GRASSLEY, ROUNDS, COLLEAGUES PUSH DOJ, FTC TO RENEW ROBINSON-PATMAN ACT ENFORCEMENT, PROTECT SMALL AND MEDIUM-SIZED BUSINESSES FROM ECONOMIC DISCRIMINATION

WASHINGTON, Jan. 21 -- Sen. Chuck Grassley issued the following news release:

Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) and Sen. Mike Rounds (R-S.D.) today urged the Department of Justice (DOJ) and the U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to renew Robinson-Patman Act enforcement and prevent economic discrimination against small and medium-sized businesses, particularly in the grocery and agriculture industries.

"Small and medium-sized businesses serve as the foundation for local communities from rural America to the inner city and have become the most effective source of new job creation ... We have heard concerns that it is increasingly difficult for ordinary Americans to access essential goods and services traditionally...