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Lori Trahan: “The agency is severely underresourced. There--we have less staff than we did back in 1980.”

On the recordJuly 27, 2021
The agency is severely underresourced. There--we have less staff than we did back in 1980.
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Lori Trahan
Democratic · Massachusetts

Editor's note · Context

Trahan highlights the FTC's resource challenges compared to past staffing levels.

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