Washington, D.C. — In response to Federal Trade Commissioner Christine Wilson’s opinion piece in the Wall Street Journal announcing her resignation, American Economic Liberties Project released the following statement.

“Under Chair Khan’s leadership, the FTC is reinstating the rule of law as Congress intended, using its broad authority to stop anticompetitive, deceptive, and unfair practices,” said Katherine Van Dyck, Senior Legal Counsel at the American Economic Liberties Project. “Commissioner Wilson’s departure should not distract from the tireless work the FTC staff is doing to restore the FTC’s mission, further economic equality, and protect consumers in the face of inadequate government funding and seemingly limitless resources of outsized corporate power.”

Since Chair Khan took her oath of office, the FTC has fulfilled its mission by cracking down on private equity roll-ups to protect small businesses and good jobs, restoring the “Right to Repair” against corporations that make it difficult to repair their products, and stopping mergers in defense contracting, hospitals, and more.

Ms. Van Dyck emphasizes that “these victories, in addition to the FTC’s ongoing efforts to ban non-competes and junk fees and stop other harmful acquisitions and monopolies, should be celebrated. We hope whoever is selected to fill the seat left open by Commissioner Wilson’s departure recognizes that and will be a champion of our antitrust laws for the people they are sworn to protect.”

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The American Economic Liberties Project works to ensure America’s system of commerce is structured to advance, rather than undermine, economic liberty, fair commerce, and a secure, inclusive democracy. Economic Liberties believes true economic liberty means entrepreneurs and businesses large and small succeed on the merits of their ideas and hard work; commerce empowers consumers, workers, farmers, and engineers instead of subjecting them to discrimination and abuse from financiers and monopolists; foreign trade arrangements support domestic security and democracy; and wealth is broadly distributed to support equitable political power.