President-elect Donald Trump has named conservative Federal Communications Commissioner Brendan Carr to chair the agency, he announced on Sunday night.

“Commissioner Carr is a warrior for Free Speech, and has fought against the regulatory Lawfare that has stifled Americans’ Freedoms, and held back our Economy,” Trump said in a statement. “He will end the regulatory onslaught that has been crippling America’s Job Creators and Innovators, and ensure that the FCC delivers for rural America.”

Carr can immediately assume control once Trump enters office in January since he is already on the commission. Carr was unanimously confirmed to a new five-year term last year and has served as a commissioner since 2017.

The coming GOP agenda will likely roll back progressive telecom priorities adopted under Democratic FCC Chair Jessica Rosenworcel, such as net neutrality and digital discrimination rules. Carr has repeatedly pushed for a more aggressive plan to free up wireless spectrum for the private sector, although Congress would first need to reauthorize the FCC’s long-lapsed spectrum auction authority.

Carr has proven to be a partisan lightning rod in the months leading up to the election, constantly criticizing the Biden White House’s handling of broadband expansion subsidies, and cozying up to satellite broadband executive Elon Musk, a prominent Trump supporter. Carr drafted a chapter of the Heritage Foundation’s Project 2025 blueprint for the new administration, outlining his hopes to draw the FCC back into debates around social media content moderation.

In a recent statement congratulating Trump’s election victory, Carr said FCC priorities should include “reining in Big Tech” and “ensuring that broadcasters operate in the public interest.”

Carr’s agenda will face some limits at the outset, given he won’t initially have a GOP majority at the agency. Trump must nominate a third Republican to the agency, who will then face confirmation before the GOP-controlled Senate.