Senate Confirms FCC Nominees

On Friday, the Senate confirmed the nominations of Mignon L. Clyburn and Meredith Attwell Baker to serve as members of the Federal Communications Commission. Senate Commerce Committee Chairman Jay Rockefeller said, "I am incredibly pleased to see the President's nominees, Ms. Mignon L. Clyburn and Ms. Meredith Attwell Baker, confirmed by the United States Senate. As a seasoned state regulator, Ms. Clyburn brings with her a strong understanding of the telecommunications challenges rural Americans face everyday. With Ms. Baker, I look forward to an insider's perspective of someone who has toiled in the trenches at the NTIA. I challenge both of these devoted public servants to show us that the FCC can put consumers first. And I challenge both to show us that the American people can have access to first class communications, no matter who they are or where they live." The Senate also confirmed former-FCC Commissioner Jonathan Adelstein to head the Rural Utilities Service at the Department of Agriculture.