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House Oversight Republicans have added a data-policy lobbyist to their roster.

Christian Hoehner has joined the committee as deputy policy director. The UVA grad comes from Data Coalition, where he spent the last three years as senior policy director and the group's sole registered federal lobbyist. Data Coalition advocates for improved government-data transparency.

Prior to joining Data Coalition, Hoehner worked as a lobbyist at Van Scoyoc Associates.

Darin Gardner, who served a three-month stint as Rep. Kay Granger's (R-TX) chief of staff back in 2015, is now starting his own lobbying firm. Gardner had previously worked in Granger's officer from 2002 to 2005 as a legislative assistant and then legislative director.

Before registering Maryland-based D.L. Gardner and Associates as a business in September, Gardner worked as a partner at Jochum Shore & Trossevin PC. In that role, he lobbied for companies including Google and Target. His first registered client for the new firm is Cipla USA Inc., the U.S. arm of a global pharmaceutical company.

According to his LinkedIn, Gardner "advises clients on various aspects of early drug, device, diagnostics and medical technology development."

After two years in lobbying, a House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee alumna is returning to the Hill.

Maddy Pike left Rep. Albio Sires' (D-N.J.) office in 2017 after serving as a senior legislative assistant to join Chambers, Conlon & Hartwell. She then shifted to Tai Ginsberg & Associates as director of government affairs, where she lobbied for local governments and companies including Tesla.

Now, she is returning to her roots on the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee as outreach and member services director. She previously worked for the committee from 2012 to 2014.

A climate activist has returned to the Senate.

Stephanie Doherty is now legislative counsel to Sen. Mark Warner (D-Va.). She comes from U.S. Climate Action Network, where she was government affairs director.

Prior to her time with the network of advocacy groups, Doherty worked for the Department of Homeland Security Office of Legislative and Intergovernmental Affairs and for the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee.

A former House chief of staff and assistant secretary of commerce has struck out on his own as a lobbyist.

Mike Platt registered as a lobbyist for FAIR Health through his new one-man shop Platt Strategic Consulting, which he started earlier this year. He's lobbying on the Lower Health Care Costs Act for the health-care data-collection group.

Before moving to the Commerce Department in 2017, Platt spent 14 years with then-Rep. Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.), working his way up to the top of her office.

This isn't Platt's first pass through the revolving door: He previously worked as a lobbyist for the Recording Industry Association of America and for TechNet.