Cruz to Hold Commerce Hearing on FCC Auction Authority

WASHINGTON, Feb. 13, 2025 – Senate Commerce Chairman Ted Cruz, R-Texas, will hold a full committee hearing on Feb. 19 to discuss the lapse in Federal Communications Commission auction authority in addition to a review of the country’s commercial spectrum strategy, according to a Feb. 12 announcement.

In a press release, Cruz framed the topic as a national security issue, saying, “As our adversaries wage a war to control global communication networks, America’s spectrum leadership has become both an economic and national security imperative.”

The announcement comes at a competitive time in the spectrum sphere. A lack of FCC auction authority is pitting U.S. groups against each other and potentially threatening American wireless leadership.