Congressman Leonard Lance has moved up in one of his committee assignments in the 113th Congress beginning Jan. 3, when he will begin his third two-year term.
The Seventh District lawmaker, who sits on the House Energy and Commerce Committee, was named vice-chairman of the Commerce, Manufacturing and Trade Subcommittee.
The Clinton Township resident is a Republican whose district includes Hillsborough.
As vice-chairman, Mr. Lance said he will help support the nation’s manufacturing sector, improve consumer protections, oversee trade agreements and identify wasteful programs and burdensome regulations within the federal bureaucracy, including the U.S. Department of Commerce and Federal Trade Commission.
”We need a national strategy to create and maintain U.S. manufacturing jobs, something that our country is currently lacking. I look forward to working with my colleagues on both sides of the aisle to boost manufacturing and trade, create more jobs and bring greater certainty to our economy,” he said.
The congressman has also been appointed to the Communications and Technology Subcommittee, which has jurisdiction over federal communications, technology, cybersecurity, privacy and data security issues.
”My Congressional district is home to many of the nation’s leading telecommunications companies, including Verizon, AT&T, Alcatel-Lucent, Comcast and Cablevision,” he said. “This new subcommittee assignment would allow me to better represent the thousands of employees in a sector that plays a critical role in New Jersey’s state economy.”
