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Matt Cartwright: “I voted for the anti price gouging bill to crack down on big…”

Featuring: Matt Cartwright, Democratic | Former U.S. House, Pennsylvania, District 8

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Pennsylvania 8th Congressional District Debate

Published | Video Starts at 22:25

It's painful. We feel it at the grocery store, at the pump. We knew Big Oil was taking advantage. Profiteering off people living paycheck to paycheck. I voted for the anti price gouging bill to crack down on big oil. We knew Big Shipping was driving up their prices. I voted for a crackdown on ocean shipping cost profiteering. We knew interruption of supply chains caused the inflation. (22:25–22:29)

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Asserts that he voted for legislation to address price gouging by big oil companies.

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