Ted Cruz Is Right to Put the FTC Back Under the Microscope |
After six years without facing an oversight hearing or a serious check from Congress, Senator Ted Cruz is finally bringing the Federal Trade Commission back under the spotlight on Wednesday, and not a moment too soon.
As Chair of the Senate Commerce Committee, Cruz deserves real credit for convening this week’s FTC oversight hearing. Ever since the Biden era, when unelected regulators stretched their authority further and further, strong oversight has become essential. Sen. Cruz has long been one of the sharpest voices on antitrust and administrative overreach, and this hearing is exactly the kind of leadership Washington has been missing.
If there’s one question he should press harder than any other, it’s this: Why is the FTC still spending taxpayer money pursuing leftover cases from the Biden FTC Chair Lina Khan era that would never hold up in court?
As National Constitutional Law Union founder John Pierce recently wrote, “It seems that Khan set out to ram through as many complaints as possible before her chairwomanship came to an end. One case was filed the day before the 2024 election, and nearly 10, if not more, followed before Jan. 20, 2025. Three of these are still pending with the FTC.”
We’re through the first quarter of 2026 now, so why are these Biden/Khan cases still on the docket? And what can the FTC do to get rid of them faster so that the commission can focus more on the Trump........