Lobbyist
In January 2011, Buyer became a lobbyist for McKesson Corp., despite being in a 'cooling off' period which prevents congressman from certain types of lobbying for at least a year after retirement from congress. in 2012 Buyer started working for R.J. Reynolds, promoting the use of smokeless tobacco.
Buyer had originally said he was leaving congress to spend more time with his wife, who has incurable autoimmune disease.. Buyer's wife Joni currently works as a Business System Analyst at Purdue University, in West Lafayette Indiana.
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