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Big Pharma nabs GOP deputy chief of staff

Posted by Keturah Hetrick on May 1, 2020

In the midst of the coronavirus pandemic, the world's biggest vaccine maker has hired a seasoned congressional staffer.

Curtis Rhyne is now a director of federal government relations for GlaxoSmithKline. The British phramaceutical company dropped nearly $4.7 million on federal lobbying last year, according to the Center for Responsive Politics.

Rhyne comes from the office of Rep. George Holding (R-N.C.), where he was deputy chief of staff and legislative director. Holding is retiring from Congress at the end of this term. Rhyne has also worked for the House Republican Study Committee and for Rep. Virginia Foxx (R-N.C.).