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Lawmakers had a real fondness for sending letters to outgoing Federal Trade Commission Chair Lina Khan. That’s to be expected.

Congress loses a pen pal in Lina Khan

Lawmakers had a real fondness for sending letters to outgoing Federal Trade Commission Chair Lina Khan.

That’s to be expected. The FTC has a way bigger job than most people realize, letters let lawmakers declare their concerns and priorities and (even with chairs who were less controversial than Khan) oversight is a key function of Congress.

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