The Senate has voted to confirm longtime telecom lawyer Anna Gomez as the fifth FCC commissioner under Joe Biden.
The Senate has voted to confirm Anna Gomez as the fifth commissioner of the Federal Communications Commission, breaking a deadlock that has lasted for most of President Joe Biden’s first term in office. Gomez was confirmed by a vote of 55 to 43, filling out the FCC’s Democratic majority. Her confirmation comes roughly two months after she was advanced out of a Senate committee following her nomination in May. Gomez has kept a low profile for much of her career.
“We’ve waited for far too long for a fully functional FCC, and there’s so much crucial work before the agency,” said Free Press co-CEO Jessica González in a statement. Public Knowledge president and CEO Chris Lewis called Gomez “publicly committed to supporting FCC authority over broadband to preserve an open internet and close the digital divide.
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