Author: gandersen@blackrockgrp.com
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ICYMI: Scott Brown in Fox Business: 3 Biden Administration Policies Harming Small Businesses
WASHINGTON – To mark the recent National Small Business Week, Competitiveness Coalition Chair Scott Brown highlighted three Biden administration policies harming small businesses in his latest op-ed for Fox Business. “First, the Administration continued deflecting responsibility for lingering inflation onto private companies with their obsession over so-called “junk fees,” which are service charges imposed by…
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Chair Brown Applauds House Probe Into FTC’s Involvement in Amazon-iRobot Merger Collapse
WASHINGTON – After House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer (R-KY) launched a probe into the Federal Trade Commission’s (FTC) role in the collapse of the iRobot-Amazon merger, Competitiveness Coalition Chair Scott Brown issued the following statement: “American officials tasked with standing up for U.S. interests have no business working with European regulators to squash our…
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Chair Scott Brown Sounds Off on FTC’s Unilateral Action to Ban Noncompetes
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE April 23, 2024 Chair Scott Brown Sounds Off on FTC’s Unilateral Action to Ban Noncompetes WASHINGTON – After the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) passed a new rule in a 3-2 party-line vote that bans businesses from including non-compete agreements in an employee’s contract, Chair Scott Brown released the following statement: “Non-compete agreements…
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Scott Brown on Concerning CPI Report: Why In The World Does Lina Khan Still Want To Break Up Amazon?
WASHINGTON – In response to the March consumer-price index showing annual inflation rates quickening to 3.5%, Scott Brown, Chair of the Competitiveness Coalition, issued the following statement: “As consumers pinch pennies to make ends meet, out-of-touch activists in the Biden Administration like FTC Chair Lina Khan continue their crusade to destroy companies whose lower prices…
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Scott Brown in Union Leader: Life under Biden more costly for everyone but those on top
Brown: “Life under the Biden administration has gotten harder and more expensive for all but those at the top. The policies and world view of (FTC Chair) Lina Khan and others are big reasons why.” WASHINGTON – In a new op-ed for the Union-Leader, Competitiveness Coalition Chair Scott Brown explains how the Biden administration has…
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Chair Brown: As Khan’s Fourth Year Starts, A Disastrous Reign
Brown: “(Khan) has effectively turned the FTC into an anti-business, anti-competitive advocacy organization rather than a government agency.” WASHINGTON – Three years ago today, President Joe Biden made one of his most consequential economic decisions when he nominated Lina Khan, a protege of Elizabeth Warren with limited management experience, to lead the Federal Trade Commission…
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ICYMI: Scott Brown Discusses Overregulation With The Josiah Bartlett Center’s Drew Cline
Brown: “This administration, Drew, it’s upside down.” WASHINGTON – Yesterday, Competitiveness Coalition Chair Scott Brown joined WFEA’s Morning Update with the Josiah Bartlett Center’s Drew Cline for a wide-ranging discussion on the state of the U.S. presidential race, Brown’s reaction to the State of the Union, and the Biden Administration’s continued suppression of American innovation.…
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Chair Brown Slams Biden’s FY25 Budget Request for More Antitrust Activism
WASHINGTON – Competitiveness Coalition Chair Scott Brown today slammed President Biden for releasing a budget that prioritizes the desires of antitrust activists, particularly after a scathing congressional report detailed the abuse of law and mismanagement within the Federal Trade Commission (FTC). Specifically, President Biden’s budget calls for $288 million for the Department of Justice’s antitrust…
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Chair Brown: Biden Administration Will Own Disastrous Impact of the DMA
WASHINGTON – As the Digital Markets Act (DMA) takes effect in Europe today, Competitiveness Coalition Chair Scott Brown blasted the Biden Administration for working alongside overseas regulators to impose sweeping new regulations on American innovators. Passed in 2022, the DMA unabashedly targets America’s tech sector as 21 of the 22 core platform services obligated to…
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ICYMI: Scott Brown in Fox News: “Biden is strangely aiding China in three major ways”
FTC Chair Lina Khan Spotlighted As One Of The Chief Offenders WASHINGTON – In a new op-ed for Fox News, Competitiveness Coalition Chair Scott Brown sounded the alarm on destructive progressive policies and warned of the dangers of the continued encroachment of Chinese Communist Party-backed (CCP) companies into the American market. “Temu, the Chinese e-commerce…