Christopher Romig was the top lobbyist for the aptly named Rapiscan, but now he’s got a better gig: staffer for the House Appropriations Committee’s Homeland Security Subcommittee, which controls the TSA’s spending.
In other words, he’s now able to funnel hundreds of millions to his former employer through deals with his successor.
During the previous push for a TSA contract, Rapiscan employed Michael Chertoff, former Secretary of Homeland Security, who now works as a pundit and a homeland security industry consultant through his firm the Chertoff Group. According to the Huffington Post, Rapiscan previously spent as much as $271,500 on lobbying per year to help secure business with the TSA.
TSA Body Scanner Lobbyist Takes Congressional Job Overseeing Spending on TSA Security [Lee Fang/The Intercept]