We cannot afford to compromise the FTC's core consumer protection mission that has served the American public well.
We're asking for a little over $17 billion in fiscal year 2011 to continue the R&D in all sorts of areas.
We need to make sure, as Senator Pryor and Senator Wicker mentioned, that the FTC has the resources it needs to pursue those who perpetrate ...
The FTC plays a key role in ensuring the safety of American consumers and financial services.
I think many Americans might think that, 'Well, in the case of an agency with powers like this, we should keep that.'
I don't think, frankly, giving the Commission a whole lot of resources is going to solve the problem.
We want to ensure the FTC has the capabilities and resources necessary to keep our consumers safe.
I know Senator Pryor's prior record in enforcement, and he would've done the rules a lot faster.
Thank you. Continuing with Chairman Muris, Commissioner Rosch said there were no Magnuson-Moss rules since 1978. Is that correct?
You have the record--the letter in the record, but let me note some of those signatories here in order to exemplify the breadth of the indus...
If we move forward and repeal, or substantially change, the Magnuson-Moss safeguards, what's it going to hurt?
You have no objection to the Congress working on tightening that definition up and being more helpful.
Magnuson-Moss did not kill FTC rulemaking. A change in enforcement philosophy killed FTC rulemaking.
Our Governor, Haley Barbour, is working very hard in his capacity as Governor of the State of Mississippi to help contribute to expediting t...
The reason this has taken on a new urgency is that just this morning, we received word that unemployment in the State of Mississippi has rea...
So more local programming, quicker access to On Demand, and more content over the Internet.
I'm hopeful that we can work with you and General Van Antwerp and others in the Federal agencies.
We provided $439 million for barrier island restoration work, and we wonder when the work is actually going to begin.
