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January 2022
Past Event
Virtual Event | Ajit Pai on the Federal Communications Commission

Virtual Event | Ajit Pai on the Federal Communications Commission

Past Event
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January 21, 2022
FCC Chairman Ajit Pai testifies before the House Appropriations Committee during a hearing on the 2019FY FCC Budget on Capitol Hill on April 26, 2018, in Washington, DC. (Getty Images)
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FCC Chairman Ajit Pai testifies before the House Appropriations Committee during a hearing on the 2019FY FCC Budget on Capitol Hill on April 26, 2018, in Washington, DC. (Getty Images)
21
January 2022
Past Event

1201 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W., Suite 400
Washington, DC 20004

Speakers:
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Ajit Pai
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Harold Furchtgott-Roth

Senior Fellow and Director, Center for the Economics of the Internet

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Ajit Pai served as chairman of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) from 2017-2021. During his tenure, the FCC repealed network neutrality rules and opened vast swaths of spectrum for new and advanced wireless communications services. Please join Harold Furchtgott-Roth, director of Hudson’s Center for the Economics of the Internet, for a conversation with Ajit Pai on his time at the FCC and the most significant issues facing the communications sector today.

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