https://www.cnet.com/news/fccs-ajit-pai-wont-meet-congress-about-phone-tracking-scandal/ > "In a phone conversation today, his staff asserted that these egregious actions are not a threat to the safety of human life or property that the FCC will address during the Trump shutdown," the New Jersey Democrat said in a statement. > Pallone noted that Pai is still working, even though the shutdown resulted in the FCC ceasing most of its operations on Jan. 3.