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View from the Hill, Congressional Staff TBA
Monday, April 3, 2006, 1:30pm - 2:15pm
Meet the people who actually make the compromises and write the words that will shape U.S. telecom policy for decades to come. Hear their stories. Learn how the sausage is made.
Josh Lamel, Legislative Counsel, Office of Senator Ron Wyden
Joshua S. Lamel is Legislative Counsel to U.S. Senator Ron Wyden from Oregon. His duties include advising the Senator on technology, telecommunications and intellectual property issues. This includes working on legislation the Senator has authored on fighting spyware, preserving network neutrality and giving parents options for cable programming free of indecent material. Prior to joining the Senator’s office, he practiced telecommunications and antitrust law in Washington, DC and New York, NY and worked as an aide to a senior Democratic member of the U.S. House of Representatives. He received his B.A. from Colgate University and his J.D. from the University of Michigan School of Law.
Dana Lichtenberg, Legislative Asst., Office of Congressman Bart Gordon, U.S. House of Representatives
As a Legislative Assistant for Rep. Bart Gordon (D-TN), Dana Lichtenberg is responsible for staffing the Congressman on the House Energy and Commerce Committee. Her responsibilities include the Subcommittee on Telecommunications and the Internet and the Subcommittee on Health. She also is responsible covering consumer protection, government reform, welfare, small business, and music and copyright issues for the Congressman. Ms. Lichtenberg is the lead staffer in developing H.R. 2418, IP-Enabled Voice Communications and Public Safety Act of 2005 and taking it through the legislative process. Ms. Lichtenberg graduated from Revelle College at the University of California San Diego with a B.A. in Communications and Social Forces.
