As the top Republican at the FCC, Carr was widely expected to receive the job. But as one of the authors of Project 2025, the 900-page "presidential transition project" released by the Heritage Foundation,

Carr outlined different actions he wants the FCC to take under a new presidential administration in Project 2025.

Brendan Carr, the next chairman of the Federal Communications Commission, has laid out an aggressive agenda for overhauling social media and boosting satellites.