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U.S. Rep. Matt Cartwright Applauds FTC’s Efforts to Combat Oil Price Gouging and Collusion at Today’s FY25 Budget Hearing

Foreign Affairs News

Washington, May 17, 2024

Tags: Foreign Policy , Energy and Environment , National Security , Local Issues

Financial Services and General Government (FSGG) Appropriations Subcommittee member U.S. Representative Matt Cartwright (PA-08) delivered the following remarks at today’s Federal Trade Commission (FTC) FY25 Budget Hearing.

Cartwright, who also serves as the Ranking Member of the Commerce, Justice and Science Appropriations Subcommittee, also asked FSGG Chair David Joyce (OH-14) to enter in the official record an FTC complaint alleging pricing collusion by a former American oil company executive while addressing witness Lina Khan, chair of the FTC, the bipartisan federal agency that enforces the nation’s antitrust and consumer protection laws.