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September 7, 2023
Commission FCC Below is a transcript of Sen Cruz s remarks as delivered I rise today to discuss Anna Gomez one of President Biden s FCC nominees If confirmed she would give Democrats a majority at the FCC that...Obamacare for the Internet I strongly oppose her nomination and encourage my colleagues to do the same The FCC exercises vast power over how Americans communicate and access information It also has a history of...partisan policy goals In the wrong hands the FCC could go down a dark path of censoring speech and engaging in regulatory overreach Under current Democrat FCC Chairwoman Rosenworcel s leadership that threat...
July 12, 2023
Facebook Twitter YouTube Whistleblower Press Releases Home Newsroom Press Releases Print Sen Cruz The FCC Is Too Important an Agency To Be Led by Individuals With an Appetite for Regulatory Overreach and Lukewarm...nominations for the Federal Communications Commission FCC Ranking Member Ted Cruz R Texas voiced opposition to Anna Gomez and Geoffrey Starks to serve as FCC commissioners noting that Gomez had a record of praising...Cruz also voiced his support for the nominations of Brendan Carr to serve as FCC Commissioner Fara Damelin to serve as FCC IG and Alvin Brown to serve on the National Transportation Safety Board NTSB Despite...
June 22, 2023
Whistleblower Press Releases Home Newsroom Press Releases Print At Nominations Hearing Sen Cruz Blasts FCC Actions on Standard General TEGNA Deal Calls Out Fraud Risk in Affordable Connectivity Program June...hearing to consider nominations for the Federal Communications Commission FCC Ranking Member Ted Cruz R Texas criticized several recent FCC s recent actions including its unfair quashing of the Standard General...and abuse Sen Cruz emphasized that these actions highlight that the committee should only support FCC nominees who stand for procedural fairness respect taxpayer dollars and exercise regulatory humility...
May 16, 2023
Whistleblower Press Releases Home Newsroom Press Releases Print Sen Cruz Rep McMorris Rodgers Call On FCC Inspector General to Probe Handling of Standard General TEGNA Acquisition May 16 2023 WASHINGTON D...an investigation into whether FCC Chairwoman Jessica Rosenworcel s unprecedented actions against the Standard General TEGNA transaction including the decision to have the FCC s Media Bureau designate the...write to request that you as the Acting Inspector General of the Federal Communications Commission FCC investigate Chairwoman Jessica Rosenworcel s unprecedented actions against Standard General s application...
May 11, 2023
titled The State of Universal Service Ranking Member Ted Cruz R Texas expressed his concerns that the FCC s Universal Service Fund has imposed skyrocketing tax burdens on American consumers to fund a series...tremendous unaccountable power often operating a regulatory apparatus that is a law unto itself The FCC s Universal Service Fund or USF is a prime example of the unaccountable administrative state It has...spending programs When it comes to the USF the FCC not Congress calls the shots The FCC decides how much money to collect and where it will go According to the FCC there s no ceiling on the amount it can impose...
April 5, 2023
Press Releases Home Newsroom Press Releases Print Sen Cruz Rep McMorris Rodgers Request Answers from FCC on Action Effectively Blocking Planned Standard General Acquisition of TEGNA April 5 2023 WASHINGTON...Communications Commission FCC that effectively blocks the Standard General TEGNA transaction In a letter sent today to FCC Chair Jessica Rosenworcel the lawmakers want to know why the FCC broke Commission rules...acquire TEGNA s 61 full power TV stations and two full power radio stations were thwarted when the FCC s Media Bureau purportedly acting under Commission delegated authority issued a Hearing Designation...
March 7, 2023
statement after Gigi Sohn withdrew her nomination to sit on the Federal Communications Commission FCC The withdrawal of Ms Sohn s nomination is a major victory and represents a strong bipartisan agreement...that we need a fair and impartial candidate who can receive the support needed for confirmation The FCC is not a place for partisan activists free speech is too important Now it s time for the Biden administration...
February 14, 2023
Sen Cruz Gigi Sohn Is an Extreme Partisan Who Lacks the Impartiality and Candor Necessary To Sit On FCC February 14 2023 WASHINGTON D C In his opening statement at today s full committee hearing to consider...consider the nomination of Gigi Sohn to be a Commissioner of the Federal Communications Commission FCC Ranking Member Ted Cruz R Texas detailed Ms Sohn s lengthy record of extremism poor ethics bad judgment...prepared for delivery Vetting a nominee to the Federal Communications Commission is a serious task The FCC is an agency with vast power over how Americans communicate and what information they access It is...
November 18, 2022
Twitter YouTube Whistleblower Press Releases Home Newsroom Press Releases Print Wicker Statement on FCC Broadband Maps November 18 2022 WASHINGTON U S Senator Roger Wicker R Miss ranking member of the Senate...Communications Commission s FCC draft broadband availability maps These new maps are a result of Wicker s Broadband Deployment Accuracy and Technological Availability DATA Act which required the FCC to strengthen its...help deploy broadband more accurately to underserved and unserved communities across the nation The FCC has finally released a draft version of the new broadband maps required by the bipartisan Broadband...
August 3, 2022
Home Newsroom Press Releases Print Senators Praise Enhanced Spectrum Coordination Between NTIA and FCC August 3 2022 WASHINGTON U S Sens Roger Wicker R Miss ranking member of the Senate Committee on Commerce...praising the updated Memorandum of Understanding MOU between the Federal Communications Commission FCC and National Telecommunications and Information Administration NTIA that governs coordination between...encourage investment and innovation Consistent with our legislation the updated agreement between the FCC and NTIA is the first in almost two decades Still it is important to pass our legislation to codify...
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