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  "description": "Senate confirmation would give Republicans a 3–2 FCC majority.\n\n",
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  "publishedAt": "2025-04-24T16:21:30.000Z",
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  "textContent": "WASHINGTON, April 24, 2025 – The Senate Commerce Committee will vote April 30 to advance the nomination of **Olivia Trusty** to become the third Republican on the Federal Communications Commission.\n\nCommittee Chairman Sen. **Ted Cruz** , R-Texas, confirmed the date Wednesday. Trusty’s confirmation would mark a shift at the FCC, giving the GOP a majority at the agency for the first time since Chairman**Ajit Pai** 's resignation in January 2021.\n\nAssuming Senate Majority Leader**John Thune** , R-S.D., schedules floor time, Trusty could be confirmed before May 23. The Senate is in session from April 28 through May 19 before its Memorial Day recess, and Thune has said getting nominations confirmed was a priority for him.\n\nThe timing comes as Democratic Commissioner **Geoffrey Starks** has announced he _will step down this spring_, leaving **Anna Gomez** as the sole remaining Democrat.\n\nIt remains unclear whether President **Donald Trump** will keep with tradition and move quickly to nominate _a replacement for Starks_ or allow Republicans to take control with a 3–1 advantage.\n\nTrusty’s _nomination hearing earlier this month previewed_ the policy direction she will likely bring to the FCC, emphasizing spectrum compromise, cautious reform of the Universal Service Fund, and support for expanding broadband affordability.\n\nHer nomination will be considered alongside more than _a dozen other items_ at the April 30 markup, including one major telecom bill: S. 259, the Foreign Adversary Communications Transparency Act, sponsored by Sen. **Deb Fischer** , R-Neb. The bill would require the FCC to publicly disclose entities with significant foreign adversary ownership in U.S. communications networks.\n\nThe committee vote on Trusty's nomination comes on the heels of the panel advancing **Arielle Roth** 's nomination to lead the National Telecommunications and Information Administration _on April 9_, by a 16–12 vote. Notably, Sen. **John Fetterman** , D-Pa., changed his vote from no to yes by proxy after the fact, while the rest of the committee’s Democrats opposed the nomination.",
  "title": "Trusty Gets Her Commerce Committee Vote on April 30",
  "updatedAt": "2026-03-11T03:30:31.965Z"
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