Chinekwu Osakwe
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Signage is seen outside of the law firm Kirkland & Ellis LLP in Washington, D.C., U.S., August 30, 2020. REUTERS/Andrew Kelly
Kirkland & Ellis is growing its government, regulatory and internal investigations practice this week with a veteran of Capitol Hill and the Obama White House.
Allison Murphy joins the firm as a partner in Washington, D.C., Kirkland said Tuesday. The firm said Murphy has managed congressional investigations from all angles including most recently as chief oversight counsel for the majority on the U.S. House Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Crisis.
During the Obama administration, Murphy worked in the Senate as counsel for the Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations, served a short stint as an associate White House counsel, and then spent nearly three years as an attorney advisor for the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission s Division of Enforcement.
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President Joe Biden s pick to lead a major federal energy agency spent years lobbying for the renewable power giant behind an offshore wind farm backed by the administration, a
Washington Free Beacon review of disclosure forms found.
Shortly after his inauguration, Biden tapped Richard Glick to chair the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission. From 2001 to 2016, Glick served as head lobbyist for Avangrid Renewables, the U.S. subsidiary of Spanish electric conglomerate Iberdrola. The company holds a 50 percent stake in Vineyard Wind, which is set to become the country s first large-scale offshore wind farm after the Biden administration approved the project on May 11.
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U.S. disasters show gaps in $1.7 trillion infrastructure plan
Three times this year, major pieces of U.S. infrastructure have failed: first the Texas power grid, then the East Coast s main gasoline pipeline, then a freeway bridge over the Mississippi River.
By David R. Baker and Keith LaingBloomberg
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Three times this year, major pieces of U.S. infrastructure have failed: first the Texas power grid, then the East Coast’s main gasoline pipeline, then a freeway bridge over the Mississippi River. The crises disrupted businesses and lives, cost billions and left more than 150 Texans dead.
President Joe Biden’s $1.7 trillion infrastructure package wouldn’t necessarily have prevented any of those failures.