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# Ted Cruz Staffer Arielle Roth Named to Head NTIA, Cruz Tweets
- URL: https://broadbandbreakfast.com/ted-cruz-staffer-named-to-head-ntia-cruz-tweets/
- Published: 2025-02-04T02:32:51.000Z
- Updated: 2026-03-11T05:58:14.000Z
- Description: If confirmed, Roth would head the Commerce Department agency charged with implementing a $42.5 billion broadband program.
- Author: Drew Clark
- Tags: NTIA, #with-siderail, Arielle Roth, Ted Cruz, Donald Trump, Michael O'Rielly, Roy Blunt, #no-flux

WASHINGTON, Feb. 3, 2025 – Senate Commerce Committee Chairman **Ted Cruz** on [Monday tweeted congratulations](https://x.com/sentedcruz/status/1886594400437817528?ref=broadbandbreakfast.com) to **Arielle Roth**, saying she had been nominated by President Trump to lead the Commerce Department's telecommunications agency.

The agency, the National Telecommunication and Information Administration, is the president's top advisor on communications-related matters. It is also responsible for administering the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act's $42.5 billion Broadband Equity, Access and Deployment program.

Roth has been policy director of telecommunications for Cruz, and has spent almost a decade working on federal communications and broadband policy, including in senior roles at the FCC and as Wireline Legal Advisor to former FCC Commissioner **Michael O’Rielly**.

Her previous congressional experience includes serving as legislative counsel to Sen. **Roy Blunt**, R-Missouri, and as counsel on detail to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce. Before entering government, Roth was a legal fellow with the Hudson Institute's Center for the Economics of the Internet. 

Here is Cruz's Tweet:

> Congratulations to my Telecom Policy Director, [@ArielleRoth](https://twitter.com/ArielleRoth?ref%5Fsrc=twsrc%5Etfw&ref=broadbandbreakfast.com), for being nominated to lead NTIA!   
>  
> Arielle led my legislative and oversight efforts on communications and broadband policy with integrity, creativity, and dedication. She has fought to defend the taxpayer, free speech,…
> 
> — Senator Ted Cruz (@SenTedCruz) [February 4, 2025](https://twitter.com/SenTedCruz/status/1886594400437817528?ref%5Fsrc=twsrc%5Etfw&ref=broadbandbreakfast.com)

> Congratulations to my Telecom Policy Director, [@ArielleRoth](https://x.com/ArielleRoth?ref=broadbandbreakfast.com), for being nominated to lead NTIA!   
>  
> Arielle led my legislative and oversight efforts on communications and broadband policy with integrity, creativity, and dedication. She has fought to defend the taxpayer, free speech, and kids online.   
>  
> She’ll serve President Trump and future Commerce Secretary Lutnick well in their mission to advance government efficiency, economic growth, and innovation.   
>  
> Congratulations to Arielle and her entire family on this important nomination.

*Corrections: An earlier version of this article said that Cruz tweeted congratulations on Tuesday. He did so on Monday.* 

*Additionally, an earlier version of this story incorrectly identified the state of former Sen. Roy Blunt. He is from Missouri, not North Carolina.*