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July 12, 2023
Whistleblower Press Releases Home Newsroom Press Releases Print Senate Commerce Committee Approves FCC NTSB Nominations Sending Nominations to the Senate Floor July 12 2023 Today the U S Senate Committee...Science and Transportation approved nominations for 3 Federal Communications Commission FCC Commissioners the FCC Inspector General a Member of the National Transportation Safety Board and Coast Guard promotions...Cantwell s opening statement here https www commerce senate gov 2023 7 senate commerce committee approves fcc ntsb nominations sending nominations to the senate floor Home Privacy Policy Facebook Twitter YouTube...
July 12, 2023
Whistleblower Press Releases Home Newsroom Press Releases Print Cantwell Delivers Opening Statement at FCC Nominations Markup July 12 2023 U S Senator Maria Cantwell D Wash Chair of the Senate Committee on...Commission FCC Commissioners Fara Damelin to be the FCC Inspector General Alvin Brown to be a Member of the National Transportation Safety Board and Coast Guard promotions The Committee held the FCC nominations...National Transportation Safety Board and a critical list of promotions for the U S Coast Guard The FCC impacts nearly every part of our lives and domestic economy Whether the agency is focused on improving...
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...
June 22, 2023
Whistleblower Press Releases Home Newsroom Press Releases Print Cantwell Delivers Opening Statement at FCC Nomination Hearing June 22 2023 U S Senator Maria Cantwell D Wash Chair of the Senate Committee on...nominations to the Federal Communications Commission FCC including Fara Damelin to be FCC Inspector General and Anna Gomez Geoffrey Starks and Brendan Carr to be FCC Commissioners You can watch the hearing and...VIDEO Good morning We re here today considering nominations to the FCC I welcome our nominees and their families It is critical that the FCC be equipped with a full Commission so that it can proceed with the...
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...
March 7, 2023
Press Releases Print Sen Cantwell Statement on Gigi Sohn s Decision to Withdraw Her Nomination to the FCC Commission March 7 2023 U S Senator Maria Cantwell D Wash Chair of the Senate Committee on Commerce...decision to withdraw her nomination to serve as an FCC Commissioner While I am disappointed I respect Gigi Sohn s decision to withdraw her nomination as an FCC Commissioner Throughout the past 16 months Ms...effective would be FCC commissioner this is a proxy fight for net neutrality https www commerce senate gov 2023 3 sen cantwell statement on gigi sohn s decision to withdraw her nomination to the fcc commission...
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...
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