GOP Lawmaker Reintroduces Bill to Scrap FTC Antitrust Mandate

Republican Rep. Ben Cline (Va.) is continuing a legislative push to strip the Federal Trade Commission of its role overseeing competition in the economy and to house federal antitrust enforcement solely inside the Department of Justice.

Under the One Agency Act, the FTC would transfer its antitrust resources to the DOJ and narrow its focus to enforcing consumer protection laws, which would represent a seismic overhaul for the agencies. Alongside the DOJ, the FTC is pursuing several antitrust cases, including against Amazon.com Inc. and Meta Platforms Inc., and it recently blocked the tie-up of rival grocers Kroger Co. and ...