Brendan Carr
Chair, 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 during his first term. Carr 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. President Trump nominated Carr as chair of the FCC in November 2024, and he assumed the role when the president was inaugurated on January 20, 2025.
Carr and his wife Machalagh have three children.
In the News…
Federal Communications Commission Chair Brendan Carr announced the agency’s annual assessment of advanced telecommunications availability in the U.S. The commission is evaluating the deployment of broadband to all Americans in a reasonable and timely manner.
Chairman Carr stated, “As we work to implement the FCC’s Build America Agenda, it’s important that we continue to measure our progress and identify the areas where improvement is needed.”
He said that the inquiry launched earlier this month “will allow us to improve the way we report to Congress“ on progress under section 706 of the Telecommunications Act of 1996.
“As we do so, we will adhere to the statutory text passed by Congress,“ the FCC chair continued. He highlighted that last year’s proceeding “marked a significant departure from agency precedent, and said, “We are course correcting by adhering to the language of the statute and asking questions that will allow us to evaluate, in a technology neutral manner, whether broadband is being deployed to all Americans in a reasonable and timely fashion. All this will continue our focus on removing regulatory barriers to deployment.“
Contact this Leader…
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The Honorable Brendan Carr, Chair
Federal Communications Commission
45 L Street NE
Washington, DC 20554
