Media Mentions
2012
“Farm Bill Process Kicks Off in Mid-February”
The Packer, February 2, 2012
Kam Quarles discussed initial Congressional action to renew the 2008 Farm Bill, which expires in September. Mr. Quarles said it would be challenging for Congress to reach agreement on renewal in an election year, but added that it would be best to do so before the scheduled start of automatic budget cuts in 2013. “Every year as you walk out you are dealing with fewer dollars,” he noted.
W. Kam Quarles, Federal Legislative Matters, Government Strategies
2011
“Regulatory Relief on the Horizon?”
CFO.com, January 21, 2011
Stephen Ryan said of President Obama’s Executive Order that all federal agencies regularly review and cull their rules, “No one knows what it means. Clearly the Administration has a game plan, but they haven’t made that public yet.”
Stephen M. Ryan, Federal Legislative Matters, Government Strategies
2010
W. Kam Quarles was featured in articles by Citybizlist Washington DC (March 11), JD Journal (March 15), The Blog of Legal Times (March 15) and The Hill (March 16) discussing his move to McDermott as Director of Legislative Affairs in the Washington, D.C., office. Mr. Quarles was formerly the vice president for government relations and legislative affairs at the United Fresh Produce Association. At McDermott he will focus on a broad range of legislative and executive branch issues, including agricultural production and marketing, food safety, sustainability, environmental, international trade/supply chain, and animal and plant health (phytosanitary) issues.
W. Kam Quarles, Federal Legislative Matters, Government Strategies, State Legislative Matters
Kam Quarles was featured in a March 3 story on ThePacker.com that covered his move from the Washington, DC-based United Fresh Produce Association to McDermott’s Government Strategies Group. Mr. Quarles was VP of government relations and legislative affairs for the Association (which said he will be “hard to replace”), and will add to the strong agricultural component of the Firm’s Government Strategies team. Noting that “I’m really not going very far,” he will be involved in many of the same governmental issues at McDermott.
W. Kam Quarles, Federal Legislative Matters, Government Strategies, State Legislative Matters
