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House committee seeks counsel from labor attorney

Posted by Nate Hoffman on July 1, 2015

Rep. Bobby Scott (D-Va.) has brought on a labor policy lobbyist to his committee staff.

Liz Watson has joined the House Education and the Workforce Committee as the new Democratic labor policy director. For the past year, she has lobbied with the National Women's Law Center on workplace protections for pregnant employees, fair work schedules and equal pay issues. Yesterday, the Obama Administration announced plans to extend overtime pay for millions of workers, a move that the NWLC applauded.

Before joining the NWLC last year, Watson was the executive director for Georgetown University's Center on Poverty, Inequality and Public Policy and an associate with Orrick Herrington and Sutcliffe LLP. She earned her undergraduate degree from Carleton College and her law degree from Georgetown University Law Center. She's been admitted to the bar in the District of Columbia and New York.