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Brown Heralds Court Decision Halting Khan’s Non-Competes Ban
WASHINGTON – After the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas sided with plaintiffs’ efforts to block the Federal Trade Commission’s (FTC) near-total ban on worker noncompetes from taking effect, Chair Scott Brown released the following statement: “We are pleased that common sense prevailed, and Chair Lina Khan’s efforts to ban a commonly…
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Chair Brown on Pre-July 4th European Crackdown: Biden, Khan Want To Take America Back To Our Days As British Subjects
WASHINGTON – Following the announcement that European regulators charged U.S.-based Apple Inc. under the new Digital Markets Act (DMA), Competitiveness Coalition Chair Scott Brown blasted the Biden Administration for standing idly by as European regulators hamstring American success stories: “The EU’s action against Apple cements one basic truth: when it comes to standing up for…
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Competitiveness Coalition Launches Lina Khan’s Top 10 Basket Of Deplorables
“Three Years With Khan At The Helm, It’s Clear The FTC Has Lost Its Way & All Credibility” WASHINGTON – Three years after activist Lina Khan took over as Chair of the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), the Competitiveness Coalition released the top 10 ways the Commission has lost its way under her leadership. Dubbed “Khan’s…
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Chair Brown Applauds House GOP on FTC Funding Cuts
WASHINGTON – Today, Competitiveness Coalition Chair Scott Brown applauded Republican leaders on a key House panel for rejecting the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) budget request for a nearly 25 percent increase in funding. The House Appropriations Subcommittee on Financial Services and General Government this morning passed its Financial Services and General Government FY 2025 bill, which included $388.7…
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Scott Brown in Fox News: Five crazy ways President Biden is ruining America’s summer fun
WASHINGTON – As we reach the unofficial start of summer, Competitiveness Coalition Chair Scott Brown highlighted five ways that President Joe Biden is ruining Americans’ summer fun in his latest piece for Fox News. Brown opens by pointing out the Biden Administration’s meddling in the airline industry, which ultimately caused less options and increased…
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ICYMI: Scott Brown: “The Biden Administration Wants To Tax, Spend & Regulate Us Into The Stone Age”
“Lina Khan Has Weaponized the FTC… Makes The Obama Administration Look Conservative” WASHINGTON – Yesterday, Competitiveness Coalition Chair Scott Brown appeared on WFEA’s Morning Update discussing the Biden Administration’s tariffs on Chinese electric vehicles, as well as the broader regulatory overreach harming American competitiveness. Brown, a former U.S. Senator and Ambassador, singled out Lina Khan,…
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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…