Live Nation

In a memo, Live Nation senior vice president of public affairs Jonathan Lamy highlighted some logistics changes Ticketmaster has made to the presale process ...

[Ron Wyden](https://directory.politicopro.com/congress/member/W000779) (D-Ore.), joined last month, while Meg Joseph, the former chief of staff to Sen. [Lindsey Graham](https://directory.politicopro.com/congress/member/G000359) (R-S.C.), and would bump the mandatory retirement age for commercial pilots to 67, up from 65, in a bid to address pilot shortages. She most recently was director of strategic planning at the DNC and is a New York Times and Hillary for America alum. The two sides are reportedly still in contract negotiations, but “Walsh’s departure would come amid a wider shakeup within the Biden administration as it begins the tail end of its first term in office and prepares for a possible reelection campaign.” She is the president and CEO of Elevance Health. [Gregory Meeks](https://directory.politicopro.com/congress/member/M001137) (D-N.Y.) and Sen. — “It is impossible to list Myron’s many achievements,” Chamber President and CEO Suzanne Clark said in a statement. Those roles have made Friedel a key part of every appropriations bill going back years, in addition to the flurry of bipartisan Covid relief bills passed since the beginning of the pandemic. [Kirsten Gillibrand](https://directory.politicopro.com/congress/member/G000555) (D-N.Y.), and Julissa Ferreras-Copeland, a former New York City councilmember, will lobby for the Empire State-based airline. “And to use this on-sale as an example of the areas where Congress can and should require companies to do more to help the consumer navigate the process of ticket buying.” — The memo urges lawmakers to intervene in several aspects of the ticket sales process where Lamy argues that Live Nation’s hands are tied. — Lamy takes indirect aim at critics who — including in last month’s hearing — argued that Live Nation and Ticketmaster are too dominant in the industry and leave venues and artists little room to work with other ticket vendors.