Senate Confirms Trump's 5 FTC Nominees
The Senate confirmed all five of President Donald Trump's FTC nominees Thursday evening under unanimous consent. The confirmed nominees include antitrust lawyer Joseph Simons, whom Trump plans to designate chairman (see 1802280044). The other confirmed nominees are former Consumer Financial…
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Protection Bureau Assistant Director Rohit Chopra; Noah Phillips, aide to Senate Minority Whip John Cornyn, R-Texas; Rebecca Slaughter, former chief counsel to Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y.; and Delta Air Lines' Christine Wilson (see 1801250055, 1801250066 and 1803260049). The confirmations followed negotiations that lasted through our deadline Thursday. All five nominees had “cleared the hotline” on the Senate Republican side by Thursday afternoon, but the Democrats were “trying to reach an understanding” with the White House, Senate Commerce Committee Chairman John Thune, R-S.D., told us ahead of the deal (see 1804260050). "We'd like to get them cleared if we can" because the FTC is “a big agency with a big mission,” he said. Democratic FTC Commissioner Terrell McSweeny is to depart the commission Friday.