Stephanie Ferguson

Jul 2, 2024 | uschamber.com | Stephanie Ferguson |Jon Baselice |Makinizi Hoover |Lindsay Cates

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May 31, 2024 | uschamber.com | Bill Hulse |Tom Quaadman |Stephanie Ferguson |Matt Webb

Executive Vice President and Chief Counsel, U.S. Chamber Litigation Center, U.S. Chamber of Commerce In the coming weeks, the U.S. Supreme Court will decide whether to overturn its 1984 landmark administrative law precedent, Chevron v. Natural Resources Defense Council. In short, Chevron is about judicial deference to federal agencies. Chevron instructs courts to defer to an agency’s reasonable interpretation of an ambiguous statute.

May 21, 2024 | uschamber.com | Bill Hulse |Tom Quaadman |Stephanie Ferguson |Matt Webb

Washington, D.C. — Today, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce and a coalition of business groups filed a lawsuit in the Western District of Texas, Waco Division against the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA). The lawsuit challenges OSHA’s new walkaround rule, which gives union organizers, activists, plaintiffs’ attorneys, and even competitors access to workplaces under the guise of “assisting” OSHA inspectors during routine inspections.

May 15, 2024 | texasborderbusiness.com | Stephanie Ferguson

Texas Border BusinessBy Stephanie FergusonDirector, Global Employment Policy & Special Initiatives, U.S. Chamber of CommerceWorkforce participation remains below pre-pandemic levels. We are missing 1.7 million Americans from the workforce compared to February of 2020. We have a lot of jobs but not enough workers to fill them. If every unemployed person in the country found a job, we would still have millions of open jobs.

Apr 9, 2024 | uschamber.com | Matt Webb |Stephanie Ferguson |Daryl Joseffer |Evan Williams

Senior Vice President, Center for Capital Markets Competitiveness, U.S. Chamber of Commerce The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) issued a rule that would lower the late fee that could be charged by many credit card issuers, and as a result, the rule would limit access to affordable consumer credit and punish consumers who pay their credit card bills on time. The U.S. Chamber explained last year that 75 percent of credit card users pay their bills on time.