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Mike Rounds: “Consumers are paying an inordinately high price at the…”

Featuring: Mike Rounds, Republican | U.S. Senate South Dakota

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Washington Post Live Interview with Senator Mike Rounds on Meatpacking, Cybersecurity, and Voting Rights

Published | Video Starts at 08:17

And we wanted to be able to look at what we had to do to reinvigorate those because clearly it's not working fairly for the producers. And also the Consumers are paying an inordinately high price at the supermarket, which reduces demand for our producers. That was going to be my next question about how this impacts what we pay when we actually go to the grocery store. But I think what's a little confounding as you walk. (08:17–08:25)

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