Biden FCC Picks Get Separate Hearings After Criticism of One (1)

The Senate Commerce Committee will consider President Joe Biden’s nominee to head the U.S. Federal Communications Commission next week but hold off consideration of his choice for a fifth commissioner who has drawn Republican criticism.

The committee will hold a hearing on Jessica Rosenworcel’s nomination for a full term as chairwoman of the FCC on Nov. 17, according to a notice published by the committee. A hearing is expected several weeks later for FCC nominee Gigi Sohn and another nominee, Alan Davidson, who would oversee spectrum policy at the Commerce Department, said a person briefed on the ...