Walden Remains Atop Communications Subcommittee

Blackburn will be vice chair of E&C full committee, Latta vice chair of Communications

By John Eggerton -- Broadcasting & Cable, 11/28/2012 3:37:32 PM

Having been named to continue atop the House Energy and Commerce Committee for the new Congress, Rep. Fred Upton (R-Mich.) has reinstated Greg Walden (R-Ore.) as chair of the Communications Subcommittee, and named replacements for outgoing chairs Mary Bono Mack (R-Calif.) and Cliff Stearns (R-Fla.).

Replacing Mack atop the Commerce, Manufacturing and Trade Subcommittee will be Rep. Lee Terry of Nebraska. Rep. Tim Murphy of Pennsylvania will replace Stearns as chair of the Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee.

Vice chair of the Communications subcommittee will be Bob Latta of Ohio, succeeding Terry.

Rep. Marsha Blackburn (Tenn.) will succeed Rep. Sue Myrick of North Carolina as vice chair of the full committee.