Federal Communications Commission Chairman Ajit Pai says he is leaving the telecommunications regulator on Inauguration Day. President Trump has nominated Nathan Simington to the FCC. (Associated Press)
The FCC and the U.S. Department of Agriculture together spend more than $5 billion on projects designed to hook up rural America to high-speed internet.
A sign with an emoji reads "Don't take net neutrality away" is posted outside the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), in Washington, Thursday, Dec. 14, 2017, Thursday, Dec. 14, 2017. The FCC voted to eliminate net-neutrality protections for the internet. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)
In this Aug. 9, 2013, file photo, FCC Commissioner Ajit Pai presents his dissent during a Federal Communications Commission (FCC) hearing at the FCC in Washington. President Donald Trump has picked Pai, a fierce critic of the Obama-era "net neutrality" rules, to be chief regulator of the nation's airwaves and internet connections. In a statement Monday, Jan. 23, 2017. Pai said he was grateful to the president for his new role as the next chairman of the FCC. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)
Federal Communications Commission Chairman Tom Wheeler testifies before the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee hearing on net neutrality. (AP Photo/Lauren Victoria Burke) ** FILE **
Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Chairman Tom Wheeler speaks during new conference in Washington in this Oct. 8, 2014, file photo. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana, File)
File - In this Aug. 9, 2013 file photo, FCC Commissioner Ajit Pai presents his dissent during a Federal Communications Commission (FCC) hearing at the FCC in Washington. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, file)
A petition before the Federal Communications Commission says use of the word "Redskins" over the airwaves when reporting on the professional football team causes a harrowing array of harms. Earlier this year, three logos for the Washington Redskins were included in a U.S. Patent and Trademark Office ruling stripping the team of its trademarks.