{"id":1916755,"date":"2023-04-19T13:56:12","date_gmt":"2023-04-19T17:56:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ftc-chair-admits-things-could-have-been-done-better-as-commission-workforces-morale-plunges\/"},"modified":"2023-04-19T13:56:25","modified_gmt":"2023-04-19T17:56:25","slug":"ftc-chair-admits-things-could-have-been-done-better-as-commission-workforces-morale-plunges","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ftc-chair-admits-things-could-have-been-done-better-as-commission-workforces-morale-plunges\/","title":{"rendered":"FTC Chair Admits \u2018Things Could Have Been Done Better\u2019 as Commission Workforce\u2019s Morale Plunges"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">28<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fftc-chair-admits-things-could-have-been-done-better-as-commission-workforces-morale-plunges%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1916755&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div class=\"post_content\">\n<div class=\"aplayer_app\" data-source=\"https:\/\/vs1.youmaker.com\/assets\/2023\/0419\/15421298-72dd-4490-8c5a-6c2cd2d0358f\/audio.mp3?length=3165165&#038;duration=264\"><\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p>Confidence of the Federal Trade Commission\u2019s (FTC) career staff in senior leadership has declined by 34 percent under the management of Chair Lina M. Khan, House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-Wash.) told an April 18 congressional hearing considering a request for a 37 percent budget increase for the storied regulatory agency that was formed in 1914.<\/p>\n<p>As one of the federal government\u2019s oldest regulatory agencies, the FTC consists of five commissioners appointed by the president and confirmed by the U.S. Senate to exercise broad authority to protect U.S. consumers from dishonest business practices. Khan\u2019s tenure has been controversial from the beginning in 2021 when she was appointed by President Joe Biden. Since she took over the agency, two Republican commissioners have resigned in protest of her management practices and policies.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cChair Khan, under your tenure, the integrity and effectiveness of this independent agency has been repeatedly questioned. You\u2019ve suffered many losses in federal court at all levels of the judiciary branch. You\u2019ve drastically reduced transparency and accountability by cutting out key voices at the agency. Both Republican commissioners have resigned during your tenure. Senior staff have quit in record numbers, with reports in the [media] describing you as \u2018abusive\u2019 and a \u2018tyrant\u2019,\u201d McMorris Rodgers told Khan in a blistering opening statement. McMorris Rodgers is an ex officio member of the Innovation, Data and Commerce Subcommittee that convened the hearing.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere has been a 34 percent decline in employee confidence in senior leadership\u2019s respect for them and motivation at work. Former commissioner Christine Wilson cited your disregard for the rule of law as one of the reasons for her resignation. Time and time again, you have prioritized a personal and political agenda over the integrity of the FTC and the interest of Americans,\u201d McMorris Rodgers continued.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_5145033\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/img.theepochtimes.com\/assets\/uploads\/2023\/03\/23\/id5145033-GettyImages-1475554005-1200x800.jpg\"><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\"><noscript><\/noscript><\/figcaption><\/a> Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-Wash.), chair of the House Energy and Commerce Committee speaks during the hearing with TikTok CEO Shou Zi Chew before the House Energy and Commerce Committee in the Rayburn House Office Building on Capitol Hill on March 23, 2023. (Chip Somodevilla\/Getty Images)<\/figure>\n<p>Subcommittee Chairman Gus Bilirakis (R-Fla.) also blasted Khan\u2019s management of the FTC, asking how she can justify asking Congress to give the commission a budget increase of $160 million \u201cwhen we hear how staff has been diverted from mission-critical functions and pulled from bureaus to focus on merger reviews? In fact, there has been such a mass exodus of career staff that you seem to be squandering away the resources that we give you.\u201d<\/p>\n<h2>\u2018Dissatisfaction Not Statistical Anomaly\u2019<\/h2>\n<p>In addition, the hearing memo prepared by the subcommittee\u2019s majority staff and made public prior to the hearing pointed out that\u00a0\u201cunder Chair Khan\u2019s leadership, the FTC has seen a precipitous decline in staff approval and th<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Confidence of the Federal Trade Commission\u2019s (FTC) career staff in senior leadership has declined by 34 percent under the management of Chair Lina M. 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