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Ex-Rep. Rodney Frelinghuysen registers as first-time lobbyist

Posted by Keturah Hetrick on April 20, 2020

Retired Rep. Rodney Frelinghuysen (R-N.J.), former chair of the powerful House Appropriations Committee, has officially made his lobbying debut.

Frelinghuysen is part of a Greenberg Traurig team representing the American Optometric Association trade group, a new lobbying client for the law firm, on consumer and health-care issues including the government's COVID-19 response. Ex-Rep. Al Wynn (D-Md.), who resigned from the House in 2008 after losing his primary bid earlier that year, is also a part of the four-person lobbying team.

Frelinghuysen retired from Congress at the end of last term and joined Greenberg Traurig as a senior director in February. He spent his last two years in office as Appropriations Committee chair.