> ## Content Index
> Fetch the complete content index at: https://broadbandbreakfast.com/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover other available public pages before exploring further.

# AOC Appointed to House Energy and Commerce Committee
- URL: https://broadbandbreakfast.com/aoc-appointed-to-house-energy-and-commerce-committee/
- Published: 2025-01-13T17:57:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-03-11T05:59:08.000Z
- Description: Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and six other Democrats welcomed to the committee
- Author: Blake Ledbetter
- Tags: Energy and Commerce, Congress, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, House Energy & Commerce Committee, Frank Pallone Jr., House Communications and Technology Subcommittee, Commerce, Amazon, New York City, Andrew Cuomo, #with-siderail, #no-flux

WASHINGTON, Jan. 13, 2025 – One of the most progressive House lawmakers will now have more say over telecommunications issues.

**Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y**, [has been appointed](https://democrats-energycommerce.house.gov/about-ec?ref=broadbandbreakfast.com) to the House Energy & Commerce Committee for the 119th Congress by **Committee Ranking Member Rep. Frank Pallone, Jr., D-N.J**. 

It was unclear from the committee’s website whether AOC will join the Communications and Technology Subcommittee.

Ocasio-Cortez said [in a press release](https://ocasio-cortez.house.gov/media/press-releases/ocasio-cortez-statement-joining-powerful-house-energy-and-commerce-committee?ref=broadbandbreakfast.com) following the announcement, “The Energy and Commerce Committee has the power to guarantee health care as a human right to all Americans, fight the global crisis of climate change, and make life easier for the working class.”

AOC has faced backlash regarding her approach to Big Tech. In 2019, AOC helped kill Amazon's plan [to build a new regional headquarters](https://time.com/5530386/aoc-amazon-new-york-hq2/?ref=broadbandbreakfast.com) in Queens near her district. Then-**Gov. Andrew Cuomo (D)** said AOC cost the city 25,000 new jobs.

The other Democrats appointed to the committee were: **Reps. Jake Auchincloss, D-MA**, **Troy Carter, D-LA**, **Rob Menendez, D-NJ**, **Kevin Mullin, D-CA**, **Greg Landsman, D-OH**, and **Jennifer McClellan, D-VA**.