WASHINGTON, Feb. 13 -- Sen. Cory Booker issued the following press release:
Today, U.S. Senators Cory Booker (D-NJ), Ranking Member of the Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Antitrust, Competition Policy, and Consumer Rights, and Dick Durbin (D-IL), Ranking Member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, wrote a letter to President Donald Trump after Assistant Attorney General Gail Slater of the Department of Justice's Antitrust Division announced her resignation on social media, with subsequent reports indicating that she was terminated. Ms. Slater's removal underscores a troubling pattern: sidelining senior antitrust enforcers while aligning with powerful corporate interests that raise prices, depress wages, and crowd out small businesses, leavi...