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Rep. Rodney Davis re-hires staffer from American Petroleum Institute

Posted by John Sugden on Aug. 8, 2014

A staffer-turned-lobbyist has returned to the same House office after less than a year of lobbying for the American Petroleum Institute.

Osborne Crosby returned to Rep. Rodney Davis' (R-Ill.) office as counsel, leaving his counsel position at API. Crosby worked as a law clerk in Davis' office from August 2013 until the end of the year, before leaving for API.

Davis is on record as supporting a reduction in natural resource regulation and supports the construction of the proposed Keystone XL Pipeline.

API is the largest oil and gas trade organization in the United States, boasting more than 500 member corporations. According to its website, API "speak[s] for the oil and natural gas industry to the public, Congress and the executive branch, state governments and the media."

According to filings, Crosby lobbied energy issues on API's behalf during the first and second quarters of this year.

Crosby holds a JD from Samford University's Cumberland School of Law and an LLM in energy, environment and natural resources law from George Washington University.