Americans Deserve a Transparent and Accountable FTC
The Federal Trade Commission’s (FTC) recent actions are alarming and pose a serious threat to our economy.
American companies are already facing historic challenges with inflation, strained supply chains and worker shortages, and the FTC's actions are only accelerating uncertainty and threatening our economy.
Under Chairwoman Lina Khan, the FTC has radically departed from its core mission to protect consumers and competition.
Rather, the FTC is overstepping its regulatory authority, undermining our system of checks and balances, ignoring due process, and bypassing longstanding regulatory norms to expansively regulate industries and manage our economy with a government knows best approach.
Areas of Overreach
- RulemakingUnder Lina Khan the FTC has embarked on a rulemaking bonanza often skirting or outright ignoring whether or not it has Congressional authorization.Learn More
- LitigationThe FTC’s litigious approach to enforcement is denying companies basic rights to due process.Learn More
- Merger ActivityBy improperly using a rulemaking process, the FTC is poised rewrite antitrust law based off false economic and often partisan assumptions.Learn More
Holding the FTC accountable on Capitol Hill
The Chamber is pushing back against FTC overreach
On Capitol Hill
The FTC has engaged in its own unfair and deceptive practices as it lobbies Congress to pass legislation that would give the agency sweeping authority.
Holding the FTC accountable in the courts
Chamber sues the FTC
In the courts
The FTC is bypassing longstanding norms to expansively regulate industries and manage our economy with a government-knows-best approach.
FTC: A Timeline of An Agency Gone Rogue
This timeline shows the ways in which Chairwoman Khan has moved to silence dissent at the FTC and consolidated power in ways that call into question the independence of the agency.
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Regulations
U.S. Chamber of Commerce Stands Up to FTC Going RogueChamber CEO Clark: ‘The FTC is waging a war against American businesses, so the U.S. Chamber is fighting back’
Regulations
Pushing Back Against FTC Overreach
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Economy
Congress Should Write Privacy Rules, Not the FTC
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Economy
Inside the FTC’s Ploy to Quash A BioTech Merger
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