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Dr. Alex Karp at Hudson Institute’s annual gala in New York on November 11, 2025.
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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)
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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 During his tenure, the FCC repealed network neutrality rules and opened vast swaths of spectrum for new and advanced wireless communications services.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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