rosenworcel: sure. senator, i think the greatest value in that legislation is that we have some reports that we have to produce annually that are a waste of commission resources. senator: is this one of them? all of these reports, is that a raised? hon. rosenworcel: all are not. there are also ways in which longitudinal data -- senator: some of us do read them. hon. rosenworcel: i do. senator: having seen the reports, i think it be very advantageous for all of us -- hon. rosenworcel: i think it was a report every other year. the only point that i would make is that the internet age was really fast. want to make sure that our decisions are informed by data and doing this is more frequency or having an intermediate effort would give us the kind of data that would support better decision-making. so, that would be the only pause that i would have. i don't think the legislation would preclude us from doing those kinds of things. senator: if i could encourage you to work with us as a move forward and continue

rosenworcel: yes, i do senator. senator: finally, any further comments on spectrum, on what role congress can play to support your efforts and to ensure adequate spectrum availability for all the wireless services? hon. rosenworcel: thank you, senator. first, while i recognize that in the most recent budget deal, there is opportunity for more airways to be pushed to the fcc or commercial auction. i would say that we need a steady and strong spectrum pipeline, and that you not stop with that legislative effort. continue your work on the spectrum pipeline. second, most of our focus is on the airwaves. the ground also mattered. coming up with better deployment policies for cell towers, for small cells, making sure that our practices are modern, is also worth your time and effort. encouraged when we started talking about cell towers the other day. and i was noticing that the technology is getting very sophisticated, where these towers can be very small. they can go on the arm that comes out for a stoplight at intersecti

. >>> fcc commissioner jessica rosenworcel testified before the senate commerce committee today at a confirmation hearing on her nomination for a second term. the hearing focused on telecommunications policy. this is a little under two hours. >> the nomination hearing will come to order. today, we welcome commissioner jessica rowsenworcel to testify before the committee as we consider her nomination to serve a second term. today's appearance by the commissioner marks the third time she has has testified before the committee this year and i know the committee appreciates her willingness to come to the hill to answer questions on a variety of issues before the commission. commissioner rosenworcel has been serving as a commissioner at if fcc since may of 2012, and before that served as a senior staffer on this committee before chairman rockefeller and chairman inaway. well known to every individual on this committee. this system binds together our 21st century society. congress has charged the fcc for regulating international communications by radio television wire satellite and cable.

chairman, and commissioner rosenworcel. thank you so much for being here and answering all of our questions. and actually just to pick up on comments by senator moran on the unlicensed wi-fi use and how we want to make sure we're expanding on that and thank you for your work that you have done for the 5.9 gigahertz area in which you have been committed and said you are committed to opening up a process to do the kind of interference testing to know the auto industry, which has that portion of the spectrum can continue to operate effectively and safely. particularly given the technological breakthroughs occurring right now in that space. i know you were in my state recently, in michigan. before i talk about that, i wanted to mention i had the opportunity this week to see the vehicle-to-vehicle technology in real time driving on a road in the community. and we were able to have automatic braking, even if you're blinded by a car that may be in front of you and then swerves out of the way. because of vehicle-to-vehicle technolo