Cantwell Opposes GOP Hopes for 2nd Bedoya Hearing
Senate Commerce Committee Chair Maria Cantwell, D-Wash., rejected committee Republicans’ suggestions that the panel follow up its second confirmation hearing with Democratic FCC nominee Gigi Sohn with a sequel appearance by FTC nominee Alvaro Bedoya (see 2202080080). His confirmation hearing…
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was in November (see 2111170059). All 14 committee Republicans voted against Bedoya in December amid concerns about the nominee's Twitter activity linking the Trump administration to white supremacy (see 2112010043). “No, we’re not having another hearing” on Bedoya just to discuss his “social media posts,” Cantwell told reporters Wednesday after Sohn’s second hearing (see 2202090070). “We had this hearing because in between” Sohn’s December hearing and now, the nominee agreed to temporarily recuse herself from some FCC proceedings involving retransmission consent and broadcast copyright matters (see 2201270073) “and members had questions about that recusal letter.”