Rep. Bobby Rush, D-Ill., said he didn’t “feel a sense...
Rep. Bobby Rush, D-Ill., said he didn’t “feel a sense of rejection” after losing his bid to become the House Communications Subcommittee’s ranking member (CD Jan 20 p13). But in a keynote Thursday, he also told the Minority Media Telecommunications…
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Council that, “after a brutal yesterday, I needed to be around some friendly faces.” Rush will be ranking member of the Energy and Power Subcommittee, but he said he will remain active on the Communications Subcommittee. A flurry of statements from industry, public industry and other groups applauded the selection of Rep. Anna Eshoo, D-Calif., as Communications’ ranking member. Other Democrats named to the subcommittee: Ed Markey of Massachusetts, Mike Doyle of Pennsylvania, Doris Matsui and Jane Harman of California, John Barrow of Georgia, Ed Towns of New York, Frank Pallone of New Jersey and Diana DeGette of Colorado. Rep. John Dingell, D-Mich., is a nonvoting, ex officio member. DeGette will be the ranking member on the Oversight Subcommittee, which is also expected to deal with FCC matters. Other Democratic members of that subcommittee are Markey, Dingell, Jan Schakowsky of Illinois, Mike Ross of Arkansas, Anthony Weiner of New York, Gene Green and Charles Gonzalez of Texas. Rep. Henry Waxman, D-Calif., the parent Commerce Committee’s ranking member, is an ex-officio member of all the subcommittees.