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...
What Others are Saying
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...
Letter from Consumer Reports to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation
Dear Chairman Wicker and Ranking Member Cantwell: Consumer Reports urges the Committee not to approve S. 4613, the so-called Contact Lens Rule Modernization Act. This mis-named and ill-conceived legislation would remove the key compliance mechanism built...
Letter from National Taxpayers Union to the Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation
Dear Chairman Wicker, Ranking Member Cantwell, and Members of the Committee: As you approach a scheduled markup of S. 4613, the Contact Lens Rule Modernization Act, I write on behalf of National Taxpayers Union (NTU) to...
Letter from the National Association of Optometrists and Opticians to the US Senate Commerce Committee
You can read the letter in full here.
From National Taxpayers Union: Pro-Taxpayer Regulatory Reform Will Boost Vision Care Choice—If Policymakers See Clearly
Shortly after the official implementation date of an important modification to the Federal Trade Commission's Contact Lens rule, National Taxpayers Union (NTU) President Pete Sepp offered the following statement: This week should mark the successful conclusion...
R Street Opposes Protectionist Contact Lens Legislation
The R Street Institute opposes S. 4613, a bill to amend the Fairness to Contact Lens Consumers Act to prevent certain automated calls and to require notice of the availability of contact lens prescriptions to patients, and...
Letter on FTC Contact Lens Rule to Congresswoman Jan Schakowsky
Dear Congresswoman Schakowsky, As one of the leading voices in the Congress for consumer rights and racial equity in health care, we write today to ask for your leadership in helping to protect a vital consumer...
Americans for Tax Reform: Congress Should Reject Efforts to Undermine Contact Lens Rule
By: Alex Hendrie After a process that lasted almost five years, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) released its updated contact lens rule on June 23, 2020. The rule was issued on a unanimous, bipartisan basis to...
Opinion Piece in Bend Bulletin: Open your eyes and lend a hand: Helping vision patients during COVID-19
By: Pete Sepp and Ken McEldowney The COVID-19 pandemic changed the way we live. From grocery shopping to attending school or a medical appointment, we now regularly connect in ways that just months ago were rarely...