Senate Commerce Delays Vote on Redl Nomination to NTIA

The Senate Commerce Committee is delaying a vote on NTIA administrator nominee David Redl at a senator's request, aiming to place it on the docket at the committee's next scheduled markup session after its planned Thursday meeting, a committee spokesman said. He said the senator didn't place a full-blown hold on Redl's nomination, instead seeking “additional time to review information.” Informed sources said Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, sought the delay over his ongoing concerns about implications of the now-completed Internet Assigned Numbers Authority oversight transition.

Cruz's office didn't comment.