The Deep Industry Ties of Trump’s Deregulation Teams
“We take our ethics responsibilities seriously,” Ms.
“All political staff have had an ethics briefing and know their obligations.”
Addressing the agency’s regulatory efforts, she said, “We are here to enact a positive environmental agenda
that provides real results to the American people, without unnecessarily hamstringing our economy.”
At the Agriculture Department, the only known appointee to the deregulation team is Rebeckah Adcock.
Disclosure records show that while Mr. McCormack was at Edison, the trade group lobbied the
federal government, including the Energy Department, on issues including grid reliability.
The nonprofit’s mission includes creating “business opportunities for commercial products and services used to control invasive species.”
Because donations are not publicly reported, it is unclear how much Syngenta has contributed to Mr. Cameron’s organization,
but his group has called the pesticide company one of its “generous sponsors.”
Mr. Cameron also served on a committee of experts and stakeholders, including Syngenta,
that advised the federal government on decisions related to invasive species.
Across the government, at least two appointees to deregulation teams have been granted waivers from ethics rules related to prior jobs,
and at least nine others have pledged to recuse themselves from issues related to former employers or clients.