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Hearing “The 30,000 Foot View: Competition and Regulation in the U.S. Airline Industry”
house Administrative State, Regulatory Reform, and Antitrust Subcommittee · Jun 24, 2026 · Transcript · 17 transcript matches
RASKIN, JAMIE "to continue competing with Spirit and its ultra-low airfares until skyrocketing prices caused by Trump's disastrous war in Iran caused the airline to collapse. Yet our colleagues have taken the wrong lesson from this story, claiming we need less antitrust enforcement rather than more. This is alarming because under the Trump administration, antitrust enforcement has already been twisted and corrupted beyond recognition. Instead of being a tool to protect competition and innovation and to prevent companies from abusing their market power over consumers and workers, it's become just one more..."
Hearing “Pier Pressure: Regulation and Competition in Maritime Shipping”
house Administrative State, Regulatory Reform, and Antitrust Subcommittee · Mar 17, 2026 · Transcript · 14 transcript matches
NADLER, JERROLD "from entering the market. Given this awful record, I sought re-examination of the merger by the antitrust enforcers in"
Hearing Hearings to examine the nominations of Anna St. John, of Louisiana, to be United States Circuit Judge for the Fifth Circuit, Gregory Carl Cook, to...
senate Aug 5, 2026 · Transcript · 9 transcript matches
D. ADAM CANDEUB "My career centered around laws responses to market power has taught me a few things. It is competition and innovation that best remedy market power. The amazing development I just described from the AT&T rotary dial telephones I grew up with to AI-mediated online experience happened because of free markets, because American antitrust enforcers chose to unleash competition and encourage innovation. Antitrust enforcement, therefore, should proceed with the greatest care. Antitrust enforcement, therefore, should proceed with the greatest"
Hearing Hearings to examine the Muslim brotherhood network in America.
senate Federal Courts, Oversight, Agency Action, and Federal Rights Subcommittee · Aug 5, 2026 · Transcript · 9 transcript matches
D. ADAM CANDEUB "My career centered around laws responses to market power has taught me a few things. It is competition and innovation that best remedy market power. The amazing development I just described from the AT&T rotary dial telephones I grew up with to AI-mediated online experience happened because of free markets, because American antitrust enforcers chose to unleash competition and encourage innovation. Antitrust enforcement, therefore, should proceed with the greatest care. Antitrust enforcement, therefore, should proceed with the greatest"
Hearing “Field of Fees: Private Equity’s Role in the Commercialization of American Youth Sports”
house Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education Subcommittee · Jun 30, 2026 · Transcript · 9 transcript matches
BONAMICI, SUZANNE "billion from the Department of Education and more than $1.1 billion with national parks and recreation areas. These reductions directly contribute to the lack of accessible sports and outdoor programs. But fortunately, there are solutions. Our Democratic witness, Ms. Van Dyke, will discuss some reforms Congress and the administration should consider, including greater transparency around fees and business practices, robust antitrust enforcement, and increased public investment in community recreation and school-based sports programs, so every child has access to affordable opportunities close..."
Hearing Various Measures
house Small Business Committee · May 20, 2026 · Transcript · 8 transcript matches
SCHOLTEN, HILLARY J. "My bill would do just that by directing the SBA's Office of Advocacy to work with the FTC and the Department of Justice to examine the gaps in our antitrust laws. Our Office of Advocacy is Main Street's voice within the federal government, and it's only right that they're in lockstep with our nation's top antitrust enforcement agencies. This bill will not only enhance collaboration between these agencies on behalf of small businesses, it will also require advocacy to submit a report to"
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The Facebook Antitrust Lawsuits and the Future of Merger Enforcement
Posts · Feb 16, 2021
In December 2020, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and a group of 46 state attorneys general (state AGs) filed separate antitrust lawsuits against Facebook. Both lawsuits challenge the same...
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Antitrust Enforcement During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Frequently Asked Questions
Posts · May 18, 2020
Although the COVID-19 coronavirus has shuttered wide swaths of the U.S. economy, it has also spurred a flurry of activity by some of the country’s largest firms. To respond to the virus, major...
Testimony RASKIN, JAMIE
“The 30,000 Foot View: Competition and Regulation in the U.S. Airline ...
house Judiciary Committee · Jun 24, 2026
"to continue competing with Spirit and its ultra-low airfares until skyrocketing prices caused by Trump's disastrous war in Iran caused the airline to collapse. Yet our colleagues have taken the wrong lesson from this story, claiming we need less antitrust enforcement rather than more. This is alarming because under the Trump administration, antitrust enforcement has already been twisted and corrupted beyond recognition. Instead of being a tool to protect competition and innovation and to..."
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Mergers and Acquisitions in Digital Markets
Reports · Mar 30, 2021
Some Members of Congress have expressed concern about mergers and acquisitions in digital markets, specifically those involving “Big Tech”—Alphabet (Google), Amazon, Apple, Facebook, and Microsoft....
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Antitrust Law: An Introduction
Resources · May 1, 2025
Recent years have witnessed a resurgence of both public and political interest in antitrust. This In Focus provides an overview of the key federal antitrust statutes and their enforcement. The Goals...
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Defining and Regulating Online Platforms
Reports · Aug 25, 2023
The internet has been broadly characterized by an open, decentralized model of content creation, distribution, and consumption. Users’ access to online content evolved from retrieving information...
Hearing “Examining the Sports Broadcasting Act”
house Administrative State, Regulatory Reform, and Antitrust Subcommittee · Jun 10, 2026 · Transcript · 3 transcript matches
BALINT, BECCA "Thank you, Mr. Chair, and thank you to all the witnesses for your time. And from where I sit, every day is a great day to talk about antitrust enforcement. Because what is at the heart of all of this is we've got fewer choices, we've got higher costs, we got services that used to be free and now they all come with a"
Hearing "Lowering Health Care Costs for All Americans: Examining Policies to Increase Health Care Transparency."
house Health Subcommittee · Jun 10, 2026 · Transcript · 2 transcript matches
SPEAKER_03 "Thank you so much for the question. I think by and large, there is so much consolidation happening in the system, horizontal, vertical integration as well, but it is essentially a giant black box. We actually don't, we have very, very little information into these smaller transactions that are not raising to the level where they would trigger federal oversight and antitrust enforcement and laws. And so they're flying underneath the"
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Private Equity Investments in Health Care: Selected Enforcement Issues
Posts · Aug 8, 2024
A 2021 report from the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC) found that private equity investments in health care substantially expanded in the preceding 20 years, particularly with respect...
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Antitrust and the iPhone: Supreme Court to Consider Whether App Store Customers Can Sue Apple for Monopolization
Posts · Nov 23, 2018
On November 26, 2018, the Supreme Court will hear oral arguments in Apple v. Pepper, an antitrust case involving the iPhone’s App Store that may have significant implications for other electronic...
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Antitrust Issues in Labor Markets
Posts · Apr 6, 2022
The typical antitrust case involves sellers in a product market. For example, rival manufacturers might conspire to fix the price of memory chips. A tobacco giant may monopolize the cigarette...
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Competition and Antitrust Concerns Related to Generative AI
Resources · Apr 16, 2025
Artificial intelligence (AI) technologies used to generate synthetic content, such as text, images, audio, video, and computer code, are broadly referred to as generative AI (GenAI). One type of...
Testimony FITZGERALD, SCOTT
“The 30,000 Foot View: Competition and Regulation in the U.S. Airline ...
house Judiciary Committee · Jun 24, 2026
"overregulation. By blocking the transaction, regulators prevented the market from testing whether a strong competitor could emerge to challenge the industry's largest incumbents. At a minimum, the case demonstrates the importance of ensuring that antitrust enforcement promotes competition rather than merely preserving the status quo. As Congress evaluates the future of the airline industry, we should remain mindful of the lessons of deregulation. Competition, not heavy-handed regulation, has..."
Testimony BALINT, BECCA
“The 30,000 Foot View: Competition and Regulation in the U.S. Airline ...
house Judiciary Committee · Jun 24, 2026
"We went from 40 to four. That is not competition. At the same time, airline executives argue that further consolidation is necessary to address the industry's challenges. It was shocking to hear United Airlines, the fourth largest airline in the U.S., float a merger with American Airlines, the second largest carrier. The combined United American Airlines would control 34 percent of the domestic market. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy called the proposal, quote, interesting. This is..."
Testimony BALINT, BECCA
“The 30,000 Foot View: Competition and Regulation in the U.S. Airline ...
house Judiciary Committee · Jun 24, 2026
"deserve so much better than this. Antitrust laws are supposed to make sure the markets work for us. Americans need to know that antitrust enforcement decisions will be based on law, evidence, and the interests of regular people, not political access, backroom discussions, or the preferences of powerful corporations. Americans simply want choices. We don't want a handful of companies to control and limit our freedom of choice. And we don't want a federal government that approves consolidation..."
Testimony RASKIN, JAMIE
“The 30,000 Foot View: Competition and Regulation in the U.S. Airline ...
house Judiciary Committee · Jun 24, 2026
"my colleagues today have decided instead, somewhat comically, to blame overzealous antitrust enforcement. Americans are paying more today for groceries, gasoline, health care, housing, utilities, and, yes, airfare. At the same time, a vanishingly small number of companies is thriving. Consider the S&P 500, a stock market index of 500 publicly traded U.S. companies. Last month, the Financial Times published an analysis showing that just five of"
Testimony RASKIN, JAMIE
“The 30,000 Foot View: Competition and Regulation in the U.S. Airline ...
house Judiciary Committee · Jun 24, 2026
"Instead of concocting a cover story for the president, which blames Biden for the disastrous consequences of this antitrust tariff, we should be doing serious oversight of an antitrust enforcement system that has been thoroughly smashed up in this administration. Thank you, Mr."
Testimony MS. NANCY ROSE
“The 30,000 Foot View: Competition and Regulation in the U.S. Airline ...
house Judiciary Committee · Jun 24, 2026
"These are pocketbook issues—what families pay for groceries, medicine, or a doctor's visit. Strong, evidence-based antitrust enforcement is one of the tools that we have to keep competition and prices affordable, as did the FTC and a bipartisan group of state AGs when they successfully blocked the Kroger-Albertsons When I was at the Antitrust Division, every new employee heard the same message on day one and repeated it often— antitrust is law"
Testimony RASKIN, JAMIE
“The 30,000 Foot View: Competition and Regulation in the U.S. Airline ...
house Judiciary Committee · Jun 24, 2026
"Professor Rose, as a professor, you give grades, right? What grade would you give the antitrust enforcers in the Trump administration today? So what letter grade would that"
Testimony MS. NANCY ROSE
“The 30,000 Foot View: Competition and Regulation in the U.S. Airline ...
house Judiciary Committee · Jun 24, 2026
"I don't give that very often at MIT, but in this case, I think it's fully merited. That we no longer have an antitrust enforcement agency at the Department of Justice that's based on principles of evidence, it seems instead to be based on principles of either who has the administration's ear or their willingness to pay. As an outsider, it appears to be the"
Testimony RASKIN, JAMIE
“The 30,000 Foot View: Competition and Regulation in the U.S. Airline ...
house Judiciary Committee · Jun 24, 2026
"So what does that surge in bus travel say about the importance that Spirit Airlines had for air travel? Are you basically saying that a combination of terribly foolish policy decisions like the unilateral illegal tariff war against the world and the unilateral illegal war in Iran with the consequent jump in oil and gasoline prices combined with weak antitrust enforcement is causing this massive consolidation within the business economy? What are some of the problems associated with high levels..."
Testimony BALINT, BECCA
“The 30,000 Foot View: Competition and Regulation in the U.S. Airline ...
house Judiciary Committee · Jun 24, 2026
"as it were. Antitrust defense lawyers are telling their clients they should hire lobbyists and political fixers with close connections to the White House to get their deals passed antitrust enforcers. We've heard from whistleblowers like Roger Alford, who've described a pay-to-play environment in DOJ"
Testimony GARCÍA, JESÚS G. "CHUY"
“The 30,000 Foot View: Competition and Regulation in the U.S. Airline ...
house Judiciary Committee · Jun 24, 2026
"then you should have no objection to banning it. And from an antitrust enforcement to reforming gate and slot"
Testimony JOHNSON, HENRY C. "HANK"
“The 30,000 Foot View: Competition and Regulation in the U.S. Airline ...
house Judiciary Committee · Jun 24, 2026
"American businesses and consumers were finally free from Trump's tariffs just in time to be slapped down again by a price increase from this war of choice. Professor Rose, one of the phrases in your written testimony really struck me. You said that you were concerned that under the Trump administration, antitrust enforcement is turning into, quote, a political favor factory, end quote. I don't think it could be put any better than"
Testimony D. ADAM CANDEUB
Hearings to examine the nominations of Anna St. John, of Louisiana, to...
senate Judiciary Committee · Aug 5, 2026
"My career centered around laws responses to market power has taught me a few things. It is competition and innovation that best remedy market power. The amazing development I just described from the AT&T rotary dial telephones I grew up with to AI-mediated online experience happened because of free markets, because American antitrust enforcers chose to unleash competition and encourage innovation. Antitrust enforcement, therefore, should proceed with the greatest care. Antitrust enforcement,..."
Testimony LEE, MIKE
Hearings to examine the nominations of Anna St. John, of Louisiana, to...
senate Judiciary Committee · Aug 5, 2026
"Mr. Candeub, I'd like to start with you. Let's... I'd like to hear just about your overall philosophy regarding antitrust enforcement. Is bigness"
Testimony D. ADAM CANDEUB
Hearings to examine the nominations of Anna St. John, of Louisiana, to...
senate Judiciary Committee · Aug 5, 2026
"what has been so wonderful about American antitrust enforcement is that it has recognized, it has unleashed"
Testimony LEE, MIKE
Hearings to examine the nominations of Anna St. John, of Louisiana, to...
senate Judiciary Committee · Aug 5, 2026
"beside price, correct? To what extent and what ways do you think state attorney generals should play a role in antitrust enforcement? Are you aware of any other"
Testimony D. ADAM CANDEUB
Hearings to examine the nominations of Anna St. John, of Louisiana, to...
senate Judiciary Committee · Aug 5, 2026
"If confirmed, I hope to work with state attorney generals to have a coherent and consistent antitrust enforcement. To be honest, I'm not an expert on comparative antitrust"
Testimony LEE, MIKE
Hearings to examine the nominations of Anna St. John, of Louisiana, to...
senate Judiciary Committee · Aug 5, 2026
"any other developed nation that has antitrust laws, competition laws, if you want to define it more broadly, that has two antitrust enforcement agencies that are not connected to each other? Neither am I. I'm not fishing for any particular"
Testimony LEE, MIKE
Hearings to examine the nominations of Anna St. John, of Louisiana, to...
senate Judiciary Committee · Aug 5, 2026
"And I think one day Congress needs to grapple with this and figure out whether it makes any sense to have these twin, siloed, parallel universe antitrust enforcement agencies that often determine jurisdictional battles by a coin toss. Thank"
Testimony D. ADAM CANDEUB
Hearings to examine the Muslim brotherhood network in America.
senate Judiciary Committee · Aug 5, 2026
"My career centered around laws responses to market power has taught me a few things. It is competition and innovation that best remedy market power. The amazing development I just described from the AT&T rotary dial telephones I grew up with to AI-mediated online experience happened because of free markets, because American antitrust enforcers chose to unleash competition and encourage innovation. Antitrust enforcement, therefore, should proceed with the greatest care. Antitrust enforcement,..."
Testimony LEE, MIKE
Hearings to examine the Muslim brotherhood network in America.
senate Judiciary Committee · Aug 5, 2026
"Mr. Kandup, I'd like to start with you. Let's... I'd like to hear just about your overall philosophy regarding antitrust enforcement. Is bigness"
Testimony D. ADAM CANDEUB
Hearings to examine the Muslim brotherhood network in America.
senate Judiciary Committee · Aug 5, 2026
"what has been so wonderful about American antitrust enforcement is that it has recognized, it has unleashed"
Testimony LEE, MIKE
Hearings to examine the Muslim brotherhood network in America.
senate Judiciary Committee · Aug 5, 2026
"beside price, correct? To what extent and what ways do you think state attorney generals should play a role in antitrust enforcement? Are you aware of any other country, or at least any other peer or near peer nation, any other developed nation that has antitrust laws, competition laws, if you want to define it more broadly, that has two antitrust enforcement agencies that are not connected to each"
Testimony D. ADAM CANDEUB
Hearings to examine the Muslim brotherhood network in America.
senate Judiciary Committee · Aug 5, 2026
"If confirmed, I hope to work with state attorney generals to have a coherent and consistent antitrust enforcement. To be honest, I'm not an expert on comparative antitrust"
Testimony LEE, MIKE
Hearings to examine the Muslim brotherhood network in America.
senate Judiciary Committee · Aug 5, 2026
"To what extent and what ways do you think state attorney generals should play a role in antitrust enforcement? Are you aware of any other country, or at least any other peer or near peer nation, any other developed nation that has antitrust laws, competition laws, if you want to define it more broadly, that has two antitrust enforcement agencies that are not connected to each other? Neither am I. I'm not fishing for any particular"
Testimony LEE, MIKE
Hearings to examine the Muslim brotherhood network in America.
senate Judiciary Committee · Aug 5, 2026
"And I think one day Congress needs to grapple with this and figure out whether it makes any sense to have these twin, siloed, parallel universe antitrust enforcement agencies that often determine jurisdictional battles by a coin toss. Thank"
Testimony GRASSLEY, CHUCK
Hearings to examine the nomination of Todd Blanche, of Florida, to be ...
senate Judiciary Committee · Jul 15, 2026
"As I recall, as a result of that hearing, the president issued an executive order and an investigation was started in your department, and I've sensed some pause in that right now, so if confirmed, do you have a commitment that the Justice Department will make antitrust enforcement a priority, and since I think there aren't too many people in the Justice Department who know much about agriculture, with some concentration on agriculture. Our committee has received a lot of outreach about the..."
Testimony GOODLANDER, MAGGIE
“AI on Main Street: How AI is Shaping the Future of Small Business.”
house Small Business Committee · Jul 14, 2026
"It is. And I just want to say, the Broadband Equity Access and Deployment Act, the BEAD program, has been so mission critical. We've got $21 million that's currently being withheld from the state of New Hampshire that could go to exactly this problem. Mr. Ago, I want to ask you, thank you for your testimony and for the powerful points that you've made about the role of competition and the real perils that small businesses are up against. Before I came here to Congress, I was an antitrust..."
Testimony BONAMICI, SUZANNE
“Field of Fees: Private Equity’s Role in the Commercialization of Amer...
house Education and Workforce Committee · Jun 30, 2026
"billion from the Department of Education and more than $1.1 billion with national parks and recreation areas. These reductions directly contribute to the lack of accessible sports and outdoor programs. But fortunately, there are solutions. Our Democratic witness, Ms. Van Dyke, will discuss some reforms Congress and the administration should consider, including greater transparency around fees and business practices, robust antitrust enforcement, and increased public investment in community..."
Testimony BONAMICI, SUZANNE
“Field of Fees: Private Equity’s Role in the Commercialization of Amer...
house Education and Workforce Committee · Jun 30, 2026
"what can Congress do? And I know there's the Let Kids Play Act as, I think, a good starting point for discussion. What can Congress and State Attorneys General do to fill the gap if federal antitrust enforcement isn't happening? Thank"
Testimony MS. KATHERINE VAN DYCK, J.D.
“Field of Fees: Private Equity’s Role in the Commercialization of Amer...
house Education and Workforce Committee · Jun 30, 2026
"Thank you for that question. Unfortunately, yes, our federal antitrust enforcement mechanism right now is pretty anemic. DOJ has only filed, I think, one lawsuit in the first year of its administration, and staff are reportedly being encouraged to avoid long investigations and"
Testimony LEE, SUMMER L.
“Field of Fees: Private Equity’s Role in the Commercialization of Amer...
house Education and Workforce Committee · Jun 30, 2026
"Thank you, Mr. Chairman. If private equity, monopolizing youth sports is what it takes to get Republicans on board with enforcing antitrust laws, then I welcome that. I will happily work with you to get private equity out of youth sports, but I would love if we could apply this same level of urgency to protecting all children, families and"
Testimony LEE, SUMMER L.
“Field of Fees: Private Equity’s Role in the Commercialization of Amer...
house Education and Workforce Committee · Jun 30, 2026
"If we want more children to reap the benefits of sports, we have to invest in our communities. We need solutions that actually level the playing field instead of ones that will only improve things for the wealthy parents who are suddenly inconvenienced by private equity's outsized role in their kids' elite sports leagues. We need real antitrust enforcement because, just like we've seen in so many other sectors, corporate giants are the ones who are benefiting from the extraction of wealth in..."
Testimony ADAMS, ALMA S.
“Field of Fees: Private Equity’s Role in the Commercialization of Amer...
house Education and Workforce Committee · Jun 30, 2026
"So do you believe fear of retaliation is keeping families, and coaches, and small providers from coming forward? Well, finally, let me ask you about public-private partnerships. I understand that private investment can play a role in building facilities and expanding access, but public-private partnerships are not magic words. If they are not structured carefully, they can leave local governments and families wide open to opportunities by the private partner, and when antitrust laws are not..."
Testimony MS. KATHERINE VAN DYCK, J.D.
“Field of Fees: Private Equity’s Role in the Commercialization of Amer...
house Education and Workforce Committee · Jun 30, 2026
"prohibit these types of conflicts of interest, we will have competition. That's a great question. Our existing antitrust laws do actually address vertical monopolies, and when a vertically integrated company is harming competition, that's unlawful under the antitrust laws that we have. Unfortunately, they have been, I think, diluted a little bit by some of the judicial interpretation and also by the lack of antitrust enforcement under the current administration and the lack of—I would say the..."
Testimony BONAMICI, SUZANNE
“Field of Fees: Private Equity’s Role in the Commercialization of Amer...
house Education and Workforce Committee · Jun 30, 2026
"member of this committee has watched a child light up after scoring a goal or learning to resolve their differences and be part of a team. We should all want that experience to be in reach for every student, not just those whose families can afford the travel, the coach, the premium tournament package. Our constituents want and deserve fairness, and what we have heard today is anything but fair what's happening. So the path forward is within our control, greater transparency in pricing, real..."
Testimony BALINT, BECCA
“Examining the Sports Broadcasting Act”
house Judiciary Committee · Jun 10, 2026
"Thank you, Mr. Chair, and thank you to all the witnesses for your time. And from where I sit, every day is a great day to talk about antitrust enforcement. Because what is at the heart of all of this is we've got fewer choices, we've got higher costs, we got services that used to be free and now they all come with a"
Testimony SPEAKER_03
"Lowering Health Care Costs for All Americans: Examining Policies to I...
house Energy and Commerce Committee · Jun 10, 2026
"Thank you so much for the question. I think by and large, there is so much consolidation happening in the system, horizontal, vertical integration as well, but it is essentially a giant black box. We actually don't, we have very, very little information into these smaller transactions that are not raising to the level where they would trigger federal oversight and antitrust enforcement and laws. And so they're flying underneath the"
Testimony SCHOLTEN, HILLARY J.
Various Measures
house Small Business Committee · May 20, 2026
"My bill would do just that by directing the SBA's Office of Advocacy to work with the FTC and the Department of Justice to examine the gaps in our antitrust laws. Our Office of Advocacy is Main Street's voice within the federal government, and it's only right that they're in lockstep with our nation's top antitrust enforcement agencies. This bill will not only enhance collaboration between these agencies on behalf of small businesses, it will also require advocacy to submit a report to"
Testimony SCHMIDT, DEREK
Various Measures
house Small Business Committee · May 20, 2026
"Thank you, Mr. Chairman, and I want to thank my colleague for her longstanding leadership on this issue. I'm glad to join in this bipartisan effort this year. The only thing I would add to the conversation, I worked a little bit on the antitrust enforcement side, both under state law and also under federal law, and one of the things that's challenging is that these investigations and enforcement actions, when appropriate, they can be very resource intensive, and historically, they are focused..."
Testimony GOODLANDER, MAGGIE
Various Measures
house Small Business Committee · May 20, 2026
"This is a common-sense bill that really will fill gaps. I wish that this bill had been law when I served in the Justice Department, because when you're in the federal executive branch, you can often be far too removed from the communities who you're proud to serve. This is going to create the connective tissue that we need between Congress and our antitrust enforcers, and ultimately the connective tissue and the information flow that we need from small businesses who are on the front lines of..."
Testimony VELÁZQUEZ, NYDIA M.
Various Measures
house Small Business Committee · May 20, 2026
"The SBA is a critical part of our nation's pro-competition toolkit, supporting small business creation and growth, but it cannot bolster small businesses alone. Strong antitrust enforcement has a real role to play in protecting a level playing field for small businesses. This bill makes perfect use of our Office of Advocacy, asking it to monitor the actions of other agencies and how their actions affect small businesses while leveraging their economic analysis to help Congress understand the..."
Testimony WILLIAMS, ROGER
Various Measures
house Small Business Committee · May 20, 2026
"Competition is a key tenet of capitalism. It allows consumers to choose with dollars between their business that will offer the best product, price, or service. Without appropriate competition, innovation in the U.S. economy will suffer. In H.R. 8882, the Main Street Competes Act aligns with the SBA's mission to preserve free competitive enterprise and strengthen the overall economy of our nation. I require the Department of Justice and the Federal Trade Commission to provide data on the SBA..."
Testimony NADLER, JERROLD
“Pier Pressure: Regulation and Competition in Maritime Shipping”
house Judiciary Committee · Mar 17, 2026
"from entering the market. Given this awful record, I sought re-examination of the merger by the antitrust enforcers in"
Testimony NADLER, JERROLD
“Pier Pressure: Regulation and Competition in Maritime Shipping”
house Judiciary Committee · Mar 17, 2026
"The Trump administration, on the other hand, appears content to allow consumers to pay more for less. Such a starry state of affairs cries out for congressional oversight, but the Republican majority has been silent while the Trump administration guts the antitrust enforcement agencies that should be protecting consumers, not companies. Mr. Chairman, market consolidation, unpredictable tariffs, and the war in Iran are all driving prices"
Testimony FITZGERALD, SCOTT
“Pier Pressure: Regulation and Competition in Maritime Shipping”
house Judiciary Committee · Mar 17, 2026
"Ms. Moss is a Vice President and the Director of Competition Policy at the Progressive Policy Institute. Her work focuses on antitrust enforcement and sector regulation. We welcome our witnesses and thank them for appearing"
Testimony DR. DIANA MOSS
“Pier Pressure: Regulation and Competition in Maritime Shipping”
house Judiciary Committee · Mar 17, 2026
"PPI advocates for pragmatic competition policies that champion the economic prospects and outlook for working Americans. Any conversation about the importance of the U.S. antitrust laws or exemptions to those laws would be incomplete without considering the broader role of competition and antitrust enforcement as a major tool for protecting consumers. Consumers are the backbone of the U.S. economy. Sensible competition policy and strong antitrust enforcement are major tools for protecting those..."
Testimony DR. DIANA MOSS
“Pier Pressure: Regulation and Competition in Maritime Shipping”
house Judiciary Committee · Mar 17, 2026
"Suffice it to say that Congress has the power to revisit antitrust exemptions, especially for the Shipping Act, to roll them back, to narrow them, or to make sure that they sunset rapidly. Let me finish with two other developments that, much like antitrust exemptions, raise concerns that antitrust enforcement can't or isn't doing enough for consumers. First, a recent PPI report finds that in food, health care, housing,"
Testimony DR. DIANA MOSS
“Pier Pressure: Regulation and Competition in Maritime Shipping”
house Judiciary Committee · Mar 17, 2026
"I think Professor Douglas summed it up quite nicely. We are in a troubling new era where antitrust enforcement has been politicized and weaponized. There appear to be two channels. One is to go directly to the White House with your deal to grease the skids for antitrust"
Testimony DR. DIANA MOSS
“Pier Pressure: Regulation and Competition in Maritime Shipping”
house Judiciary Committee · Mar 17, 2026
"I think what you're getting at is a really important connection between economic power and political power. And there is a direct link there. And so the importance of antitrust enforcement in controlling economic power, excessive political power, and, of course, political power can lead down a number of different pathways. That's what we're seeing right"
Testimony BALINT, BECCA
“Pier Pressure: Regulation and Competition in Maritime Shipping”
house Judiciary Committee · Mar 17, 2026
"have a shelf life issue. Exactly. Absolutely. And I see that I'm, well, I am out of time. If I could just say, if you'll indulge me just for a moment, Mr. Chair, I know that this is an issue that we can come together on as Democrats and Republicans. It's one of the reasons why I love being on this subcommittee where we could actually do some bipartisan work. And I hope that this is something that we will dive into, not just on the shipping industry, but all the industries in which Americans are..."
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The Federal Trade Commission’s NonCompete Rule
Posts · May 3, 2024
On April 23, 2024, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) adopted a final rule prohibiting most employers from entering into or enforcing non-compete agreements with workers, subject to exceptions for...
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The FTC’s Competition Rulemaking Authority
Posts · Jan 11, 2023
On January 5, 2023, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) proposed a rule that would prohibit noncompete clauses in employment contracts. The proposal relies on the FTC’s putative authority to issue...
Hearing Hearings to examine the nomination of Todd Blanche, of Florida, to be Attorney General.
senate Judiciary Committee · Jul 15, 2026 · Transcript
GRASSLEY, CHUCK "As I recall, as a result of that hearing, the president issued an executive order and an investigation was started in your department, and I've sensed some pause in that right now, so if confirmed, do you have a commitment that the Justice Department will make antitrust enforcement a priority, and since I think there aren't too many people in the Justice Department who know much about agriculture, with some concentration on agriculture. Our committee has received a lot of outreach about the department's litigation position in Louisiana versus FDA. The plaintiffs in this case challenged the..."
Hearing “AI on Main Street: How AI is Shaping the Future of Small Business.”
house Small Business Committee · Jul 14, 2026 · Transcript
GOODLANDER, MAGGIE "It is. And I just want to say, the Broadband Equity Access and Deployment Act, the BEAD program, has been so mission critical. We've got $21 million that's currently being withheld from the state of New Hampshire that could go to exactly this problem. Mr. Ago, I want to ask you, thank you for your testimony and for the powerful points that you've made about the role of competition and the real perils that small businesses are up against. Before I came here to Congress, I was an antitrust enforcer. So I think a lot about what the scales have looked like and could quickly look like for small..."
Hearing "Future of United States Maritime: Review of Fiscal Year 2027 Maritime Administration and Federal Maritime Commission Budget Requests"
house Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation Subcommittee · Jun 3, 2026 · Transcript
SPEAKER_01 "The President's Maritime Action Plan is helping restore America's position in the global maritime industry. The FMC's unique role in administering a program of competition enforcement, distinct but parallel to antitrust law, protects the American consumer from unfavorable and unlawful shipping"
Hearing Hearings to examine platform power as section 230 turns 30.
senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee · Mar 18, 2026 · Transcript
MS. DAPHNE KELLER "We see him pressuring news outlets now. We are seeing highly politicized enforcement at the FTC of laws that are supposed to be neutral consumer protection and antitrust laws. All of this leads to unprecedented vulnerability of our speech and communication to this kind of pressure because, as you pointed out, Chairman, as both of you pointed out, all of our speech is very dependent on these big private companies right"
Hearing “Restoring America’s Industrial Base: The Role of Small Businesses in National Security.”
house Small Business Committee · Jun 3, 2026 · Transcript
GOODLANDER, MAGGIE "When I think of President Eisenhower, General Eisenhower, Mr. Schwartz, you invoked him. I think he would be very disappointed in the progress that we've made since 1953. We've reversed course from where we should be. And I came to Congress having worked in the antitrust division at the Justice Department where we worked really hard to dust off the federal code to give and empower people across our administration, including in the Pentagon, the confidence that they can enforce the rules that we have on the books. And I'm here now and I want to write better rules of the road that are going to..."
CRS Report
The DOJ’s Monopolization Case Against Apple
Posts · Apr 23, 2024
On March 21, 2024, the Department of Justice (DOJ), together with 15 states and the District of Columbia, filed a complaint in federal district court accusing Apple of monopolizing smartphone markets...
CRS Report
Pharmacy Benefit Managers: Current Legal Framework
Posts · Nov 20, 2023
Several bills introduced in the 118th Congress address the rising cost of prescription drugs for American consumers. Some of these proposals concern the role of pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs),...
CRS Report
FTC Revives Enforcement of the RobinsonPatman Act
Posts · Jan 6, 2025
On December 12, 2024, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) sued Southern Glazer’s Wine and Spirits (Southern), the largest U.S. distributor of wine and spirits, alleging that the company violated the...
CRS Report
Antitrust Regulators Release New Vertical Merger Guidelines
Posts · Jul 21, 2020
On June 30, the Department of Justice (DOJ) and Federal Trade Commission (FTC) finalized new Vertical Merger Guidelines (VMG) outlining their approach to mergers and acquisitions between firms at...
Testimony LEE, MIKE
Hearings to examine the nominations of Anna St. John, of Louisiana, to...
senate Judiciary Committee · Aug 5, 2026
"one could take that and say, okay, then let's not enforce our antitrust laws or let's enforce them with rarity and with the extremely narrow, careful"
Testimony LEE, MIKE
Hearings to examine the Muslim brotherhood network in America.
senate Judiciary Committee · Aug 5, 2026
"one could take that and say, okay, then let's not enforce our antitrust laws or let's enforce them with rarity and with the extremely narrow, careful"
Testimony MS. NANCY ROSE
“The 30,000 Foot View: Competition and Regulation in the U.S. Airline ...
house Judiciary Committee · Jun 24, 2026
"They don't have to compete as hard to get me to work for them. They don't have to pay me as much. Yeah, I think it's a backdoor way to reintroduce the Borkian argument, the arguments Robert Bork made, which was to try and broaden the spectrum so large, so wide, that you couldn't really enforce the antitrust laws effectively. What it's saying is we might have some consumers who benefit and some who are harmed by"
Testimony MR. RICHARD SICOTTE
“Pier Pressure: Regulation and Competition in Maritime Shipping”
house Judiciary Committee · Mar 17, 2026
"I think that the other witnesses have already spoken to some of the— for example, Professor Douglas spoke about the FMC's lack of enforcement of antitrust. They have yet to block or enjoin any carrier"
Testimony DR. DIANA MOSS
“Pier Pressure: Regulation and Competition in Maritime Shipping”
house Judiciary Committee · Mar 17, 2026
"I would say the issue of immunities and exemptions is very important. Any abstention or exception or immunity from enforcing the antitrust laws and holding companies liable under the antitrust laws does an enormous disservice to competition, to our market economy, to our consumers and workers. But in the broader scheme of things, we are probably talking about a drop in the bucket relative to the over $400 billion of additional costs that Americans have absorbed as a result of tariffs within an..."
Testimony NADLER, JERROLD
“Pier Pressure: Regulation and Competition in Maritime Shipping”
house Judiciary Committee · Mar 17, 2026
"As a result, the price of oil is already over $100 a barrel, and gas prices are skyrocketing. Rigorous enforcement of the antitrust laws could be a powerful tool in the effort to address the affordability crisis, but instead, this administration has corrupted the antitrust process, rewarding their political allies, punishing their perceived enemies, and firing the career professionals and other officials who have refused to cater to industry lobbyists or to carry out a toothless enforcement..."
Testimony SPEAKER_03
"Lowering Health Care Costs for All Americans: Examining Policies to I...
house Energy and Commerce Committee · Jun 10, 2026
"becoming one of the largest investors in healthcare delivery over the past decade. PE firms increasingly buy up small healthcare providers in order to skirt antitrust oversight and enforcement, all while driving up prices and worsening access and outcomes for"
Testimony GOODLANDER, MAGGIE
Various Measures
house Small Business Committee · May 20, 2026
"I want to just say that I strongly support this bill. I'm really grateful to my colleagues for their leadership on it. As someone who came to this committee from the Department of Justice, where my job was to enforce our federal antitrust laws, this piece of legislation is near and dear to my heart. What I saw on the front lines of the fight to enforce these laws, which for far too long have not been enforced, is consolidation like never before across our economy. We see it from the big ag..."
Testimony DR. DIANA MOSS
“Pier Pressure: Regulation and Competition in Maritime Shipping”
house Judiciary Committee · Mar 17, 2026
"There will be other administrations. And the setting of those precedents, as they exist now, really spells a very, very dismal and concerning future for our antitrust establishment and law enforcement in the U.S."
Testimony BALINT, BECCA
“Examining the Sports Broadcasting Act”
house Judiciary Committee · Jun 10, 2026
"We got to this place because of uncontrolled media consolidation. When our government does not enforce its own laws around antitrust, and we in Congress allow them to gather dust and every once in a while we have a hearing on a salient issue for many Americans, but we should be doing this every day, then competition exists in name only and consumers and fans get ripped off. So I'm going to turn to you first, Commissioner Gomez. I appreciate how outspoken you have been about the wave of media..."
Testimony SPEAKER_01
"Future of United States Maritime: Review of Fiscal Year 2027 Maritime...
house Transportation and Infrastructure Committee · Jun 3, 2026
"The President's Maritime Action Plan is helping restore America's position in the global maritime industry. The FMC's unique role in administering a program of competition enforcement, distinct but parallel to antitrust law, protects the American consumer from unfavorable and unlawful shipping"
Testimony NADLER, JERROLD
“Examining the Sports Broadcasting Act”
house Judiciary Committee · Jun 10, 2026
"I have called for a full investigation into the corruption at this administration's Department of Justice and Federal Communications Commission, and I will continue to do so. We cannot have an honest conversation about the Sports Broadcasting Act or any antitrust matter when the agencies responsible for enforcing our competition laws have been turned into instruments of political and personal favor. Before I yield back, we cannot discuss anything related to sports today without taking note of..."
Testimony MS. DAPHNE KELLER
Hearings to examine platform power as section 230 turns 30.
senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee · Mar 18, 2026
"We see him pressuring news outlets now. We are seeing highly politicized enforcement at the FTC of laws that are supposed to be neutral consumer protection and antitrust laws. All of this leads to unprecedented vulnerability of our speech and communication to this kind of pressure because, as you pointed out, Chairman, as both of you pointed out, all of our speech is very dependent on these big private companies right"
Testimony GOODLANDER, MAGGIE
“Restoring America’s Industrial Base: The Role of Small Businesses in ...
house Small Business Committee · Jun 3, 2026
"When I think of President Eisenhower, General Eisenhower, Mr. Schwartz, you invoked him. I think he would be very disappointed in the progress that we've made since 1953. We've reversed course from where we should be. And I came to Congress having worked in the antitrust division at the Justice Department where we worked really hard to dust off the federal code to give and empower people across our administration, including in the Pentagon, the confidence that they can enforce the rules that we..."