Lobbyist-Led EPA Office Set to Add a New Chemical Industry Hire
Longtime cleaning products lobbyist Douglas Troutman is nominated to lead the EPA office that has worked to stop the MAHA Commission from restricting toxic chemicals and pesticides.
Longtime cleaning products lobbyist Douglas Troutman is nominated to lead the EPA office that has worked to stop the MAHA Commission from restricting toxic chemicals and pesticides.
Pfizer, Merck, Eli Lilly and other drug giants are spending record amounts on lobbying as they fight the Trump administration on vaccine policies and more.
Kyle Kunkler, the American Soybean Association’s longtime top lobbyist, will now oversee federal pesticide policy, a central focus of the “Make America Healthy Again” initiative he spent years fighting.
The bill follows repeated calls by RFK Jr. and others in the MAHA orbit to ban direct-to-consumer pharmaceutical advertising.
Former lobbyists now in the Trump administration are working to ensure the Make American Great Again Commission report does not target agricultural chemicals like atrazine.
The new chief of staff for Trump’s USDA, which oversees federal nutrition guidelines, has a lobbying background that may conflict with the mission to “Make America Healthy Again.”