Thune: Progress on Redl NTIA Nomination in Hands of McConnell
Senate action on David Redl's nomination to be NTIA administrator is now up to Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., Senate Commerce Committee Chairman John Thune, R-S.D., told reporters Tuesday. Senate Commerce advanced Redl earlier this month but Sen. Ted…
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Cruz, R-Texas, vowed to block a full Senate vote on the nominee until his concerns about Redl's position on the 2016 Internet Assigned Numbers Authority transition are fully resolved (see 1710040014 and 1710040063). “I hope that [Cruz and President Donald Trump's administration] can work out whatever differences still exist and get us to where we can get [Redl] across the finish line,” Thune said. “We need” to get Redl confirmed because NTIA administrator “is an important position.” Cruz's office didn't comment. Thune separately said the Senate will attempt to at least “set up” a debate on infrastructure legislation before the end of the year (see 1710170052).