{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://fitzgerald.house.gov/media/press-releases/fitzgerald-introduces-ftc-commissioner-parity-act", "Fitzgerald Introduces the\u00a0FTC Commissioner Parity Act", "2022-09-29", "2022", "2022-09", "Republican", "House", "WI", "Scott Fitzgerald", "F000471", "fitzgerald.house.gov", "fitzgerald", "https://fitzgerald.house.gov/media/press-releases", "scraper", "WASHINGTON, DC \u2013 Today, Congressman Scott Fitzgerald (WI-05) introduced the FTC Commissioner Parity Act. This legislation aligns the FTC with every other federal regulatory commission by establishing firm limits on commissioners\u2019 tenures.\n\n\u201cUnder President Biden, the FTC has abused its power and commissioners have become unaccountable. This bill erects guardrails, limiting such abuse and reaffirms Congressional oversight of the agency, said Congressman Scott Fitzgerald.\"\n\nView the bill here:\n\nBackground:\n\nUnlike every other multi-member regulatory commission, such as the SEC, CFTC, and FCC, commissioners on the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has no limit on the time they may serve past the expiration of their term.\n\nSince the start of the Biden Administration, the FTC has been an activist regulator. The agency\u2019s continued refusal to grant early terminations of the waiting period for mergers that pose no threat to competition; moves to diminish the role of minority Commissioners; allowing public input only after the Commission has voted on the issues at hand; and the agency\u2019s preparation to issue second requests unless the merging parties convince it not do so, a \u201cguilty-until-proven-innocent\u201d approach to law enforcement all serve to undermine the rule of law.\n\nAdditionally, FTC Chair Lina Khan has utilized former commissioner, Rohit Chopra's vacant position to cast votes in his place (also known as \"zombie votes\") on more than 20 policy statements, cases and potential rule-makings.\n\nCosponsors: Rep. Jim Jordan (OH-04), Rep. Darrell Issa (CA-50), and Louie Gohmert (TX-01)", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-08T03:08:33Z"]], "columns": ["url", "title", "date", "year", "month", "party", "chamber", "state", "member_name", "bioguide_id", "domain", "scraper", "source", "date_source", "text", "has_text", "collected_at", "updated_at"], "primary_keys": ["url"], "primary_key_values": ["https://fitzgerald.house.gov/media/press-releases/fitzgerald-introduces-ftc-commissioner-parity-act"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 0.8206185884773731, "source": "dwillis/congress-press", "source_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press", "license": "MIT", "license_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press/blob/main/LICENSE"}