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 Commission Activities and Authority With Regard to the Funeral Industry

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

Date: July 27, 2009

By:

Charles Harwood

Testimony (172.08 KB)

Prepared Statement of the Federal Trade Commission On Advertising Trends and Consumer Protection

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

Date: July 22, 2009

By:

David Vladeck

Testimony (215.75 KB)

Prepared Statement of the Federal Trade Commission On "The Importance of Competition and Antitrust Enforcement to Lower-Cost, Higher-Quality Health Care"

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

Date: July 16, 2009

By:

Richard A. Feinstein

Testimony (79.86 KB)

Prepared Statement of the Federal Trade Commission Describing the Commission's Anti-Fraud Law Enforcement Program and Recommending Changes in the Law and Resources To Enhance the Commission's Ability to Protect Consumers

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

Date: July 14, 2009

By:

David Vladeck

Testimony (90.07 KB)

Prepared Statement of the Federal Trade Commission on "Proposed Consumer Financial Protection Agency: Implications For Consumers and the Federal Trade Commission"

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

Date: July 8, 2009

By:

Jon Leibowitz

Testimony (253.91 KB)

Prepared Statement of the Federal Trade Commission on "Identity Theft: Victims Bill of Rights"

Before the Subcommittee on Information Policy, Census, and National Archives of the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, United States House of Representatives

Date: June 17, 2009

By:

Betsy Broder

Testimony (203.21 KB)

Prepared Statement of the Federal Trade Commission on "It's Too Easy Being Green: Defining Fair Green Marketing Principles"

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

Date: June 9, 2009

By:

James A. Kohm

Testimony (77.67 KB)

Prepared Statement of The Federal Trade Commission On "Anticompetitive Pay-for-Delay Settlements in the Pharmaceutical Industry: Why Consumers and the Federal Government Are Paying Too Much for Prescription Drugs"

Before the Subcommittee on Courts and Competition Policy of the Committee on the Judiciary, United States House of Representatives

Date: June 3, 2009

By:

Richard A. Feinstein

Testimony (56.83 KB)

Prepared Statement of The Federal Trade Commission On "H.R. 2309, The Consumer Credit and Debt Protection Act"

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

Date: May 12, 2009

By:

Eileen Harrington

Testimony (128.19 KB)

Prepared Statement of The Federal Trade Commission On "Foreclosure Rescue and Loan Modification Scams"

Before the Subcommittee on Housing and Community Opportunity of the Committee on Financial Services, United States House of Representatives

Date: May 6, 2009

By:

Peggy Twohig

Testimony (250.35 KB)

Prepared Statement of The Federal Trade Commission: "Legislative Hearing on H.R. 2221, the Data Accountability and Protection Act, and H.R. 1319, the Informed P2P User Act"

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

Date: May 5, 2009

By:

Eileen Harrington

Testimony (236.46 KB)

Prepared Statement of the Federal Trade Commission On "How Pay-For-Delay Settlements Make Consumers and the Federal Government Pay More For Much Needed Drugs"

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

Date: March 31, 2009

By:

J. Thomas Rosch

Testimony (306.03 KB)

Prepared Statement of the Federal Trade Commission On "Leveraging FTC Resources To Protect Consumers of Financial Services and Promote Competition"

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

Date: March 31, 2009

By:

Jon Leibowitz

Testimony (101.47 KB)

FTC FY2009 Appropriation Testimony

Date: March 31, 2009

For Fiscal Year 2009, the Commission was appropriated $259,200,000 through H.R. 1105-P.L. 111-8 the “Omnibus Appropriations Act, 2009”, making appropriations for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2009.

FTC FY2009 Appropriation Testimony (101.47 KB)

Prepared Statement of the Federal Trade Commission On "Consumer Credit and Debt: The Role of the Federal Trade Commission in Protecting the Public"

Before the Subcommittee on Commerce, Trade, and Consumer Protection of the Committee on Energy and Commerce, United States House of Representative

Date: March 24, 2009

By:

Jon Leibowitz

Testimony (309.87 KB)

Prepared Statement of the Federal Trade Commission On Consumer Protection In the Used and Subprime Car Market

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

Date: March 5, 2009

By:

Eileen Harrington

Testimony (149.75 KB)

Prepared Statement of the Federal Trade Commission On "Consumer Protection and the Credit Crisis"

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

Date: February 26, 2009

By:

Pamela Jones Harbour

Testimony (290.76 KB)

Prepared Statement of the Federal Trade Commission On "Small Business Competition Policy: Are Markets Open for Entrepreneurs?"

Before the Committee on Small Business, United States House of Representatives

Date: September 25, 2008

By:

William Kovacic

Testimony (105.54 KB)

Prepared Statement of the Federal Trade Commission On Marketing Food To Children and Adolescents: A Review of Industry Expenditures, Activities, and Self-Regulation

Before the Subcommittee On Financial Services and General Government, and the Subcommittee On Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies, of the Committee On Appropriations, United States Senate

Date: September 23, 2008

By:

Jon Leibowitz

Testimony (83.71 KB)