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A former congressman with longstanding ties to Ukraine performed pro bono work for the country's parliamentary delegation, according to new Department of Justice filings.

Ex-Rep. Jim Slattery (D-Kan.) helped the delegation to arrange one-time meetings with 16 representatives and senators from both parties to "thank the U.S. for its support for Ukraine and answer any questions on the status of the war with Russia," according to one disclosure.

Slattery, who served in Congress from 1983-1995, has spent much of his time out of office representing various Ukrainian interests. He led an election-monitoring team in 2004, during Ukraine's Orange Revolution, and later attempted to secure former Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko's release from prison - unknowingly working against former Trump campaign chair Paul Manafort.

Rep. Susan Wild (D-Pa.) staffer has lost a staffer to life-sciences lobbying.

Chris Cunningham left the congresswoman's office for the California Life Sciences Association, where he's now a director for federal government relations. The membership organization has already registered him as a lobbyist on a host of issues, from health care to taxes.

Cunningham was most recently a senior legislative assistant covering Wild's health portfolio, among other legislative issues. Wild sits on the House Science Committee. Cunningham has also worked for Rep. Mike Thompson (D-Calif.) and then-Reps. Ben McAdams (D-Utah) and Elizabeth Esty (D-Conn.).

A Sen. Ed Markey (D-Mass.) staffer and veteran lobbyist is getting a healthy new start at Families USA.

Adam Axler joined the health-care advocacy group as a senior policy analyst. The nonprofit lobbies mainly on health-care, Medicare and Medicaid issues and is particularly active in pushing for Medicaid expansion.

Axler was most recently Markey's policy adviser on health care and education. He previously worked as at Akin Gump and was a Brownstein Hyatt lobbyist. The Pennsylvania native also worked for then-Rep. Joe Sestak (D-Pa.).

A GOP Senate staffer has moved to the Consumer Healthcare Products Association's lobbying team after eight years on the Hill.

Kirby Miller started earlier this month as director of federal government affairs for the health-care-industry trade group, which wasted no time registering Miller as a pharmaceutical lobbyist.

Miller was most recently health-care legislative assistant to Sen. Roger Wicker (R-Miss.), ranking member of the Senate Commerce Committee. She's also worked for Rep. Trent Kelly (R-Miss.) and former Reps. Rod Blum (R-Iowa) and Stephen Fincher (R-Tenn.). Before coming to the Hill, Miller was a nutritionist with Unity Health Care, D.C.'s largest network of community health centers.

A staffer to Rep. Steven Horsford (D-Nev.) has a stellar new defense and aerospace lobbying gig.

Matts Wilcoxen is now a government-affairs manager at Relativity Space. The aerospace manufacturer, which focuses on space-launch vehicles and rocket engines, wasted no time registering Wilcoxen as a lobbyist. He's working on launch services and the National Defense Authorization Act, among other issues.

Wilcoxen was most recently Horsford's senior legislative assistant and handled the congressman's defense, foreign policy and homeland security portfolios. Horsford sits on the House Armed Services Committee, Ways and Means Committee and the Budget Committee.