Carr FCC Nomination Process No Longer On Hold

Brendan Carr

A pair of senators have lifted their respective holds on a Republican FCC commissioner up for renomination, paving the way for the Senate to confirm him before the holidays.

Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) on Thursday lifted his hold after the agency promised to prioritize rolling out funding for wireless broadband in rural areas.

Manchin announced the hold on FCC Commissioner Brendan Carr last week after the commission announced it would pause the funding program while it conducts an investigation into coverage data submitted by major wireless carriers.

Also The Hill reports, Sen. Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska) also announced that he would be lifting a hold he had placed on Carr's confirmation, over concerns about the FCC's work on rural healthcare.

"After receiving concrete commitments and timelines from Chairman Pai to get the Rural Health Care program back on track in Alaska, Senator Sullivan lifted his hold on Commissioner Carr last night," the senator's office said in a statement.