'If the Senate genuinely wants to improve the lives of internet users, cellphone customers, TV watchers, and radio listeners—aka, everyone—it can start by confirming this excellent public servant to the FCC immediately,' says one supporters of Gigi Sohn.
"The FCC has been without a majority for the entirety of the Biden administration—over two years—at a time when closing the digital divide is front and center," she said."There are too many important issues in front of the commission to lack a full complement of members, including improving the broadband maps, fixing the Universal Service Fund, closing the, ensuring fair access to broadband, and protecting consumers' privacy.
;“President Biden;’s @FCC nominee Gigi Sohn is qualified and there;’s no doubt about that. She has 30+ years of experience, served as a top aide to an FCC chairman, founded a non-profit and has 400+ bipartisan supporters: https://t.co/7wTLWEoxLX;”Rights groups echoed Sohn's criticism of industry attacks on her and agreed that the Senate needs to act urgently.
Free Press Action general counsel and vice president of policy Matt Wood similarly asserted that"confirming Gigi Sohn to serve at the FCC is the best thing the Senate can do to ensure media, tech, and broadband policy actually serves the public. No other nominee in the FCC's history has had to wait so long for a confirmation vote. She is obviously and supremely qualified to serve as a watchdog for ordinary people across the country.
United States Latest News, United States Headlines
Similar News:You can also read news stories similar to this one that we have collected from other news sources.
Nominee Gigi Sohn Again Faces Senate Committee As Biden Administration Tries To Break FCC DeadlockMore than a year since she last faced a Senate hearing over her nomination to the FCC, Gigi Sohn returned again on Tuesday, telling lawmakers that “I believe deeply that regulated entities sh…
Read more »
'Wholly unqualified': Ted Cruz says Biden's wasting his time with FCC nominee Gigi SohnSen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) blasted President Joe Biden's nominee for the Federal Communications Commission after she proved too controversial to be confirmed in the last session of Congress.
Read more »
Democrats are hopeful Gigi Sohn will be confirmed this yearPresident Joe Biden has nominated Sohn twice, and she’s faced multiple hearings, holding up FCC work on broadband and net neutrality.
Read more »
Biden’s FCC nominee counting on Democratic Senate majority to advance languishing nominationFireworks erupted Tuesday at a Senate committee hearing over President Biden’s nomination of embattled Gigi Sohn to the Federal Communications Commission, as Republicans objected to her views ranging from censorship of conservatives to law enforcement.
Read more »
Biden's FCC nominee supported by group that called police 'agents of white supremacy'Gigi Sohn, Biden's nominee for the FCC, is supported by a group that claimed that police are 'agents of white supremacy' and is up for a second nomination hearing this week.
Read more »
Leonardo DiCaprio and Gigi Hadid narrowly miss run-in during NYFWIs Gigi Hadid ducking brief beau Leo DiCaprio? We’re told that supermodel Hadid — who, as Page Six first reported, got together with the “Titanic” star last year — was hanging at …
Read more »