FCC Commissioner Rosenworcel Gets Thorough Re-vetting In Senate

Federal Communications Commissioner Jessica Rosenworcel was prepared, and needed to be, as she fielded a host of questions at her re-nomination hearing in the Senate Commerce Committee. The senators were generally cordial but pressed her on issue after issue, for which the commissioner had answers at the ready.

Committee Chairman John Thune (R-SD) opened the hearing by talking about the FCC’s Democratic majority's "polarizing" vote along party lines to "burden" the Internet with Title II regulation. Commissioner Rosenworcel faced questions from the Senate panel on FCC reform, broadcast incentive auctions, network neutrality, wireless spectrum, unlicensed spectrum, broadband subsidies, broadband speeds, broadband adoption, schools and library access, call completion, Universal Service Fund contribution reform, community broadband, connected cars, dig-once broadband deployment, and more.