House call: The Tipline for 26 September 2019

26 September 2019

It’s not every day that the Federal Trade Commission testifies before Congress, but this week it’s close. FTC chair Joe Simons and commissioner Rohit Chopra testified before a US House of Representatives subcommittee yesterday, but did not face the grilling that FTC bureau of competition director Bruce Hoffman did on Tuesday. On tech, Simons said that history repeats itself with exclusionary conduct again a potential antitrust concern, as it was in the 1990s.

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The Federal Trade Commission and House Judiciary Committee appear to be stuck in a stalemate regardless of whether their quarrel occurs in letters or public hearings. Pressed by Republican lawmakers about the FTC’s responses (or lack thereof) to various document demands, the commission’s director of congressional relations had very little to say. “I’m not able to provide that information today, but we're happy to continue talking to your staff,” Jeanne Bumpus said.
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