United States Senate Commerce Subcommittee on Communications, Media, and Broadband explained

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

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.^[1]

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

Majority	Minority
valign=top	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^[2] Jacky Rosen, Nevada John Hickenlooper, Colorado Raphael Warnock, Georgia Peter Welch, Vermont	valign=top	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 JD Vance, Ohio Cynthia Lummis, Wyoming
Ex officio
valign=top	Maria Cantwell, Washington	valign=top	Ted Cruz, Texas

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Historical subcommittee rosters

117th Congress

Majority	Minority
valign=top	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	valign=top	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
Ex officio
valign=top	Maria Cantwell, Washington	valign=top	Roger Wicker, Mississippi

116th Congress

Majority	Minority
valign=top	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	valign=top	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
valign=top	Roger Wicker, Mississippi	valign=top	Maria Cantwell, Washington

External links

• Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation website, Subcommittee page

Notes and References

1. Web site: Commerce Subcommittee on Communications, Media, and Broadband. July 8, 2024.
2. Sen. Sinema is an independent, but caucuses with the Democrats.
3. Web site: Communications, Media, and Broadband.