The Senate Commerce Committee Feb. 28 unanimously approved President Donald Trump’s four nominees for the Federal Trade Commission that would help fill out the vacancy-filled competition regulator.
The nominees — Joseph Simons (R), Rohit Chopra (D), Noah Phillips (R), and Christine Wilson (R) — would fill commissioner slots. Simons is Trump’s pick to be FTC chairman.
The five-seat commission has been operating with three vacancies for more than a year. Its two sitting members — acting Chairman Maureen Ohlhausen and Democratic commissioner Terrell McSweeny — are expected to leave when the nominees are confirmed by the full Senate. Ohlhausen has ...
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