Ajit Pai

“The one thing that is distinctive about America historically has been the fact that we are all able to engage in public discourse without the political becoming personal.”

“I support a free and open Internet.”

“For newspapers to continue to play an important role in civic engagement, they need more access to capital. Their decline has created a real threat to independent reporting at the state and local level.”

“There is no reason why any legitimate caller should be spoofing an unassigned or invalid number. And providers shouldn't be sued for doing the right thing by blocking illegitimate spoofing.”

“The FCC, under my leadership, will stand for the First Amendment.”

“Incumbents have long promoted regulation in the name of protecting consumers when their actual goal is to block new entrants and stifle competition.”

“The Internet has enriched my own life immeasurably.”

“Heavy-handed regulations hurt the very consumers they're supposed to help.”

“In the Restoring Internet Freedom Order, the FCC strengthened its transparency rule so that Internet service providers must make public more information about their network management practices. They are required to make this information available either on their own website or on the FCC's website.”

“Throughout the history of communications, we've seen that the country that sets the pace in rolling out each new generation of wireless technology gains an economic edge.”

“The federal government has no business spending your hard-earned money on a project to monitor political speech on Twitter.”

“Now look: I love Twitter. But let's not kid ourselves; when it comes to a free and open Internet, Twitter is a part of the problem. The company has a viewpoint and uses that viewpoint to discriminate.”

“I believe that the FCC and Tribal Nations share the same goal-ensuring high-speed Internet access to anyone who wants it, while respecting and preserving sites with historic, religious, and cultural significance to Tribes.”

“I oppose any proposal for the federal government to build and operate a nationwide 5G network.”

“In my first remarks as Chairman of the Federal Communications Commission to the agency's terrific staff, I stressed that one of my top priorities would be to close the digital divide - the gap between those who use cutting-edge communications services and those who do not.”

“In the Telecommunications Act of 1996, the government called for an Internet 'unfettered by Federal or State regulation.' The result of that fateful decision was the greatest free-market success story in history.”

“I'm not an IT expert myself.”

“For too long, Americans have been plagued by unwanted and unlawful robocalls. For too long, they've found unauthorized charges and changes to their phone service on their bills - practices commonly known as 'slamming' and 'cramming.' And for too long, some phone calls that are placed to rural residents have been dropped.”

“As we're unleashing the benefits of communications technologies, we also want to minimize the downsides.”

“My view is that the Internet should be run by engineers and entrepreneurs, not lawyers and bureaucrats.”