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FCC Chair Brendan Carr told senators Wednesday that the Federal Communications Commission is not an independent agency, contradicting how the FCC has long described itself. “The FCC is not formally an independent agency,” he said in response to questioning from Sen. Ben Ray Luján (D-NM), who noted that the agency’s website referred to the FCC as “independent.” Shortly after Mr. Carr’s remarks, the FCC updated its website to remove the word “independent.” The hearing marked Mr. Carr’s first appea