Senior Staff Changes for House Commerce Committee Republicans

House Commerce Committee Minority Leader Greg Walden (R-OR) announced that Staff Director Mike Bloomquist has departed the committee for the private sector. Deputy Staff Director and committee veteran Ryan Long will succeed Bloomquist as Staff Director for Committee Republicans, effective immediately. Bloomquist served as Staff Director for Commerce Republicans during the 115^th and 116^th Congresses. Bloomquist previously served as the committee Deputy Staff Director, General Counsel, Deputy General Counsel, as well as General Counsel to the 2011 Joint Select Committee on Deficit Reduction. Bloomquist has spent time in private practice, at the Committee on Science, and in the Office of the Solicitor at the Department of the Interior. Long served as Deputy Staff Director for Energy and Commerce Republicans in the 115^th and 116^th Congresses. Ryan has been with the committee since March of 2018, when he returned after spending five years in private practice. Ryan had previously spent a decade at Energy and Commerce in various roles including Professional Staff Member, counsel, and Chief Health Counsel under then Chairmen Joe Barton and Fred Upton.