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Ajit Pai

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2017-05-04

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2017-05-04

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1. “I was really appreciative of the meeting that we had. It was kind of surreal, I have to say. I'm as nervous anyway, meeting the president-elect of the United States. But I remember walking down this hallway in Trump Tower, and it got this unsettling feeling. And I thought, what is this? And they realized I'm in the hallway where the apprentice contestants walk after they've been fired. So I thought the last thing I want is for me to mimic what they had to go through. But we had a great conversation. He had my bio in front of him. He knew some of my work. And the bottom line message he had to me was like, look, we want you to have free reign at the agency to do what you think is the right policy to get America investing again, get the sector moving again. And so if he wasn't really specific, but he just asked, how have you, what are some of the priorities that you've got? And so I talked about my plans for infrastructure investment, outlined some of the proposals that I talked about last September in Cincinnati at a speech of the Brandery. And he said, oh, this sounds great.”

   2017-05-04 · Decoder with Nilay Patel · Recode Decode: FCC Chairman Ajit Pai · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT

2. “There's so many opportunities. I mean, Pat Mahomes losing to the Steelers last year in the playoffs. I really appreciate your restraint”

   2017-05-04 · Decoder with Nilay Patel · Recode Decode: FCC Chairman Ajit Pai · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT