Breaux Lott Leadership Group
Based in Washington, D.C., The Breaux-Lott Leadership Group offers strategic advice, consulting and lobbying to a wide range of clients. The firm unites two former United States Senators Trent Lott and John Breaux, leaders from opposite parties with a combined total of nearly 70 years experience in Congress. It is clear over the last several years that the only way to accomplish true results in Washington is through a bipartisan approach.
Trent Lott - Partner
U.S. Senator Trent Lott
In December 2007, Trent Lott left the United States Congress where he has worked on behalf of the people of the State of Mississippi for the past 35 years. A champion of a strong national defense, he remains dedicated to encouraging economic growth and protecting Americans’ economic security by getting government off their backs and out of their pocketbooks. Seven Presidents have known both his cooperation and his opposition, for he has kept his country ahead of partisan and personal concerns.
As the House Republican Whip in 1981, he forged the bipartisan alliance that enacted President Ronald Reagan’s economic recovery program and his national security initiatives. Part of the reason for this and other victories was Congressman Lott’s creation of the House of Representative’s first modern whip organization, focusing on regular member-to-member contacts and extensive outreach to sympathetic Democrats. Counting votes, building coalitions, and moving legislation were things he seemed born to do, and he genuinely enjoyed the process.
Elected to the Senate in 1988, he was a member of the group of pro-growth stalwarts who opposed the tax increase forced on President Bush in 1990. When he became the Senate’s 16th Majority Leader in 1996, he again put his coalition-building skills to the test and, along with House Speaker Newt Gingrich, enacted his historic welfare reform bill of 1996. The next year, Lott, Gingrich and congressional Budget Committee chairmen John Kasich and Pete Domenici together produced an historic budget and tax cut agreement that limited some federal spending. But more important, it created new incentives to save and invest, thereby stimulating the economic growth that brought the federal budget into balance for the first time since 1968.
As the Republican Leader during the first two years of President George W. Bush’s administration, Senator Lott led the fight for passage of the President’s tax cut package, the President’s landmark education reform bill, the largest increase in defense spending since the Cold War, the most significant trade legislation in a decade, and the resolution supporting the President on military action in Iraq.
During the Senate’s lame duck session of November 2002, Senator Lott, drawing on his experience as a legislative negotiator, reached the compromises that created the Department of Homeland Security. In 2006, Senator Lott was elected Senate Republican Whip for the second time in his career. He is the only member of Congress to hold this position in both the House and Senate.
For 16 years in the House of Representatives and 19 years in the Senate, Trent Lott has been a driving force in the United States Congress. After his retirement from the United States Senate, Senator Lott founded the Breaux Lott Leadership Group with former Senator John Breaux of Louisiana, a partnership offering strategic advice, consulting and lobbying to a wide range of clients. The firm unites two former Senate leaders from opposite parties, with a combined total of nearly 70 years experience in Congress.
Senator Lott is married to Patricia (Tricia) Thompson Lott, his college sweetheart. They have two children- Chester Trent Lott, Jr. and Tyler Lott Armstrong-and have been blessed with four grandchildren, Chester Trent Lott III, Lucie Sims Lott, Shields Elizabeth Armstrong and Addison States Armstrong.
John Breaux - Partner
U.S. Senator John Breaux
Senator John Breaux led a long and distinguished career in Congress. He was elected to the House of Representatives in 1972 at the age of 28—at the time of his election he was the youngest member of the US Congress. He represented the 7th District of Louisiana for 14 years before being elected to fill Senator Russell Long's seat in 1986.
Senator Breaux was a widely recognized bipartisan leader in the Senate, and in 1993 was elected by his Democratic colleagues to the post of Deputy Minority Whip, a position he held until his retirement. He also held a number of key Senate committee positions. A senior member of the Finance Committee, Senator Breaux served as the Chairman of the Subcommittee on Social Security and Family Policy. He also held positions on two other Finance subcommittees, the Subcommittee on Health Care and the Subcommittee on Taxation and IRS Oversight. From his position on the Finance Committee, he played instrumental roles in forging the compromises that led to passage of the welfare reform and health insurance reform bills in 1996. He was also a leader in the efforts to reduce the capital gains tax and to provide tax relief for college education expenses.
As Chairman of the Special Committee on Aging, Senator Breaux highlighted the importance of protecting and strengthening Social Security, Medicare, and other programs. In 1998 he was selected by the White House and House and Senate leaders to chair the National Bipartisan Commission on the Future of Medicare. Also in 1998, Senator Breaux co-chaired the National Commission on Retirement Policy, which produced legislation to help reform Social Security.
While in the Senate, Senator Breaux was a recognized leader on energy issues. He served as Co-Chair of the Oil and Gas Caucus and was a conferee on the energy legislation that eventually was written into the 2005 Energy Bill. Senator Breaux was active in advancing legislation to promote domestic oil and gas production, and was a Co-Sponsor of the Marginal Well Preservation Act, a tax-incentive program to encourage oil production from marginal oil wells. He was also a principal author of the Outer Continental Shelf Land Act.
Senator Breaux was a founder of the Centrist Coalition of Senate Democrats and Republicans and served as Chairman of the Democratic Leadership Council. In 2005 President George W. Bush appointed Senator Beaux as the Co-Chair of the President’s Advisory Panel on Federal Tax Reform.
Upon retirement from the Senate in 2005, Senator Breaux joined Patton Boggs as Senior Counsel. In 2008, Senator Breaux joined forces with former Senator Trent Lott and their sons to form the Breaux Lott Leadership Group. He provides strategic advice on a wide range of public policy matters, with concentration in the areas of health care and energy.
Chet Lott - Partner
Chet Lott
Chet Lott has an extensive business background in the private sector. He is a founding partner in the government relations consulting firm of Lott & Hopkins, LLC, based in Washington, DC and Lexington, KY. In December of 2002, he was asked to join prominent lobbying firm The Livingston Group. Chet is also a businessman and restaurateur, the recipient of many national awards for operational excellence and sales. Chet graduated from the University of Mississippi with a degree in Public Administration.
John Breaux, Jr. - Partner
John Breaux, Jr.
John Breaux Jr. has over 20 years experience in government and political relations and currently runs a successful consulting practice in Washington, D.C., and New Orleans, La. Before starting his practice in 2001, Breaux Jr. served as a principal at Johnston & Associates. His experience includes serving as managing director for Public Strategies, an international business advisory firm headquartered in Austin, Texas. He also worked as a director of congressional affairs at the Cellular Telecommunications Industry Association.
Bret Boyles - Senior Vice President
Callie Fuselier - Associate
Callie Fuselier
Callie Fuselier assists clients on a variety of public policy and regulatory issues that come before Congress and other federal and state forums.
Before joining The Breaux Lott Leadership Group, Ms. Fuselier gained extensive knowledge of the legislative process and established strong Congressional and Executive Branch relationships by working on Capitol Hill, as well as at the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) and Patton Boggs, LLP.
During her seven years on Capitol Hill working for Senator John Breaux and then Minority Leader (now Majority Leader) Harry Reid, she worked with federal and state lawmakers on a wide range of matters. Ms. Fuselier developed key relationships and interacted closely with both Democratic and Republican leadership staff, monitoring the daily legislative activity on the Senate floor. Her responsibilities also included facilitating meetings between the Senators and members of Congress, cabinet secretaries, ambassadors, and White House officials.
After leaving Capitol Hill, Ms. Fuselier served as Deputy Chief of Staff for Commissioner Fred Hatfield at the CFTC and then as PublicPolicy Advisor at Patton Boggs, LLP.
Annie Estrada - Associate
Annie Estrada
Ms. Estrada grew up in Buenos Aires, Argentina where she attended Lincoln International School. Ms. Estrada graduated from Washington and Lee University in 2004 where she majored in Politics and Theatre.
Before joining The Breaux Lott Leadership Group, Ms. Estrada gained extensive knowledge of the legislative process and established strong Congressional and Executive Branch relationships by working on Capitol Hill.
During her time on Capitol Hill working for Senator Trent Lot she worked with federal and state lawmakers on a wide range of matters. During her time in the Republican Whip Office, Ms. Estrada developed key relationships and interacted closely with both Democratic and Republican leadership staff, monitoring the daily legislative activity on the Senate floor. Her responsibilities also included facilitating meetings between the Senators and members of Congress, cabinet secretaries, ambassadors, and White House officials.
John P. Flynn - Vice President
John P. Flynn
John P. Flynn joins The Breaux Lott Leadership Group with nearly 30 years of maritime and marine resource experience, including 10 years of practical experience on Capitol Hill.
Prior to joining The Breaux Lott Leadership Group, Mr. Flynn served as a government relations specialist for one of the Gulf South’s largest law firms, where he focused on maritime transportation, fisheries and other policy issues.
Mr. Flynn served as a Legislative Assistant and Congressional Fellow to U.S. Senator John Breaux (1998-2004). In this capacity, he functioned as his primary advisor on maritime, marine resource and transportation issues and related policy development. During his tenure as a staff member in the senate, Mr. Flynn worked on a wide variety of maritime and fisheries matters, including the Maritime Transportation Safety Act, Oceans Act, Aquatic Resources Trust Fund (Wallop-Breaux), Magnuson-Stevens Fisheries Conservation and Management Act and numerous Coast Guard authorization bills. He has served as U.S. delegate to the International Convention for the Conservation of Atlantic Tuna.
Mr. Flynn served in the U.S. Coast Guard, both as a commissioned officer and senior enlisted member, from 1978-2002, in increasingly responsible positions, principally in the marine safety program. On the occasion of his retirement from the Coast Guard, he held virtually all attainable marine safety and marine inspection qualifications. He is also a National Interagency Incident Command System (ICS) Instructor.
Adrienne Annison - Executive Assistant
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