FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION 
WASHINGTON 
OFFICE OF 
THE CHAIRMAN 
The Honorable Nancy Pelosi 
U.S. House of Representatives 
233 Cannon House Office Building 
Washington, D.C. 20515 
Dear Congresswoman Pelosi: 
August 30, 2017 
Thank you for your letter regarding the Restoring Internet Freedom Notice of Proposed 
Rulemaking (NPRM) adopted by the Commission on May 18, 2017. I share your view on the 
importance of having a free and open Internet. And in this proceeding, the Commission is 
currently examining the best legal framework for both protecting Internet freedom and providing 
strong incentives for the private sector to build and expand next-generation networks so that all 
Americans can be connected to digital opportunity. 
The FCC is in the midst of receiving public comment on this matter, and we will go 
where the facts and the law lead us. From the outset, I have encouraged broad public 
participation in this proceeding. And following the close of the comment cycle, we will take 
stock of the facts contained in the record and apply the law to those facts . 
Because of our desire to make it easy for the public to file comments in this proceeding, 
we have avoided imposing obstacles that might otherwise prevent, limit, or discourage people 
from participating or expressing their views. Of course, we do not condone anyone who would 
take advantage of this open process to impersonate someone else ' s identity. However, once filed 
in the FCC's rulemaking record, there are limits on the agency' s ability to delete, change, or 
otherwise remove comments from the record. Doing so could undermine the FCC' s ability to 
carry out its legal obligation, which is to respond to all significant issues raised in the 
proceeding. To that end, we continue to encourage all members of the public to submit 
comments to the FCC via ECFS that include accurate identifying information. This will ensure 
that the record reflects their views. Consumers also are welcome to include their 
correspondence-including a statement that certain comments were not filed by them-in ECFS 
for the public record. The FCC has set up a webpage providing detailed and easy to follow 
instructions that can help consumers submit comments in the Restoring Internet Freedom 
proceeding via ECFS. That webpage can be found here: https://www.fcc.gov/restoring-internet­
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Your views are very important and will be entered into the record of the proceeding and 
considered as part of the Commission's review. I look forward to continuing to work with you 
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and your colleagues on this critical issue. Please let me know if I can be of any further 
assistance. 
Sincerely, 
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Ajit V. Pai