FCC nominee Gigi Sohn headed for third Senate hearing
President Biden’s nominee for FCC Commissioner Gigi Sohn will is expected to sit through a third hearing in the US Senate sometime in the coming weeks.
That means that, in addition to being on track to become the first openly LGBTQ+ Commissioner for the FCC, Sohn will also make history as the first person to endure three hearings for the role, with her first two held in December 2021 and February 2022.
While a third hearing was initially scheduled for February 2, the Senate is reportedly searching for another date, “apparently due to still shuffling Committee assignments,” said analyst Blair Levin in a New Street Research note (registration required).
Sohn was first nominated for FCC Commissioner in October 2021. At the time, many in the industry were growing impatient with President Biden’s delay in naming a nominee. Now, 14 months have gone by with the FCC down one Commissioner and lacking a Democratic majority, while opponents of Sohn have successfully gotten her sidelined.
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