Brendan Carr outlines proposals to ease broadband buildouts by removing red tape, but the problems he outlined are not new and have not escaped the FCC's attention.

The Chairman of the Federal Communications Commission was in Sioux Falls Wednesday to make his first major announcement as head of the five-member federal agency. Carr unveiled what he calls his “Build America” agenda.

In his first major policy speech, Federal Communications Commissions Chair Brendan Carr outlined his “Build America Agenda” for the agency’s principal infrastructure policies. In the speech, Carr emphasized plans to encourage and speed up the process of building high-speed infrastructure,

Chair Brendan Carr gave his first major address since taking on the role, outlining the Trump administration’s “Build America” agenda Wednesday afternoon. Carr’s remarks came as President Trump and the administration have turned up the heat on public broadcasters — primarily NPR and PBS — and other mainstream media outlets