Chip Pickering

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Charles Willis "Chip" Pickering Jr. (born August 10, 1963) is an American businessman and former politician who has served as the chief executive officer (CEO) of Incompas since 2014.<ref name="auto">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Pickering represented Template:Ushr as a Republican in the United States House of Representatives from 1997 to 2009.<ref name="auto1">Template:Cite news</ref>

Early life and educationEdit

Chip Pickering was born in Laurel, Mississippi, to attorney Charles W. Pickering.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> He is a cousin of Stacey Pickering, former State Auditor of Mississippi, Mississippi State Senator, and executive director of the Mississippi Veterans Affairs Board.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

Pickering graduated with a bachelor's degree in business administration from the University of Mississippi where he was a legacy member of the Eta chapter of Sigma Chi. He went on to receive a Master of Business Administration from Baylor University in 1989.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref name=":0">Template:Cite book</ref>

CareerEdit

Early yearsEdit

Pickering served as a Southern Baptist missionary in Hungary, after the Hungarian government ceased its persecution of religious believers.Template:Citation needed

In 1989, President George H. W. Bush appointed Pickering as a Department of Agriculture liaison to the former European Communist countries.Template:Citation needed

Pickering served as a staff member of Senator Trent Lott between 1992 and 1996.<ref name=":0" /> He helped shape the Telecommunications Act of 1996, the first major overhaul of US telecoms law since 1934.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> After a year at the Senate Commerce Committee, Pickering ran for Congress.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> He defeated eight other Republicans in the primary and won the general election over Democrat John Arthur Eaves Jr. with 61 percent of the vote.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>

U.S. House of RepresentativesEdit

Committee assignmentsEdit

Energy and Commerce Committee
- Commerce, Trade and Consumer Protection Subcommittee
- Energy and Air Quality Subcommittee
- Telecommunications & the Internet Subcommittee

TenureEdit

In 1998, as chairman of the Basic Research Subcommittee of the U.S. House Science Committee, Pickering helped oversee the transition from a government research internet to a commercial internet, as well as the establishment of internet domain names, registries, and multi-stakeholder governance.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

In 2002, Pickering contributed to legislation included in the 2002 Farm Bill, which doubled the funding for the conservation reserve, the wetland reserve programs, and other conservation initiatives administered by the U.S. Department of Agriculture.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Pickering served as George W. Bush's co-chairman for Mississippi in Bush's presidential campaigns in 2000 and 2004.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

From 2003 to 2007, Pickering served as vice-chairman of the Energy and Commerce Committee.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

In 2008, Pickering, along with Bennie Thompson, received Lewis-Houghton Leadership Award.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

In January 2009, Pickering retired from the House of Representatives.<ref name="auto1" />

Post-political careerEdit

Pickering serves as an adjunct professor at the University of Mississippi's Department of Public Leadership Policy, where he teaches a bi-monthly seminar class, PPL 211: Political Campaigns.<ref name="auto" />

In 2014, Pickering joined Incompas, where he currently serves as the CEO. Prior to this, he was a partner at Capitol Resources LLC, representing numerous companies and organizations.<ref name="auto" />

Pickering also made a brief appearance in the 2006 film, Borat, as a speaker at a church that Borat attended.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

In April 2023, the archives of Chip Pickering and Charles W. Pickering were donated to the Mississippi Political Collections, located at Mississippi State University's Mitchell Memorial Library, by them.<ref name="auto2">Template:Cite news</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Personal lifeEdit

Pickering and his former wife, Leisha, have five sons.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> Chip Pickering filed for divorce in June 2008.<ref name="fam">Template:Cite news</ref><ref>Template:Cite book</ref>

On July 16, 2009, Pickering's estranged wife filed a complaint in Hinds County (Mississippi) Circuit Court under Mississippi's alienation of affection law, alleging that Pickering and his college sweetheart Elizabeth Creekmore Byrd had a long-standing adulterous extramarital relationship during his congressional career in Washington, D.C.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> Creekmore Byrd is a member of Mississippi's Creekmore family that founded of the Cellular South telephone company.<ref name="fam" /> She further alleged in Pickering v. Pickering that Creekmore-Byrd insisted that Pickering turn down Mississippi Gov. Haley Barbour's 2007 offer of former Sen. Trent Lott's Senate seat so that Pickering could divorce his wife and the two of them be together.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref>Template:Cite magazine</ref> According to Max Blumenthal at The Daily Beast, "In the end, Pickering chose his mistress over his congressional career and his wife."<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

Pickering's family had a close relationship with Antonin Scalia.<ref name="auto2" />

ReferencesEdit

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External linksEdit

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Financial disclosures Clarion Ledger, June 15, 2006
Template:Dead link Pickering considers job as top lobbyistTemplate:Dead link
Lawmakers' Help for Drug Firm Tests LimitsThe Washington Post, April 29, 2005
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