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Presented by the Semiconductor Industry Association: Delivered daily, Influence gives you a comprehensive rundown and analysis of all lobby hires and news on K Street. | | | | |  | | By Caitlin Oprysko | Presented by the Semiconductor Industry Association | With Daniel Lippman SUBJECT MATTER ADDS 2: FTC spokesperson Lindsay Kryzak is leaving the agency to join Subject Matter as a senior vice president of policy communications at the firm. Kryzak, whose work at the FTC touched on antitrust, Covid relief fraud and surveillance and privacy, and who previously spent a decade working for Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, will work to enhance collaboration between the firm’s lobbying and creative and comms arms. She will also advise clients on navigating FTC issues and develop strategies for clients, specializing in infrastructure, privacy and technology issues, but will not register to lobby. — Caitlin Canter is leaving Capitol Counsel, where she was a principal, to join Subject Matter’s lobbying arm. Canter previously served as deputy chief of staff to former Rep. Devin Nunes (R-Calif.) — who was next in line to lead the House Ways and Means Committee before leaving office — and will lobby the Ways and Means as well as House Republican leadership on health care, tax and trade issues. HOUSE, FED STAFFERS HEAD TO CRYPTO FIRM: Crypto investment firm Paradigm is continuing to build out its D.C. office. John Heinemann will be a U.S. policy manager, leading policy work focused on legislation and regulations, as well as the implementation of President Joe Biden’s executive order on digital assets. Heinemann has spent the past three years as a staffer on the House Financial Services Committee, most recently as deputy chief oversight counsel. — Brendan Malone , who has spent more than half a decade as a policy analyst at the Federal Reserve, is joining as a policy associate. Earlier this year the company tapped Justin Slaughter, a former director of the SEC’s Office of Legislative and Intergovernmental Affairs, to be its policy director. Good afternoon and welcome to PI, where your host never thought she would be so glad to return to heat index temperatures in the *mere* 90s. A huge thanks again to the tremendous Hailey Fuchs for filling in for me last week. What’d I miss while I was attempting to dutifully avoid the word “reconciliation”? My inbox is wide open for your hot tips, gossip and more: coprysko@politico.com. And be sure to follow me on Twitter: @caitlinoprysko.
| | | | INTRODUCING POWER SWITCH: The energy landscape is profoundly transforming. Power Switch is a daily newsletter that unlocks the most important stories driving the energy sector and the political forces shaping critical decisions about your energy future, from production to storage, distribution to consumption. Don’t miss out on Power Switch, your guide to the politics of energy transformation in America and around the world. SUBSCRIBE TODAY. | | | | | | | A message from the Semiconductor Industry Association: Semiconductors form the foundation of our modern way of life. Across key sectors—transportation, communication, healthcare, consumer electronics, and countless others—chips enable the essential technologies of today and tomorrow, and they underpin America’s national security. But the U.S. share of global chip manufacturing and design is falling, and federal investments in semiconductor research have been flat for decades. Learn why advancing American competitiveness requires swift federal investment in U.S. chip research, design, and manufacturing. | | | FORMER TOP UBER LOBBYIST LEAKS TROVE OF BRUISING DOCS: Mark MacGann, a longtime European lobbyist who was tapped to spearhead Uber’s aggressive expansion into Europe, Africa and the Middle East under founder and former CEO Travis Kalanick, came forward this morning as the whistleblower who had leaked more than 100,000 internal documents to The Guardian that have already spurred calls for investigations into French Prime Minister Emmanuel Macron and a former EU commissioner. — The documents, which date from 2013 to 2017, show Uber executives discussing how sometimes violent backlash against their drivers could be used to win sympathy from regulators. They also shed light on how a pair of former advisers to President Barack Obama worked to use their connections as top Democratic strategists to build support overseas for the then-nascent rideshare company. — David Plouffe, who ran Obama’s 2008 campaign and later became Uber’s head of global policy, and Jim Messina, who ran Obama’s reelection campaign, “promoted and advised Uber in places where it faced toughest resistance, at times infusing an aura of legitimacy around a company that was known for openly flouting regulations and laws,” per the Guardian’s Felicity Lawrence and Stephanie Kirchgaessner. — MacGann, meanwhile, told the paper that the company’s strategy in places with heavily regulated taxi markets “was essentially to break the law, show how amazing Uber’s service was, and then change the law. My job was to go above the heads of city officials, build relations with the top level of government, and negotiate. It was also to deal with the fallout.” — The documents MacGann shared with The Guardian were then provided to “180 journalists in 29 countries via the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists” to conduct a broad investigation into Uber’s behind-the-scenes maneuvering, according to the paper. In a statement, spokesperson Jill Hazelbaker acknowledged the company had made “mistakes” prior to Kalanick’s ouster. — “We have not and will not make excuses for past behavior that is clearly not in line with our present values,” she said, pointing to changes made by new CEO Dara Khosrowshahi. “Instead, we ask the public to judge us by what we’ve done over the last five years and what we will do in the years to come.” BIDEN OFFICIALS FRETTED OVER ENDORSEMENT OF SCHMIDT INITIATIVE: “This past spring, Eric Schmidt, the former CEO of Google, received the ultimate gift: a straight-to-camera endorsement from the president of the United States,” POLITICO’s Alex Thompson reports. — “In the video, the most powerful man in the world touted Schmidt’s ‘Quad Fellowship’— a new scholarship for American, Indian, Japanese and Australian graduate school students that is operated and administered by Schmidt Futures, the charity arm that Schmidt uses for a variety of initiatives in science and technology.” — “Behind the scenes, however, there were concerns within Biden’s administration about the president endorsing an initiative of an outside entity founded by Schmidt, one of the richest men in the world, according to two people familiar with the matter who were granted anonymity because they weren’t authorized to speak about the internal dynamics.” — “The red flags prompted the State Department to draft talking points in case questions of impropriety came up, according to a copy of the drafted talking points obtained by POLITICO. … It is one of many instances of Schmidt’s efforts to cultivate a close relationship with the Biden administration.” MICHAEL TORREY ADDS A DEMOCRAT: Katie Naessens is joining the food and ag-focused lobbying firm Michael Torrey Associates as a vice president. Naessens most recently served as a senior Democratic staffer on the Senate Agriculture Committee and before that worked for Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack during his first turn in the role in the Obama administration. FLYING IN: Executives and behavioral health specialists from children’s hospitals across the country are set to meet with policymakers this week as part of a fly-in held by the Children’s Hospital Association. The trade group will participate in a roundtable with HHS leadership on Wednesday at the agency’s headquarters focused on the mental health crisis among children and teens. — Advocates also have meetings scheduled with staff of Sens. Bob Casey (D-Pa.) and Bill Cassidy (R-La.) and Reps. Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-Del.), Michael Burgess (R-Texas), Anna Eshoo (D-Calif.) and Brian Fitzpatrick (R-Pa.) to press for policies to expand access for mental health care for children and improve pediatric mental health care.
| | | | A message from the Semiconductor Industry Association:   | | | | | | — Bully Pulpit Interactive has added Nick Martin as senior director and Larry Meadows as director of data science. Martin was previously a senior vice president at BCW Global , and Meadows previously led data teams at Blue State and Priorities USA. — Santiago ‘Rico’ Vaca has joined Ferox Strategies as a senior adviser. He previously ran S Vaca & Associates and is a Holland & Knight alum and Air Force veteran. Ferox also added Lauren Doepke as a policy analyst. — Sophia Campbell is now a research analyst at HR&A Advisors. She most recently was a senior research assistant at the Brookings Institution. — Leah Boley is now vice president of communications at BAE Systems’ intelligence and security sector. She previously was head of communications for the aeronautics systems sector at Northrop Grumman. — Jordan Moon is now director of federal government relations at Kimberly-Clark. He most recently was senior manager of federal government affairs at automaker Stellantis. — Michael Cohen is now managing director at Purple Strategies. He most recently was founder and CEO of Cohen Research Group, which will continue to publish Congress in Your Pocket, and is a Gallup alum. — Kasey Lovett is joining the American Beverage Association as senior director of communications, per Huddle. Lovett was previously press secretary for Sen. Tommy Tuberville (R-Ala.). — Forbes Tate Partners is adding Tyler Roberts as a senior vice president and Andi Zucchi and Kelsey Chan as analysts in the public affairs practice. Roberts most recently was vice president of the health care and critical infrastructure practices at Venn Strategies, and is a Dan Sullivan alum. — Troy Blackwell is now press director at the Peace Corps. He most recently was founder and CEO of Ready for Change, and is a Biden campaign alum. — Autos Drive America has hired Andrea Mejia as a manager of public affairs. Mejia has experience with both BMW of Fairfax and BMW of North America, where she interned with the government and external affairs team.
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| | New Lobbying Registrations | | Anita Gallagher: Jessi Bon
Baker & Hostetler LLP: Sempra Energy
Dcm Group LLC: Holland & Knight LLP (Obo Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Auth.)
Dentons US LLP: Center For Houston's Future
Dentons US LLP: Danaher Corporation
Epirus, Inc.: Epirus, Inc.
Farragut Partners LLP: Elisabeth Potter Md Pllc
Holland & Knight LLP: Apollo Medflight On Behalf Of Oglala Lakota Air Rescue, LLC
Kountoupes Denham Carr & Reid, LLC: Arizona Minerals, Inc.
Maryna Prykhodko: Razom, Inc.
Mayer Brown LLP: Association Of Digital Asset Markets
Mcguirewoods Consulting (A Subsidiary Of Mcguirewoods LLP): Gabrielino/Tongva Nation
Mcguirewoods Consulting (A Subsidiary Of Mcguirewoods LLP): Native American Financial Services Association
Mcguirewoods Consulting (A Subsidiary Of Mcguirewoods LLP): The Virginia Foundation For Community College Education
Mcguirewoods Consulting (A Subsidiary Of Mcguirewoods LLP): Ute Mountain Ute Tribe
Mykola Murskyj: Razom, Inc.
New Front Strategies Group, LLC: Atlantic Diving Supply, Inc.
| | New Lobbying Terminations | | Acg Analytics: Policy Center For Public Health & Safety
Atlantic Diving Supply, Inc.: Atlantic Diving Supply, Inc.
Ballard Partners, LLC: Jonathan Allayev On Behalf Of Mark Allayev
Ben Barnes Group Lp: Santa Fe Farms
Crestview Strategy US LLC: Telus
Daniel Consulting: Integrated Energy Materials LLC
Fulcrum Public Affairs LLC: Anti-Defamation League
Fulcrum Public Affairs LLC: Cognizant Technology Solutions
Fulcrum Public Affairs LLC: Reef Global Inc.
Hannegan Landau Poersch & Rosenbaum Advocacy, LLC: Damn The Torpedoes, LLC
Holland & Knight LLP: Citrix Systems, Inc.
Holland & Knight LLP: Coalition For Green Capital Action Fund
Holland & Knight LLP: County Of Delaware, Pa
Holland & Knight LLP: Kirlin Builders LLC
Holland & Knight LLP: Midfirst Bank
Holland & Knight LLP: Nat'L Community Reinvestment Coalition
Holland & Knight LLP: Navigate Affordable Housing Partners
Holland & Knight LLP: Radian Group, Inc.
Holland & Knight LLP: Steel Perlot Management, LLC
Holland & Knight LLP: U.S. Mortgage Insurers
Horizons Global Solutions LLC: Cobank
Horizons Global Solutions LLC: Live Oak Banking Comapny
Horizons Global Solutions LLC: Wsr Insurance Services
Kountoupes Denham Carr & Reid, LLC: Ici (Infrared Cameras, Inc.)
Leblanc Government Relations, LLC: Crossroads Strategies On Behalf Of He American Shrimp Processors Association
Maynard, Cooper & Gale, P.C.: Concordia Technologies, LLC
Maynard, Cooper & Gale, P.C.: James Hardie Building Products
Maynard, Cooper & Gale, P.C.: Paragon Research Corporation
Maynard, Cooper & Gale, P.C.: Qualis Corporation
Maynard, Cooper & Gale, P.C.: Radiance Technologies, Inc.
Maynard, Cooper & Gale, P.C.: Torch Technologies, Inc.
Pugliese Associates: Aging And Diverse Home Healthcare Services
Rutledge Policy Group, LLC: Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck LLP Obo Allen Barbarich
Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan: Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan
William Mcgee: Consumer Reports
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