Thune Snags Official Commerce Chairman Designation
Sen. John Thune, R-S.D., is officially the chairman of the Commerce Committee, ratified by the Senate, he said in a news release Thursday. Thune was ranking member in the last Congress and was widely expected to take over as chairman.…
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He said there will be six subcommittees, including the Communications and Consumer Protection subcommittees. Sen. Roger Wicker, R-Miss., as expected, will lead the Communications Subcommittee. "My chief focus will continue to be the deployment and adoption of broadband in rural America, particularly in Mississippi," Wicker said in a statement Friday. "Broadband has become a true economic engine, and we need to ensure that all Americans reap the benefits of it. To that end, we should focus on fostering innovation and investment in the broadband marketplace, by promoting wireless spectrum availability and reexamining laws on the books to ensure that the dynamic growth Americans have enjoyed continues unimpeded." Sen. Jerry Moran, R-Kan., is a new member of Commerce and will chair the Consumer Protection and Data Security Subcommittee. Subcommittee members weren't announced. Also, Sen. Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, was officially voted Judiciary Committee chairman, as expected, Grassley said in a release.