The Committee on Energy and Commerce
Subcommittee on Commerce, Trade, and Consumer Protection
Members
Name Website
Cliff Stearns, Florida (Chairman) http://www.house.gov/stearns/
Fred Upton, Michigan http://www.house.gov/upton/
Nathan Deal, Georgia http://www.house.gov/deal/
Barbara Cubin, Wyoming http://www.house.gov/cubin/
George Radanovich, California http://www.house.gov/radanovich/
Charles F. Bass, New Hampshire http://www.house.gov/bass/
Joseph R. Pitts, Pennsylvania http://www.house.gov/pitts/
Mary Bono, California http://www.house.gov/bono/
Lee Terry, Nebraska http://leeterry.house.gov/
Mike Ferguson, New Jersey http://www.house.gov/ferguson/
Mike Rogers, Michigan http://www.mikerogers.house.gov/
C.L. "Butch" Otter, Idaho http://www.house.gov/otter/
Sue Myrick, North Carolina http://myrick.house.gov/
Tim Murphy, Pennsylvania http://murphy.house.gov/
Marsha Blackburn, Tennessee http://www.house.gov/blackburn/
Joe Barton, Texas (Ex Officio) http://joebarton.house.gov/
Jan Schakowsky, Illinois (Ranking Member) http://www.house.gov/schakowsky/
Mike Ross, Arkansas http://www.house.gov/ross/
Edward J. Markey, Massachusetts http://www.house.gov/markey/
Edolphus Towns, New York http://www.house.gov/towns/
Sherrod Brown, Ohio http://www.house.gov/sherrodbrown/
Bobby L. Rush, Illinois http://www.house.gov/rush/
Gene Green, Texas http://www.house.gov/green/
Ted Strickland, Ohio http://www.house.gov/strickland/
Diana DeGette, Colorado http://www.house.gov/degette/
Jim Davis, Florida http://www.house.gov/jimdavis/
Charles A. Gonzalez, Texas http://gonzalez.house.gov/
Tammy Baldwin, Wisconsin http://tammybaldwin.house.gov/
John D. Dingell, Michigan (Ex Officio) http://www.house.gov/dingell/
Committee as a whole
http://energycommerce.house.gov/107/feedback.htm
The Committee on Energy and Commerce
2125 Rayburn House Office Building
Washington, DC 20515
(202) 225-2927
Things to remember
Phone calls and snail mail letters carry more weight than e-mail.
Your comments are more important if you live in their district. If you do, let them know.
I've included the phone numbers for their Washington offices. There is e-mail and snail mail contact info for a
Do be polite and respectful.
Don't focus too much on your team.
Congress doesn't care if your team won/lost/got screwed.
Congress isn't in the business of making sure that your team prospers.
Congress doesn't care what bowl game you think your team deserves.
Congress IS interested in making sure that there isn't a monolpolistic system that locks o
Do point out the unfairness of automatic qualifiers for some conferences but not others.
Do point out the financial inequity of the system
Do Illustrate with examples from past years, do not make stuff up.
Helpful ideas
Politicians need to work together to get anything done. It is difficult (and bad form) to badmouth other politic
The Senate looked into similar stuff in 2003. Reference Orin Hatch's comments from that hearing.
The committee's chairman (Congressman Joe Barton) has made public comments. Use them
(example: "College football is not just an exhilarating sport, but a billion-dollar business that Congress cannot
mmerce
Phone
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t them know.
ail and snail mail contact info for all of them on their websites.
olpolistic system that locks out certain teams or unfairly benefits others.
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ents from that hearing.
ments. Use them
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