Category: Senate Commerce Committee

Republicans Slam FCC Nominee in Senate Commerce Committee

Gigi Sohn’s third time before the Senate Commerce Science and Transportation Committee on Feb. 14 may not have been the charm. At least as far as Senate Republicans are concerned. “She has shown herself to be a partisan associated with the most radical views of the far left,” said Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas), ranking committee…


Senate Commerce Committee Deadlocks On FTC Pick Bedoya

The Senate Commerce Committee is deadlocked on a vote to confirm Alvaro Bedoya’s nomination to become one of the Federal Trade Commission’s (FTC) five commissioners. President Joe Biden nominated Bedoya in September to join the board of the FTC, which deals primarily with antitrust and consumer protection law. Bedoya, a Georgetown University law professor, has focused much…