The Senate Commerce Subcommittee on Communications, Media, and Broadband is a subcommittee within the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation. It was renamed from the Senate Commerce Subcommittee on Communications, Technology, Innovation, and the Internet at the start of the 117th Congress. Prior to the 111th Congress, it was known as the Senate Commerce Subcommittee on Science, Technology, and Innovation.
Jurisdiction
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The Subcommittee on Communications, Technology, and the Internet has jurisdiction over legislation, Congressional action, and other matters relating to communications. For these purposes, "communications" includes telephones, cell phones, the Internet, commercial and noncommercial television, cable, satellite broadcast, satellite communications, wireline and wireless broadband, radio, consumer electronic equipment associated with such services, and public safety communications.
The Subcommittee also is responsible for oversight of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), the Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB), and the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) at the Department of Commerce, which is the administration primarily responsible for the management of government spectrum and advising the President on telecommunications policy.
Members, 118th Congress
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Minority
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- Ben Ray Luján, New Mexico, Chair
- Amy Klobuchar, Minnesota
- Richard Blumenthal, Connecticut
- Brian Schatz, Hawaii
- Ed Markey, Massachusetts
- Gary Peters, Michigan
- Tammy Baldwin, Wisconsin
- Tammy Duckworth, Illinois
- Jon Tester, Montana
- Kyrsten Sinema, Arizona[1]
- Jacky Rosen, Nevada
- John Hickenlooper, Colorado
- Raphael Warnock, Georgia
- Peter Welch, Vermont
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- John Thune, South Dakota, Ranking Member
- Roger Wicker, Mississippi
- Deb Fisher, Nebraska
- Jerry Moran, Kansas
- Dan Sullivan, Alaska
- Marsha Blackburn, Tennessee
- Todd Young, Indiana
- Ted Budd, North Carolina
- Eric Schmitt, Missouri
- Shelley Moore Capito, West Virginia
- J. D. Vance, Ohio
- Cynthia Lummis, Wyoming
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Historical subcommittee rosters
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117th Congress
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Majority
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Minority
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- Ben Ray Luján, New Mexico, Chair
- Amy Klobuchar, Minnesota
- Richard Blumenthal, Connecticut
- Brian Schatz, Hawaii
- Ed Markey, Massachusetts
- Gary Peters, Michigan
- Tammy Baldwin, Wisconsin
- Tammy Duckworth, Illinois
- Jon Tester, Montana
- Kyrsten Sinema, Arizona
- Jacky Rosen, Nevada
- John Hickenlooper, Colorado
- Raphael Warnock, Georgia
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- John Thune, South Dakota, Ranking Member
- Roy Blunt, Missouri
- Ted Cruz, Texas
- Deb Fisher, Nebraska
- Jerry Moran, Kansas
- Dan Sullivan, Alaska
- Marsha Blackburn, Tennessee
- Todd Young, Indiana
- Mike Lee, Utah
- Ron Johnson, Wisconsin
- Shelley Moore Capito, West Virginia
- Rick Scott, Florida
- Cynthia Lummis, Wyoming
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Ex officio
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116th Congress
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Majority
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Minority
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- John Thune, South Dakota, Chairman
- Marsha Blackburn, Tennessee
- Roy Blunt, Missouri
- Shelley Moore Capito, West Virginia
- Ted Cruz, Texas
- Deb Fisher, Nebraska
- Cory Gardner, Colorado
- Ron Johnson, Wisconsin
- Jerry Moran, Kansas
- Mike Lee, Utah
- Rick Scott, Florida
- Dan Sullivan, Alaska
- Todd Young, Indiana
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- Brian Schatz, Hawaii, Ranking Member
- Tammy Baldwin, Wisconsin
- Richard Blumenthal, Connecticut
- Tammy Duckworth, Illinois
- Amy Klobuchar, Minnesota
- Ed Markey, Massachusetts
- Gary Peters, Michigan
- Jacky Rosen, Nevada
- Kyrsten Sinema, Arizona
- Jon Tester, Montana
- Tom Udall, New Mexico
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Ex officio
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