NEW REPORT: WEAK TRUMP ANTITRUST ENFORCEMENT AND BACKROOM DEALS ARE DRIVING UP COSTS FOR AMERICAN FAMILIES

Washington, Oct. 23 -- Rep. Becca Balint issued the following press release:

TEXT OF REPORTWASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Representative Becca Balint (VT-AL) and Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) released a new report, Settling For Less: How Trump's weak antitrust enforcement and backroom deals are driving up costs, a comprehensive review of the second Trump Administration's record of toothless antitrust settlements, dismissed enforcement actions, and widespread approval of massive corporate mergers, apparently creating a pay-to-play system that drives up costs and hurts consumers.Senators Mazie Hirono (D-Hawaii) and Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) and Representatives Pramila Jayapal (D-Wash.) and Jerry Nadler (D-N.Y.) joined in releasing the repor...