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Rep. Kustoff chief heads to ABA government-affairs arm

Posted by Keturah Hetrick on June 6, 2023

Rep. David Kustoff's (R-Tenn.) top staffer has landed at the banking industry's biggest lobbying group.

Justin Melvin is the newest addition to the American Bankers Association's government-relations team. The trade group disclosed spending almost $9.3 million on its federal lobbying program in the last year.

Melvin had worked for Kustoff since the congressman took office in 2017 and was most recently chief of staff. He is also an alum of then-Rep. Frank Guinta (R-N.H.), Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine) and the Senate Ethics Committee.

Kustoff, who sits on the Ways and Means Committee, has chosen staffer Will Courtney as Melvin's successor.