Rep Eshoo voted ranking member of Communications Subcommittee

Rep. Anna Eshoo (D-CA) will be the ranking member of House Commerce Committee's Subcommittee on Communications, Technology, and the Internet. Rep Eshoo, who has Google's headquarters in her district, edged out Rep Bobby Rush (D-IL) in a 14-to-9 vote. Rep Eshoo is also a co-chair of the Internet caucus. She is an ardent network neutrality supporter.

"I'm grateful to my colleagues for giving me the honor to lead the Subcommittee on Communications and Technology," Rep Eshoo said. "My congressional district, home to Silicon Valley, is the innovation center of the world, and the policies we shape can advance America's competitiveness and job growth." Rep Eshoo said she planned to focus on such issue as expanding access to affordable broadband service, privacy, freeing up more spectrum, and working to transition the nation's 911 system to a next-generation broadband network.

Free Press Research Director S. Derek Turner applauded the panel's Democrats for picking Eshoo as the subcommittee's ranking member, saying she is a "strong defender of the public interest with a clear record of protecting consumers and the open Internet. She has been a leader on media and technology issues, and we look forward to working with her on crucial issues that will shape the debate over the future of the media."

Gigi B. Sohn, president and co-founder of Public Knowledge, said, “We congratulate Rep. Anna Eshoo on her selection as ranking member of the House Subcommittee on Communications, Technology and the Internet. She is a stalwart defender of a free and open Internet, and a champion of innovation. We look forward to working with her on the many crucial issues that will come before the House.”

Below is the complete list of assignments.

Subcommittee on Communications and Technology

Anna G. Eshoo, California, Ranking Member

Edward J. Markey, Massachusetts

Michael F. Doyle, Pennsylvania

Doris O. Matsui, California

Jane Harman, California

John Barrow, Georgia

Edolphus Towns, New York

Frank Pallone, Jr., New Jersey

Bobby L. Rush, Illinois

Diana DeGette, Colorado

John D. Dingell, Michigan (Ex Officio – non voting)

Henry A. Waxman, California (Ex Officio)

Subcommittee on Energy and Power

Bobby L. Rush, Illinois, Ranking Member

Jay Inslee, Washington

Jim Matheson, Utah

John D. Dingell, Michigan

Edward J. Markey, Massachusetts

Eliot L. Engel, New York

Gene Green, Texas

Lois Capps, California

Michael F. Doyle, Pennsylvania

Jane Harman, California

Henry A. Waxman, California (Ex Officio)

Subcommittee on Health

Frank Pallone, Jr., New Jersey, Ranking Member

John D. Dingell, Michigan

Edolphus Towns, New York

Eliot L. Engel, New York

Lois Capps, California

Jan Schakowsky, Illinois

Charles A. Gonzalez, Texas

Tammy Baldwin, Wisconsin

Mike Ross, Arkansas

Anthony D. Weiner, New York

Henry A. Waxman, California (Ex Officio)

Subcommittee on Environment and the Economy

Gene Green, Texas, Ranking Member

Tammy Baldwin, Wisconsin

G. K. Butterfield, North Carolina

John Barrow, Georgia

Doris O. Matsui, California

Frank Pallone, Jr., New Jersey

Diana DeGette, California

Lois Capps, California

John D. Dingell, Michigan (Ex Officio – non voting)

Henry A. Waxman, California (Ex Officio)

Subcommittee on Commerce, Manufacturing, and Trade

G. K. Butterfield, North Carolina, Ranking Member

Charles A. Gonzalez, Texas

Jim Matheson, Utah

John D. Dingell, Michigan

Edolphus Towns, New York

Bobby L. Rush, Illinois

Jan Schakowsky, Illinois

Mike Ross, Arkansas

Henry A. Waxman, California (Ex Officio)

Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations

Diana DeGette, Colorado, Ranking Member

Jan Schakowsky, Illinois

Mike Ross, Arkansas

Anthony D. Weiner, New Jersey

Edward J. Markey, Massachusetts

Gene Green, Texas

Charles A. Gonzalez, Texas

John D. Dingell, Michigan

Henry A. Waxman, California (Ex Officio)