Ellen Bloom

Senior Director of Federal Policy and the Washington Office

Contact

(202) 462-6262 Ext 1112
1101 17th Street, NW Suite 500
Washington, DC 20036
United States

Ellen joined CU in the Spring of 2002. Before joining CU, Ellen spent more than 26 years working in both the legislative and executive branches of the federal government. She served in the Clinton Administration as Deputy Chief of Staff and as Counselor to two Commerce Secretaries, and also served as Deputy Assistant Secretary for Legislative and Intergovernmental Affairs at Commerce. Prior to that, Ellen spent more than 18 years working in the U.S. Senate. She holds a Master of Arts degree from George Washington University and a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Maryland.

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Content From This Expert

CU: New distracted-driving guidelines a good first step to address “epidemic on the road”
April 23, 2013
Questions and Answers about Sequestration
March 6, 2013
Letter to House encouraging passage of best airline passenger rights provisions
May 9, 2011
CU letter to House regarding Fiscal Year 2012 Budget Resolution
April 15, 2011
Letter to Rick Boucher and Cliff Stearns regarding privacy rights for online users
May 24, 2010
Letters Regarding the “Motor Vehicle Safety Act of 2010”
May 10, 2010
Letter Regarding Refrigerator-Freezers and Freezers
January 5, 2010
Letter to Barbara Boxer the Clean Energy Jobs and American Power Act
November 5, 2009
Letter to Senate regarding 111th Congress consumer agenda
January 12, 2009
Economic Security, Health and Safety of Nation
December 11, 2008
Broadband In America: A Policy Of Neglect Is Not Benign
November 18, 2008
Letter Re. H.R. 4040, the Consumer Product Safety Modernization Act
November 15, 2007
Letter to Inouye Re: Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC)
October 26, 2007
Letter to the FTC Re: SSNs in the Private Sector
September 5, 2007
Testimony Re: Digital Television Transition
July 12, 2005
Letter to Mark Pryor, Chair of the Commerce Subcommittee on Consumer Affairs, Insurance, and Automotive Safety, Re: the Identity Theft Prevention Act
April 24, 2007
Statement before the Senate Committee On Commerce, Science And Transportation Re: XM-Sirius And The Public Interest
April 17, 2007
The XM-Sirius Merger: Monopoly or Competition from New Technologies
March 20, 2007
Statement On Before The Intellectual Property Task Force Of The House Judiciary Committee Competition And The Future Of Digital Music
February 28, 2007
Consumers Union supports federal protection from security breaches
February 8, 2007
Letter to Congress Re: H.R. 4943, the Prevention of Fraudulent Access to Phone Records
September 29, 2006
Two Key House Bills on Data Privacy and Identity Theft
July 28, 2006
Letter to the Senate Re: News Consolidation
June 20, 2006
Petition to Deny AT&T/Bell South Merger
June 5, 2006
Privacy Rights Clearinghouse
June 16, 2005
SBC-AT&T and Verizon-MCI Mergers: Remaking the Telecommunications Industry, Part II
April 19, 2005
The Merger Tsunami is Drowning Competition in the Communications Marketplace
March 2, 2005
Let The Market Decide: The À La Carte Option In The Cable Market
November 19, 2004
Response to FCC on a La Carte and Themed Tier Programming and Pricing Options for Programming Distribution on Cable Television And Direct Broadcast Satellite Systems
August 13, 2004
Remonopolizing Local Telephone Markets: Is Wireless Next?
July 25, 2004
Testimony Before the Subcommittee on Telecommunications and the Internet of the House Committee on Energy and Commerce Re: Competition and Consumer Choice in the MVPD Marketplace – Including an Examination of Proposals to Expand Consumer Choice, Such as A La Carte and Themed-Tiered Offerings
July 14, 2004
Letter to Senators: Oppose the Inducing Infringement of Copyrights Act of 2004
June 28, 2004
Letter to Congress Re: Let Me Control My Cell Phone Number
June 22, 2004
Consumers Union Cable TV Issues Survey
May 25, 2004
Progress of the CAN-SPAM Act
May 20, 2004
Consumer Checklist for May 24 Cell Phone ‘Independence Day’
May 17, 2004
Statement on The Digital Media Consumers’ Rights Act Of 2003
May 12, 2004
2003 FCC Cell Phone Complaints
May 6, 2004
Petition to Deny AT&T/Cingular Merger
May 3, 2004
Letter to Congress Re: the Video Programming Choice and Decency Act of 2004
April 28, 2004
Letter to President George W. Bush Re: Broadband Competition
March 30, 2004
Testimony Before the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation on Escalating Cable Rates: Causes and Solutions
March 25, 2004
Testimony Before the Subcommittee on Telecommunications and the Internet of the House Committee on Energy and Commerce On Oversight of the Satellite Home Viewer Improvement Act
March 10, 2004
Key Arguments for Rejecting the FCC’s Media Ownership Rules in the Feb. 11 Third Circuit Court of Appeals Case
February 6, 2004
New Survey Finds Americans Rely On Newspapers Much More Than Other Media For Local News And Information: FCC Media Ownership Rules Based On Flawed Data
January 28, 2004
New Survey Finds Americans Rely On Newspapers Much More Than Other Media For Local News And Information: FCC Media Ownership Rules Based On Flawed Data
January 28, 2004
Prometheus Radio Project, et al., v. FCC
December 22, 2003
Best Calling Plans: Small Fees Add Up
December 11, 2003
Opening Comments Of The Utility Reform Network, National Consumer Law Center And Consumers Union On Draft Decision Of Commission Wood
September 30, 2003
Consumer Privacy and Government Technology Mandates in the Digital Media Marketplace
September 17, 2003
Testimony of Gene Kimmelman Before the Senate Commerce Committee Re: News Corp./DirecTV Merger and Media Consolidation
May 22, 2003
Letter to Senators Re: Relaxing Media Ownership Limits
April 10, 2003
Comments to the FCC on Implementation and Policy re Cable Television
February 19, 2002
Petition to Deny the Applications of America Online, Inc and Time Warner, Inc. for Transfers of Control
April 26, 2000
The Digital Divide Confronts The Telecommunications Act Of 1996: Economic Reality Versus Public Policy
September 14, 1999