Testimony - 110th Congress
Office of Congressional Relations Statements and/or Testimony
before Congressional Committees and Comments on Legislation
by the FTC - 110th Congress
| 04/29/08 | Before the Subcommittee On Interstate Commerce, Trade, and Tourism of the Committee On Commerce, Science, and Transportation, United States Senate Testimony News Release |
Prepared Statement of the Federal Trade Commission On Improving Consumer Protections In Subprime Lending | Lydia B. Parnes, Director, Bureau of Consumer Protection |
| 04/08/08 | Before the Committee On Commerce, Science, and Transportation, United States Senate Testimony News Release |
Prepared Statement of the Federal Trade Commission On The Commission's Work To Protect Consumers and To Promote Competition, and On A Bill To Reauthorize the Commission | Chairman William E. Kovacic |
| 02/28/08 | Before the Subcommittee on Financial Services and General Government of the Committee on Appropriations, United States House of Representatives Testimony News Release |
Prepared Statement of the Federal Trade Commission On Consumer Protection In Financial Services: Subprime Lending and Other Financial Services | Lydia B. Parnes, Director, Bureau of Consumer Protection |
| 02/13/08 | Before the Special Committee on Aging, United States Senate Testimony News Release |
Prepared Statement of the Federal Trade Commission On Foreclosure Rescue Fraud | Peggy Twohig, Associate Director for Financial Practices, Bureau of Consumer Protection |
| 12/18/07 | Before the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security of the Committee on the Judiciary, United States House of Representatives Testimony News Release |
Prepared Statement of the Federal Trade Commission On Protecting Consumer Privacy and Combating Identity Theft | Joel Winston, Associate Director of the Division of Privacy and Identity Protection in the Bureau of Consumer Protection |
| 11/13/07 | Before the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, United States Senate Testimony News Release |
Prepared Statement of the Federal Trade Commission Concerning Tobacco Advertising and Cigarette Testing | Commissioner William E. Kovacic |
| 10/23/07 | Before the Subcommittee On Commerce, Trade, and Consumer Protection of the Committee on Energy and Commerce, United States House of Representatives Testimony News Release |
Prepared Statement of the Federal Trade Commission On "Enhancing FTC Consumer Protection in Financial Dealings, With Telemarketers, and On the Internet," | Lydia Parnes, Director, Bureau of Consumer Protection |
| 10/18/07 | Before the Antitrust Task Force of the Committee on the Judiciary, United States House of Representatives Testimony News Release |
Prepared Statement of the Federal Trade Commission Concerning "The Community Pharmacy Fairness Act of 2007," | David Wales, Deputy Director, Bureau of Competition |
| 10/2/07 | Before the Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations of the Committee on Financial Services, United States House of Representatives Testimony News Release |
Prepared Statement of the Federal Trade Commission On "Credit-based Insurance Scores: Are They Fair?" | Commissioner J. Thomas Rosch |
| 09/25/07 | Before the Antitrust Task Force of the Committee on the Judiciary, United States House of Representatives Testimony News Release |
Prepared Statement of the Federal Trade Commission Providing An Overview of Recent Commission Antitrust Enforcement Activities | Chairman Deborah Platt Majoras |
| 09/12/07 | Before the Subcommittee on Interstate Commerce, Trade, and Tourism of the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, United States Senate Testimony News Release |
On Reauthorization: Major Activities, Planned Initiatives, and Legislative Recommendations | Chairman Deborah Platt Majoras |
| 07/31/07 | Before the Committee On Commerce, Science and Transportation, United States Senate Testimony News Release |
On Commission Enforcement of the Anti-Fraud Provisions of the Telemarketing Sales Rule; the Requirements of the National Do Not Call Registry; and the Credit Repair Organizations Act | Lydia B. Parnes, Director, Bureau of Consumer Protection |
| 07/25/07 | Before the Subcommittee On Oversight and Investigations of the Committee On Financial Services, United States House of Representatives Testimony News Release |
On Home Mortgage Disclosure Act Data and FTC Lending Enforcement | Lydia B. Parnes, Director, Bureau of Consumer Protection |
| 07/24/07 | Before the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, United States House of Representatives Testimony News Release |
On Peer-To-Peer File-Sharing Technology Issues | Mary Engle, Associate Director of the Division of Advertising Practices, Bureau of Consumer Protection |
| 06/21/07 | Before the Subcommittee On Social Security of the Committee On Ways and Means, United States House of Representatives Testimony News Release |
On Protecting the Privacy of the Social Security Number From Identity Theft | Joel Winston, Associate Director of the Division of Privacy and Identity Protection |
| 06/19/07 | Before the Committee On Financial Services of the United States House of Representatives Testimony News Release |
On Credit Reports: Consumers' Ability To Dispute And Change Inaccurate Information | Lydia Parnes, Director, Bureau of Consumer Protection |
| 06/13/07 | Before the Committee On Financial Services of the United States House of Representatives Testimony News Release |
On Financial Services | Chairman Deborah Platt Majoras |
05/23/07 |
Before the Joint Economic Committee of the United States Congress |
On Petroleum Industry Consolidation |
Dr. Michael A. Salinger, Director, Bureau of Economics |
05/22/07 |
Before the Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations of the Committee On Energy and Commerce, United States House of Representatives |
On Market Forces, Competitive Dynamics, and Gasoline Prices: FTC Initiatives To Protect Competitive Markets |
Commissioner William E. Kovacic |
05/2/07 |
Before the Subcommittee on Commerce, Trade, and Consumer Protection of the Committee On Energy and Commerce, |
On Protecting Consumer Access To Generic Drugs: The Benefits Of A Leglislative Solution To Anticompetitive Patent Settlements In The Pharmaceutical Industry |
Commissioner Jon Leibowitz |
04/19/07 |
Before the Special Committee On Aging, United States Senate
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On Alternative Hormone Replacement Therapy Products |
Eileen Harrington, Deputy Director, Bureau of Consumer Protection |
04/10/07 |
Before the Committee On Commerce, Science, and Transportation, United States Senate
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On The Commission's Work To Protect Consumers and Promote Competition |
Chairman Deborah Platt Majoras |
03/21/07 |
Before the Subcommittee On Terrorism, Technology and Homeland Security of the Senate Committee on the Judiciary, United States Senate |
Identity Theft: Innovative Solutions For An Evolving Problem |
Lydia Parnes, Director, Bureau of Consumer Protection |
03/9/07 |
Before the Committee On Energy and Commerce, United States House of Representatives |
On Combating Pretexting: H.R. 936, Prevention of Fraudulent Access to Phone Records Act |
Lydia Parnes, Director, Bureau of Consumer Protection |
| 03/7/07 | Before the Subcommittee on Antitrust, Competition Policy and Consumer Rights of the Committee on the Judiciary, United States Senate |
An Overview of Commission Antitrust Enforcement Activities |
Chairman Deborah Platt Majoras |
| 02/28/07 | Before the Subcommittee on Financial Services and General Government of the Committee on Appropriations, United States House of Representatives |
Fiscal Year 2008 Appropriation Request and the Consumer Protection and Competition Missions |
Chairman Deborah Platt Majoras |
02/15/07 |
Before the Subcommittee on Courts, the Internet, and Intellectual Property of the Committee on the Judiciary, United States House of Representatives |
Internet, and Intellectual Property |
Suzanne Michel, Bureau of Competition |
01/17/07 |
Before the Committee on the Judiciary of the United States Senate |
On Anticompetitive Patent Settlements in the Pharmaceutical Industry |
Commissioner Jon Leibowitz |