Walden’s Ready for Redl

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House Commerce Chairman Greg Walden (R-OR) is getting impatient that — thanks to obstruction from Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) over internet governance questions — his committee's telecommunications staffer David Redl still lacks even a Senate Commerce Committee vote to lead the Commerce Department’s National Telecommunications and Information Administration.

“The Senate needs to confirm David Redl to head up the NTIA,” said Chairman Walden. “We have these disasters going on in Houston. We have a disaster about to hit Florida. We’ve got communications issues in both locations, and there’s nobody in that position at NTIA from this administration.” NTIA has a role over 911, broadband, and spectrum. Chairman Walden, Redl’s longtime boss at the committee, said he has talked to Trump administration officials about Redl. “I think the administration’s very strongly supportive of moving David forward,” he said. “I hope [Cruz] will come around on this matter.”


Walden’s Ready for Redl