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Cory Booker: “We routinely engage in advocacy at the state level to try to…”

Featuring: Cory Booker, Democratic | U.S. Senate, New Jersey

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Senators Cory Booker and Mike Lee Discuss USDA Oversight and Healthcare Antitrust Issues

Published | Video Starts at 12:49

He's already referenced the dormant commerce clause, you've referenced the dormant commerce clause in the first Trump administration, we did use the dormant commerce clause as an antitrust tool as a possibility. We routinely engage in advocacy at the state level to try to address concerns, typically in the context of encouraging the enactment of laws that are pro competitive rather than anti competitive. But I do think you're right that we do need to talk with the state AGs and with the state legislatures to see if we can make the case for a modification of some of those state laws. (12:49–13:05)

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Asserts that there is routine advocacy at the state level to encourage pro-competitive laws.

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