WASHINGTON,D.C.-President Donald Trump renominated Federal Communications Commission Chairman Ajit Pai on Mar 8, extending Pai’s role into a second five-year term. Trump appointed Pai to the position in January, during Pai’s grace period. Pai was first appointed under President Barack Obama in 2012. Commissioners are permitted to stay in the agency for a year after their term is over, meaning that Pai can transition directly into...
the second term. Senate confirmation is expected to go without a hitch.
“I am deeply honored to have been nominated by President Trump to serve a second term on the Federal Communications Commission,” Pai said in a statement. “If I am fortunate to be confirmed by the Senate, I will continue to work with my colleagues to connect all Americans with digital opportunity, foster innovation, protect consumers, promote public safety, and make the FCC more open and transparent to the American people.”
In particular, Pai is expected to follow Trump’s lead in cutting down on regulations and opposing Net Neutrality rules that maintain that all internet content should be accessible to the same degree regardless of the source.
“I am deeply honored to have been nominated by President Trump to serve a second term on the Federal Communications Commission,” Pai said in a statement. “If I am fortunate to be confirmed by the Senate, I will continue to work with my colleagues to connect all Americans with digital opportunity, foster innovation, protect consumers, promote public safety, and make the FCC more open and transparent to the American people.”
In particular, Pai is expected to follow Trump’s lead in cutting down on regulations and opposing Net Neutrality rules that maintain that all internet content should be accessible to the same degree regardless of the source.
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