Deploying Billions of Broadband Dollars Tops FCC’s To-Do List

Federal Communications Commission chair Jessica Rosenworcel will kick off the new year still lacking a Democratic majority, but she insists that the agency’s evenly split composition won’t hamper its work.

President Joe Biden’s pick for the open Democratic seat on the five-member commission, Gigi Sohn, is unlikely to advance from the Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee, let alone the full Senate, before the end of the congressional session.

“We’ve been busy; we’re going to continue to be busy, and I don’t intend to slow down,” Rosenworcel told reporters during a press conference after the agency’s December meeting.

The Senate ...