Biden Names FTC Commissioner Slaughter as Acting Chair
President Joe Biden designated FTC Commissioner Rebecca Kelly Slaughter as acting chair, the agency announced Thursday. “I am deeply honored and grateful to lead an agency that is critical to helping the U.S. economy get back on its feet and function more fairly for all Americans,” Slaughter said.
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Slaughter, who joined the commission in May 2018, will be the lone Democrat. Commissioner Rohit Chopra is expected to lead the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. Slaughter was chief counsel to Sen. Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., before joining the commission.