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Rep. Rick Larsen staffer pulls over for trucking group

Posted by Keturah Hetrick on May 5, 2023

The American Trucking Associations has driven off with a staffer to Rep. Rick Larsen (D-Wash.), ranking member of the Transportation and Infrastructure Committee.

Sean Garcia started recently as legislative-affairs director at ATA, which spent just shy of $2.3 million on federal lobbying in the last year. Garcia is no stranger to the federal-affairs world: Before moving to the Hill, he was a lobbyist at the American Public Works Association, the American Water Works Association and Signal Group.

Garcia was most recently Larsen's senior legislative assistant handling transportation and energy, among other issues. ATA's PAC donated $10,000 to Larsen's reelection campaign last cycle. Larsen, in his first session as T&I's top Democrat, reportedly intends to dedicate attention to trucking-industry issues as part of a broader push to improve freight operations.