President Obama Announces His Nominees for FCC Chair and FHFA Director

[struggle4progress]

... President Obama’s pick for FHFA director, Rep. Melvin Watt, has served for 20 years as a member of the congressional committee that oversees housing policy ...

President Obama said that Tom Wheeler, his choice for FCC Chair “has been at the forefront of some of the very dramatic changes that we’ve seen in the way we communicate and how we live our lives” ...

http://www.whitehouse.gov/blog/2013/05/01/president-obama-announces-his-nominees-fcc-chair-and-fhfa-director

[sheshe2]

1. "Looking out for the middle class"

President Obama announced his intent to nominate a new director of the Federal Housing Finance Authority and new Federal Communications Chair, “two outstanding individuals who are going to help us grow our economy, but are also going to be looking out for the middle class.”

Thank you S4P.

[Cha]

2. Thanks for the news on Tom Wheeler getting nominated for FCC Chairman, struggle4progress

…. with Tom Wheeler, the President’s nominee to replace the outgoing Federal Communications Commission Chairman

http://theobamadiary.com/2013/05/01/this-and-that-68/

And as technology continues to shape the way that we do business and communicate and transform the world, President Obama said that Wheeler will help the FCC fulfill a very important mission, “giving businesses and workers the tools they need to compete in the 21st century economy, and making sure we’re staying at the cutting edge of an industry that again and again we’ve revolutionized here in America.”

[Lady Freedom Returns]

3. YES! Tom Wheeler is the perfect choice!

For me and many others is the field of Communications, this is GREAT news!