They were laughing all the way to the bank while Americans were living paycheck to paycheck. And that was wrong. So I was in favor of strengthening the ftc. The Consumer Fuel Price Gouging Prevention act... strengthened the power of the Federal Trade Commission to look into abusive practices of price gouging. I also, on the same token, anybody here who has occasion to ship things across the Pacific Ocean, you know that a few years ago, the going rate for a container was about $2,500. (40:43–40:55)
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