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...
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Letter from the National Association of Optometrists and Opticians to the US Senate Commerce Committee
You can read the letter in full here.
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...
Letter from the NHMA and LULAC to the US Senate Commerce Committee
Dear Chair Wicker, Ranking Member Cantwell and the distinguished members of the Senate Commerce Committee, The National Hispanic Medical Association (NHMA) and the League of United Latin American Citizens (LULAC) write today to ask you to...
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...
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...
From the Coalition: Statement on Updated Contact Lens Rule (CLR)
NEW RIGHTS FOR AMERICA'S 45 MILLION CONTACT LENS CONSUMERS FTC's Updated Contact Lens Rules Is Now In Effect After more than five years of thoughtful work, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) Updated Contact Lens Rule...
From the Coalition: Infographic on consumers’ rights under the FTC’s updated Contact Lens Rule
You can view the infographic here.
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...