Jessica Rosenworcel

I think that if we choose to take this equipment out of our networks and fully fund its replacement costs, we have to go tell everyone around the world that we chose to do that.

I strongly support identifying a way to fund the Affordable Connectivity Program into the future to help more families get and stay connected to the high-speed Internet they need to participate in modern life.

I signed a memorandum of understanding with the Department of Commerce because they have a lot of programs like BEAD.

I think we have got to make sure that we figure out a way to get broadband to everyone in this country.

We can't do this on our own. We have got to find like-minded nations and then work with others.

We need to update it from time to time and reaching out to them regularly as we do has been useful.

I want to acknowledge that the Emergency Connectivity Fund, championed by Chairman Van Hollen, has also been instrumental in closing the digital divide.

If I had a magic wand, I would make it simpler.

Thank you for the opportunity to appear before you today, and for providing full funding for the FCC in your fiscal year 2024 bill.

I want to thank the Subcommittee for supporting our ability to do this by approving the Commission's request earlier this year to establish the Space Bureau.

The covered list is a list of equipment that our Nation's National Security authorities have found to be insecure.

We have come too far to turn back. Keeping this program funded needs to be a priority.

We need an additional $3.08 billion to fully take that equipment out securely.

This one-time effort developed during the early days of the pandemic was designed to assist students and library patrons with access to connections and devices.

I think we need a nationwide plan for addressing the digital divide.

I think we need a nationwide plan for addressing the digital divide.

I think we need a nationwide plan for addressing the digital divide.

It's time for the FCC to develop a consistent and reliable approach to ensuring the resiliency of networks in disaster.

This approach is an invitation for waste.

The 6 gigahertz band is near existing unlicensed. We will have economies of scale, and it offers big, wide channels.

They need about $12 billion to update to Next Generation 9-1-1, which will make them effective and all of us safer.

When we talk about 5G, we can't just talk about licensed airwaves. We have got to talk about unlicensed too.

fee diversion is terrible. It is bad. We should use every resource we have at the Commission and working with you on this committee to stop it.

Let's figure out how we can use those billions of dollars from the sale of public airwaves to solve a public problem.

We need maps before money, and data before deployment.