Thank you for joining us today thank you for welcoming the ftc chairman. Has been more than seven years since the ftc has appeared before the subcommittee so gentlemen, you are late and this is long overdue one of the most Important Agency the subcommittee funds. Policing most sectors of the economy with the crackdown on robo colors to expose sensitive personal information to analyze consolidation in the Healthcare Market with essential Health Services atop beep for Consumer Privacy violations. And respecting the privacy choices of customers we have seen some promising actions recently they did not take a break they have high profile settlements to launch antitrust investigation and we recognize the challenges we face thats why this years house appropriation bill has a 40 milliondollar increase proposed funding bumping at more than 10 percent. And then to understand how the ftc investigates these resources widely and also it is our duty as chairman of the ftc to see that existing resou
Has been more than seven years since the ftc has appeared before the subcommittee so gentlemen, you are late and this is long overdue one of the most Important Agency the subcommittee funds. Policing most sectors of the economy with the crackdown on robo colors to expose sensitive personal information to analyze consolidation in the Healthcare Market with essential Health Services atop beep for Consumer Privacy violations. And respecting the privacy choices of customers we have seen some promising actions recently they did not take a break they have high profile settlements to launch antitrust investigation and we recognize the challenges we face thats why this years house appropriation bill has a 40 milliondollar increase proposed funding bumping at more than 10 percent. And then to understand how the ftc investigates these resources widely and also it is our duty as chairman of the ftc to see that existing resources are being used as efficiently as possible as efficiently as possible
Good morning. The committee will come to order. Thank you for joining us today. Im pleased to welcome federal trade commissioner Joseph Simons and commissioner chopra. Batting. 100 so far . 1000. Its the cupping im thinking of. It has been more than seven years since the ftc has appeared before this Sub Committee. Youre right. Its overdue, and ftc is one of the most important agencies this Sub Committee funds. And its only gotten more important over the last few years. You have enormous jurisdiction. Policing most sectors of our economy for bad behavior. You crack down on abusive robocallers. They investigate data breaches that expose sensitive personal information. They analyze consolidation in the health care market. Helping to limit abusive pricing for essential drugs and health services. Perhaps at the front of mind they are the top cop on the beat for Consumer Privacy violations and other issues in the Technology Sector. This is something everyone worries about these days. Democra
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