Ajit Pai

One of the great joys of my job is having the privilege of meeting people from all across the country and hearing their stories.

Hurricanes Harvey, Irma, and Maria each caused billions of dollars in damage, claimed the lives of many Americans, and disrupted millions more. They also reminded us how important communications networks can be during emergencies - and that the FCC has a role to play in helping keep people safe.

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.

Whether you live in a big city or a small town, a call placed by a loved one, friend, or customer should go through.

No one seriously believes that unlocking a cellphone to switch carriers is equivalent to piracy.

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.

The United States needs modern, flexible, light-touch network regulation, not a one-size-fits-all utility model from the 1930s.

Light touch regulation means that we create broad regulatory frameworks that can protect consumers to ensure an overall competitive marketplace.

Overly restrictive regulations not only stifle the private sector; they also ultimately hurt consumers.

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

I'm a lawyer by training, of course.

To realize the promise of 5G, we will need smart networks, not dumb pipes. Dumb pipes won't deliver smart cities. Dumb pipes won't enable millions of connected, self-driving cars to navigate the roads safely at the same time.