The Subcommittee on Telecommunications and Media is a subcommittee within the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation. It was renamed from the Subcommittee on Communications, Media, and Broadband at the start of the 119th United States Congress. Prior to the 117th Congress, it was named the Subcommittee on Communications, Technology, Innovation, and the Internet. Prior to the 111th Congress, it was known as the Subcommittee on Science, Technology, and Innovation.
Jurisdiction The Subcommittee on Communications, Media, and Broadband has jurisdiction over all sectors of communications, including: wired and wireless telephony; the Internet; commercial and noncommercial television; cable; satellite broadcast; satellite communications; wireline and wireless broadband; radio; spectrum and 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, 119th Congress MajorityMinority Deb Fischer, Nebraska, Chair John Thune, South Dakota Roger Wicker, Mississippi Jerry Moran, Kansas Dan Sullivan, Alaska Marsha Blackburn, Tennessee Todd Young, Indiana Ted Budd, North Carolina Eric Schmitt, Missouri John Curtis, Utah Tim Sheehy, Montana Bernie Moreno, Ohio Shelley Moore Capito, West Virginia Cynthia Lummis, Wyoming Ben Ray Luján, New Mexico, Ranking Member Amy Klobuchar, Minnesota Brian Schatz, Hawaii Ed Markey, Massachusetts Gary Peters, Michigan Tammy Duckworth, Illinois Jacky Rosen, Nevada John Hickenlooper, Colorado John Fetterman, Pennsylvania Andy Kim, New Jersey Lisa Blunt Rochester, Delaware Ex officio Ted Cruz, Texas Maria Cantwell, Washington
Historical subcommittee rosters MajorityMinority 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, ArizonaSen. Sinema is an independent, but caucuses with the Democrats. Jacky Rosen, Nevada John Hickenlooper, Colorado Raphael Warnock, Georgia Peter Welch, Vermont John Thune, South Dakota, Ranking Member Roger Wicker, Mississippi Deb Fischer, 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 JD Vance, Ohio Cynthia Lummis, Wyoming Ex officio Maria Cantwell, Washington Ted Cruz, Texas 117th Congress MajorityMinority 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 John Thune, South Dakota, Ranking Member Roy Blunt, Missouri Ted Cruz, Texas Deb Fischer, 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 Ex officio Maria Cantwell, Washington Roger Wicker, Mississippi
116th Congress MajorityMinority John Thune, South Dakota, Chairman Marsha Blackburn, Tennessee Roy Blunt, Missouri Shelley Moore Capito, West Virginia Ted Cruz, Texas Deb Fischer, Nebraska Cory Gardner, Colorado Ron Johnson, Wisconsin Jerry Moran, Kansas Mike Lee, Utah Rick Scott, Florida Dan Sullivan, Alaska Todd Young, Indiana 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 Ex officio Roger Wicker, Mississippi Maria Cantwell, Washington
References
External links Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation website, Subcommittee page