Ajit Pai

High-speed Internet access, or broadband, is giving entrepreneurs anywhere an unprecedented chance to disrupt entire industries and transform our country. ”

Broadband Internet access shouldn't depend on who you are or where you're from. ”

It's vital that low-income Americans have access to communications services, including broadband Internet, which Lifeline helps to achieve. ”

Some claim that the Obama FCC's regulations are necessary to protect Internet openness. History proves this assertion false. We had a free and open Internet prior to 2015, and we will have a free and open Internet once these regulations are repealed. ”

The Internet should be an open platform where you are free to go where you want and say and do what you want without having to ask anyone's permission. ”

I support a free and open Internet. ”

We need to create a level regulatory playing field. It makes no sense for Internet giants like Google, Facebook, and Twitter to be allowed to buy newspapers while a small AM radio station is prohibited from purchasing its local paper. ”

Infrastructure investment is critical to closing the digital divide in our country and bringing high-speed Internet access to more rural Americans. ”

Gigabit Opportunity Zones would enable Americans to become participants in, rather than spectators of, the digital economy. They would be a powerful solution to the digital divide. I hope our elected officials will give the idea serious consideration. ”

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. ”