On 2/9/2022, Gigi Sohn appeared before the Senate Commerce Committee for a second confirmation hearing. Senator Ted Cruz strongly opposed Democrat Gigi Sohn’s confirmation, criticizing her as a left-wing ideologue who would favor heavy-handed regulation, as a threat to censor conservative speech, and for her alleged conflicts of interest. “As you know, I have significant concerns about your record, that you’ve demonstrated a hostility to conservative speech and the FCC is a very dangerous place for a regulator to have the authority to silence political views with which you disagree,” said Cruz.

Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, questioned critical comments Sohn had made about Fox News on Twitter, as well as her views on censorship. He said that Sohn was not forthcoming in providing details of Locast’s settlement agreement with the four major broadcast networks. Although the judgment against the company was for $32 million, the agreement called for a payment of only $700,000.

Sohn’s nomination is significant because her confirmation would give Democrats a 3-2 majority on the FCC, allowing it to move forward on contentious issues like net neutrality and media consolidation. Since last year, the commission has been split between the parties 2-2.

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