FCC Chairwoman Jessica Rosenworcel introduced that she intends to depart the company on Jan. 20, 2025, when President-elect Donald Trump assumes workplace.
Trump has picked Brendan Carr, the senior Republican commissioner on the FCC, because the company’s new chairman. Trump first nominated Carr to the FCC in 2017. Rosenworcel’s exit will depart a gap for Trump to nominate a brand new FCC commissioner and set up a 3-2 GOP majority on the fee.
Rosenworcel in an announcement Wednesday mentioned: “Serving on the Federal Communications Fee has been the respect of a lifetime, particularly my tenure as Chair and because the first lady in historical past to be confirmed to guide this company. I wish to thank President Biden for entrusting me with the accountability to information the FCC throughout a time when communications expertise is part of each side of civic and industrial life. Taking the oath of workplace on the road outdoors of the company in the course of the peak of the pandemic, when a lot of our day-to-day moved on-line, made clear how necessary the work of the FCC is and the way important it’s for us to construct a digital future that works for everybody.”
Rosenworcel, a Democrat, was initially nominated as an FCC commissioner by President Obama and he or she was named the company’s chair by President Biden.
“I’m proud to have served on the FCC alongside a few of the hardest working and devoted public servants I’ve ever identified,” Rosenworcel mentioned. She cited accomplishments below her tenure, together with connecting greater than 23 million households to broadband and connecting greater than 17 million college students caught in “the homework hole” to WiFi hotspots and different units. The FCC additionally launched the first-ever House Bureau below Rosenworcel.
Rosenworcel is a local of Hartford, Conn., and a graduate of Wesleyan College and New York College College of Legislation. She lives in D.C. together with her husband and two youngsters. In her announcement Wednesday, Rosenworcel mentioned, “I additionally wish to thank my husband, daughter and son for his or her assist all through my time on the FCC. Public service will not be with out sacrifice, and I’m trying ahead to spending extra time with my household and rescue pup within the days forward.”
