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  • Scott Brown Slams Lina Khan’s Last Ditch Power Grab

    Scott Brown Slams Lina Khan’s Last Ditch Power Grab

    New York Times Reporting Lays Bare FTC Chair’s Brazen Attempt To Impose Her Extreme Agenda On A Country That Demanded Change In November WASHINGTON – In response to bombshell reporting by the New York Times that Federal Trade Commission (FTC) Chair Lina Khan has gone into “turbo mode” as part of a “larger sprint-to-the-finish regulatory…

  • ICYMI: Scott Brown in Washington Examiner: “Three Reasons Lina Khan Must Go”

    ICYMI: Scott Brown in Washington Examiner: “Three Reasons Lina Khan Must Go”

    WASHINGTON – As key appointments in the incoming Trump Administration take shape, Competitiveness Coalition Chair Scott Brown outlined three reasons for President-elect Donald Trump to remove Federal Trade Commission (FTC) Chair Lina Khan. Writing for the Washington Examiner, Brown argued that without new leadership at the FTC, the president-elect’s agenda to revamp the economy is…

  • Chair Brown Sounds Off On Spirit Airlines’ Bankruptcy Filing After DOJ Blocked Its Merger With JetBlue

    Chair Brown Sounds Off On Spirit Airlines’ Bankruptcy Filing After DOJ Blocked Its Merger With JetBlue

    WASHINGTON – After Spirit Airlines filed for bankruptcy this week, Competitiveness Coalition Chair Scott Brown laid the blame for this debacle at the feet of the Biden-Harris Department of Justice Antitrust Division, led by Assistant Attorney General Jonathan Kanter, who sued to stop Spirit’s proposed merger with JetBlue in March 2023: “It should outrage every…

  • Scott Brown Urges President-Elect Trump To Dump Lina Khan

    Scott Brown Urges President-Elect Trump To Dump Lina Khan

    WASHINGTON – In the aftermath of President-elect Donald Trump’s sweeping victory, Scott Brown, chair of the Competitiveness Coalition, urged the immediate replacement of Lina Khan, chair of the Federal Trade Commission (FTC): “Last night, the country sent a clear and equivocal message that it’s time to turn the page on the status quo and failed…

  • What They Are Saying: Prominent Harris Supporters Weigh In On Lina Khan’s Leadership of the FTC

    What They Are Saying: Prominent Harris Supporters Weigh In On Lina Khan’s Leadership of the FTC

    WASHINGTON – With the future of the leadership of the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) hanging in the balance, it’s not just conservatives highlighting the many scandals and controversies around its embattled chair, Lina Khan. Many left-leaning voices, including those publicly backing the Biden-Harris ticket, have expressed concern with Khan’s ideology and ambition and its impact…

  • Chair Brown on FTC’s Plan on Appeal Noncompete Ban: This Is To Protect Lina Khan’s Legacy

    Chair Brown on FTC’s Plan on Appeal Noncompete Ban: This Is To Protect Lina Khan’s Legacy

    Chair Brown on FTC’s Plan to Appeal Noncompete Ban: This Is To Protect Lina Khan’s Legacy WASHINGTON – Following reports the FTC is planning to appeal the court’s decision to overturn the agency’s overreaching and punitive total ban on non-compete agreements, Competitiveness Coalition Chair Scott Brown released the following statement: “One has to wonder if…

  • ICYMI: Scott Brown in The Washington Reporter: “Americans must reject Lina Khan’s dangerous worldview”

    ICYMI: Scott Brown in The Washington Reporter: “Americans must reject Lina Khan’s dangerous worldview”

    “It’s incumbent on everyone who values American innovation and competitiveness to push back against her ideas and dangerous worldview before it’s too late.” WASHINGTON – In an original column for The Washington Reporter, Competitiveness Coalition Chair Scott Brown reminded Americans of the disastrous potential ramifications of FTC Chair Lina Khan’s anti-growth, anti-business agenda. The piece…

  • Chair Brown Blasts Biden-Harris DOJ for Considering a Breakup of Google

    Chair Brown Blasts Biden-Harris DOJ for Considering a Breakup of Google

    WASHINGTON – Following reports that the U.S. Department of Justice is considering a “full range of tools,” including forcing Google to break off parts of its company, as a proposed remedy in the US v Google case, Competitiveness Coalition Chair Scott Brown slammed the Biden-Harris Administration for entertaining such an overly aggressive action against a…

  • Chair Brown Reacts To Judge Ruling In FTC Case, Warns Consumers That These Early Holiday Savings Are In Danger

    Chair Brown Reacts To Judge Ruling In FTC Case, Warns Consumers That These Early Holiday Savings Are In Danger

    Brown: “Lina Khan’s War On American Success Hurts Consumers, Put The Kibosh On The Next Round Of Great American Innovation.” WASHINGTON – In response to a federal judge ruling that the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) can proceed with its antitrust lawsuit against Amazon, Competitiveness Coalition Chair Scott Brown warned that savings on electronics, home goods,…

  • Scott Brown Blasts Buttigieg and Khan For Putting Partisan Politics Ahead Of Governing Responsibility

    Scott Brown Blasts Buttigieg and Khan For Putting Partisan Politics Ahead Of Governing Responsibility

    In Aftermath Of Helene, Khan Hits Campaign Trail With Liberals While Buttigieg Leads Vice Presidential Debate Preparation  WASHINGTON – In response to a report from Punchbowl News that Federal Trade Commission (FTC) Chair Lina Khan plans to hits “the road with Democrats ahead of election” while Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg led the debate preparation efforts…