On April 10, 2025, the Senate confirmed Mark Meador to serve as the third Republican on the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) in a 50-46 party line vote. Commissioner Meador takes his seat on a Commission now comprised of three Republicans and no Democrats since President Trump fired Democratic Commissioners Slaughter and Bedoya in March. The fired commissioners are challenging their dismissals in court, alleging that President Trump does not have the power to remove sitting commissioners without cause.
Prior to his confirmation, Commissioner Meador was in private practice and was a visiting fellow at the Heritage Foundation Tech Policy Center. Before that, he served as Deputy Chief Counsel for Antitrust and Competition Policy for Senator Mike Lee (R-Utah), and served in the first Trump Administration as a trial attorney for the Department of Justice’s Antitrust Division.