On the recordApril 9, 2014
today the Senate is voting to confirm Terrell McSweeny's nomination to an open seat on the Federal Trade Commission. This vote is long overdue as the FTC has lacked a full complement of Commissioners for more than a year. The confirmation of Ms. McSweeny will bring the Commission to a full complement of Commissioners and ensure that the mission of consumer protection can be fully realized. Ms. McSweeny is a highly qualified candidate. She has already served as Domestic Policy Advisor to Vice President Joe Biden. She has worked here in the Senate--first as a page while still in high school and later as then-Senator Biden's Deputy Chief of Staff and Policy Director, and she has been a lawyer in private practice. She is a graduate of Harvard University and Georgetown University Law School. I have had the privilege of knowing Terrell McSweeney for a number of years, and I have every confidence that she will make an excellent FTC Commissioner. The FTC undertakes critical work to ensure that Americans are protected from deceptive and misleading advertising and marketing and to ensure that American businesses do not engage in unfair and anticompetitive practices. I would like to commend the Senate for taking up her nomination and urge my colleagues to support Ms. McSweeny's confirmation as a Commissioner on the Federal Trade Commission.
