Gabe Rozsa
Managing Director, Prime Policy Group, Washington, D.C.
Air Date, December 15, 2013
Gabe Rozsa is a Managing Director at Prime Policy Group who specializes in energy, environment and infrastructure issues.
Gabe most recently served as Environmental Counsel on the Republican staff of the House Science Committee and Staff Director of its Energy Subcommittee. In those roles, he assisted members of the Committee with the planning, preparation and staffing of hearings relating to a variety of energy and environmental issues, as well as work on comprehensive energy legislation, energy-related provisions of the 2002 Farm bill, authorizing legislation for the creation of the Department of Homeland Security, and providing counsel on a broad range of environmental, energy and science issues of interest to Committee Chairman Sherwood L. Boehlert (R-NY), a leader of the House Republican moderates.
Gabe previously served as Counsel to Republican Members of the House Public Works and Transportation Committee (renamed the Transportation and Infrastructure Committee in 1994). In that capacity, he advised Members on a variety of water related issues tied to Federal environmental and resource development programs. During his more than nine years with the Committee, he served as a lead Republican counsel to the subcommittee during the last major reauthorizations of the Clean Water Act (1987) the Superfund hazardous waste cleanup program (1986) four major Army Corps of Engineers authorization bills (1986, 1988, 1990 and 1992), the Energy Policy Act (1992), the Oil Pollution Act (1990), the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (1988), as well as issues related to the Tennessee Valley Authority and the National Dam Safety Program.
Gabe also served in several capacities at the headquarters of the Corps of Engineers. During his tenure as the Assistant Counsel for Legislation in the Office of the Chief Counsel, he managed all legislative proposals of the Corps and Department of the Army relating to the agency’s civil works program. Previously, he served in the Directorate of Real Estate, where he was responsible for drafting legislation and assisting with administrative appeals relating to the Corps’ real estate responsibilities.
Gabe also previously served as a Senior Vice President to one of the largest Washington government relations firms. There, he provided a full spectrum of services, from providing comprehensive Washington representation on legislative and regulatory issues of importance to a variety of public and private sector clients.
He holds a Masters of Law in environmental law from the George Washington University, a Juris Doctorate from Washington University and a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Virginia. Gabe resides in Fairfax, Virginia with his wife, Daphne, and has three grown sons.