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04/09/2025
Trusty Vows Not to Weaponize FCC, Seeks Spectrum Unity
As Sen. Amy Klobuchar quipped, Olivia Trusty wins the best name prize for a nominee as senators quizzed her to try and determine if she could in fact be trusted to serve as an FCC commissioner.
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01/16/2025
Olivia Trusty Gets FCC Nom
President-elect Donald Trump nominated Senate Commerce Policy Director Olivia Trusty to fill out the FCC when Rosenworcel leaves the agency.
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07/31/2024
ACP, Rip-and-Replace and AI Make it Out of Markup
Refunding the Affordable Connectivity Program may have bipartisan support, but that wasn’t the case at Wednesday’s Senate Commerce markup.
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05/08/2024
Amendment Keeps ACP Hope Alive, Would Fund Rip & Replace
Is Congress down with ACP? Maybe. Late Tuesday, a bipartisan group of Senators filed an amendment to the FAA reauthorization that would include $6 billion for the Affordable Connectivity Program.
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08/17/2023
RDOF Winners Group Seeks More Money or Amnesty for Defaults
A Coalition of RDOF Winners filed an emergency petition at the FCC asking it to grant supplemental funding or a potential amnesty period to allow RDOF auction winners to relinquish all or part of their winnings without penalties.
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06/21/2023
GOP Senators Want COVID Funds Reallocated to ACP
Sen Roger Wicker (R-MS) and several Republican colleagues have asked President Biden to repurpose a portion of unobligated emergency COVID relief funds to the Affordable Connectivity Fund (ACP) while they explore “alternative sustainable funding mechanisms and updated parameters.”