Bloomquist Named E&C Staff Director

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House Energy & Commerce Committee chair Greg Walden (R-Ore.) has named Mike Bloomquist, currently deputy staff director, to succeed Ray Baum as staff director.

Baum died Feb. 9 after a long battle with cancer.

Bloomquist, before becoming deputy staff director under Walden, had held the same post under Walden's predecessor, Fred Upton of Michigan.

His government service also includes general counsel of the Select Committee on Deficit Reduction, general counsel of the Science Committee, and a member of the Solicitor’s office in the Department of the Interior.

He is also former partner at Wiley Rein and associate at Patton Boggs.

John Eggerton
John Eggerton

Contributing editor John Eggerton has been an editor and/or writer on media regulation, legislation and policy for over four decades, including covering the FCC, FTC, Congress, the major media trade associations, and the federal courts. In addition to Multichannel News and Broadcasting + Cable, his work has appeared in Radio World, TV Technology, TV Fax, This Week in Consumer Electronics, Variety and the Encyclopedia Britannica.