Cruz Panel Set to Vote on FTC Nominee Mark Meador

WASHINGTON, March 10, 2025 -  Senate Commerce Committee Chairman Ted Cruz, R-Texas, said the panel is scheduled to meet Wednesday to vote on the nomination of Mark Meador as a Commissioner on the Federal Trade Commission. The session will also consider  several bills, including the PLAN for Broadband Act, the Government Spectrum Valuation Act, and the ROUTERS Act.

Meador, a partner at Kressin Meador LLC, has a long background in antitrust law, having served as Deputy Chief Counsel for Antitrust and Competition Policy to Sen. Mike Lee, R-Utah. He has also worked as an antitrust enforcer at both the Federal Trade Commission and the Department of Justice Antitrust Division. If confirmed, Meador would shift the FTC to a Republican majority under Chairman Andrew Ferguson.

The PLAN for Broadband bill, sponsored by Sen. Roger Wicker, R-Miss, would direct the National Telecommunications and Information Administration to develop and implement a national strategy to improve the coordination and management of federally supported programs for expanding access to and adoption of broadband internet.