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Antitrust, Competition Policy and Consumer Rights

Jurisdiction: (1) Oversight of antitrust law and competition policy, including the Sherman, Clayton and Federal Trade Commission Acts; (2) Oversight of antitrust enforcement and competition policy at the Justice Department; (3) Oversight of antitrust enforcement and competition policy at the Federal Trade Commission; (4)  Oversight of competition policy at other federal agencies.

Membership - 7:3

Democratic Members
Herb Kohl, Wisconsin (Chairman)
Arlen Specter, Pennsylvania
Chuck Schumer, New York
Sheldon Whitehouse, Rhode Island
Amy Klobuchar, Minnesota
Ted Kaufman, Delaware
Al Franken, Minnesota
Republican Members
Orrin G. Hatch, Utah (Ranking Member)
Chuck Grassley, Iowa
John Cornyn, Texas




U.S. Senate Committee on the Judiciary
Subcommittee on Antitrust, Competition Policy and Consumer Rights

224 Dirksen Senate Office Building
Washington, DC  20510

Majority Office
Phone: 202-224-3406
Fax: 202-228-2294
Minority Office
Phone: 202-224-5251


noteworthy

Did You Know?  The U.S. Courts of Appeals were the first federal courts designed exclusively to hear cases on appeal from trial courts.  In an effort to relieve the caseload burden in the Supreme Court, and to handle a dramatic increase in federal filings, Congress passed the Judiciary Act of 1891, establishing nine courts of appeals, one for each judicial circuit.

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