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Jessica Rosenworcel , the first fair sex to service as permanent chair on the FCC , saidWednesday that she ’ll step down from the agency when Donald Trump assume the presidency .
Rosenworcel join the FCC in 2012 , and was behind a number of efforts to translate the agency charge with regulating the U.S. telecommunications manufacture . She pushed for more students to get internet access , spearheaded a crackdown on Chinese telecommunication equipment , and organize a subsidy programme to help millions of households yield broadband .
Rosenworcel also guided domestic policy for space - based communications and satellites , overseeing the constitution of an FCC Space Bureau . And she worked to repair net disinterest rules that were reversed by the FCC under then - President Donald Trump . ( Net neutrality is the principle that internet armed service provider should treat all cyberspace traffic evenly . )
Rosenworcel is following the longstanding charge common law by step down when a new president take post . She exit a commission divided 2 - 2 between Democratic and Republican appointees — butperhaps not for recollective .
Inrelatednews , SEC chairwoman Gary Gensler said Thursday that he plans to step down from the agency in January .