Dear Chairwoman Lowey and Ranking Member Granger: Consumer Reports urges you not to include a provision in the Financial Services and General Government Resolution that would further delay the effective date of the FTC’s update to...
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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...
Coalition Letter to Financial Services and General Government Subcommittee
Dear Chair Lowey, Ranking Member Granger, Chair Quigley, Ranking Member Graves and Distinguished Members of the Financial Services and General Government Subcommittee, We write today as a bipartisan coalition of organizations and advocacy groups, representing taxpayers,...
Statement from the Coalition on FTC’s New Contact Lens Rule
The FTC issued their long-awaited Contact Lens Rule yesterday and on the first read, the new rule, which was issued unanimously by the FTC, appears to be a resounding win for taxpayers and consumers. As we continue...
Coalition Letter to United States House of Representatives Committee on Energy & Commerce – October 2019
Dear Chairman Pallone, Ranking Member Walden, Congressmen Rush and Burgess and distinguished members of the House Committee on Energy and Commerce, The Coalition for Contact Lens Consumer Choice is made up of consumer focused groups, companies...
Protectionist impulses in the eye care industry help providers at the expense of patients
Perhaps more than any other industry, eye care has long suffered from protectionist impulses. These impulses limit patient choice when it comes to selecting contact lenses. After several decades of hard-earned gains, today’s consumers have more...
Information Technology & Innovation Foundation Letter to the FTC – July 2019
RE: Contact Lens Rule, 16 CFR part 315, Supplemental Notice of Proposed Rulemaking The Information Technology and Innovation Foundation (ITIF) is writing with regard to the Federal Trade Commission’s May 2, 2019 request for additional public...
Taxpayers Protection Alliance Letter to the FTC – July 2019
RE: Contact Lens Rule, 16 CFR Part 315, Project No. R511995 Dear FTC Commissioners and Staff, The Taxpayers Protection Alliance (TPA) submits the following comments in support of the FederalTrade Commission’s (FTC) Notice of Proposed Rulemaking...
R Street Institute Letter to the FTC – July 2019
Dear Chairman Simons: The following comments are respectfully submitted in response to the Federal Trade Commission’s Supplemental Notice of Proposed Rulemaking dated May 28, 2019, regarding the Contact Lens Rule.1 In 2003, Congress brought much-needed competition...
27 Attorneys General Letter to FTC – July 2019
Comments of the Attorneys General of 27 Attorneys General We, the undersigned Attorneys General, provide comments in support of the Commission’s proposed modifications to the Contact Lens Rule (CLR) published on May 28, 2019 in the...