House Telecom Subcommittee Democrats still were sorting out chang...
House Telecom Subcommittee Democrats still were sorting out changes in their jurisdiction with Republicans’ decision to split consumer protection and telecom (CD Jan 12 p1), but they seemed not displeased when contacted Fri. “It’s a major change,” Rep. Boucher…
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(D-Va.) told us of GOP’s action. “We've always had consumer protection within the Telecom Subcommittee.” He wouldn’t discuss which subcommittee he would gravitate toward, but conceded that he would be watching moves of Telecom Subcommittee ranking Democrat Markey (Mass.) carefully. Markey’s staff didn’t return calls by our deadline. If he leaves Telecom Subcommittee to be ranking Democrat on full Resources Committee, or if he chooses Consumer Protection panel, Boucher would be next in line for Telecom. If Markey stays, Boucher could be candidate to take ranking slot on Consumer Protection. “Markey’s always been interested in consumer protection issues,” one lobbyist said, and heads Congressional Privacy Caucus. Boucher said that even if he and other leaders on privacy chose Telecom panel, they would remain interested in privacy and still could be driving forces on privacy legislation. Democrats probably won’t organize their membership until later this month, perhaps as late as week of Jan. 30, Boucher said.