Media Contact:
Matthew Berry, (202) 418-2005
matthew.berry@fcc.gov
For Immediate Release
STATEMENT OF FCC COMMISSIONER AJIT PAI
On the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals Yet Again Rebuking FCC Overreach
WASHINGTON, November 18, 2016.—In 2015, the FCC adopted the VoIP Symmetry Order on a party-
line vote.  As I said in my dissent, the order “alters our rules to mean something they’ve never meant 
before.”  This morning, the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals vacated that order, finding it unlawful.
I welcome this latest reminder from the federal courts that neither the FCC nor any other 
administrative agency is above the law.
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Office of Commissioner 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).