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  • Brown Blasts Ken Buck for Missing Key House Votes for Elitist European Junket

    Brown Blasts Ken Buck for Missing Key House Votes for Elitist European Junket

    WASHINGTON – Today, Scott Brown, chair of the Competitiveness Coalition, blasted U.S. Representative Ken Buck (R-CO) for missing key congressional votes in order to attend the Antitrust, Regulation & the Political Economy Conference in Brussels, Belgium: “What in the world happened to so-called conservative hero Ken Buck? While the House GOP is voting on important…

  • Brown on Select Committee Hearing on the CCP: U.S. Must Maintain Competitive Edge in Race for Global Tech Dominance

    Brown on Select Committee Hearing on the CCP: U.S. Must Maintain Competitive Edge in Race for Global Tech Dominance

    WASHINGTON – Ahead of the first hearing of the House Select Committee on the Strategic Competition Between the United States and the Chinese Communist Party, Scott Brown, chair of the Competitiveness Coalition, released the following statement: “From COVID-19’s origins, spy balloons, cozying up to Vladimir Putin and bolstering their military capabilities in the South China…

  • ICYMI: Scott Brown on Ross Kaminsky Show: Rep. Ken Buck’s Antitrust Agenda is “Reckless” and a Slap in the Face to Americans

    ICYMI: Scott Brown on Ross Kaminsky Show: Rep. Ken Buck’s Antitrust Agenda is “Reckless” and a Slap in the Face to Americans

    DENVER – During a radio interview on the Denver-based Ross Kaminsky Show, Competitiveness Coalition Chair Scott Brown raised the alarm on Rep. Ken Buck’s (R-CO) misguided antitrust agenda.  Brown alerted Coloradans how Buck’s policy agenda is “marrying up with” radical liberals like Sens. Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) and Elizabeth Warren (D-MA). If enacted, Brown argued Buck’s policies would…

  • ICYMI: Scott Brown & Ken Buck Go Head-to-Head on Antitrust Policy

    ICYMI: Scott Brown & Ken Buck Go Head-to-Head on Antitrust Policy

    WASHINGTON – In dueling op-eds in today’s Daily Caller, Competitiveness Coalition Chair Scott Brown and U.S. Rep. Ken Buck go head-to-head over the merits of Buck’s big-government approach toward the tech industry.  In his piece, Brown criticizes the populist antitrust crusaders, like Buck, for scapegoating successful American companies to introduce self-serving, misguided regulations without considering…

  • Brown on FOX Radio: Antitrust Bill Gives Away One of America’s Advantages in US-China Rivalry

    Brown on FOX Radio: Antitrust Bill Gives Away One of America’s Advantages in US-China Rivalry

    WASHINGTON – During a FOX News radio interview, Competitiveness Coalition Chair Scott Brown pushed back on President Joe Biden’s call for antitrust enforcement and criticized the Administration for failing to address the economic and security threat posed by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP).  Permitting the Chinese surveillance balloon to traverse across the U.S. for several…

  • Brown on State of the Union: Chinese Spy Balloon a Stark Reminder of Stakes in U.S.-Chinese Tech Race

    Brown on State of the Union: Chinese Spy Balloon a Stark Reminder of Stakes in U.S.-Chinese Tech Race

    WASHINGTON – With media reports indicating that President Biden’s State of the Union address will include antitrust enforcement targeting the tech industry, Competitiveness Coalition Chair Scott Brown released the following statement urging him to take a different course: “The Chinese surveillance balloon was the most tangible example of Americans’ growing frustration with Beijing’s increased military…

  • Competitiveness Coalition Congratulates Rep. Thomas Massie on Becoming House Judiciary Antitrust Subcommittee Chairman

    Competitiveness Coalition Congratulates Rep. Thomas Massie on Becoming House Judiciary Antitrust Subcommittee Chairman

    WASHINGTON – Competitiveness Coalition Chair Scott Brown today congratulated Congressman Thomas Massie (R-KY) on taking the gavel as the chairman of the House Judiciary Committee Subcommittee on the Administrative State, Regulatory Reform, and Antitrust:  “Today’s news is a win for American innovators and entrepreneurs and a setback for the big government advocates seeking to empower…

  • Scott Brown Responds to Ken Buck’s Stunning Admission: At Least He Deserves Points for Honesty

    Scott Brown Responds to Ken Buck’s Stunning Admission: At Least He Deserves Points for Honesty

    WASHINGTON – In response to U.S. Rep. Ken Buck’s (R-CO) recent statement that Americans “don’t need next day delivery,” former U.S. Senator and Ambassador Scott Brown, chair of the Competitiveness Coalition, issued the following statement: “His antitrust vision might be flawed, but give Ken Buck points for honesty. The American Innovation and Choice Online (AICO)…

  • In Bicameral Push, Chair Scott Brown Urges GOP Senators, Representatives to Reject Antitrust Efforts in New Congress

    In Bicameral Push, Chair Scott Brown Urges GOP Senators, Representatives to Reject Antitrust Efforts in New Congress

    WASHINGTON – With the 118th Congress underway, the Competitiveness Coalition today issued letters to six U.S. Senators and seven U.S. Representatives encouraging them to withhold support from future antitrust legislation that would wreak economic havoc and pour cold water on innovators now and into the future. Click HERE to read one of the letters. In…

  • Competitiveness Coalition Congratulates Mike Gallagher on Earning House Select Committee on China Gavel

    Competitiveness Coalition Congratulates Mike Gallagher on Earning House Select Committee on China Gavel

    WASHINGTON – Competitiveness Coalition Chair Scott Brown today congratulated Congressman Mike Gallagher (R-WI) after the Speaker officially selected the Wisconsin lawmaker as the first Chairman of the newly-established House Select Committee on the Strategic Competition between the United States and the Chinese Communist Party.  “As one of the most outspoken leaders in Congress on the…