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CCA Federal Lobbyist
Matthew Paxton
Before joining CCA, Paxton was senior counsel to the U.S. Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation.
He spent more than five years in the U.S. Senate working on legislative and policy issues focused primarily on natural resources, environment and fisheries matters.
As senior counsel on the Commerce Committee, he worked on the development and drafting of the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Reauthorization Act of 2006.</font id=“red”>
He also oversaw several subcommittees that dealt with fisheries issues and policy, and worked almost exclusively on the Magnuson-Stevens Act</font id=“red”> for the chairman of the committee at that time, Senator Ted Stevens (R-AK).
Before joining the Commerce Committee, Paxton was the Legislative Director for Sen. Stevens where he worked on numerous legislative and policy issues involving fisheries in the North Pacific.
He earned his degree in Political Science from the University of Washington</font id=“red”> and his Juris Doctor from Willamette University College of Law. He is a member of the Washington State Bar Association.