Testimony

Congressional panels often ask FTC Commissioners and staff to testify about the agency’s activities and to provide expertise on topics related to consumer protection and business competition. This list includes Congressional testimony dating back to 1997. Use the filters on this page to narrow your results.

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Prepared Statement of the Federal Trade Commission On Shining A Light on the Consumer Debt Industry

Before the Subcommittee on Financial Institutions and Consumer Protection of the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, United States Senate

Date: July 17, 2013

By:

James Reilly Dolan

Testimony (42.34 KB)

Prepared Statement of the Federal Trade Commission Entitled “Stopping Fraudulent Robocall Scams: Can More Be Done?”

Before the Subcommittee on Consumer Protection, Product Safety, and Insurance of the Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation, United States Senate

Date: July 10, 2013

By:

Lois C. Greisman

Testimony (503.59 KB)

Prepared Statement of the Federal Trade Commission On Elder Fraud and Consumer Protection Issues

Before the Subcommittee on Commerce, Manufacturing, and Trade of the Committee on Energy and Commerce, United States House of Representatives

Date: May 16, 2013

By:

Charles Harwood

Testimony (100.46 KB)

Prepared Statement of the Federal Trade Commission, Discussing the Most Recent Commission Report To Congress Under Section 319 of the Fair and Accurate Credit Transactions Act of 2003

Before the Subcommittee on Consumer Protection, Product Safety, and Insurance of the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, United States Senate

Date: May 7, 2013

By:

Maneesha Mithal

Testimony (38.54 KB)

Prepared Statement of the Federal Trade Commission, "Oversight of the Enforcement of the Antitrust Laws"

Before the Subcommittee on Antitrust, Competition Policy and Consumer Rights of the Committee on the Judiciary, United States Senate

Date: April 16, 2013

By:

Edith Ramirez

FTC Testimony "Oversight of the Enforcement of the Antitrust Laws" (82.61 KB)

Prepared Statement of the Federal Trade Commission Entitled "Examining the Uses of Consumer Credit Data"

Before the Subcommittee on Financial Institutions and Consumer Credit of the Committee on Financial Services, United States House of Representatives

Date: September 13, 2012

By:

Robert Schoshinski

Testimony (209.44 KB)

Prepared Statement of the Federal Trade Commission On The Use of Facial Recognition Technology by Governments and the Private Sector

Before the Subcommittee on Privacy, Technology, and the Law of the Committee on the Judiciary, United States Senate

Date: July 18, 2012

By:

Maneesha Mithal

Testimony (85.06 KB)

Prepared Statement of the Federal Trade Commission On Reauthorizing the U.S. SAFE WEB Act of 2006

Before the Subcommittee on Commerce, Manufacturing, and Trade of the Committee On Energy and Commerce, United States House of Representatives

Date: July 12, 2012

By:

Hugh G. Stevenson

Testimony (258.27 KB)

Prepared Statement of the Federal Trade Commission Concerning "Oversight of the Impact on Competition of Exclusion Orders To Enforce Standard-Essential Patents"

Before the Committee on the Judiciary, United States Senate

Date: July 11, 2012

By:

Edith Ramirez

FTC Testimony Concerning "Oversight of the Impact on Competition of Exclusion Orders To Enforce Standard-Essential Patents" (54.95 KB)

Prepared Statement of the Federal Trade Commission On The Need For Privacy Protections: Perspectives From the Administration and the Federal Trade Commission

Before the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, United States Senate

Date: May 9, 2012

By:

Jon Leibowitz

Testimony (231.76 KB)

Statement of Commissioner Maureen K. Ohlhausen on "The Need for Privacy Protections: Perspectives from the Administration and the Federal Trade Commission"

Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation Hearing

Date: May 9, 2012

By:

Maureen K. Ohlhausen

Statement of Commissioner Maureen K. Ohlhausen on "The Need for Privacy Protections: Perspectives from the Administration and the Federal Trade Commission" (327 KB)

Statement of the Federal Trade Commission Voicing Serious Concerns About the Costs of Transferring the Historic FTC Building to the National Gallery of Art

Before the Subcommittee on Financial Services and General Government of the Committee on Appropriations, United States Senate

Date: April 18, 2012

By:

Commission Statement For the Record (23.11 KB)

Prepared Statement of the Federal Trade Commission Concerning H.R. 1946, the "Preserving Our Hometown Independent Pharmacies Act of 2011"

Before the Subcommittee On Intellectual Property, Competition, and the Internet of the Committee on the Judiciary, United States House of Representatives

Date: March 29, 2012

By:

Richard A. Feinstein

Testimony (82.02 KB)

Prepared Statement of the Federal Trade Commission On Balancing Privacy and Innovation: Does the President's Proposal Tip the Scale?

Before the Subcommittee On Commerce, Manufacturing and Trade of the Committee On Energy and Commerce, United States House of Representatives

Date: March 29, 2012

By:

Jon Leibowitz

Testimony (230.55 KB)

Prepared Statement of the Federal Trade Commission: The FTC In FY 2013: Protecting Consumers and Competition

Before the Subcommittee On Financial Services and General Government of the Committee On Appropriations, United States House of Representatives

Date: March 5, 2012

By:

Jon Leibowitz;

J. Thomas Rosch

Testimony (80.71 KB)

Prepared Statement of the Federal Trade Commission In Connection With Oversight of the Antitrust Enforcement Agencies

Before the Subcommittee on Intellectual Property, Competition, and the Internet of the Committee on the Judiciary, United States House of Representatives

Date: December 7, 2011

By:

Jon Leibowitz

Testimony (182.13 KB)

Prepared Statement of the Federal Trade Commission on the Interagency Working Group on Food Marketed to Children

Before the Subcommittee on Commerce, Manufacturing, and Trade, and the Subcommittee on Health of the Committee on Energy and Commerce, United States House of Representatives

Date: October 12, 2011

By:

David Vladeck

Testimony (179.33 KB)