Corporate pricing practices
What companies may do in setting prices: raising them sharply on essentials or in emergencies, tailoring them by algorithm or personal data, adding mandatory fees, or coordinating with rivals, and how the law polices it.
What they call for
DemocratsRepublicans27 new members addressed this issue (with these filters). Many call for more than one thing.
Crack down on corporate price gouging
27 members“Co-sponsored the Protection from Predatory Pricing Act of 2026 to protect consumers from surge pricing and ensure fair, consistent prices for everyday goods.”View on their website ↗
“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”View on their website ↗
“Crack down on price gouging and anti-competitive practices in the agricultural industry to reduce costs of seed, fertilizer, meat and grain processing, and other costs”View on their website ↗
“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.”View on their website ↗
“Darializa will never take money from corporate PACs, and will fight against monopolies, price gouging, and super PACs.”View on their website ↗
“Criminalize corporations that price gouge consumers”View on their website ↗
“Took on utilities and fought big businesses gouging consumers”View on their website ↗
“In Congress, I’ll crack down on price gouging, make the big guys pay their fair share, and fight corruption.”View on their website ↗
“Take on price-gouging corporations to reduce everyday costs.”View on their website ↗
“Take on corporations that are price gouging consumers at the gas pump, and at the grocery store.”View on their website ↗
“Punishing big businesses that raise prices on essential goods”View on their website ↗
“That’s why I’m committed to lowering costs in real, meaningful ways. This includes cracking down on corporate price gouging and ending the reckless tariff policy that is raising prices on ordinary families and wreaking havoc on Iowa’s economy.”View on their website ↗
“I'll raise the minimum wage, tax billionaires, strengthen unions, and rein in corporate price gouging.”View on their website ↗
“Ban AI Price Manipulation. Crack Down on Groceries and Goods Price Gouging”View on their website ↗
“I will ban AI-driven surveillance pricing on essential goods like groceries and strengthen federal enforcement against corporate price gouging so families know they’re paying a fair price.”View on their website ↗
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“That’s why, when I’m in Congress, I will co-sponsor legislation that prevents companies from price gouging and aims to restore fairness and accountability. It would: Prohibit excessive price increases on essential grocery items that can’t be justified by normal market conditions; Ban “surveillance pricing,” where companies use your personal data or purchasing history to decide what price you pay; Limit the use of technology that allows prices to change constantly without transparency; and Give federal regulators real authority to investigate and enforce violations.”View on their website ↗
“Fight back against excessive junk fees and corporate price gouging that drive up everyday expenses.”View on their website ↗
“Fighting Grocery Inflation: Strengthening food supply chains, expanding SNAP benefits, and cracking down on corporate price gouging to lower grocery costs.”View on their website ↗
“My priority is making sure that our farmers get real relief, both through federal assistance and by tackling the root causes of these challenges. That means ending the massive tariffs, bringing an end to the war in Iran, and taking on the big corporations that keep driving up costs.”View on their website ↗
“We deserve a congressman who will protect Medicaid, keep our rural hospitals open, and stand up to the big corporations driving up costs.”View on their website ↗
“Prevent oil and grocery company CEOs from gouging consumers”View on their website ↗
“Crack down on price gouging”View on their website ↗
“Sean voted to expand Medicaid in Michigan, and to prevent corporations from price gouging during emergencies.”View on their website ↗
“I’ll fight for an economy that actually works for working people: lowering everyday costs, taking on corporate price gouging, expanding affordable housing, bringing down utility bills, and making childcare and elder care more affordable.”View on their website ↗
“In Congress, he'll work to lower utility costs, take on price gouging, champion Medicare for All and access to childcare, make housing more affordable, and get big money out of politics.”View on their website ↗
“Crack down on corporations that overcharge us and engage in price-fixing.”View on their website ↗
“In Congress, JoAnna will work to lower costs by cracking down on price gouging costing families an extra $2,000 a year by strengthening consumer protections and stopping unfair price disparities in rural communities. A nursing mom should be able to afford a can of formula.”View on their website ↗
“Jeremy is leading the efforts in the State Legislature to crack down on corporate greed and price gouging.”View on their website ↗
“Standing up to corporate greed and price gouging: Corporations have taken advantage of a corrupt administration and unstable economy. Their unchecked greed has raised prices, while lowering quality and quantity. American families are left with less money in their pockets, while corporations continue to rake in record profits. Congress must take on corporate consolidation, strengthen consumer protections, and crack down on companies who are exploiting American consumers.”View on their website ↗
“In the State Senate, Dr. Pan worked to protect patients and consumers from greedy corporations and high prices.”View on their website ↗
“Fight back against monopolies that drive up prices and price gouge consumers in order to give CEOs inflated bonuses.”View on their website ↗
“I will stand up to the big greedy corporations that have been raising prices on Americans who are already struggling to pay for basic necessities.”View on their website ↗
“He then emphasizes his frustration with political corruption and walks voters through his work to lower insulin prices, crack down on grocery price gouging, and building more affordable housing in the Colorado State House.”View on their website ↗
“Voted to crack down on grocery price gouging when prices are raised more than 10% during a declared disaster emergency.”View on their website ↗
“Bring prices down Keeping food on the table and lights on gets more expensive every paycheck. Whether it’s groceries, energy bills, or your rent or mortgage, the richest corporations in this country are squeezing us for everything we have. Politicians don’t do anything to fight against price gouging because they get campaign contributions from PG&E, United Health, and BlackRock to buy their silence. We all deserve to be able to pay a fair price to keep our families safe, and not a cent more.”View on their website ↗
“Washington cut food assistance, cut Medicaid, let the health insurance tax credits expire, and put tariffs on nearly everything families buy. Costs went up, and Missourians got nothing for it. Fred will fight to reverse the cuts, take on the corporations and middlemen driving up prices, and put money back in families' pockets.”View on their website ↗
“Marni cracked down on price gouging and wage theft, getting workers pay they were owed.”View on their website ↗
“Back home in San Diego County, Marni served as a civil prosecutor in the City Attorney’s Office, where she sued special interests ripping us off – price gougers during the pandemic, corporate polluters for toxic dumping , and the opioid industry for the addiction and devastation they caused.”View on their website ↗
“Enforced consumer protection laws – Led efforts to stop price gouging during emergencies, ensuring San Diegans weren’t taken advantage of during crises.”View on their website ↗
“Marni will fight against Trump’s tariff war that has made essential goods more expensive – and take on the corporations raising prices to boost their profits, just like she did when she passed the nation’s first ban on digital only coupons in grocery stores, so that everyone can access discounts on food.”View on their website ↗
Strengthen enforcement and penalties against price gouging
5 members“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.”View on their website ↗
“Criminalize corporations that price gouge consumers”View on their website ↗
“Punishing big businesses that raise prices on essential goods”View on their website ↗
“I will ban AI-driven surveillance pricing on essential goods like groceries and strengthen federal enforcement against corporate price gouging so families know they’re paying a fair price.”View on their website ↗
“That’s why, when I’m in Congress, I will co-sponsor legislation that prevents companies from price gouging and aims to restore fairness and accountability. It would: Prohibit excessive price increases on essential grocery items that can’t be justified by normal market conditions; Ban “surveillance pricing,” where companies use your personal data or purchasing history to decide what price you pay; Limit the use of technology that allows prices to change constantly without transparency; and Give federal regulators real authority to investigate and enforce violations.”View on their website ↗
Ban prices tailored by algorithm or personal data
3 members“End surveillance pricing to stop companies from using personal data to charge people more than their neighbors.”View on their website ↗
“Ban AI Price Manipulation. Crack Down on Groceries and Goods Price Gouging”View on their website ↗
“I will ban AI-driven surveillance pricing on essential goods like groceries and strengthen federal enforcement against corporate price gouging so families know they’re paying a fair price.”View on their website ↗
“That’s why, when I’m in Congress, I will co-sponsor legislation that prevents companies from price gouging and aims to restore fairness and accountability. It would: Prohibit excessive price increases on essential grocery items that can’t be justified by normal market conditions; Ban “surveillance pricing,” where companies use your personal data or purchasing history to decide what price you pay; Limit the use of technology that allows prices to change constantly without transparency; and Give federal regulators real authority to investigate and enforce violations.”View on their website ↗
Ban hidden junk fees
3 members“We also need to eliminate junk fees and surprise medical bills, it is just common sense.”View on their website ↗
“Fight back against excessive junk fees and corporate price gouging that drive up everyday expenses.”View on their website ↗
“Fight Against Junk Fees: I will fight to pass laws that protect consumers from surprise charges at the cash register. I will work to save consumers billions of dollars on unfair hidden fees for airfares, tickets, hotels, and banking, and allow consumers to know the real cost of everything upfront.”View on their website ↗
“HB25-1090, to ban junk fees and hidden charges so renters and consumers see the true price upfront.”View on their website ↗
Ban price-fixing among companies, including by algorithm
1 member“Crack down on corporations that overcharge us and engage in price-fixing.”View on their website ↗
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