[Governance] WEBCAST NOV 12 - The People’s Oversight Hearing

[Joly MacFie]

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On *Wednesday November 12, 2025*, *Public Knowledge
<https://publicknowledge.org/> *convenes ‘*The People’s Oversight Hearing
<https://publicknowledge.org/the-peoples-oversight-hearing/>*‘ in
Washington DC. For the first 10 months of this Congress, there have been
zero full oversight hearings for the *Federal Trade Commission* – FTC, F*ederal
Communications Commission* – FCC, and *Consumer Financial Protection Bureau* –
CFPB, making them less accountable and less effective, and leaving
consumers, workers, and communities vulnerable. This civil society-hosted
hearing will shine light on regulatory failures, and Congress’s abdication
of its oversight responsibility.

*AGENDA* (EST = UTC-5)

*09:00 Opening Remarks*
*Chris Lewis* – President and CEO, Public Knowledge

*09:15 Federal Communications Commission Hearing*
Witnesses
*Tom Wheeler* – former FCC Chairman
*Gigi Sohn* – Benton Institute / AAPB
*Bob Corn-Revere* – FIRE
Questioners
*Joey Wender* – SHLB
*Berin Szóka* – TechFreedom
*Matt Wood* – Free Press
*Harold Feld* – Public Knowledge
*Raza Panjwani* – New America’s Open Technology Institute
*Ceilidh Gao* – Communications Workers of America
*Lauren Harper* – Free Press Foundation

*11:00 Federal Trade Commission Hearing*
Witnesses
*Commissioner Rebecca Kelly Slaughter* – FTC
*Bilaal Sayyed* – TechFreedom
Questioners
*Lisa Hone*
*Anna Lenhart*
*Eric Null* – Center for Democracy and Technology
*John Davisson* – EPIC
*Shae Gardner* – LGBT Tech
*Frank Torres* – Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights
*David Brody*

*12:30 Lunch*

*13:30 Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Hearing*
Witnesses
*Erie Meyer* – Institute for Technology Law & Policy
*Christine Zinner* – Alliance for Justice
*Jennifer Zhang* – Protect Borrowers
*Gracie Bouwer* – Fair Share America
Questioners
*Chi Chi Wu* – NCLC
*Erin Witte* – CFA
*Bart Naylor* – Public Citizen

*15:00 Closing Remarks*
*Congresswoman Mary Gay Scanlon* (D-PA)




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