Redl Wins NTIA Confirmation
David Redl won a Senate nod to become the next NTIA head.
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A voice vote in his favor occurred Tuesday evening. That was shortly after Senate Communications Subcommittee ranking member Brian Schatz, D-Hawaii, told reporters he believed his concerns about the deal that led Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, to drop his hold on a confirmation vote on Redl “will be resolved soon."
Schatz lifted his hold on Redl, which allowed the Senate vote to go forward.
Redl had been chief telecom policy counsel for the House Commerce Committee.