Civil rights groups asked Senators Ted Cruz and Maria Cantwell to delay Danielle Thumann Severs’s FCC confirmation hearings until President Trump renominates Commissioner Anna Gomez. The groups argued that confirming Severs without a Democratic nominee would undermine the FCC’s independence and reduce its checks on the chairman.
Senate Commerce Committee ranking member and recipient of the groups’ request
ALSO MENTIONED Anna Gomez, FCC commissioner whom the groups want renominated alongside Severs; Brendan Carr, FCC chairman criticized in the groups’ letter; Danielle Thumann Severs, FCC nominee whose confirmation hearings the groups want delayed
Senate Commerce Committee ranking member and recipient of the groups’ request
ALSO MENTIONED Anna Gomez, FCC commissioner whom the groups want renominated alongside Severs; Brendan Carr, FCC chairman criticized in the groups’ letter; Danielle Thumann Severs, FCC nominee whose confirmation hearings the groups want delayed
