Republican Commissioner Nathan Simington of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) repeated his remarks in Romanian Thursday in a jab at Democratic FCC Commissioner Anna Gomez during the agency’s monthly open meeting of commissioners.
Gomez has a habit of repeating her remarks in Spanish during meetings, which some viewed as wasting time and labor, Joe Verde, a former Simington staffer, told the Daily Caller News Foundation. The agenda for the meeting included regaining authority to auction off parts of the electromagnetic spectrum.
“I’m pleased that the commission is back in business, so to speak. This proceeding represents the kind of thinking that has lately been missing from the commission: A practical, results-oriented action… repurposing existing commercial brands to increase spectral efficiency is one key way to address it,” Simington said. “There are others, of course, and I am counting on the good offices of Congress and the NTIA [National Telecommunications and Information Administration] to help us get there. Yet, in the meantime, it’s fair to say that, yeah, I’m thinking we’re back. This item has my support. And now, my remarks in Romanian.”