Senate to Hold Hearing for FCC Nominations June 22

By Tom Butts
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Hearing will allow Commerce Committee to publicly vet new FCC nominee Anna Gomez for the first time

Anna M. Gomez
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WASHINGTON—The Senate Commerce Committee has announced it will hold its first hearing on the nomination of Anna Gomez to FCC Commissioner on Thursday, June 22, 2023, at 10:00 a.m. ET. Gomez was nominated by President Biden in May after public advocate Gigi Sohn withdrew her nomination for consideration due to Congressional resistance. 

The hearing will also take up the renominations of  FCC Commissioners Brendan Carr and Geoffrey Starks, who were renominated by the Biden administration, as well as the nomination of Fara Damelin to FCC Inspector General. Damelin is currently chief of staff for the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Office of Inspector General.  

Gomez is a telecommunications attorney and currently serves as a Senior Advisor for International Information and Communications Policy in the Bureau of Cyberspace and Digital Policy. Gomez served as the National Telecommunications and Information Administration Deputy Administrator from 2009 to 2013. She also served for 12 years in various positions at the FCC.

The hearing will stream live on the Committee website, Twitter and Facebook.

Tom Butts
Tom Butts

Tom has covered the broadcast technology market for the past 25 years, including three years handling member communications for the National Association of Broadcasters followed by a year as editor of Video Technology News and DTV Business executive newsletters for Phillips Publishing. In 1999 he launched digitalbroadcasting.com for internet B2B portal Verticalnet. He is also a charter member of the CTA's Academy of Digital TV Pioneers. Since 2001, he has been editor-in-chief of TV Tech (www.tvtech.com), the leading source of news and information on broadcast and related media technology and is a frequent contributor and moderator to the brand’s Tech Leadership events.