President Donald Trump has officially appointed Ajit Pai, a Republican member of the Federal Communications Commission, to replace the outgoing Tom Wheeler as the 34 th chairman of the agency.
In a brief statement on the matter, Pai said he is deeply grateful to President Trump for the appointment and looks forward to working with the new administration, his colleagues at the commission, members of Congress and the American public to bring the benefits of the digital age to all Americans.
Pai was nominated for a Republican Party position by Barack Obama in 2011 and was confirmed by the Senate a year later. As The Verge correctly points out , just because Pai was an Obama pick doesn’t mean he shares the same views as the former leader of the free world.
