ATR today released a letter urging members of the House of Representative and Senate to reject any efforts to undermine the Federal Trade Commission’s (FTC) Contact Lens Rule. The rule was issued on a unanimous, bipartisan basis to ensure that consumers have...
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Letter from Americans for Tax Reform to Members of the House of Representatives and Senate
Dear Members of the House of Representatives and Senate: I urge you to reject any and all efforts to undermine the Federal Trade Commission’s (FTC) Contact Lens Rule. Blocking the FTC’s Contact Lens Rule would undermine...
From the Coalition: Letter to the US Senate Appropriations Committee
Dear Chairman Shelby, Ranking Member Leahy, and the distinguished members of the Senate Appropriations Committee, We write today with deep concerns about report language that has been added to the FY 21 Financial Services and General...
From the Coalition: Letter to the Senate Commerce Committee
Dear Chairman Wicker, Ranking Member Cantwell and distinguished members of the Senate Commerce Committee, We are deeply concerned to hear you are planning a mark-up of S.4613, Senator Boozman’s bill to undercut the FTC’s Contact Lens...
From our Members: 1-800 Contacts Celebrates Strengthened Consumer Rights in Contact Lens Rule
1-800 Contacts, the largest retailer of contact lenses in the U.S., wants the estimated 45 million Americans who wear contact lenses to understand their new consumer rights granted in the final Contact Lens Rule (CLR) which...
National Taxpayers Union: Consumers, Taxpayers Won’t Benefit from Senate Bill to Weaken Vision Care Competition
by NTU President Pete Sepp Far from living up to its name, new Senate legislation called the “Contact Lens Rule Modernization Act” (S. 4613) would actually weaken a true pro-taxpayer modernization effort of the Contact Lens...
Letter from the Coalition to the Senate Commerce Committee
Dear Chairman Wicker, Ranking Member Cantwell and distinguished members of the Senate Commerce Committee, The last thing we need in the middle of tough economic times and a global pandemic, is to make healthcare more expensive...
Letter from the Coalition to the House of Representatives Committee on Energy & Commerce
Dear Chairman Pallone, Ranking Member Walden and distinguished members of the House Committee on Energy and Commerce, The last thing we need in the middle of tough economic times and a global pandemic, is to make...
Statement from the Coalition on Senator Boozman’s Contact Lens Rule Modernization Act
STATEMENT FROM THE COALITION FOR CONTACT LENS CONSUMER CHOICE ON THE INTRODUCTION OF SENATOR BOOZMAN’S CONTACT LENS RULE MODERNIZATION ACT The Coalition for Contact Lens Consumer Choice, a coalition of taxpayer and consumer groups,...
Letter from the National Hispanic Medical Association and the League of United Latin American Citizens to Congressman Rush
Dear Congressman Rush, The National Hispanic Medical Association (NHMA) and the League of United Latino Citizens (LULAC) write today sadly in opposition to H.R. 3975 The Contact Lens Prescription Verification Modernization Act, which you introduced this...