FCC Chief Touts Regulatory Rollback in 100 Days Speech

May 5, 2017

Harper Neidig, The Hill

In a speech Friday to mark his first 100 days in charge of the FCC, Chairman Ajit Pai touted his early actions and vowed to keep slashing rules. But he barely touched on his plan to eliminate the agency’s Net Neutrality rules.

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