Honorable Ajit Pai
Chairman, Federal Communications Commission
Ajit Pai was named chairman of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) in January 2017 by President Donald Trump. The FCC is an independent government agency that oversees interstate and international communications in the United States. The following is an excerpt of Chairman Pai’s May 26, 2020, response to a letter from House Armed Services Committee Chairman Adam Smith (D-Wash.), who expressed national security concerns related to the FCC’s Ligado decision to make more spectrum available for commercial use in order to promote U.S. leadership in 5G. …