# Anna Gomez Democratic [[FCC]] commissioner and the commission's principal internal dissenter under chairman [[Brendan Carr]]. Cast the lone vote against the August 6, 2026 order eliminating the 39% national broadcast ownership cap, arguing the commission exceeded its statutory authority and that "the FCC has no business balancing the ideological content of the news in the first place." > [!note] Stub — fill out > Background, her public dissent campaign on press freedom, and the full record of her votes against the Carr FCC.