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Wicker Statement on FTC Commissioner Phillips
By Press release submission | Aug 14, 2022
Wicker Statement on FTC Commissioner Phillips
Leader Rodgers Statement on Commissioner Phillips’ Departure from the FTC
By Press release submission | Aug 12, 2022
Leader Rodgers Statement on Commissioner Phillips’ Departure from the FTC
Murray, Cantwell, Casey Call on FTC to Investigate Price Gouging of Infant Formula
By Press release submission | Jun 21, 2022
Murray, Cantwell, Casey Call on FTC to Investigate Price Gouging of Infant Formula
Chairs Pallone, Scott Urge FTC to Prevent Online Price Gouging of Baby Formula
By Press release submission | Jun 17, 2022
Chairs Pallone, Scott Urge FTC to Prevent Online Price Gouging of Baby Formula
Murray, Cantwell, Casey Call on FTC to Investigate Price Gouging of Infant Formula
By DOL Newswire | Jun 15, 2022
News Release: (Washington, D.C.) - Today, Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), Chair of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, Senator Maria Cantwell (D-WA), Chair of the Senate Commerce Committee, and Senator Bob Casey (D-PA), Chair of the Senate HELP Subcommittee on Children and Families, urged...
Wicker Raises Concern Over Chair Khan’s Leadership After Recent FTC Staff Survey
By Press release submission | May 31, 2022
Wicker Raises Concern Over Chair Khan’s Leadership After Recent FTC Staff Survey
Wicker Raises Concern Over Chair Khan’s Leadership After Recent FTC Staff Survey
By Press release submission | May 27, 2022
Wicker Raises Concern Over Chair Khan’s Leadership After Recent FTC Staff Survey
Cantwell, Grassley Want New Enforcement Authority for FTC to Fight Unfair Drug Pricing Practices and Provide More Transparency
By Press release submission | May 27, 2022
Cantwell, Grassley Want New Enforcement Authority for FTC to Fight Unfair Drug Pricing Practices and Provide More Transparency
Twitter Agrees with DOJ and FTC to Pay $150 Million Civil Penalty and to Implement Comprehensive Compliance Program to Resolve Alleged Data Privacy Violations
By DOJ Newswire | May 26, 2022
News Release: The Department of Justice, together with the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), announced a settlement that, if approved by a federal court, will require Twitter Inc. to pay $150 million in civil penalties and implement robust compliance measures to protect users’ data privacy. The settlement will resolve ...
Cantwell-Led Bill Would Restore FTC Authority to Return Billions to Consumers Ripped off by Scams, Fraud, Deception
By Press release submission | May 9, 2022
Cantwell-Led Bill Would Restore FTC Authority to Return Billions to Consumers Ripped off by Scams, Fraud, Deception
Kohl’s and Walmart Agree to Pay $5.5 Million in Combined Penalties for Alleged Deceptive Violations of the Textile Act and Rules and FTC Act Around the Use of Bamboo
By DOJ Newswire | May 6, 2022
News Release: Today, the Department of Justice, together with the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), announced that Kohl’s Inc. (Kohl’s) and Walmart Inc. (Walmart) have agreed to pay $2.5 million and $3 million in civil penalties, respectively, in as part of settlements to resolve allegations that Kohl’s and Walmart ...
Commerce Committee Report Underscores Need for Congress to Restore FTC Authority to Return Billions to Consumers Ripped off by Scams, Fraud, Deception
By Press release submission | May 3, 2022
Commerce Committee Report Underscores Need for Congress to Restore FTC Authority to Return Billions to Consumers Ripped off by Scams, Fraud, Deception
Wicker Opposes Confirmation of FTC Nominee Alvaro M. Bedoya
By Press release submission | Apr 15, 2022
U.S. Sen. Roger Wicker, R-Miss., ranking member of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, today released the following statement on the nomination of Alvaro M. Bedoya for Federal Trade Commissioner ahead of a Senate vote on a motion to discharge consideration of his nomination from committee and proceed to a floor vote:
Neal Stands Up for Consumers and Urges FTC to Crack Down on Misleading Marketing by Junk Health Care Plans
By Press release submission | Apr 13, 2022
Several reports have shown deceptive marketing practices push consumers toward junk health plans that lack ACA protections
Cantwell: Without a Full FTC, We Can’t Protect Consumers from Fraud, Bring Nominee to a Senate Vote
By Press release submission | Mar 30, 2022
U.S. Senate voted to discharge Alvaro Bedoya’s nomination to be a Commissioner of the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) out of the Senate Commerce Committee, allowing a confirmation vote to be scheduled. U.S. Senator Maria Cantwell, D-Wash., Chair of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, spoke on the Senate floor urging her colleagues to support the motion to ensure the FTC can protect consumers.
Cantwell Underscores Urgency for Senate to Confirm Biden FTC Commissioner
By Press release submission | Mar 29, 2022
Senator spoke on Senate floor following Leader Schumer’s motion to move Alvaro Bedoya’s nomination forward Leader Schumer: “I hope anyone who cares about inflation and rising prices and collusion and all kinds of manipulation of those prices….
Nadler & Cicilline Applaud FTC, DOJ Review of Merger Guidelines
By Press release submission | Jan 25, 2022
House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) and Subcommittee on Antitrust, Commercial, and Administrative Law Chairman David N. Cicilline (D-RI) issued the following joint statement on the Federal Trade Commission and Department of Justice Antitrust Division's review of corporate merger guidelines
Nadler & Cicilline Applaud FTC, DOJ Review of Merger Guidelines
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 20, 2022
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Today, House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) and Subcommittee on Antitrust, Commercial, and Administrative Law Chairman David N. Cicilline (D-RI) issued the following joint statement on the Federal Trade Commission and Department of Justice Antitrust Division's review of corporate merger guidelines...
Rodgers, Bilirakis Urge FTC Chair to Embrace Bipartisan Tradition & Avoid an Ill-Conceived Decision-Making Process
By Commerce Newswire | Dec 9, 2021
News Release: Washington, D.C.-House Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) and Republican Leader for Consumer Protection and Commerce Gus Bilirakis (R-FL) sent a letter to FTC Chair Lina Khan on her recent internal decisions that politicize the agency while harming businesses.
Statement of Acting Assistant Attorney General Richard A. Powers of the Antitrust Division and FTC Chair Lina Khan on Competition Executive Order’s Call to Consider Revisions to Merger Guidelines
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 9, 2021
News Release: The following joint statement can be attributed to Acting Assistant Attorney General Richard A. Powers of the Antitrust Division and Federal Trade Commission (FTC) Chair Lina Khan: “We must ensure that the merger guidelines reflect current economic realities and empirical learning and that they guide ...
