Michael O'Rielly Quotes
Gone are the days when everyone had to tune in at the same time and channel each week to watch the newest episodes of a favorite show.
O'Rielly, Michael. "Statement of Commissioner Michael O'Rielly Re: Children's Television Programming Rules, MB Docket No. 18-202." Federal Communications Commission, 12 July 2018.
Michael O'Rielly is a commissioner of the U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC), an independent agency of the United States government. He was nominated by President Barack Obama in August 2013 and was confirmed on October 29, 2013, taking office on November 4, 2013. He was nominated to complete the term of outgoing commissioner Robert M. McDowell which ended on June 30, 2014. He was then renominated and reconfirmed by the Senate. On August 3, 2020, The White House announced that President Trump was withdrawing O'Rielly's nomination to another term after Senate Armed Services Committee chairman Jim Inhofe said he would put a hold on the nomination and after O’Rielly expressed reservations about the FCC’s authority to limit social media companies’ legal protections.