Gigi Sohn returns to Congress for a third try at securing empty FCC chair
, Sohn is expected to call out the telecom industry for helping to slow-walk her confirmation.
“I believe deeply that regulated entities should not choose their regulator,” said Sohn in her prepared remarks for Tuesday’s hearing. “Unfortunately, that is the exact intent of the past 15 months of false and misleading attacks on my record and my character.”The relentless opposition campaign spearheaded by Republicans has mired progress on Sohn’s nomination for more than a year. Sen.
“I know Gigi. I have worked with Gigi. And I have seen her fight for people’s right to express themselves, even when she disagrees with them,” said Bradley Blakeman, former assistant to George W. Bush in an op-ed for Newsmax in November 2021. “I trust Gigi to get it right when it comes to protecting my free speech.”
GOP defiance has only grown since President Biden nominated Sohn for a second time last month. In the days following the announcement, Fox News and other conservative news outlets , a nonprofit advocating for online privacy and free expression, as its latest boogeyman haunting her confirmation.The articles point to EFF’s public opposition to a 2018 law known as
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