Editing Chip Pickering (section)

===U.S. House of Representatives===

====Committee assignments====
*Energy and Commerce Committee
**Commerce, Trade and Consumer Protection Subcommittee
**Energy and Air Quality Subcommittee
**Telecommunications & the Internet Subcommittee

====Tenure====
In 1998, as chairman of the Basic Research Subcommittee of the U.S. House Science Committee, Pickering helped oversee the transition from a government research internet to a commercial internet, as well as the establishment of internet domain names, registries, and
multi-stakeholder governance.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://commdocs.house.gov/committees/science/hsy273140.000/hsy273140_0.HTM|title=Internet Domain Names, Part II|website=commdocs.house.gov}}</ref>

In 2002, Pickering contributed to legislation included in the ''2002 Farm Bill'', which doubled the funding for the conservation reserve, the wetland reserve programs, and other conservation initiatives administered by the [[U.S. Department of Agriculture]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://commdocs.house.gov/committees/ag/hag107f.000/hag107f_0f.htm|title=Formulation of the 2002 Farm Bill|website=commdocs.house.gov}}</ref>

Pickering served as [[George W. Bush]]'s co-chairman for Mississippi in Bush's presidential campaigns in 2000 and 2004.<ref>{{cite web |title=Chip Pickering |url=https://www.jacksonfreepress.com/news/2004/sep/30/chip-pickering/ |website=Jackson Free Press |access-date=June 24, 2021 |date=September 30, 2004}}</ref>

From 2003 to 2007, Pickering served as vice-chairman of the [[U.S. House Committee on Energy and Commerce|Energy and Commerce Committee]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.princeton.edu/~pmc/oldsite/H-EC.html|title=House Committee on Energy and Commerce|website=www.princeton.edu}}</ref>

In 2008, Pickering, along with [[Bennie Thompson]], received Lewis-Houghton Leadership Award.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://dev.yallpolitics.com/index.php/yp/post/reps_bennie_thompson_d_and_chip_pickering_r_win_2nd_lewis_houghton_leadersh/|title=Reprs Bennie Thompson and Chip Pickering}}</ref>

In January 2009, Pickering retired from the House of Representatives.<ref name="auto1" />