Jessica Rosenworcel
The Public Record
Jessica Rosenworcel is a prominent Democratic politician from Connecticut, currently serving as a Commissioner of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC). She was first appointed to the FCC in 2012 and has been a strong advocate for expanding broadband access and ensuring equitable communication services across the United States. Rosenworcel has focused on issues such as net neutrality and the importance of keeping communication networks robust and accessible for all citizens.
We are going to find that more funds are actually going to flow to rural communities for WiFi support.
Our networks must be available when the unthinkable occurs and we need them most.
making more unlicensed spectrum could actually help the Internet of Things really flourish.
I believe your legislation reflects that. And I don't think it is always easy to deploy, but I think that they should have that opportunity.
I think pressure from the Congress keeps us on guard and keeps us on course.
I think shot clocks and deadlines are really important. They have a way of motivating us toward action.
There are programs that we have that support low-income telephony right now in households that we could update.
I think that we should make sure that we put the remainder of our universal service work on a timeline...
I think the greatest value in that legislation is, candidly, we have some reports that we have to produce annually that are a waste of commission resources.
I think the question is, can we come up with a system that is more geographic-based or roadmile-based so that we can make sure service goes more places?
We need to fix the problem with standalone broadband for some of our Nation's rural carriers.
I also pledge to continue to listen to you, those with business before the Commission, and, above all, the American people.
It is a tremendous honor to have been renominated by the President to continue to serve as Commissioner at the FCC.
We need to create schools that are capable of one-to-one device learning, so that requires WiFi.
So I think it would be smart to have a rulemaking to take what we know from those settlements and make sure that those kind of scams and fees don't show up on your wireless bill from the very start.
Areas that have better broadband and wireless service are better equipped to compete.
Developing cooperative relationships with our Federal spectrum users is important because it will speed the process.
We have got to find ways to make sure that rural America is not left behind in the wireless revolution.
It is absolutely essential that Federal authorities, which control as much as 60 percent of our vital airwaves, that those Federal authorities start seeing some incentives to be efficient with those airwaves so that when reallocation comes…





