President-elect Trump said Federal Communications Commission commissioner Brendan Carr will chair the agency, per a Sunday night announcement.

President-elect Trump has picked Brendan Carr, who serves as the senior Republican on the FCC, to become the commission's Chairman in January, according to a press release.

Mr. Carr, who currently sits on the commission and is a vocal critic of Big Tech, has said the agency should regulate the tech industry.

President-elect Donald Trump will tap Brendan Carr as chairman of the Federal Communications Commission, he said in a statement on Sunday.

President-elect Trump announced Sunday that Brendan Carr will serve as the permanent Chairman of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC). Carr, initially nominated to the FCC by Trump in 2017, was unanimously confirmed by the Senate.

Carr was seen as a pretty conventional Republican with a pro-corporate outlook for most of his career. More recently, he has embraced Trumpian themes about social media, tech and television companies.

President-elect Donald Trump announced on Sunday that he would appoint Brendan Carr as the chairman of the Federal Communications Commission. Carr is currently the senior Republican member on the FCC and will now lead the commission.

Donald Trump has nominated Brendan Carr, a Republican made commissioner of the Federal Communications Commission during the President-elect’s first term and renominated by Joe Biden, as the agency’s chairman.

President-elect Donald Trump has selected Brendan Carr as chairman of the Federal Communications Commission. “Commissioner Carr is a warrior for Free Speech, and has fought against the regulatory Lawfare that has stifled Americans’ Freedoms,