Media Contact: 
Will Wiquist, (202) 418-0509
will.wiquist@fcc.gov
For Immediate Release
CHAIRMAN PAI STATEMENT ON 
REVOKING MIDNIGHT REGULATIONS
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WASHINGTON, February 3, 2017 – Federal Communications Commission Chairman Ajit Pai
issued the following statement today on FCC rescissions of midnight regulations:
“In the waning days of the last Administration, the Federal Communications Commission's 
Bureaus and Offices released a series of controversial orders and reports.  In some cases, 
Commissioners were given no advance notice whatsoever of these midnight regulations.  In other 
cases, they were issued over the objection of two of the four Commissioners.  And in all cases, 
their release ran contrary to the wishes expressed by the leadership of our congressional oversight 
committees.  These last-minute actions, which did not enjoy the support of the majority of 
Commissioners at the time they were taken, should not bind us going forward.  Accordingly, they 
are being revoked.”  
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Office of Chairman Ajit Pai: (202) 418-2000
Twitter: @AjitPaiFCC
www.fcc.gov/leadership/ajit-pai
This is an unofficial announcement of Commission action.  Release of the full text of a Commission order 
constitutes official action.  See MCI v. FCC, 515 F.2d 385 (D.C. Cir. 1974).