Jessica Rosenworcel
| Jessica Rosenworcel | |
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Rosenworcel in 2014
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| Member, Federal Communications Commission | |
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In office May 11, 2012 – January 3, 2017 |
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| President | Barack Obama |
| Preceded by | Michael Copps |
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| Born | July 12, 1971 |
| Political party | Democratic Party |
| Residence | Washington, D.C. |
| Alma mater | BA Wesleyan University J.D. New York University School of Law |
| Website | Official website |
Jessica Rosenworcel (born July 12, 1971) was a member of the U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC), an independent agency of the United States government. She was nominated by President Barack Obama in October 2011. Her confirmation was delayed for months when Republican Senator Chuck Grassley refused to bring it up for a vote until the FCC released documents about a project he opposed. She was confirmed unanimously by the United States Senate on May 7, 2012, and was formally sworn into office on May 11, 2012, for a term ending June 30, 2015. According to law, commissioners may continue serving until the appointment of their replacements, but may not serve beyond the end of the next session of Congress following term expiration (in Rosenworcel's case, until the end of the 2016 session on January 3, 2017). In May 2015, President Obama renominated Rosenworcel for a second term, but she was not reconfirmed by the Senate by the time she was required to leave her seat in January 2017.
Prior to joining the FCC, she practiced communications law in the private sector. In 1999, she joined the Wireline Competition Bureau of the FCC, and in 2003 started working for then-FCC Commissioner Michael Copps. Starting in 2007, she served as Senior Communications Counsel to the United States Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, under the leadership of Senator John D. Rockefeller IV (D–WV). She previously served in the same role on the Committee under the leadership of Senator Daniel K. Inouye (D–HI). In 2013, Rockefeller led a push to have Rosenworcel named to be the first female chair of the commission when former Chairman Julius Genachowski stepped down, although the position was ultimately given to Tom Wheeler.
On July 13, 2012, Politico designated Rosenworcel as one of 50 politicos to watch, describing her as "whip-smart and intensely serious".
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