Category: Haley Barbour

Lessons from Katrina Can Guide Post-Ian Recovery

By Governor Haley Barbour I was governor of my home state of Mississippi during one of the worst natural disasters in American history, Hurricane Katrina. It was a catastrophic, devastating, and humbling event. As terrible as the actual storm was, the recovery and rebuilding processes were even bigger challenges. Watching Hurricane Ian make landfall in […]

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Gov. Barbour Inducted into the AAPC Hall of Fame

BGR Founding Partner Haley Barbour was recently honored by the American Association of Political Consultants (AAPC) — America’s largest and only bipartisan network of political professionals — as an inductee into the AAPC Hall of Fame. Inducted along with Governor Barbour were Alexander Gage and Mandy Grunwald. AAPC annually selects accomplished industry professionals for induction […]

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BGR Founding Partner Haley Barbour Joins Former President Clinton to Honor Legacy of Former Mississippi Governor Winter

May 3, 2022 BGR Founding Partner and former Mississippi Governor Haley Barbour joined former President Bill Clinton and former Mississippi Supreme Court Justice Reuben Anderson at the Two Mississippi Museums – the Museum of Mississippi History and the Mississippi Civil Rights Museum – in a bipartisan tribute to former Mississippi Governor William Winter and former […]

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Governor Haley Barbour Statement on Passing of Former Senator Bob Dole

“Bob Dole was a genuine American hero: as a soldier, as a leader of the Republican party – including as its Chairman and its Presidential nominee in 1996 – who, as GOP Leader, led passage of major legislation that gained bipartisan support. “After his retirement from the Senate, he led in the formation of the […]

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Four BGR Lobbyists named in The Hill’s Top 2021

Welcome to The Hill’s annual list of top lobbyists. K Street played an outsized role in this year’s policy debates, working behind the scenes to reshape the COVID-19 relief package, bipartisan infrastructure bill and Democrats’ climate and social spending plan. The transfer of power following the 2020 election — along with trillions of dollars in […]

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BGR Group Recognized as “Standout Firm” in Bloomberg 2020 Survey

Washington, D.C. (May 28, 2021) – BGR Group, Washington, D.C.’s premier bipartisan lobbying and public relations firm, has once again been recognized as a Standout Firm by Bloomberg Government. BGR Group ranks second on the list. According to Bloomberg Government, “Standout firms are defined as firms that displayed impressive performance in 2020 by exceeding thresholds in […]

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Republican Governors Paved the Road to Recovery Before the Coronavirus Crisis Began

Newsweek “By enacting sound fiscal management, pro-growth policies and common-sense conservative reforms in good times, Republican governors have put their states and citizens on a speedier pathway to renewed prosperity.” May 12, 2020 BY GOVERNORS SCOTT WALKER, HALEY BARBOUR and SUSANA MARTINEZ “No American living today has experienced a crisis quite like the threat posed […]

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