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BoA quietly adds Democratic House Small Business staffer

Posted by Keturah Hetrick on Oct. 17, 2022

When Rep. Trey Hollingsworth (R-Ind.) bragged during a Financial Services Committee hearing about one of his staffers moving to Bank of America, fellow committee member Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) was quick to call out the congressman on Twitter. What AOC probably doesn't know is that the banking giant had also quietly picked up a Democratic staffer from the House Small Business Committee around the same time.

Matt Gómez is now a BoA senior vice president for federal public policy. He spent his congressional career working for Rep. Nydia Velázquez (D-N.Y.), most recently as senior counsel to her Small Business Committee.

BoA also hired then-Hollingsworth staffer Sruthi Prabhu to its federal relations team in September, prompting Ocasio-Cortez's criticism of congressional aides passing through revolving door. The bank disclosed spending just under $1.7 million on its federal lobbying program in the last year.