I am deeply concerned about the FAA's slow progress on NextGen.

During my time as Chairman of this committee, we considered and enacted the FAA Reauthorization Act of 2018.

I hope that you will--that the agency will double down when it comes to just dealing with prioritizing taxpayer services.

So, I mean, and it is just been--it has been a very slow process with lots of delays.

I ask unanimous consent that the text of the bill be printed in the Record. There being no objection, the text of the bill was ordered to be printed in the Record, as follows: S. 415 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives…

Recent ATC issues at airports across the country have certainly highlighted the need for modernization.

You have been an outspoken critic... of conservative media outlets that you would be in charge of regulating.

the whole point was to scuttle a bipartisan deal on Lifeline.

Your long record, I would say a virulent partisanship has raised a number of questions.

the whole point was to scuttle a bipartisan deal on Lifeline.

You have supported far left initiatives such as defunding the police.

serious leaders demonstrate the ability to act in a fair and impartial manner. You have not.

Your long record, I would say a virulent partisanship has raised a number of questions as to whether or not you can serve as an impartial Commissioner.

In Ms. Sohn, President Biden has nominated someone who cannot fulfill part of the responsibilities of FCC commissioner, and whose record strongly suggests that she cannot be relied upon to fulfill any of her responsibilities in an…

I think what perhaps it is a proxy on is the partisanship with which you approach not only that issue but every other issue.

Ms. Sohn is interested in reinstituting the Obama era, heavy handed net neutrality rules that were reversed under then FCC Chairman Pai in 2017.

I urge all my colleagues, for those reasons and many others which I am sure we will get into, to join me in opposing the nominee before us.

The following Senator is necessarily absent: the Senator from Wyoming (Mr. Barrasso). The yeas and nays resulted--yeas 52, nays 44, as follows: [Rollcall Vote No. 10 Ex.] YEAS--52 Baldwin Bennet Blumenthal Booker Brown Cantwell Cardin…