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Martin Edwards

Martin has decades of legislative and political experience, including creating strategic goals and priorities for clients, organizing lobbying and political activities, ensuring compliance with federal guidelines, and reporting results. He also works closely with legislators to contribute to environmental, cybersecurity, and energy policy legislation. In addition to shaping substantive legislation, Martin has successfully engaged White House staff in the development of executive orders directing new policy and worked with a diverse range of associations to support client initiatives.

For more than 20 years, Martin served as director and later vice president of legislative affairs for the Interstate Natural Gas Association of America (INGAA). As vice president, he acted as the primary natural gas pipeline contact on Capitol Hill for policymakers and Congressional committees. He achieved organizational objectives in such legislation as the Pipeline Safety Improvement Act of 2002, the Energy Policy Act of 2005, and the Protecting Our Infrastructure of Pipelines and Enhancing Safety Act of 2016.

Prior to his work with INGAA, Martin was legislative director to Rep. Ralph Hall of Texas, advising him on the House Energy and Commerce Subcommittees on Energy, Power and Telecommunications. Martin led overall legislative activity for Hall, developed amendments, wrote speeches, oversaw constituent communication, and apprised industry trade leaders and media on relevant industry developments.

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