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Sen. Mullin hires PhRMA lobbyist as LD

Posted by Keturah Hetrick on March 27, 2023

Sen. Markwayne Mullin's (R-Okla.) newest hire comes straight from Big Pharma's top lobbying team.

Natalie Burkhalter spent the last four years as a lobbyist for the Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America, where she was most recently deputy vice president. PhRMA maintains an in-house team of 20-to-30 lobbyists and spent more than $28 million on its federal lobbying program last year.

Burkhalter is now Mullin's legislative director. Before leaving for PhRMA, she was staff director to the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee's Children and Families Subcommittee under Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky). She has also worked for Paul's personal office and for then-Rep. Tom Price (R-Ga.).