From Intern to Press Secretary
Madeline Baltz, stepped into the role of press secretary for Rep. Barry Moore (R-AL-1) in January 2026. Baltz graduated from Auburn University in 2025 with a BA in public relations, and first joined Moore's office as an intern in May 2024. In January 2025 Baltz returned as a scheduler and press assistant before being promoted to her current post.
The Office She Represents
Moore has introduced or sponsored 28 bills and resolutions in the current Congress, spanning an unusually broad set of policy areas. His most advanced piece of legislation, H.R. 875 — the Jeremy and Angel Seay and Sergeant Brandon Mendoza Protect Our Communities from DUIs Act of 2025 — has already passed the House, making it the flagship accomplishment Baltz will likely be called upon to highlight most frequently. The bill would make driving while intoxicated or impaired a deportable offense and a bar to admission for non-U.S. nationals. Beyond immigration, Moore's legislative portfolio touches on agriculture, veterans' affairs, judiciary and crime, government oversight, and social policy, and he sits on three full committees — House Agriculture, House Judiciary, and House Veterans' Affairs — as well as multiple subcommittees, including the Judiciary Subcommittee on Oversight. As press secretary, Baltz inherits a communications portfolio that spans some of the most contested policy debates in Washington.