Trump Transition Team Taps House Commerce's Blackburn, Collins
The transition team for President-elect Donald Trump includes two members of the House Commerce Committee, the team said, starting what it calls its implementation phase. It named Commerce Committee Vice Chairwoman Marsha Blackburn, R-Tenn., and Rep. Chris Collins, R-N.Y., to…
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its executive committee Friday. Blackburn has been active on telecom and copyright policy for years and told us earlier this year that a 2017 telecom rewrite should “clear up the net neutrality situation” and “make certain that the FCC understands where their lanes are and that they’re in those lanes” (see 1607220053). Collins has focused on pirate radio during FCC oversight hearings. Other lawmakers named to the Trump transition executive committee include House Intelligence Committee Chairman Devin Nunes, R-Calif., and House Judiciary Antitrust Subcommittee Chairman Tom Marino, R-Pa. Peter Thiel, a Facebook board member who co-founded PayPal, also formally joined. Rick Dearborn, chief of staff to Trump transition executive committee vice chairman Sen. Jeff Sessions, R-Ala., took over as transition team executive director, replacing Rich Bagger.