Competition and antitrust

“I’ll take on monopolization — from the food industry to our utilities — so corporations don’t control too much business and the free market can work its magic.”

“Corporate monopolies have too much economic power and too much political power. We need to stop monopolies from using their lobbying power to rig the system, rewrite the tax code for their own benefit, and remove basic protections for workers, consumers, and the environment.”

“Restoring competition and unrigging our economy is existential for our country. We need to fight back against big oil to protect our environment. We need to go toe-to-toe with big tech to protect our privacy, our kids’ mental health, and our small business owners. And we need to take on big pharma and big insurance companies to make sure every American has access to high quality and affordable health care.”

“Cracking down on corporate price gougers and their corrupt anti-competitive practices that are jacking up costs on groceries, everyday goods, and farming inputs like fertilizer and seed”

“High costs are crushing almost everyone but the wealthiest Americans – housing, healthcare, electricity, groceries, childcare and eldercare. We need to build more housing, produce cheaper renewable energy, and make sure markets actually work to give consumers real choices.”

“Policy choices have directly driven up costs. The biggest example is Trump’s tariffs and unnecessary trade wars. But we’ve also made it way too hard and costly to build housing. We’ve prohibited Medicare and Medicaid from negotiating drug prices on all but a handful of drugs. And we’ve turned a blind eye when the consolidation of corporate power reduces competition and drives up costs.”

“Everyday Goods: Enact strong price-gouging enforcement, antitrust action, and transparency rules to protect ordinary people. Companies are using their market power to raise prices even when their own costs haven’t increased. We can stop them.”

“Darializa will never take money from corporate PACs, and will fight against monopolies, price gouging, and super PACs.”

“Break up the huge monopolies that hurt our small businesses and raise costs. Bring more competition into our communities by ending the Big Box monopolies that drive small businesses out of our area, give consumers fewer options, and let a few large companies control everything.”

“We need to tackle extreme wealth inequality, break up corporate power, and build an economy where working people can thrive.”

“He supports expanding American energy production, strengthening domestic supply chains, encouraging competition, and creating an economy where wages can grow without government driving prices higher.”

“Jake will vote to end the massive tariffs and the Iran War, fight the corporate monopolies, and cut taxes for working families.”

“The forum began with questions from Main Street Alliance about issues related to operating small businesses, giving Jake a chance to share his belief that we need to fund the agencies responsible for enforcing antitrust laws, so that they can go after the monopolies squeezing local operations out of business.”

“Our farmers are being squeezed by consolidation on both sides: fewer choices and higher costs for seed, fertilizer, and equipment, and fewer buyers and markets for what they produce. In Congress, I’ll fight to increase competition, lower input costs, and make sure our farmers get a fair deal.”

“I don’t take any corporate PAC money, so I can actually take on the corporate monopolies and health insurance companies that keep raising costs, suppressing wages, and extracting obscene profits at our expense.”

“Restore Federal Antitrust Enforcement: Donald Trump has stacked the federal agencies tasked with protecting competition – the Federal Trade Commission and the Department of Justice – with MAGA cronies and special interest lackeys. I’ll fight to restore independence at the FTC and DOJ to make sure we fully enforce our antitrust laws.”

“21st Century Antitrust: Our central antitrust laws are more than 100 years old. It’s time to update our antitrust framework for the 21st century with legislation to empower our agencies to unwind anticompetitive mergers and to implement clear thresholds for when a merger grants a company too large a market share.”

“Everyday Goods: Enact strong price-gouging enforcement, antitrust action, and transparency rules to protect ordinary people. Companies are using their market power to raise prices even when their own costs haven’t increased. We can stop them.”

“Enforce antitrust laws on larger corporate players who don’t play by the same rules as main street and enjoy tax loopholes.”

“The forum began with questions from Main Street Alliance about issues related to operating small businesses, giving Jake a chance to share his belief that we need to fund the agencies responsible for enforcing antitrust laws, so that they can go after the monopolies squeezing local operations out of business.”

“Finally, Claire will fight to strengthen anti-trust laws and the FTC, and she will re-introduce meaningful regulations on key industries, including banking and telecommunications, the past repeals of which have been disastrous for workers and have allowed previously unthinkable levels of corporation consolidation.”

“21st Century Antitrust: Our central antitrust laws are more than 100 years old. It’s time to update our antitrust framework for the 21st century with legislation to empower our agencies to unwind anticompetitive mergers and to implement clear thresholds for when a merger grants a company too large a market share.”

“Protect a free and independent press. Fight back against the Paramount/Warner Bros. Discovery merger, which California's Attorney General and 12 other state AGs are suing to block on antitrust grounds — an LA County report estimates the merger could cost nearly 2,500 local jobs. Angela is concerned about what media consolidation means for independent journalism, given the changes already made at CBS News since the Ellison family and Bari Weiss took over”

“He has become part of the Washington corruption that is costing Virginia families, and as we fight to stop this merger that could cost us even more, he is siding with his investments yet again.”

“Stop corporations and monopolies from raising our costs: whether it is private equity and Wall Street buying homes and jacking up housing costs, big banks raising rates, or industries like pharma and big tech colluding to keep costs high, it is time to hold them accountable.”

“Crack down on corporations that overcharge us and engage in price-fixing.”

“Ban noncompete agreements nationwide. Fix the FTC's rule through legislation after courts blocked it from taking effect.”

“Wages have stagnated, and corporate giants have squeezed out small businesses.”