FCC Commissioners Geoffrey Starks and Nathan Simington have each announced that they are departing from the FCC on Friday, June 6. Commissioner Starks, a Democrat who was nominated by President Trump during his first term, has been in office since 2019. Commissioner Simington, a Republican who was also nominated by President Trump during his first term, has been in office since December 2020.
These departures will leave the FCC with only two commissioners, FCC Chairman Brendan Carr and FCC Commissioner Anna Gomez, until President Trump’s Republican nominee, Olivia Trusty, is confirmed by the Senate. Without at least three commissioners, the FCC would lack a quorum, which would deprive it from taking Commission-level actions.
