Encourage President Obama to nominate Mignon Clyburn as the First Black and First Female Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Chairman. There has never been a woman as Chair of the FCC, an independent agency that oversees America’s telecommunications and media policy.
Why is this important?
37 liberal Senators have endorsed Jessica Rosenworcel, a junior commissioner as the next Federal Communications Commission (FCC), Chairman but not FCC Senior commissioner, Mignon Clyburn, a highly qualified person who is currently serving her second term as a Democrat, who began her service in 2009, after spending 11 years as a member on Public Service Commissioner of South Carolina.
Request you close the Gender and Racial Gap endorse and nominate Ms. Mignon Clyburn as the First Black Woman FCC Chairperson.