Watchdog Blasts Anti-Consumer Positions of New FTC Chair

For Immediate Release                                                                                    

Contact: Courtney Mattison (802-779-6416)

Washington, D.C. – The Taxpayers Protection Alliance (TPA) is greatly concerned about the direction of the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) after the confirmation of Lina Khan as head of the commission. Khan has expressed public contempt for many of the companies whose dealings she will oversee. In response, TPA VP of Policy Patrick Hedger offered the following comment:

“While we wish Chairwoman Khan luck in her wide responsibilities as head of the FTC, we have to acknowledge that this move by the White House encourages the agency to first go on an expensive and expansive big tech witch hunt. Expending time and resources to go after the companies that played an outsized role in getting us through the pandemic, and that all compete with one another, won’t do anything to help consumers. In fact, policies advanced by Chairwoman Khan would see Americans lose access to cheaper, generic brands, weaken cybersecurity standards, and make Internet-based services far less convenient. Pursuing these policies will harm Americans for these reasons and for the fact it will take the agency’s eye off the ball of deterring and investigating actual fraud.” 

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