Brendan Carr
Commissioner, Federal Communications Commission
Brendan Thomas Carr was born in January 1979 in Washington, D.C. He earned an undergraduate degree from Georgetown University and a Juris Doctor from the Columbus School of Law at the Catholic University of America. He clerked at the Fourth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals before entering into the private practice of law.
He joined the Federal Communications Commission as a legal adviser, advising on wireless, public safety, and international issues. He later became the general counsel for the FCC.
President Donald Trump nominated Carr to become a commissioner of the FCC, he was confirmed by the U.S. Senate and assumed office in August 2017. President Joe Biden renominated Carr to the FCC, and again he was confirmed by the Senate in September 2023.
Carr and his wife Machalagh have three children.
In the News…
Federal Communications Commissioner Brendan Carr sent a letter to the chief executive officers of Alphabet, Meta, Microsoft, and Apple informing them of an upcoming investigation into their roles in the censorship of Americans’ freedom of speech on their platforms.
Commissioner Carr wrote, “Over the past few years, Americans have lived through an unprecedented surge in censorship. Your companies played significant roles in this improper conduct. Big Tech companies silenced Americans for doing nothing more than exercising their First Amendment rights.”
Commissioner Carr, who has been nominated by President-elect Trump to be the FCC chair, stated that the tech companies have been part of a “censorship cartel that included not only technology and social media companies but advertising, marketing, and so-called ‘factchecking’ organizations as well as the Biden-Harris Administration itself.”
Describing the censorship, the commissioner wrote, “The relevant conduct extended from removing or blocking social media posts to labeling whole websites or apps as ‘untrustworthy’ or ‘high-risk’ in an apparent effort to suppress their information and viewpoints, including through efforts to delist them, lower their rankings, or harm their profitability.”
Contact this Leader…
Did you pray for Commissioner Carr today? You can let him know at:
The Honorable Brendan Carr, Commissioner
Federal Communications Commission
45 L Street NE
Washington, DC 20554
