Senator Hawley’s block on Republican FTC nominee hurts agency’s political legitimacy

By Khushita Vasant (January 16, 2024) -- Andrew Ferguson, nominee for the Republican commissioner spot on the Federal Trade Commission, is grappling with a delay to his confirmation as Senator Josh Hawley has called into question his bonafides — but it’s only hurting the agency, which has been missing a Republican voice on critical antitrust and privacy policymaking for nearly a year now....

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