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Kimberly-Clark has signed on Prime Policy Group as its first outside Washington lobbyist.
The Irving, TX-based consumer giant is celebrating its 150th anniversary and is celebrating by doubling down on its “Better Care for a Better World” purpose.
Its Huggies, Kleenex, Scott, Kotex, Cottonelle, Poise, Depend, Andrex, Pull-Ups, GoodNites, Intimus, Neve, Plenitud, Sweety and Softex brands hold the No. 1 or No. 2 market positions in the 80 countries where they are sold.
The $19.4B company uses PPG for input on environmental, climate change, plastics regulations, sanctions, tariffs and immigration issues.
PPG’s lobbying team includes international head Karen Antebi, who was chief of staff to Mexico’s Deputy Secretary of Commerce; trade lead Casie Daugherty; Andrew Terp, ex-aide to Indiana Republican Senator Todd Young; and Ann Adler, chief of staff to the late Democratic Senator Robert Byrd.
WPP owns PPG.
Booz Allen Hamilton is the latest firm to hire Trump-connected Ballard Partners for Washington representation.
Colin Brainard, who did a four-year stint as Walmart’s top federal lobbyist, has joined Alpine Group’s tax practice.
FGS Global is working with the non-profit Power Forward Communities coalition in the area of federal funding support as Donald Trump returns to the White House.
Alpine Group is providing Washington representation for Amazon Web Services, the cloud computing platform, which has billions in federal contracts.
Motion Picture Association EVP, US government affairs Patrick Kilcur comes on board at Ballard Partners as a partner in its D.C. office.
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Jul. 21, 2022, by Joe Honick
For those of us who have ever represented or "advised" folks on matters related to Congress and the government in general, it is not necessary to do actual lobbying if you can "guide" a client on how to use his or her Constitutional right to address concerns to Congressional staffs, etc.
Bill is right to wonder about the numbers. The best description I have seen or heard about the reality of relations with government remains the rant by George Carlin. It would seem the "smart money" is applied carefully to "advisers" who are virtual legisltive tour guides with the clients doing the work.