Democratic lawmakers accused President Donald Trump at a hearing Wednesday of undercutting bipartisan efforts to protect children online by dismissing two members of the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), which has led regulatory efforts to crack down on harms to kids. Speaking at a House Energy and Commerce subcommittee hearing on online harms, full committee Ranking Member Frank Pallone (D-NJ) bashed Trump’s decision to fire Democrats Alvaro Bedoya and Rebecca Kelly Slaughter from the FTC, which he said has “consistently been America’s strongest champion against the abuses of Big Tech.” Republican lawmakers largely sidestepped the firings during the hearing, though the chair of the subcommittee convening it, Rep.