Blumenthal Condemns Supreme Court Decision Undermining Independence of Consumer Protection Agencies

[WASHINGTON, D.C.] - U.S. Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) today released the below statement following the Supreme Court's decision allowing President Donald Trump to fire commissioners of the independent Federal Trade Commission (FTC):

"President Trump fired Commissioners Slaughter and Bedoya because they had the tenacity to fight monopolists and to protect consumers from predatory corporate abuses. Since then, Trump's obsequious FTC has spent more time engaged in illegitimate harassment of the President and his financial backers' critics than taking on Big Tech or enforcing Made in America rules.

"The Supreme Court has now handed Donald Trump unchecked dominion over independent commissions like the FTC-allowing the President to stack consumer protection agencies with hand-picked cronies who will cater to his billionaire friends. By eroding the FTC's independence, the Supreme Court is fulfilling Trump's vision for a weakened consumer watchdog and leaving Americans vulnerable to monopolistic business practices and higher costs."

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