K Street. | | | | |  | | By Caitlin Oprysko | | | With Daniel Lippman FIRST IN PI — TOP GOP RULES STAFFER RETURNING TO K STREET: James Fitzella, a senior professional staffer for House Rules ranking member Tom Cole (R-Okla.), is heading back to K Street to join the Vogel Group as a director. Fitzella has spent most of the last decade as a GOP staffer on the wonky but powerful committee that sets the rules for debate and whether amendments may be offered on pieces of legislation heading to the House floor. — In a statement provided by the firm, Cole called Fitzella “a truly invaluable member of the team, supporting Republicans in both the majority and the minority,” and someone who “has always provided valuable counsel to me and demonstrated the highest level of professionalism and dedication to his work. While I am sad to see him go, I couldn’t be happier for him in this next endeavor.” — Fitzella, who was at Downey McGrath Group before joining Rules, worked with a wide range of committees, including the Agriculture, Appropriations, Energy and Commerce, Financial Services, Homeland Security, Natural Resources, Small Business, Transportation and Infrastructure, Ways and Means, and Veterans’ Affairs panels. HUAWEI REHIRES SQUIRE PATTON BOGGS: The blacklisted Chinese tech firm Huawei has added Squire Patton Boggs back to its contingent of outside lobbyists in the U.S., according to a disclosure filing. Squire first signed the telecom giant back in 2019 but filed termination paperwork the next year. — The company’s lobbying spending soared in the second half of 2019, after then-President Donald Trump signed an executive order seeking to block U.S. companies from doing business with companies such as Huawei, and slowed to a trickle before surging past its 2019 levels last year (thanks in part to hefty, $500,000 payments to Tony Podesta, whom the company brought out of retirement). — According to registration paperwork shared with PI, Squire’s Bret Boyles and Ed Newberry began working in January for Huawei on telecom issues, export controls and sanctions, including the fiscal 2020 National Defense Authorization Act, which requires that certain conditions be met in order for Huawei to be removed from the Commerce Department’s entities list. A disclosure filing submitted to the Senate’s lobbying database shows Jack Deschauer and Jeff Turner on the account instead of Boyles. — “We are pleased to be working with best-in-class legal and policy experts from Squire Patton Boggs to help Huawei USA understand US Government questions and concerns,” Huawei said in a statement. “Huawei has recently worked with several government relations partners to help us on this direction. The world will benefit from multiple, secure platforms supporting digital technology needs.” The company also retains LeMunyon Group, Imperium Global Advisors and Sidley Austin. Good afternoon and welcome to PI. Send K Street tips, musings and gossip: coprysko@politico.com. And be sure to follow me on Twitter: @caitlinoprysko.
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Read more on how we show up for our patients, communities and each other. | | | DOWNTOWN COMMUNITY ASKS LEADERSHIP TO REOPEN CAPITOL: More than 250 lobbying firms, lobbyists and trade associations signed on to a letter delivered to congressional leadership Wednesday urging Hill leaders to reopen the Capitol to the public — and, more importantly, to K Street — after two years of public health and security-driven restrictions on who can walk the halls of Congress freely. — ”Members of our profession understand the challenges that Congress has faced and we have been sympathetic to its health, safety, and security concerns over these last two years,” says the letter to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer and Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, which was spearheaded by the National Institute for Lobbying & Ethics. — The letter concedes that security concerns following the Jan. 6, 2021 insurrection persist even as coronavirus infections remain down and the House recently dropped its mask mandate after roughly two years, lowering the public health risk. It also seeks a dialogue with leadership to discuss “a proposal that could enable Congress to re-open for public visits, which would help ensure that people remain healthy and safe.” — Lobbyists have technically been able to return to the Capitol complex since last year, but have not been able to roam the halls without appointments and escorts, a hurdle some on K Street have deemed not worth the hassle on a regular basis. The downtown community’s letter calls on Congress to reopen to people without appointments beginning July 11, arguing, “What better message to send to the public that we are turning the corner on two years of very difficult and challenging times for this country than by announcing that Capitol Hill is again open to the public?” — The letter was signed by trade groups like the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, Footwear Distributors & Retailers of America and U.S. Travel Association, in addition to individual lobbyists such as theGROUP D.C.’s Eriade Williams and lobbying shops such as Ogilvy Government Relations. According to the list of signatories reviewed by PI, though, none of the top 20 lobbying firms by revenue were among the letter’s early signatories. KNOWING JOEL KAPLAN: Wired’s Benjamin Wofford is out today with a lengthy profile of Joel Kaplan, Facebook parent company Meta’s man in D.C. and beyond, who has guided the company through numerous crises while building out one of the capital’s most formidable lobbying shops. — “In Silicon Valley, Joel Kaplan is regarded as one of Facebook’s most curious enigmas,” Wofford writes. “Hired in 2011 after eight years in the Bush White House, his tenure has coincided with Facebook’s rise to global dominance — and its ascendance to the throne of permanent controversy. Formally, Kaplan’s role is to forecast and manage policy risk. Functionally, his authority is as sprawling as the company’s reach.” — “The 52-year-old has not only assembled one of history’s most prolific lobbies in Washington, where he manages relations across the federal government as well as with state capitals and their increasingly avid attorneys general. He also leads a team of a thousand Policy staff worldwide, assessing, shaping, and often thwarting the boundless constellation of international laws and policies that graze Facebook’s business and its 2.9 billion users across the globe, from German privacy rules to Iowa firearm laws to Indian political parties. For a company whose power has no equivalent, Kaplan’s is a job without precedent.” — “One person described Kaplan to me as ‘Washington dark matter’ — exerting powerful gravitational forces but strangely hidden. Hany Farid, a professor of computer science at UC Berkeley and a recent adviser to the Biden White House on tech reform, told me that ‘Joel Kaplan is probably the most influential person at Facebook that most people have never heard of.’” WITH FRIENDS LIKE THESE: “Mike Pence flew to Israel this week on the private jet owned by arguably the most powerful donor in Republican politics, Miriam Adelson,” two sources familiar with the situation told Axios’ Jonathan Swan and Lachlan Markay. — “The former vice president, who fell out with Donald Trump because he refused the former president's demands to unilaterally overturn the 2020 election result, is contemplating challenging Trump in the 2024 GOP presidential primaries. A close relationship with Adelson — widow of former casino mogul and megadonor Sheldon Adelson — could potentially bring tens of millions of dollars to a pro-Pence political machine. Pence currently trails well behind Trump in speculative 2024 polls of Republican voters. — “Pence arrived in Israel on Monday and had dinner with Miriam Adelson that night. Jewish Insider, which first reported the meeting , said Pence joined Adelson on Tuesday morning to pay his respects at her husband's gravesite on the Mount of Olives, overlooking Jerusalem's Old City.” The trip comes as Pence’s advocacy group “announced it was spending $10 million on TV ads targeting vulnerable House Democrats on energy policy and Ukraine” — “the most expensive move by a 2024 GOP contender not named Donald Trump.”
| | | |   | | | | | | — Katelynn Vogt is joining the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace as communications director. She previously was deputy chief of staff for Rep. David Price (D-N.C.). — James Hayes was promoted to senior vice president of global government affairs at Tenable, and Jill Shapiro was also promoted to be the company’s vice president of global government affairs. — Scott Deitz and Meaghan Hohl have joined Seven Letter as partners, helping launch the firm's ESG practice. Deitz was previously at Kontoor Brands and Hohl was previously at the John F. Kennedy Library Foundation and Fidelity Investments. — Michael Best Strategies has named Bill McCoshen and Andrea Riccio political directors. McCoshen, a partner in the Wisconsin office of Michael Best Strategies, and Riccio, a principal in the D.C. office, have also been added to the MBS PAC board. — Goldman Sachs' Dina Powell McCormick has been named by House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy to the Middle East Partnership for Peace Advisory Board. — Joe Garcia has joined Texas Star Alliance as a principal. He is president of the Garcia Group. — Pat Ryan has launched North Carolina-based Ryan Public Relations. He led communications for North Carolina Senate Leader Phil Berger and the state Senate Republican Caucus for the past four years, and is a former U.S. House communications director. — The Large Public Power Council announced that Jackie Sargent, general manager of Austin Energy, and Tom Falcone, CEO of Long Island Power Authority, are now the organization’s new chair and vice chair, respectively.
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| | New Lobbying Registrations | | Acg Advocacy: Irell & Manella, LLP On Behalf Of Vlsi Technology, LLC
Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld: Barlow Respiratory Hospital
Alpine Group Partners, LLC.: Njoy, LLC.
Autoimmune Association: Autoimmune Association
Bose Public Affairs Group: 3Chi Corporation
Bose Public Affairs Group: Coverpoint Partners, LLC
Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck, LLP: Chegg, Inc.
Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck, LLP: Msci
Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck, LLP: National Multifamily Housing Council
Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney Pc: Fera Pharmaceuticals, LLC
Capitol Decisions, Inc.: Van Scoyoc Associates (Alliance For Plant Based Inclusion)
Clarity Consulting, LLC: Drug Abuse Resistance Education (D.A.R.E.)
Cornerstone Government Affairs, Inc.: Applied Intuition, Inc.
Covington & Burling LLP: Hino Motors Manufacturing U.S.A., Inc.
Cypress Advocacy, LLC: Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board
Defi Education Fund: Defi Education Fund
Dla Piper LLP (US): Mark Foods
Federal Hall Policy Advisors, LLC: Pretium
Fgh Holdings, LLC (Formerly Known As The Glover Park Group LLC): Mckinsey And Company, Inc.
Gordian Group: Gordian Group
Holland & Knight LLP: Give Legacy, Inc.
Holland & Knight LLP: Hms Associates (On Behalf Of Glide Foundation)
Holland & Knight LLP: Riot Blockchain, Inc.
Horizon Government Affairs: Laboratory Access & Benefits (Lab) Coalition
Invariant LLC: Prince George'S County Government
J M Burkman & Associates: Joselito Molina
J M Burkman & Associates: Lucia Enterprises International
Mike Williams Capitol Strategies LLC (F/K/A Mw Capitol Strategies LLC): Steptoe & Johnson LLP On Behalf Of Complete Parachute Solutions, Inc.
Mike Williams Capitol Strategies LLC (F/K/A Mw Capitol Strategies LLC): Steptoe & Johnson LLP On Behalf Of Iten Defense LLC
Mike Williams Capitol Strategies LLC (F/K/A Mw Capitol Strategies LLC): Steptoe & Johnson LLP On Behalf Of Point Blank Enterprises, Inc.
Milne, Wiener & Shofe Global Strategies (Fka M & W Government Affairs, LLC): C6 Strategies, LLC On Behalf Of Reveal Technology, Inc.
Milne, Wiener & Shofe Global Strategies (Fka M & W Government Affairs, LLC): Maher & Associates, LLC, Dba Maher Advanced Manufacturing
National Group, LLP: Museum Of Science And Industry
O'Neill And Associates: David Radlo
People United For Privacy: People United For Privacy
Peter Damon Group LLC: Tis-Group Jv
Rakuten Mobile USa LLC: Rakuten Mobile USa LLC
Resolution Public Affairs, LLC: Oracle
S-3 Group: Mckinsey & Company
S-3 Group: Pet Food Institute
Saildrone Inc.: Saildrone Inc.
Sandler, Travis & Rosenberg, P.A.: Base Brands, LLC
Sbl Strategies, LLC: University Of Tulsa
Smoke-Free Alternatives-Trade Association: Smoke-Free Alternatives-Trade Association
Strategies 360: California Asian Pacific Chamber Of Commerce
Strategies 360: Innova Medical Group, Inc.
Summit Strategies Government Affairs LLC: Flex Force Enterprises Incorporated
Tgb Strategies LLC: Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck Obo Caredx, Inc.
The Lucas Firm, LLC (F/K/A Travis Lucas): Hntb Corporation
The Raben Group: Early Edge California
Whitmer & Worrall, LLC: University Of North Florida
Winning Strategies Washington: Coya Therapeutics
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