 Throughout her time in parliament, she served on the Committee on Industry, Research and Energy; in 2019, she became the committee's chairwoman.During her time on the committee, she was the Parliament's rapporteur for the Connecting Europe Facility (CEF) and the European Union roaming regulations.From 2014 to 2017, Vălean was one of the Vice-Presidents of the European Parliament under the leadership of President Antonio Tajani; in that capacity, she was in charge of information and communications technology (ICT).