WASHINGTON—Republican member Nathan Simington said he will leave the Federal Communications Commission at the end of the week.
The decision leaves the agency with only two commissioners, FCC Chair Brendan Carr, a Republican, and Anna Gomez, a Democrat.
Simington was confirmed in December 2020 and his term was scheduled to end at the end of 2025. Geoffrey Starks, a Democrat, said in May that he planned to step away from the agency this month.
President Donald Trump has nominated Olivia Trusty to serve on the FCC. In late April the Senate Commerce Committee voted to confirm Trusty and send the nomination to the full Senate for a vote. Once the full Senate approves the nomination, she can join the FCC as a Republican commissioner.
“I will be concluding my tenure at the Federal Communications Commission at the end of this week,” Simington said in a statement. “It has been the greatest honor of my professional life to serve the American people as a commissioner. I am deeply honored to have been entrusted with this responsibility by President Donald J. Trump during his first term.”
