Courier delivery services giant FedEx has tapped Mehlman Castagnetti Rosen & Thomas for help with budgetary matters on Capitol Hill as they relate to shipping and transportation.

Mehlman Castagnetti Rosen & Thomas will represent the Memphis-based delivery service company on issues related to Transportation, Housing and Urban Development Appropriations for fiscal year 2018, according to lobbying registration documents filed in August.

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The House Appropriations Committee, passing legislation in July that was approved by a 31-20 vote, will allocate $56.5 billion in discretionary spending toward essential investments in transportation infrastructure investments, as well as community development and housing-related programs, which reflects a $1.1 billion dip below fiscal year 2017’s spending levels.

An 11-person team handles the account, which includes founder Bruce Mehlman, who served during the Bush admin as Commerce Dept. assistant secretary for tech policy; Dean Rosen, ex-chief health care advisor to then-Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist (R-TN) and health policy counsel for the Senate Committee on Labor and Human Resources; David Castagnetti, former aide to Sen. Max Baucus (D-MT) and Congressman Norm Mineta (D-CA) who was also director of congressional outreach for Secretary of State John Kerry during his presidential run; David Thomas, a former FTC Congressional director and deputy director of legislative affairs to VP Al Gore; Elise Pickering, former executive director for the House Republican Policy Committee and chief of staff to Arizona Rep. John Shadegg (R-AZ); and Charles Wooters, former chief of staff to Congressman (and now Senator) Chris Van Hollen (D-MD).