Cantwell Names Barnhart as Senate Communications Senior Counsel
Senate Commerce Committee Chair Maria Cantwell, D-Wash., said Wednesday she hired former Communications Subcommittee lead Democrat Brian Schatz of Hawaii's tech and telecom policy aide Christianna Barnhart as subpanel senior counsel. Barnhart replaces Shawn Bone, who joins Verizon Monday (see…
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2109200058). Barnhart “will bring more than a decade of experience and expertise in both the public and private sectors to advance” priorities “in broadband deployment and affordability, spectrum policy,” FCC and NTIA oversight, “and other areas in telecommunications and technology policy,” the committee said in a statement. Barnhart was previously Charter vice president-regulatory affairs and an FCC staffer, including as an aide to now-acting Chairwoman Jessica Rosenworcel.