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Mary Peltola: “Alaska has convinced the Federal Trade Commission to sue to…”

Featuring: Mary Peltola, Democratic | Former U.S. House Representative, Alaska At-Large

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2024 U.S. Rep Mary Peltola's address to the Alaska State Legislature

Published | Video Starts at 07:41

I know this because we all stood up to it just over the last year, and we've demonstrated this in the last year of working together. There's no better example of this than the news I have to share with you today. Alaska has convinced the Federal Trade Commission to sue to block the Kroger Albertsons merger. Mergeregh. After listening to Alaskans who were concerned about paying higher food prices and losing union jobs in their communities, I took the lead by sending the FTC a letter urging them to block the merger. (07:41–08:00)

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