WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Vice Chairman of the Senate Indian Affairs Committee John Barrasso (R-Wyo.) announced that David Mullon, the Minority Staff Director and Chief Counsel for the Committee, will be leaving the Senate.  Mullon has served on the Senate Indian Affairs Committee for over ten years. He will join the National Congress of American Indians as their Chief Counsel. 
 
Senator Barrasso expressed his appreciation for Mullon’s service:
 
“David has spent a majority of his life and career working to serve the needs of Native Americans. With his extensive tribal law background and over ten years of leadership on the Committee, David has personally and positively impacted the lives of so many people throughout Indian Country. In the Senate, we’ll certainly miss David’s wise counsel and good friendship.”
 
Prior to joining the Senate in 2003, David Mullon served as an attorney for the Cherokee Nation and the Muscogee Nation. In 2003, David moved to Washington, D.C. to work for the then Senate Indian Affairs Chairman Ben Nighthorse Campbell (R-Colo.) as Deputy Chief Counsel. In 2005, Mullon was promoted to Majority General Counsel under Chairman John McCain (R-Ariz.). After Democrats became the Senate majority in 2006, David has served as Minority Staff Director and Chief Counsel under Senators Craig Thomas (R-Wyo.), Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) and finally Senator Barrasso. 

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