Alexander Hoehn-Saric is Chief Counsel for Communications and Consumer Protection for the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Energy & Commerce. In this position, he works on legislation and oversight related to product safety, consumer protection, and communications. Hoehn-Saric also served at the Department of Commerce as the Deputy General Counsel for Strategic Initiatives. Prior to that, he was senior counsel for the U.S. Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee where he was responsible for product safety and consumer protection matters. The son of first-generation immigrants from China and Austria, Hoehn-Saric grew up in Baltimore, Maryland. He received a bachelor’s degree in political science from the University of Chicago and a J.D. from UCLA Law School. Hoehn-Saric and his wife Loren, currently reside in Maryland with their son and daughter.