Tom Hebert

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Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) asks if any of the former bank CEO's plan to repay the FDIC for covering deposits, during a Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs hearing examining the failures of Silicon Valley Bank and Signature Bank, Tuesday, May 16, 2023, on Capitol Hill in Washington.

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Elizabeth Warrenâs war on sandwiches is no nothingburger

Tom Hebert · December 9, 2023 6:00 am

The Federal Trade Commission building in Washington is pictured on Jan. 28, 2015. The Federal Trade Commission is proposing a new rule that would prevent employers from imposing noncompete clauses on their workers.

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The FTC should focus on union monopolies, not successful companies

Tom Hebert · November 10, 2023 6:00 am

Congress should probe Lina Khan’s ethics issues

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Congress should probe Lina Khan’s ethics issues

Tom Hebert · June 28, 2023 6:00 am

FTC Commissioner Lina M. Khan testifies during a Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee nomination hearing on Wednesday, April 21, 2021, on Capitol Hill in Washington.

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Congress should not fund Lina Khan’s collusion with European bureaucrats

Tom Hebert · April 27, 2023 6:00 am

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Conservatives should be wary of Biden’s antitrust Trojan Horse

Tom Hebert · February 10, 2023 12:00 pm

Republicans should see through Klobuchar’s big government FTC bill

Republicans should see through Klobuchar’s big government FTC bill

Tom Hebert · July 29, 2022 12:00 am

Supporters of a $15 minimum-wage initiative that passed in the city of SeaTac last year watch oral arguments on the case in the lobby of the Washington state Supreme Court on Thursday, June 26, 2014 in Olympia, Wash. The high court has been asked to decide whether the ordinance applies to airport workers. (AP Photo/Rachel La Corte)

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A $15 minimum wage would hurt workers and small businesses

Tom Hebert · February 4, 2021 6:43 pm

Vice President Joe Biden gestures to firefighters at East Hartford fire headquarters.

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Joe Biden is no friend of the taxpayer

Tom Hebert · April 26, 2019 8:42 pm