FTC to Testify at Senate Commerce Hearing on Consumer Protections

The FTC will testify at a hybrid Senate Commerce Committee hearing on consumer protection authority at 10 a.m. EDT Tuesday. Acting Chairwoman Rebecca Kelly Slaughter is scheduled to testify with Commissioners Noah Phillips, Rohit Chopra and Christine Wilson. Topics include the FTC’s “endangered consumer redress authority” and the agency’s “efforts to fight fraud during the pandemic, including its new first-time civil penalty authority for COVID-related scams.”