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Bob Casey Jr.: “We should give the Federal Trade Commission power it does…”

Featuring: Bob Casey Jr., Democratic | Former U.S. Senate, Pennsylvania

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Morning Joe MSNBC Senator Casey addresses corporate price gouging in food and groceries

Published | Video Starts at 03:17

This is at the corporate level. Willie, they've been making record profits. We've never seen the kind of profits in corporate America the last couple of years. And when … We should give the Federal Trade Commission power it does not have right now. … this is long, I think long overdue. People are tired of just accepting higher prices. (03:17–03:32)

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Asserts the need to expand the Federal Trade Commission's powers.

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