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Former Miss. governor takes lobbying client aboard

Posted by on May 21, 2020

Former Miss. Gov. Phil Bryant is lobbying for one of the largest employers from his home state.

The governor has registered to lobby for Huntington Ingalls Industries, his first disclosed federal lobbying client as a partner at the firm Bryant Songy Snell LLC. In January, Bryant joined the firm, which was founded by his former chief of staff, Joey Songy.

Bryant is no stranger to Huntington Ingalls, which builds military ships and employs 11,500 people at its Pascagoula, Miss. manufacturing site. In 2015, then-Governor Bryant visited the facility to ceremonially sign a bill for $20 million in state bond funding to help improve the company's shipyard, which is leased from the state.