Moments ago, a MAGA Congressman name checked us while grilling progressive FTC Chair Lina Khan in a congressional hearing.
"The Progressive Change Campaign happens to have a list of 400 recommended names for positions in the FTC and the Biden Administration. Has anyone including Adam Green of the Progressive Change Campaign communicated with you to hire any of these individuals?" asked Rep. Ben Cline of Virginia.
We quickly set the record straight in a public statement, informing the Congressman:
- The Progressive Change Institute sent a list of highly-credentialed progressive personnel to the Biden Transition -- not the FTC. (The list included Lina Khan and many others who were appointed!)
- My co-founder Stephanie Taylor led this effort, as reported by the NY Times, Christian Science Monitor, and others. We assume Cline named me because a Big Tech lobbyist recently named me in a weird rant against Khan on Twitter -- and that's where the Congressman got his talking points.
- Our list was actually 700 names, not 400. That means if the Congressman considers this a vast conspiracy to put good people in government, it's actually 75% more impactful than he thought!
Right now, our team is working with allies in the Biden Administration and Congress on everything from fighting surprise junk fees to cancelling student debt to antitrust policy -- while working to elect more allies in 2024.
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Thanks for being a bold progressive.
-- Adam Green, Progressive Change co-founder (@AdamGreen)
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