Rep Yarmuth joins House Commerce; Rep Butterfield to tech subcommittee

Rep. John Yarmuth (D-KY) was appointed to the powerful House Commerce Committee, replacing Ed Markey (D-MA), who joined the Senate in July. In a memo to committee Democrats, Rep. Henry Waxman (D-CA), the panel's ranking member, proposed that Rep. Yarmuth serve on Energy and Power Subcommittee; the Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee; and the Commerce, Manufacturing and Trade Subcommittee. Rep. G.K. Butterfield (D-NC) would move from the Commerce, Manufacturing and Trade Subcommittee to the Communications and Technology Subcommittee, which has jurisdiction over the Federal Communications Commission and a host of technology issues.