Quotes from Ajit Pai

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

That's just, like, your opinion, man.

There is no reason why any legitimate caller should be spoofing an unassigned or invalid phone number. It's just a way for scammers to evade the law.

Our rules need to keep pace with current technology so that Americans who use hearing aids can easily use phones.

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

Unfortunately, Lifeline, known in some circles as the 'Obamaphone' program, is plagued by waste, fraud, and abuse.

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.

Giving consumers the power to keep their phone numbers when they switch carriers has been great for consumers and businesses alike.

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.

Whether it's police officers, firefighters, first responders, or 911 dispatchers, many dedicated Americans work long hours, and often in difficult conditions, to make sure that when someone's in need, they can help.

Rules designed for the Ma Bell monopoly during the era of rotary phones were a poor fit for the greatest innovation of our time, the Internet.

Like many consumers, I love Uber. But not everyone does.

I've talked a lot about the need to promote digital empowerment: to enable any American who wants high-speed Internet access, or broadband, to get it.

Spoofed robocalls are often used by fraudsters to lure consumers into scams and avoid detection.

Whereas robocalls are ever-present, the problem of contraband cellphones in prisons - that is, cellphones illegally being used by inmates - is generally out-of-sight and too easily ignored. But the need for action is just as clear.

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

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.

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

The FCC has been hard at work doing what we can to help close the digital divide.

I'm not an IT expert myself.

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

As chairman of the Federal Communications Commission, I've logged more than 5,000 miles driving across the country to see first-hand how digital technologies are unleashing opportunity in U.S. communities and to understand the connectivity challenges many Americans face.

I believe in the First Amendment.

Consumers and businesses alike value their ability to keep a phone number when changing providers or relocating. This concept is called 'number portability.'