Committee Assignments

Full Committee

Currently, I am assigned to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, which oversees such issues as intellectual property, telecommunication, energy and health care legislation, among others.

My work on the Committee has ranged from helping pass a prescription drug benefit for seniors to hydro power re-licensing issues to copyright, piracy and intellectual property issues.  Currently, I am working on telecommunication issues such as the digital television transition.

Committee on Energy and Commerce
For more than two centuries, the Committee on Energy and Commerce, the oldest legislative standing committee in the U.S. House of Representatives, has served as the principal guide for the House in matters relating to the promotion of commerce and to the public's health and marketplace interests.

Sub Committees

Subcommittee on Telecommunications and the Internet
Jurisdiction: Interstate and foreign telecommunications including, but not limited to all telecommunication and information transmission by broadcast, radio, wire, microwave, satellite, or other mode; and, Homeland security-related aspects of the foregoing, including cybersecurity.

Subcommittee on Commerce, Trade, and Consumer Protection
Jurisdiction: Interstate and foreign commerce, including all trade matters within the jurisdiction of the full committee; Regulation of commercial practices (the FTC), including sports-related matters; Consumer affairs and consumer protection, including privacy matters generally; consumer product safety (the CPSC); product liability; and motor vehicle safety; Regulation of travel, tourism, and time; and, Homeland security-related aspects of the foregoing, including cybersecurity.

Subcommittee on Environment and Hazardous Materials
Jurisdiction: Environmental protection in general, including the Safe Drinking Water Act and risk assessment matters; Solid waste, hazardous waste and toxic substances, including Superfund and RCRA; Mining, oil, gas, and coal combustion wastes; Noise pollution control; and, Homeland security-related aspects of the foregoing.