Policy advocates, industry stakeholders and government officials testify in front of Senate Commerce subcommittee about the future of commercial spectrum for broadband in telecommunications. This hearing is just over 2 and half hours. [inaudible conversations] the hearing on subcommittee and munication scum media and broadband will now come to order. Today the subcommittee is convening a hearing on the future of spectrum. I want to thank Ranking Member thune and roger wicker for working to get this scheduled and to be here for this important hearing and also to chair cantwell for what she has done in this space, her staff and the staff of the full committee. The importance of this conversation, and coming together spectrum policy could not be more immediate with an upcoming deadline that must be met. Spectrum is a limited Natural Resource and the challenges are many. We have spectrum challenges across the industry, government, technology, policy, and politics. When we dont find solutio
Affordability, and order to ensure all americans get a fair shot at 21st century success. From fighting to protect Net Neutrality to ensuring access to the internet for students caught in the homework gap, she has been a consistent for all. She is a leader in spectrum policy and responsible for developing policies to help expand the reach of broadband to schools, libraries, hospitals, and households across the country. As acting chairwoman she has continued to be a fierce advocate on Consumer Protection issues most notably taking swift action to improve the agencys ability to combat unwanted robo calls. Acting chairwoman Jessica Rosenworcel brings over two decades of Communications Policy experience and Public Service to the fcc. Prior to joining, she served as Senior Communications counsel for the u. S. Senate, committee on commerce science and transportation under the leadership of senator John D Rockefeller the fourth and senator Daniel Inouye a. So please join me and welcoming jess
Washingtons or rosa parks or Frederick Douglass collection, i could go on and on you could do it from home. Thank you to everyone who have stopped by the loc pavilion and of course everyone who stopped by our open house yesterday. We cant thank you enough your stories your work have completely inspired us from prison librarians to army librarians to of course children and youth young adult librarians. We were so inspired by all the stories. We were hearing. One thing that was spotlighted during the pandemic was the Important Role of libraries across the nation. People discover that librarians are frontline workers during this pandemic whether you were giving out free covid tests or doing Contact Tracing or just trying to help your communities get through that entire pandemic. So todays conversation is as vital as librarians you all have an Important Role in the release of proper information. So today that librarian of congress along with her with our esteemed colleague will be discussi
She is a leader in spectrum policy and responsible for developing policies to help expand the reach of broadband to schools, libraries, hospitals, and households across the country. As acting chairwoman she has continued to be a fierce advocate on Consumer Protection issues most notably taking swift action to improve the agencys ability to combat unwanted robo calls. Acting chairwoman Jessica Rosenworcel brings over two decades of Communications Policy experience and Public Service to the fcc. Prior to joining, she served as Senior Communications counsel for the u. S. Senate, committee on commerce science and transportation under the leadership of senator John D Rockefeller the fourth and senator Daniel Inouye a. So please join me and welcoming jessica rosen. [applause] we are going to do a little bit of a fireside chat with our chairwoman and we are so excited. I am so excited to be here and i am excited all of you came here. This has been a long time. To see real people, and their ey
Jeffersons collection or George Washingtons or rosa parks or Frederick Douglass collection, i could go on and on you could do it from home. Thank you to everyone who have stopped by the loc pavilion and of course everyone who stopped by our open house yesterday. We cant thank you enough your stories your work have completely inspired us from prison librarians to army librarians to of course children and youth young adult librarians. We were so inspired by all the stories. We were hearing. One thing that was spotlighted during the pandemic was the Important Role of libraries across the nation. People discover that librarians are frontline workers during this pandemic whether you were giving out free covid tests or doing Contact Tracing or just trying to help your communities get through that entire pandemic. So todays conversation is as vital as librarians you all have an Important Role in the release of proper information. So today that librarian of congress along with her with our est