Federal Communications Commission nominee Gigi Sohn will appear before the Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee for a second confirmation hearing Feb. 9, a panel spokesperson said.
The evenly divided committee was scheduled to vote on Sohn’s nomination Wednesday despite GOP opposition, but the vote was derailed because of Democratic Sen. Ben Ray Luján’s absence. Committee chair Maria Cantwell (D-Wash.) is not confident any Republican will vote for Sohn in the committee.
“Everybody has a right to review the nominees, they have the right to give the president their opinion, they have the right to give whatever concerns they have ...