WASHINGTON, April 21 -- Sen. Mike Lee issued the following press release:
U.S. Senator Mike Lee (R-UT), Chairman of the Senate Subcommittee on Antitrust, Competition Policy, and Consumer Rights, along with Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-MA), pressed (https://www.lee.senate.gov/services/files/4E8F1304-3A9F-4EF4-80C1-06C18C1AC781) the CEOs of United Airlines and American Airlines on recent reports of a potential merger between the two air carrier giants. The senators penned a bipartisan letter warning that a United-American merger would create the largest airline in the world, exacerbating concerns that consolidation of the airline industry could harm consumers.
"A United-American merger could lead to increased prices for consumers, at a time ...